BitLocker Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft BitLocker
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring BitLocker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 235 230
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 +96
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 5 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.016% 0.070%
As % of the System Software category 1.26% 0.15% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -23.53% +45.30%
75th Percentile £36,625 £33,750 £47,813
90th Percentile £37,900 - £55,125
England median annual salary £32,750 £56,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -41.78% +32.35% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 398 683 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.13% 10.71% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 306 366 760
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,900 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,933 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.15% -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £57,188 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,625 £74,572 £68,750
England median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

BitLocker job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BitLocker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
West Midlands +27 5 £33,000 +1.54%
BitLocker
England

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Apple
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 2 (40.00%) MobileIron
3 2 (40.00%) Remedy
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow