Windows Jobs in Dorset

Microsoft Windows
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 21 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 32 98 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.29% 8.12% 14.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.18% 62.42% 57.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16 83 70
10th Percentile £28,125 £28,833 £32,450
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,625 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +0.59% -15.50%
75th Percentile £36,563 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £48,189 £65,150 £69,125
South West median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £38,644
% change year-on-year -11.76% +9.98% +3.05%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 55 157 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 12.53% 13.01% 25.11%
Number of salaries quoted 37 136 117
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,675 £33,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £68,750
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Dorset.

Salary trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Dorset over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Dorset

Windows
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 within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
Weymouth +10 14 £32,500 +3.67% 2
Poole -6 8 £32,500 -27.78% 7
Bournemouth +31 6 £43,750 -23.91% 5
Blandford Forum - 1 - -
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Apache
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (46.88%) Firewall
3 14 (43.75%) SAN
4 10 (31.25%) MPLS
4 10 (31.25%) VLAN
4 10 (31.25%) VoIP
5 2 (6.25%) VPN
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.13%) LAN
6 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Eclipse
1 1 (3.13%) Eclipse RCP
1 1 (3.13%) Subversion
General
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Manufacturing
3 10 (31.25%) Legal
4 3 (9.38%) Aviation
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Coordinator
1 14 (43.75%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 9 (28.13%) IT Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) IT Support
3 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Help Desk Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) IT Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Junior
7 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) CSS
1 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.13%) HTML
1 1 (3.13%) JSP
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (31.25%) CCTV
3 1 (3.13%) Clustering
3 1 (3.13%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (90.63%) Windows Server
2 10 (31.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.25%) Linux
4 1 (3.13%) Android
4 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (43.75%) ERP
2 14 (43.75%) Time Management
2 14 (43.75%) Virtual Environments
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (12.50%) Network Management
4 4 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
5 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.25%) DevOps
6 2 (6.25%) High Availability
6 2 (6.25%) ITIL
6 2 (6.25%) Mathematics
7 1 (3.13%) Business Analytics
7 1 (3.13%) Line Management
7 1 (3.13%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.13%) SDLC
7 1 (3.13%) Software Delivery
7 1 (3.13%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Ada
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.13%) CCNA
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.13%) MCSA
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (71.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (46.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (31.25%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.13%) Docker
5 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (46.88%) VMware
3 10 (31.25%) Veeam
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco
5 1 (3.13%) 3PAR
5 1 (3.13%) Aruba
5 1 (3.13%) Juniper
5 1 (3.13%) Splunk