Windows Jobs in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 17 10 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 68 202 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.78% 11.19% 10.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.33% 73.45% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 52 187 112
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +15.86% -27.50%
75th Percentile £41,188 £53,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,250 £60,000 £46,182
South East median annual salary £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 101 275 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 14.53% 15.24% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 74 254 159
10th Percentile £25,975 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,520 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £38,232
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +11.16% -23.54%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £45,409
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £57,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £44,700 £43,250
% change year-on-year -10.51% +3.35% -8.95%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oxford -10 14 £37,000 -7.50% 13
Banbury +24 9 £27,500 -50.00% 1
Woodstock - 5 £41,500 - 3
Kidlington +7 4 £40,000 +45.45% 4
Abingdon +4 2 £29,500 -26.25% 6
Chinnor - 2 - -
Bicester +5 1 - -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.35%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (4.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.47%) Apache
4 1 (1.47%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (32.35%) Azure
3 14 (20.59%) AWS
4 7 (10.29%) GCP
5 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 5 (7.35%) SaaS
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.94%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.47%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.47%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 28 (41.18%) WAN
2 26 (38.24%) TCP/IP
3 25 (36.76%) LAN
4 21 (30.88%) Wireless
5 17 (25.00%) DNS
6 16 (23.53%) Internet
7 15 (22.06%) VPN
8 12 (17.65%) Firewall
9 11 (16.18%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (14.71%) DHCP
11 7 (10.29%) SAN
11 7 (10.29%) VLAN
12 3 (4.41%) SD-WAN
13 2 (2.94%) IP Telephony
14 1 (1.47%) 4G
14 1 (1.47%) 5G
14 1 (1.47%) InfiniBand
14 1 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (13.24%) Cucumber
1 9 (13.24%) Robot Framework
General
1 40 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 26 (38.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Infrastructure Support
1 18 (26.47%) Support Engineer
2 16 (23.53%) Network Support
3 15 (22.06%) IT Support
4 13 (19.12%) IT Engineer
5 12 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) Test Automation Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) Test Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Analyst
7 7 (10.29%) Support Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (7.35%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Support Technician
10 4 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
11 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Service Delivery Engineer
12 2 (2.94%) 1st Line Engineer
12 2 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 2 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 10 (14.71%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (10.29%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (7.35%) Replication
5 4 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) Linux
2 13 (19.12%) Mac OS
3 11 (16.18%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.82%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.41%) Android
5 3 (4.41%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.94%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.94%) Unix
6 2 (2.94%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.94%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (16.18%) Mentoring
3 10 (14.71%) DevOps
3 10 (14.71%) ITIL
4 9 (13.24%) Coaching
4 9 (13.24%) Information Security
4 9 (13.24%) System Testing
4 9 (13.24%) Test Automation
4 9 (13.24%) Test Management
5 7 (10.29%) Agile
5 7 (10.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 7 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.82%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.35%) Business Continuity
7 5 (7.35%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.35%) Data Entry
7 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (4.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.24%) Bash
1 9 (13.24%) JavaScript
1 9 (13.24%) PowerShell
1 9 (13.24%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (42.65%) Degree
2 16 (23.53%) Master's Degree
2 16 (23.53%) MBA
3 10 (14.71%) MCP
4 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (11.76%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.94%) CCNA
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) CCNP
7 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) QA
2 7 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (10.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.47%) NFS
5 1 (1.47%) Squid
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.29%) SCCM
3 2 (2.94%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.47%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (45.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.53%) Unisys
3 12 (17.65%) VMware
4 8 (11.76%) Google
5 5 (7.35%) Apple
5 5 (7.35%) arcserve
5 5 (7.35%) Meraki
5 5 (7.35%) Sophos
6 3 (4.41%) Datto
6 3 (4.41%) HP
6 3 (4.41%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.94%) Aruba
7 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.47%) NETGEAR
8 1 (1.47%) Snow
8 1 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (1.47%) Veeam