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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 146 147 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 18.00% 9.83% 14.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 92.99% 90.74% 78.16%
Number of salaries quoted 140 140 99
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £27,188 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £35,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +2.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £41,663 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,500
South East median annual salary £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%

All Operating Systems
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 157 162 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 19.36% 10.83% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 144 155 130
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £25,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% +7.69% -19.75%
75th Percentile £41,663 £44,375 £49,688
90th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £53,525
South East median annual salary £40,050 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.76% - -10.53%

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 14 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 14 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
Maidstone +1 34 £38,325 +9.50% 7
Sittingbourne 0 33 £38,325 -23.35% 1
Folkestone - 16 £38,325 -
Dartford 0 6 £29,000 -14.71% 3
Canterbury +8 2 £55,000 +129.17% 5
Rochester -30 1 £40,101 +90.95% 2
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 (4.11%) WordPress
2 1 (0.68%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.74%) Azure
3 3 (2.05%) AWS
3 3 (2.05%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.33%) Firewall
2 14 (9.59%) VPN
3 10 (6.85%) DNS
3 10 (6.85%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.16%) DHCP
5 7 (4.79%) LAN
6 6 (4.11%) VoIP
7 5 (3.42%) VLAN
8 3 (2.05%) Broadband
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.37%) Wireless
10 1 (0.68%) Network Security
10 1 (0.68%) WAN
10 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.68%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 20 (13.70%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.16%) Retail
3 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.11%) Back Office
3 6 (4.11%) Legal
4 3 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.68%) Automotive
6 1 (0.68%) Electronics
6 1 (0.68%) Finance
6 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (17.81%) IT Support
2 15 (10.27%) Analyst
2 15 (10.27%) Support Engineer
3 13 (8.90%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (8.22%) IT Analyst
4 12 (8.22%) IT Support Analyst
4 12 (8.22%) Support Analyst
5 6 (4.11%) Desktop Support
5 6 (4.11%) Technical Engineer
5 6 (4.11%) Technical Support
5 6 (4.11%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (2.05%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (2.05%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (2.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (2.05%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (2.05%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 3 (2.05%) IT Engineer
7 3 (2.05%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (2.05%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.79%) CSS
1 7 (4.79%) HTML
2 1 (0.68%) JSP
2 1 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 88 (60.27%) Social Media
2 11 (7.53%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.05%) CCTV
3 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 88 (60.27%) Windows Vista
2 20 (13.70%) Windows Server
3 15 (10.27%) Windows 10
4 9 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (4.79%) Linux
6 6 (4.11%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.05%) Mac OS X
8 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.37%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.68%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (8.90%) Project Delivery
2 11 (7.53%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (5.48%) Workflow
4 7 (4.79%) Customer Service
4 7 (4.79%) ERP
4 7 (4.79%) ITIL
5 6 (4.11%) Server Virtualisation
6 4 (2.74%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (2.74%) Service Delivery
6 4 (2.74%) Time Management
7 3 (2.05%) Broadcast Engineering
7 3 (2.05%) Coaching
7 3 (2.05%) Inventory Management
7 3 (2.05%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (2.05%) Line Management
7 3 (2.05%) Mathematics
7 3 (2.05%) Post-Production
7 3 (2.05%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (2.05%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (2.05%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.11%) JavaScript
1 6 (4.11%) PHP
2 4 (2.74%) SQL
3 1 (0.68%) Ada
3 1 (0.68%) C
3 1 (0.68%) C#
3 1 (0.68%) C++
3 1 (0.68%) Java
3 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.68%) Python
3 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 89 (60.96%) DBS Check
2 17 (11.64%) Degree
3 3 (2.05%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.05%) MCP
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.37%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.16%) GDPR
2 5 (3.42%) SLA
3 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (12.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.05%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.68%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.22%) Cisco
3 9 (6.16%) Aruba
3 9 (6.16%) SAP
4 8 (5.48%) Meraki
5 7 (4.79%) Fortinet
5 7 (4.79%) Veeam
5 7 (4.79%) VMware
6 6 (4.11%) Sage
7 3 (2.05%) MobileIron
7 3 (2.05%) Riverbed
7 3 (2.05%) Sun
7 3 (2.05%) Trend Micro
8 2 (1.37%) Apple
9 1 (0.68%) Dell
9 1 (0.68%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.68%) Zerto