Windows Systems Engineer Job Trends in Dorset

Windows System Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Windows System Engineer salary in Dorset is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £37,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 620 259 1,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 97.37% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 327 149 702
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £27,095
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,820 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -4.76%

Windows Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Windows Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Windows Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Windows Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for Windows Systems Engineer job vacancies in Dorset.

Salary distribution trend for Windows Systems Engineer job vacancies in Dorset

Windows Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Poole - 1 £37,500 - 1
Windows Systems Engineer
South West

Windows Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 31 May 2026, Windows Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Windows Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Windows Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft