Windows Job Trends in Farnborough

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 24 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -19 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 6 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 3.70% 5.32% 20.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 50.00% 75.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile - - £25,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +65.22% -43.90%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £39,063
90th Percentile - - £56,125
Hampshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +40.00% -6.25%

All Operating Systems
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 10 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough 3.70% 10.64% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 18
10th Percentile - £27,300 £25,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £29,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -4.52% -26.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,125 £60,313
90th Percentile - £51,100 £65,875
Hampshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -13.64% +23.87% -1.33%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Windows
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 3 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
2 1 (16.67%) PBX
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Aviation
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Administrator
2 3 (50.00%) IT Administrator
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (16.67%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Robotics
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (16.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Nessus
1 2 (33.33%) WSUS
2 1 (16.67%) AirWatch
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Commvault
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Mitel
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam
3 1 (16.67%) Veritas
3 1 (16.67%) VMware