Windows Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 901 2,035 1,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.35% 11.60% 12.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.03% 71.53% 65.36%
Number of salaries quoted 672 1,706 1,178
10th Percentile £26,275 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,225 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,799
% change year-on-year - -8.67% +1.86%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,217 2,845 2,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.63% 16.22% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 887 2,248 1,837
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,613
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.58% -8.95%
75th Percentile £53,125 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,300 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the South East.

Salary trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in the South East

Windows
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -6 320 £37,500 -6.25% 573
Hampshire -10 191 £49,250 +9.44% 248
Kent +12 157 £38,325 +2.20% 128
Surrey +4 148 £40,000 -8.57% 142
Berkshire -11 135 £37,500 -23.35% 318
Buckinghamshire -6 117 £39,750 +4.61% 158
Oxfordshire -8 68 £40,000 -4.76% 100
West Sussex -3 27 £46,500 +32.86% 81
East Sussex -19 27 £33,500 -15.19% 51
Middlesex -11 24 - - 2
Sussex +6 5 £35,000 - 5
Isle of Wight - 2 £40,101 -
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 106 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.89%) Confluence
4 13 (1.44%) Apache
5 7 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.67%) IBM Domino
6 6 (0.67%) IIS
6 6 (0.67%) WordPress
7 3 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 78 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.22%) Sage 1000
3 1 (0.11%) assyst
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 224 (24.86%) Microsoft 365
2 169 (18.76%) Azure
3 57 (6.33%) AWS
4 46 (5.11%) Entra ID
5 22 (2.44%) GCP
6 16 (1.78%) SaaS
7 9 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (0.89%) PaaS
8 8 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (0.67%) IaaS
10 6 (0.67%) OpenShift
10 6 (0.67%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.55%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.44%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.33%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.33%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.22%) Firebase
14 2 (0.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 114 (12.65%) Firewall
2 96 (10.65%) DNS
3 90 (9.99%) TCP/IP
4 74 (8.21%) VPN
5 71 (7.88%) DHCP
6 67 (7.44%) WAN
7 66 (7.33%) LAN
8 52 (5.77%) SAN
9 35 (3.88%) NAS
9 35 (3.88%) VoIP
10 34 (3.77%) VLAN
11 32 (3.55%) Internet
11 32 (3.55%) Wireless
12 30 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (3.11%) Network Security
14 27 (3.00%) Broadband
15 24 (2.66%) Wireshark
16 18 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (1.55%) IP Telephony
18 10 (1.11%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.11%) MySQL
5 5 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.33%) Power BI
7 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.11%) Airbyte
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.11%) Metadata
8 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 34 (3.77%) Cucumber
1 34 (3.77%) Robot Framework
2 24 (2.66%) JIRA
3 17 (1.89%) Git
4 15 (1.66%) MSI
5 9 (1.00%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.89%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
8 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.22%) Subversion
10 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.11%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.11%) CruiseControl
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) GitLab
10 1 (0.11%) Hudson
10 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 254 (28.19%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (7.21%) Telecoms
4 35 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (3.66%) Esports
6 26 (2.89%) Finance
6 26 (2.89%) Retail
7 20 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.55%) Electronics
9 14 (1.55%) Law
10 11 (1.22%) Back Office
11 10 (1.11%) Automotive
11 10 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.11%) Public Sector
12 8 (0.89%) Advertising
12 8 (0.89%) Legal
13 6 (0.67%) Aviation
13 6 (0.67%) Games
14 5 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 160 (17.76%) Support Engineer
2 156 (17.31%) IT Support
3 73 (8.10%) Analyst
4 71 (7.88%) IT Engineer
5 69 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 63 (6.99%) Infrastructure Support
7 60 (6.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 48 (5.33%) Support Analyst
9 39 (4.33%) IT Analyst
10 38 (4.22%) Technical Support
11 37 (4.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 36 (4.00%) Test Engineer
13 35 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
14 34 (3.77%) Senior
14 34 (3.77%) Test Automation Engineer
15 33 (3.66%) IT Technician
16 32 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
17 31 (3.44%) IT Support Analyst
17 31 (3.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
18 30 (3.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.11%) CSS
1 19 (2.11%) HTML
2 16 (1.78%) .NET
3 8 (0.89%) Node.js
4 6 (0.67%) ASP.NET
4 6 (0.67%) Middleware
4 6 (0.67%) React
5 5 (0.55%) HTML5
5 5 (0.55%) JSP
5 5 (0.55%) SAML
6 4 (0.44%) Web Services
7 3 (0.33%) SPFx
7 3 (0.33%) XML
8 2 (0.22%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.22%) CSS3
8 2 (0.22%) Jest
8 2 (0.22%) Qt
8 2 (0.22%) React Native
8 2 (0.22%) Redux
8 2 (0.22%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 206 (22.86%) Social Media
2 36 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
3 30 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.00%) Clustering
6 23 (2.55%) Driving Licence
7 20 (2.22%) PKI
7 20 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 19 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.55%) Replication
10 9 (1.00%) IoT
10 9 (1.00%) NB-IoT
10 9 (1.00%) Operational Technology
11 8 (0.89%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.78%) CCTV
12 7 (0.78%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 200 (22.20%) Windows Vista
2 189 (20.98%) Windows Server
3 165 (18.31%) Linux
4 109 (12.10%) Windows 10
5 70 (7.77%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (4.33%) Apple iOS
8 31 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 29 (3.22%) Android
10 14 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (1.22%) Windows 7
12 9 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.67%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.33%) CentOS
15 3 (0.33%) Unix
16 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.22%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.11%) Debian
17 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (16.32%) Customer Service
3 88 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 84 (9.32%) Coaching
5 80 (8.88%) Mentoring
6 74 (8.21%) ITIL
7 71 (7.88%) Computer Science
8 66 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
9 58 (6.44%) DevOps
10 53 (5.88%) Agile
11 50 (5.55%) High Availability
12 47 (5.22%) Line Management
12 47 (5.22%) Mathematics
13 43 (4.77%) Test Automation
14 36 (4.00%) Incident Management
14 36 (4.00%) System Testing
14 36 (4.00%) Virtual Environments
15 35 (3.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (3.77%) Disaster Recovery
16 34 (3.77%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (16.54%) PowerShell
2 73 (8.10%) Python
3 49 (5.44%) Bash
3 49 (5.44%) JavaScript
4 47 (5.22%) SQL
5 23 (2.55%) C#
6 7 (0.78%) Java
6 7 (0.78%) PHP
7 6 (0.67%) C++
8 5 (0.55%) Ada
8 5 (0.55%) Rust
8 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.22%) Korn
10 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.22%) R
10 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.22%) VBA
11 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.11%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 214 (23.75%) Degree
2 213 (23.64%) DBS Check
3 126 (13.98%) Security Cleared
4 88 (9.77%) DV Cleared
5 67 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (2.66%) A+ Certification
9 23 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
9 23 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (2.11%) Master's Degree
11 18 (2.00%) HND
12 17 (1.89%) MBA
12 17 (1.89%) MCP
13 16 (1.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (1.55%) CCNA
16 13 (1.44%) Azure Certification
16 13 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.00%) QA
2 30 (3.33%) GDPR
3 26 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.55%) SLA
5 19 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.11%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 260 (28.86%) Active Directory
2 124 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (9.43%) Hyper-V
4 43 (4.77%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (3.00%) vSphere
6 19 (2.11%) Docker
7 18 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.66%) Terminal Services
9 11 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (0.89%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.33%) NFS
11 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.22%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.11%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) Squid
13 1 (0.11%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 53 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (4.66%) Ansible
3 26 (2.89%) Kubernetes
4 25 (2.77%) vCenter Server
5 24 (2.66%) Terraform
6 22 (2.44%) Puppet
7 20 (2.22%) SCCM
8 17 (1.89%) WMI
9 14 (1.55%) vMotion
10 9 (1.00%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.89%) PowerCLI
11 8 (0.89%) vRealize
12 6 (0.67%) ArcSight ESM
12 6 (0.67%) Nagios
12 6 (0.67%) QRadar
13 5 (0.55%) SCOM
13 5 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.55%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.33%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 387 (42.95%) Microsoft
2 160 (17.76%) VMware
3 61 (6.77%) Cisco
4 43 (4.77%) Veeam
5 40 (4.44%) Apple
6 32 (3.55%) Citrix
7 29 (3.22%) Meraki
8 25 (2.77%) Sun
9 20 (2.22%) Google
10 17 (1.89%) HP
10 17 (1.89%) Unisys
11 15 (1.66%) Dell
11 15 (1.66%) Forcepoint
12 14 (1.55%) SAP
13 13 (1.44%) Progress
14 12 (1.33%) McAfee
14 12 (1.33%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.33%) Sophos
15 11 (1.22%) Aruba
15 11 (1.22%) Fortinet