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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 593 802
Rank change year-on-year -41 +209 +101
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 24 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.034% 0.044% 0.009%
As % of the System Software category 0.59% 0.34% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 6
10th Percentile - £34,625 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £50,000 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £75,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.33% +97.37% -13.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £85,000 £42,563
90th Percentile £60,266 - £48,125
UK median annual salary £32,000 £73,750 £38,000
% change year-on-year -56.61% +94.08% -13.14%

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 4,091 4,726 10,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.81% 12.93% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,977 3,638 8,999
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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
South West -28 10 £32,000 -
London -9 6 £75,000 - 5
Midlands -28 5 £42,500 -10.53% 1
West Midlands -13 4 £43,750 -7.89% 1
South East -39 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £38,500 -
East of England - 1 £31,500 - 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 8 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (41.67%) OneDrive
3 9 (37.50%) Azure
4 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (45.83%) LAN
2 11 (45.83%) VLAN
3 10 (41.67%) WAN
4 4 (16.67%) VPN
5 3 (12.50%) Broadband
5 3 (12.50%) DHCP
5 3 (12.50%) DNS
5 3 (12.50%) VoIP
6 2 (8.33%) Ethernet
6 2 (8.33%) Firewall
6 2 (8.33%) PBX
6 2 (8.33%) Unified Communications
7 1 (4.17%) Mobile Broadband
7 1 (4.17%) NAS
7 1 (4.17%) Softphone
7 1 (4.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Finance
2 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 6 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) IT Support
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Citrix Systems Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (8.33%) PowerShell Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior IT Support
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) CMDB
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) iPhone
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 3 (12.50%) Android
5 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Service Delivery
2 10 (41.67%) Disk Encryption
3 5 (20.83%) Application Packaging
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) Software Deployment
5 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.33%) Coaching
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
6 2 (8.33%) Problem Management
6 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 2 (8.33%) Task Automation
6 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.33%) vSphere
4 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.17%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (66.67%) SCCM
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.50%) Citrix
3 3 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (8.33%) Kaseya
4 2 (8.33%) Tenable
5 1 (4.17%) Aruba
5 1 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (4.17%) Bomgar
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco
5 1 (4.17%) Freshdesk
5 1 (4.17%) iManage
5 1 (4.17%) Sophos
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler