Windows Jobs in Southampton

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 12 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows 23 119 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 7.54% 12.75% 11.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.65% 70.00% 67.69%
Number of salaries quoted 21 106 83
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £25,750
25th Percentile - £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -23.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Hampshire median annual salary £49,250 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +9.44% +28.57% -17.65%

All Operating Systems
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 34 170 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 11.15% 18.22% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 32 148 114
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,563 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.29% -19.05%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £48,000 £47,400 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% +11.53% -10.53%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Salary Histogram in Southampton

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (30.43%) Confluence
1 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) VoIP
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Bugzilla
2 1 (4.35%) CruiseControl
2 1 (4.35%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (4.35%) Hudson
2 1 (4.35%) Subversion
2 1 (4.35%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (30.43%) Retail
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Law
3 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) IT Support
1 7 (30.43%) Service Desk Support
2 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Desktop Support
3 5 (21.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (4.35%) Technology Director
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Linux
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Containerisation
2 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
2 4 (17.39%) OO
2 4 (17.39%) OOP
2 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
4 2 (8.70%) Mathematics
4 2 (8.70%) Physics
5 1 (4.35%) Budget Management
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (4.35%) IT Strategy
5 1 (4.35%) Proactive Management
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) C++
3 2 (8.70%) MATLAB
3 2 (8.70%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) R
4 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (17.39%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (8.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Aderant
2 1 (4.35%) Apple
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Citrix
2 1 (4.35%) NetApp
2 1 (4.35%) VMware