BitLocker Job Trends in England

Microsoft BitLocker
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring BitLocker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 729 604 742
Rank change year-on-year -125 +138 -61
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 31 32 9
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.030% 0.074% 0.014%
As % of the System Software category 0.57% 0.61% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 9
10th Percentile £33,150 £25,400 -
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,438 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £38,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -27.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £46,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £61,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £38,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.65% -27.14% +10.53%

All System Software Skills
England

BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,466 5,208 7,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.26% 12.09% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,946 3,113 4,139
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BitLocker job vacancy trend in England

BitLocker
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BitLocker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BitLocker in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for BitLocker in England

BitLocker
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
London -51 12 £75,000 +130.77% 12
North West - 11 £35,500 - 3
North of England - 11 £35,500 - 6
South West -72 3 £38,000 +1.33% 1
East of England - 2 £37,500 -
Midlands -52 1 £60,000 +56.86%
West Midlands -57 1 £60,000 +56.86%
South East -58 1 - -
BitLocker
UK

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (19.35%) Skype for Business
3 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Entra ID
2 13 (41.94%) Azure
2 13 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
5 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Priva
6 1 (3.23%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) LAN
1 6 (19.35%) Skype
1 6 (19.35%) WAN
1 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (16.13%) Firewall
3 4 (12.90%) VLAN
4 3 (9.68%) DHCP
4 3 (9.68%) VPN
5 2 (6.45%) DNS
5 2 (6.45%) Wireless
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (3.23%) DKIM
6 1 (3.23%) DMARC
6 1 (3.23%) NAS
6 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Git
General
1 5 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Advertising
2 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) IT Support
3 6 (19.35%) IT Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Desktop Support
4 5 (16.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Citrix Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Citrix Systems Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Service Desk Agent
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
1 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (96.77%) Windows
2 22 (70.97%) Windows 10
3 6 (19.35%) Android
3 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
3 6 (19.35%) Windows 7
3 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) User Experience
2 10 (32.26%) ITSM
3 9 (29.03%) Disk Encryption
4 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (25.81%) ITIL
5 7 (22.58%) Application Packaging
5 7 (22.58%) Customer Service
6 6 (19.35%) Service Management
7 5 (16.13%) Software Deployment
7 5 (16.13%) Task Automation
8 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Automation
8 4 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (12.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (9.68%) Patch Management
9 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
10 2 (6.45%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) PowerShell
2 8 (25.81%) VBScript
3 4 (12.90%) VB
4 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.13%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.23%) CCNA
4 1 (3.23%) CCNP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) SLA
2 3 (9.68%) GDPR
3 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.68%) vSphere
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (67.74%) SCCM
2 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) ServiceNow
3 5 (16.13%) Citrix
3 5 (16.13%) VMware
4 3 (9.68%) Tenable
5 2 (6.45%) Apple
5 2 (6.45%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco
6 1 (3.23%) Meraki
6 1 (3.23%) Sophos
6 1 (3.23%) Zscaler