Windows Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 17 9 31
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -18
Permanent jobs citing Windows 93 135 73
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.89% 13.93% 6.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.30% 68.53% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 81 87 67
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% +26.98%
75th Percentile £38,750 £60,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £45,000 £63,750 £65,000
South East median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -24.21% +14.46% -2.35%

All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 113 197 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 8.38% 20.33% 9.89%
Number of salaries quoted 97 114 103
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £35,313 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +5.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £64,700 £63,750 £81,100
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -43 16 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Princes Risborough - 12 £37,500 - 5
High Wycombe -4 3 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Bletchley -11 2 - -
Amersham -2 1 £32,500 +12.07%
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 16 (17.20%) IIS
2 3 (3.23%) WinCC
3 2 (2.15%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.08%) ArchestrA
4 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (45.16%) Azure
2 28 (30.11%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.45%) GCP
5 4 (4.30%) AWS
6 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.08%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.68%) DNS
2 8 (8.60%) Firewall
3 6 (6.45%) VPN
4 5 (5.38%) DHCP
5 4 (4.30%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.23%) Modbus
7 1 (1.08%) Intranet
7 1 (1.08%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.08%) LAN
7 1 (1.08%) Profibus
7 1 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.08%) SAN
7 1 (1.08%) WAN
7 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.08%) Metadata
3 1 (1.08%) MySQL
3 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (24.73%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.15%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.08%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
General
1 41 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.23%) Retail
4 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.08%) Finance
5 1 (1.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 38 (40.86%) IT Support
2 27 (29.03%) Support Engineer
3 23 (24.73%) IT Engineer
3 23 (24.73%) IT Support Engineer
4 22 (23.66%) 3rd Line Support
5 20 (21.51%) Analyst
5 20 (21.51%) Support Analyst
5 20 (21.51%) Technical Support
6 16 (17.20%) Applications Support
7 14 (15.05%) Applications Support Analyst
8 13 (13.98%) Software Engineer
9 12 (12.90%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 12 (12.90%) Software Support Engineer
10 11 (11.83%) Consultant
11 10 (10.75%) IT Consultant
11 10 (10.75%) Support Consultant
12 5 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (5.38%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (5.38%) Technical Support Analyst
13 4 (4.30%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.90%) .NET
1 12 (12.90%) .NET Framework
1 12 (12.90%) Entity Framework
1 12 (12.90%) WinForms
2 7 (7.53%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.38%) NHS
4 4 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.30%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.23%) SCADA
6 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.08%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 10 (10.75%) Linux
3 3 (3.23%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.08%) Android
5 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.11%) Customer Service
2 23 (24.73%) Mentoring
3 16 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (17.20%) Software Engineering
4 15 (16.13%) Computer Science
5 13 (13.98%) DevOps
6 12 (12.90%) Coaching
7 8 (8.60%) ITIL
8 7 (7.53%) Agile
8 7 (7.53%) CAD
9 6 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (5.38%) Data Management
10 5 (5.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 5 (5.38%) SDLC
10 5 (5.38%) Task Automation
11 4 (4.30%) Data Analysis
11 4 (4.30%) Mobile Device Management
11 4 (4.30%) Service Management
12 3 (3.23%) Security Monitoring
12 3 (3.23%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 31 (33.33%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) C#
2 12 (12.90%) T-SQL
3 6 (6.45%) Python
4 4 (4.30%) Bash
4 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.08%) Java
5 1 (1.08%) Korn
5 1 (1.08%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 35 (37.63%) Degree
2 15 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (9.68%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.30%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.08%) MCSE
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) IEC 61508
1 3 (3.23%) QA
2 2 (2.15%) IEC 61131
3 1 (1.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 27 (29.03%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.23%) Docker
3 3 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.15%) vCloud
5 1 (1.08%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.15%) Ansible
2 2 (2.15%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (2.15%) Rundeck
3 1 (1.08%) Control-M
3 1 (1.08%) Kibana
3 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (43.01%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.90%) Sage
2 12 (12.90%) Xamarin
3 6 (6.45%) VMware
4 5 (5.38%) Google
4 5 (5.38%) Zoho
5 4 (4.30%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.23%) Rockwell
6 3 (3.23%) Siemens
7 2 (2.15%) Citrix
8 1 (1.08%) Dell
8 1 (1.08%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.08%) McAfee
8 1 (1.08%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.08%) Splunk