Windows Job Trends in Bournemouth

Microsoft Windows
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 11 10 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 7.59% 6.80% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.33% 62.50% 54.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 18
10th Percentile - £39,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £37,875 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £38,250 - £67,500
Dorset median annual salary £32,500 £35,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.45% -38.26% +27.78%

All Operating Systems
Bournemouth

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 16 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 10.34% 10.88% 23.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 34
10th Percentile - £43,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £48,750 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £56,625 £57,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £71,250
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 £43,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.54% -27.50% +26.32%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Windows job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Windows
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
3 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) IT Support
2 7 (63.64%) IT Support Technician
2 7 (63.64%) IT Technician
2 7 (63.64%) Support Technician
3 6 (54.55%) Senior
3 6 (54.55%) Senior IT Support
4 3 (27.27%) IT Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior IT Technician
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Support Technician
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Technician
4 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Administrator
5 1 (9.09%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Customer Service
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Apple
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft