Windows Jobs in Kent

Microsoft Windows
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 157 156 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 19.33% 9.97% 14.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 94.58% 90.70% 78.76%
Number of salaries quoted 151 143 94
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £27,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +10.29% -20.47%
75th Percentile £41,663 £43,750 £49,688
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,675
South East median annual salary £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 166 172 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 20.44% 11.00% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 154 158 120
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £26,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +15.38% -20.73%
75th Percentile £41,663 £45,000 £49,063
90th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £53,875
South East median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year -6.98% -0.58% -8.95%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Kent over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Kent

Windows
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kent region over the 6 months to 30 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
Sittingbourne 0 38 £38,325 -23.35% 1
Maidstone +1 36 £38,325 -4.19% 56
Folkestone - 18 £38,325 -
Dartford +1 7 £29,000 -14.71% 51
Canterbury +10 4 £55,000 +129.17% 4
Rochester -27 1 £40,101 +90.95% 1
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 6 (3.82%) WordPress
2 1 (0.64%) Apache
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.18%) Azure
3 4 (2.55%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.91%) AWS
5 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.64%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.10%) Firewall
2 14 (8.92%) VPN
3 11 (7.01%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.37%) DNS
5 9 (5.73%) DHCP
6 7 (4.46%) LAN
7 6 (3.82%) VoIP
8 5 (3.18%) VLAN
9 3 (1.91%) Broadband
9 3 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (1.27%) Wireless
11 1 (0.64%) Network Security
11 1 (0.64%) SAN
11 1 (0.64%) WAN
11 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.64%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 20 (12.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (5.73%) Retail
3 6 (3.82%) Back Office
3 6 (3.82%) Legal
4 5 (3.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.64%) Automotive
7 1 (0.64%) Finance
7 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (18.47%) IT Support
2 16 (10.19%) Analyst
3 15 (9.55%) IT Analyst
3 15 (9.55%) IT Support Analyst
3 15 (9.55%) Support Analyst
4 14 (8.92%) Support Engineer
5 13 (8.28%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (3.82%) Desktop Support
6 6 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (3.82%) Technical Support
6 6 (3.82%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (2.55%) 1st Line Engineer
7 4 (2.55%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (1.91%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 3 (1.91%) Desktop Analyst
8 3 (1.91%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 3 (1.91%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (1.91%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 3 (1.91%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (1.91%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.46%) CSS
1 7 (4.46%) HTML
2 1 (0.64%) JSP
2 1 (0.64%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 100 (63.69%) Social Media
2 11 (7.01%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.91%) CCTV
3 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.64%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 100 (63.69%) Windows Vista
2 21 (13.38%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.28%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (3.82%) Linux
5 6 (3.82%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.91%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (8.28%) Project Delivery
2 9 (5.73%) Customer Service
3 8 (5.10%) Workflow
4 7 (4.46%) ERP
5 6 (3.82%) Server Virtualisation
6 5 (3.18%) ITIL
7 3 (1.91%) Broadcast Engineering
7 3 (1.91%) Coaching
7 3 (1.91%) Inventory Management
7 3 (1.91%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (1.91%) Line Management
7 3 (1.91%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.91%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (1.91%) Post-Production
7 3 (1.91%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (1.91%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (1.91%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (1.91%) Service Delivery
7 3 (1.91%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.82%) JavaScript
1 6 (3.82%) PHP
2 5 (3.18%) SQL
3 1 (0.64%) Ada
3 1 (0.64%) C#
3 1 (0.64%) Java
3 1 (0.64%) Python
3 1 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (63.69%) DBS Check
2 18 (11.46%) Degree
3 5 (3.18%) A+ Certification
3 5 (3.18%) MCP
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.10%) GDPR
2 6 (3.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.64%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (1.91%) FortiGate
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.91%) SCCM
2 1 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 17 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.64%) Cisco
3 9 (5.73%) Aruba
3 9 (5.73%) SAP
4 8 (5.10%) Meraki
4 8 (5.10%) VMware
5 7 (4.46%) Fortinet
5 7 (4.46%) Veeam
6 6 (3.82%) Sage
7 3 (1.91%) MobileIron
7 3 (1.91%) Riverbed
7 3 (1.91%) Sun
7 3 (1.91%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.64%) Apple
8 1 (0.64%) Citrix
8 1 (0.64%) Dell
8 1 (0.64%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.64%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.64%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.64%) Zerto