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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 8 18
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 67 202 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.87% 11.58% 10.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.68% 73.99% 68.86%
Number of salaries quoted 51 187 117
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £41,000 £53,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,250 £59,150 £45,840
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 99 273 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 14.58% 15.64% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 73 253 164
10th Percentile £26,850 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £38,049
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +11.70% -23.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,109 £45,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £56,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £43,250
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.73% -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 27 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 27 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 -7 15 £37,250 -6.88% 56
Banbury +22 9 £27,500 -50.00% 5
Woodstock - 5 £41,500 - 3
Kidlington +7 4 £40,000 +45.45% 3
Abingdon +4 2 £29,500 -26.25% 5
Chinnor - 2 - -
Bicester +4 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 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.96%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.49%) Apache
4 1 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.49%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (34.33%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (31.34%) Azure
3 14 (20.90%) AWS
4 7 (10.45%) GCP
5 5 (7.46%) SaaS
6 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.99%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 28 (41.79%) WAN
2 26 (38.81%) TCP/IP
3 25 (37.31%) LAN
4 22 (32.84%) Wireless
5 17 (25.37%) DNS
5 17 (25.37%) Internet
6 14 (20.90%) VPN
7 11 (16.42%) DHCP
7 11 (16.42%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (14.93%) Firewall
9 7 (10.45%) VLAN
10 6 (8.96%) SAN
11 3 (4.48%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.99%) IP Telephony
13 1 (1.49%) 4G
13 1 (1.49%) 5G
13 1 (1.49%) ADSL
13 1 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (1.49%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Cucumber
1 9 (13.43%) Robot Framework
General
1 37 (55.22%) Social Skills
2 27 (40.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (13.43%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (26.87%) Infrastructure Support
2 17 (25.37%) Network Support
2 17 (25.37%) Support Engineer
3 15 (22.39%) IT Support
4 12 (17.91%) IT Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (13.43%) Test Automation Engineer
6 9 (13.43%) Test Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (8.96%) Support Technician
8 5 (7.46%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 5 (7.46%) Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Support Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (4.48%) Service Delivery Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) 1st Line Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) 1st Line Support
11 2 (2.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.87%) Virtual Team
2 9 (13.43%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (10.45%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (7.46%) Replication
5 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.37%) Linux
2 13 (19.40%) Mac OS
3 11 (16.42%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.96%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.48%) Android
5 3 (4.48%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.99%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.99%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.49%) OpenBSD
7 1 (1.49%) Unix
7 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.49%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
3 10 (14.93%) DevOps
4 9 (13.43%) Coaching
4 9 (13.43%) ITIL
4 9 (13.43%) System Testing
4 9 (13.43%) Test Automation
4 9 (13.43%) Test Management
5 8 (11.94%) Information Security
6 6 (8.96%) Agile
6 6 (8.96%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (8.96%) Migration
6 6 (8.96%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (8.96%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.46%) Business Continuity
7 5 (7.46%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.46%) Data Entry
7 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.43%) Bash
1 9 (13.43%) JavaScript
1 9 (13.43%) PowerShell
1 9 (13.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (44.78%) Degree
2 17 (25.37%) Master's Degree
2 17 (25.37%) MBA
3 9 (13.43%) MCP
3 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (11.94%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) CCNA
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.43%) QA
2 6 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (29.85%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (14.93%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.97%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.49%) Squid
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.96%) SCCM
3 2 (2.99%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.49%) Ansible
4 1 (1.49%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (44.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.37%) Unisys
3 12 (17.91%) VMware
4 8 (11.94%) Google
5 5 (7.46%) arcserve
5 5 (7.46%) Meraki
6 4 (5.97%) Apple
7 3 (4.48%) HP
7 3 (4.48%) Sophos
8 2 (2.99%) Aruba
8 2 (2.99%) Datto
8 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.99%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.49%) Cisco
9 1 (1.49%) NETGEAR
9 1 (1.49%) Snow
9 1 (1.49%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.49%) Veeam