Windows Jobs in Oxford

Microsoft Windows
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 21 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 14 68 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 6.83% 10.06% 8.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.00% 74.73% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 58 33
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,043 £25,350
25th Percentile £34,125 £35,875 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £51,000 £62,500 £52,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +15.86% -27.50%

All Operating Systems
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 35 91 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 17.07% 13.46% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 23 81 45
10th Percentile £36,000 £26,043 £25,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £69,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,232
% change year-on-year -5.88% +11.16% -23.54%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Oxford

Windows
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for Windows in Oxford

Windows
Salary Histogram in Oxford

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Oxford

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (7.14%) Apache
1 1 (7.14%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) SaaS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 7 (50.00%) DNS
3 6 (42.86%) VPN
4 4 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (21.43%) Firewall
5 3 (21.43%) WAN
5 3 (21.43%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) DHCP
6 2 (14.29%) IP Telephony
6 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
6 2 (14.29%) VLAN
7 1 (7.14%) LAN
7 1 (7.14%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Cucumber
1 2 (14.29%) Robot Framework
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
1 7 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Data Entry
2 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 2 (14.29%) Coaching
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Line Management
4 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 2 (14.29%) SIEM
4 2 (14.29%) System Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Test Management
4 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bash
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (14.29%) ZENworks
2 1 (7.14%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) HP
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Aruba
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam