BitLocker Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft BitLocker
England > North of England

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 299 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.035% 0.012% -
As % of the System Software category 0.78% 0.066% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £30,500 - -
25th Percentile £31,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 - -
75th Percentile £35,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £35,500 £52,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -32.38% +45.83% -20.00%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 903 1,523 1,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.57% 18.74% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 709 566 1,629
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £29,813 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £89,375 £69,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

BitLocker job vacancy trend in the North of England

BitLocker
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BitLocker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North West -11 7 £34,750 - 5
BitLocker
England

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Skype
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
3 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) IT Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) IT Support
3 3 (42.86%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (71.43%) ITSM
1 5 (71.43%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Disk Encryption
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
1 5 (71.43%) VBScript
2 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow