Windows Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +25
Permanent jobs citing Windows 77 186 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.95% 9.78% 13.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.38% 58.31% 60.78%
Number of salaries quoted 58 167 102
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,925 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% -11.05% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £56,275 £73,813
90th Percentile £51,625 £59,000 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -6.25%

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 97 319 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 18.83% 16.78% 22.33%
Number of salaries quoted 71 234 165
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,075 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,125 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -6.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £59,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £86,500
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Reading

Windows
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Windows in Reading

Windows
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Reading over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Reading

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Apache
3 1 (1.30%) IIS
3 1 (1.30%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.30%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.68%) Azure
1 19 (24.68%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.49%) AWS
2 5 (6.49%) IaaS
3 2 (2.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.88%) DNS
2 11 (14.29%) DHCP
3 8 (10.39%) Firewall
4 6 (7.79%) SAN
5 5 (6.49%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (5.19%) LAN
6 4 (5.19%) WAN
7 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.30%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.30%) NAS
8 1 (1.30%) SMTP
8 1 (1.30%) VLAN
8 1 (1.30%) VPN
8 1 (1.30%) VSAN
8 1 (1.30%) Wireless
8 1 (1.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (16.88%) Support Engineer
2 8 (10.39%) IT Engineer
2 8 (10.39%) IT Support
2 8 (10.39%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (9.09%) Analyst
3 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Engineer
4 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 5 (6.49%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (6.49%) Technical Support
4 5 (6.49%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (5.19%) Software Analyst
5 4 (5.19%) Software Support Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (3.90%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.60%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) SAML
2 1 (1.30%) Middleware
2 1 (1.30%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.30%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 38 (49.35%) Social Media
2 9 (11.69%) PKI
3 3 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.60%) NHS
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.30%) Clustering
5 1 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (49.35%) Windows Vista
2 17 (22.08%) Windows Server
3 9 (11.69%) Windows 10
4 8 (10.39%) Mac OS
5 7 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (5.19%) Linux
7 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) Customer Service
2 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.69%) ITIL
4 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (9.09%) Change Management
5 7 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Management
6 5 (6.49%) CRM
6 5 (6.49%) Innovative Thinking
6 5 (6.49%) Presales
6 5 (6.49%) Problem Management
6 5 (6.49%) Project Management
7 4 (5.19%) Customer Experience
7 4 (5.19%) Project Delivery
8 3 (3.90%) DevOps
8 3 (3.90%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.60%) Coaching
9 2 (2.60%) Line Management
9 2 (2.60%) Mentoring
9 2 (2.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (49.35%) DBS Check
2 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 7 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.49%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.49%) CCNA
5 5 (6.49%) CCNP
5 5 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) MCSA
6 1 (1.30%) MCSE
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.30%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 15 (19.48%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 12 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.60%) NFS
5 2 (2.60%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (2.60%) vSphere
6 1 (1.30%) vCloud
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.79%) vCenter Server
3 5 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.60%) PowerCLI
4 2 (2.60%) vRealize
5 1 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.08%) VMware
3 5 (6.49%) Sophos
3 5 (6.49%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (6.49%) Veeam
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco
5 1 (1.30%) Apple
5 1 (1.30%) Dell
5 1 (1.30%) Juniper
5 1 (1.30%) SAP