Windows Jobs in Hampshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 193 652 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 9.76% 15.32% 13.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.78% 75.20% 58.11%
Number of salaries quoted 152 513 304
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.44% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £51,469
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 289 867 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.62% 20.38% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 218 656 536
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,375 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £44,700 £43,250
% change year-on-year -10.51% +3.35% -8.95%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Basingstoke -2 80 £57,500 +9.52% 33
Portsmouth -23 27 £48,500 - 6
Southampton -5 24 £27,000 -16.92% 30
Fareham -8 8 £26,000 -45.03% 4
Farnborough -16 7 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Petersfield - 4 £70,000 -
Romsey +14 3 - - 1
Lymington 0 3 £35,500 -5.33%
Waterlooville -6 3 £70,000 +238.42% 4
Southsea - 3 £70,000 -
Gosport - 3 £70,000 -
Ringwood -2 2 £35,000 -30.00% 4
Hook -3 2 £47,500 +34.75% 2
New Milton +6 1 £36,000 -
Winchester -3 1 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Eastleigh -7 1 £46,500 +20.78% 1
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 14 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.18%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.63%) Confluence
4 3 (1.55%) Apache
4 3 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.55%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (1.55%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (1.55%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 49 (25.39%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (17.62%) Azure
3 16 (8.29%) AWS
4 13 (6.74%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.11%) GCP
6 6 (3.11%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.95%) DNS
2 23 (11.92%) DHCP
3 21 (10.88%) Firewall
3 21 (10.88%) Wireshark
4 12 (6.22%) Network Security
4 12 (6.22%) SAN
4 12 (6.22%) VoIP
5 10 (5.18%) NAS
5 10 (5.18%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.66%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (4.15%) SMTP
7 8 (4.15%) VLAN
7 8 (4.15%) VSAN
8 5 (2.59%) iSCSI
9 4 (2.07%) Broadband
10 3 (1.55%) LAN
10 3 (1.55%) VPN
10 3 (1.55%) WAN
11 2 (1.04%) Internet
11 2 (1.04%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (7.77%) MSI
2 9 (4.66%) JIRA
3 2 (1.04%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.04%) Eclipse RCP
3 2 (1.04%) Subversion
4 1 (0.52%) Bugzilla
4 1 (0.52%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.52%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.52%) Hudson
4 1 (0.52%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 36 (18.65%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (8.81%) Telecoms
3 7 (3.63%) Retail
4 6 (3.11%) Aviation
5 5 (2.59%) Advertising
6 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.52%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.52%) Finance
7 1 (0.52%) Law
7 1 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (16.58%) Support Engineer
2 21 (10.88%) Architect
3 20 (10.36%) Principal Engineer
3 20 (10.36%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 20 (10.36%) Systems Engineer
4 19 (9.84%) IT Support
5 17 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.77%) Designer
7 14 (7.25%) Analyst
7 14 (7.25%) Help Desk Technician
7 14 (7.25%) Infrastructure Architect
7 14 (7.25%) IT Technician
8 11 (5.70%) 1st Line Support
8 11 (5.70%) IT Analyst
9 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (4.66%) Service Desk Support
9 9 (4.66%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.15%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (4.15%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.63%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) CSS
1 2 (1.04%) HTML
1 2 (1.04%) JSP
1 2 (1.04%) Middleware
2 1 (0.52%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.52%) Node.js
2 1 (0.52%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.25%) Clustering
2 11 (5.70%) PKI
3 8 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.63%) Replication
5 6 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.11%) Robotics
6 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.55%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.04%) Social Media
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 63 (32.64%) Windows Server
2 52 (26.94%) Linux
3 21 (10.88%) Windows 10
4 14 (7.25%) Android
5 11 (5.70%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.66%) Windows 7
7 8 (4.15%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.11%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.04%) CentOS
11 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.69%) Customer Service
2 25 (12.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (12.44%) Agile
3 24 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (11.92%) Containerisation
5 22 (11.40%) OO
6 21 (10.88%) Roadmaps
7 20 (10.36%) Data Analysis
7 20 (10.36%) OOP
7 20 (10.36%) Systems Engineering
8 19 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (8.29%) Incident Management
10 15 (7.77%) ITIL
10 15 (7.77%) Workflow
11 14 (7.25%) Escalation Management
11 14 (7.25%) High Availability
12 12 (6.22%) Task Automation
13 11 (5.70%) Software Engineering
14 10 (5.18%) Information Security
14 10 (5.18%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 46 (23.83%) PowerShell
2 18 (9.33%) SQL
3 7 (3.63%) Python
4 3 (1.55%) Bash
4 3 (1.55%) C++
4 3 (1.55%) Java
5 2 (1.04%) Ada
5 2 (1.04%) C#
5 2 (1.04%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.04%) R
5 2 (1.04%) Rust
6 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 85 (44.04%) Security Cleared
2 75 (38.86%) DV Cleared
3 48 (24.87%) Degree
4 42 (21.76%) SC Cleared
5 22 (11.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (10.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.07%) CCNP
10 4 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.55%) CCNA
12 2 (1.04%) CCDA
12 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.04%) MCSD
12 2 (1.04%) MCSE
12 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (1.04%) PhD
13 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (28.50%) Active Directory
2 31 (16.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (12.44%) Hyper-V
4 23 (11.92%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (7.77%) Docker
6 12 (6.22%) vSphere
7 8 (4.15%) BitLocker
7 8 (4.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (4.15%) Terminal Services
8 7 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.55%) ISA Server
10 2 (1.04%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.52%) KVM
11 1 (0.52%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 17 (8.81%) WMI
2 16 (8.29%) Ansible
3 15 (7.77%) vCenter Server
4 14 (7.25%) vMotion
5 12 (6.22%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.22%) Puppet
6 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (3.11%) ArcSight ESM
7 6 (3.11%) Nagios
7 6 (3.11%) PowerCLI
7 6 (3.11%) QRadar
7 6 (3.11%) vRealize
8 5 (2.59%) SCCM
9 4 (2.07%) Terraform
10 3 (1.55%) SCOM
11 2 (1.04%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 89 (46.11%) Microsoft
2 39 (20.21%) VMware
3 15 (7.77%) Citrix
3 15 (7.77%) Forcepoint
4 12 (6.22%) HP
5 10 (5.18%) Veeam
6 7 (3.63%) ArcSight
6 7 (3.63%) Cisco
6 7 (3.63%) McAfee
7 6 (3.11%) Google
7 6 (3.11%) LogLogic
7 6 (3.11%) Splunk
7 6 (3.11%) Symantec
8 3 (1.55%) Apple
8 3 (1.55%) Fujitsu
8 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.04%) BT
9 2 (1.04%) EMC
9 2 (1.04%) Sun
9 2 (1.04%) Tenable