Windows Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Windows
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 6 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 96 149 252
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.80% 14.96% 9.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.18% 74.50% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 79 110 203
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,813 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £47,750 £65,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £38,325 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.15% -4.19% +5.26%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 165 200 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 8.24% 20.08% 15.26%
Number of salaries quoted 142 151 291
10th Percentile £28,275 £27,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -17.53% +7.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £46,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,875 £71,250 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.95%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Windows job vacancy trend in Surrey

Windows
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Surrey

Windows
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Guildford -31 12 £32,500 - 2
Epsom -2 7 £40,000 -2.44% 2
Redhill -12 7 £44,750 +11.88% 1
Woking -19 7 £65,000 +11.11% 4
Staines +1 5 £32,500 -53.57% 1
Oxted - 4 £40,000 -
Chertsey - 4 £63,750 -
Godalming - 4 £29,000 -
Walton-on-Thames - 3 £32,500 -
Farnham - 2 - - 1
Banstead - 2 £27,250 -
Camberley -3 1 £47,500 +21.79% 2
Leatherhead -7 1 - -
Virginia Water - 1 £31,000 -
Haslemere - 1 £37,500 - 1
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) IIS
3 1 (1.04%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 80 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (33.33%) Azure
2 32 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 15 (15.63%) Google Workspace
4 9 (9.38%) AWS
5 8 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 8 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 7 (7.29%) SaaS
7 4 (4.17%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.08%) Cloudflare
9 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.04%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.04%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.04%) GCP
10 1 (1.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.00%) Firewall
2 22 (22.92%) TCP/IP
3 15 (15.63%) LAN
3 15 (15.63%) WAN
4 14 (14.58%) VPN
5 13 (13.54%) DNS
6 10 (10.42%) DHCP
7 9 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (5.21%) VLAN
9 3 (3.13%) Wireless
10 2 (2.08%) Network Security
10 2 (2.08%) SAN
10 2 (2.08%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (1.04%) BGP
11 1 (1.04%) IPsec
11 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.04%) SNMP
11 1 (1.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (1.04%) GitLab
2 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 38 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.46%) Finance
3 7 (7.29%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (7.29%) Law
3 7 (7.29%) Retail
4 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Local Government
6 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.17%) Military
7 2 (2.08%) Electronics
7 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.08%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.04%) Legal
8 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (31.25%) IT Support
2 25 (26.04%) Support Engineer
3 21 (21.88%) IT Engineer
4 20 (20.83%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (17.71%) Analyst
6 13 (13.54%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Service Analyst
8 11 (11.46%) Service Desk Analyst
8 11 (11.46%) Support Technician
9 8 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) Applications Support
9 8 (8.33%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
9 8 (8.33%) ITIL Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
9 8 (8.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 8 (8.33%) Windows Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.04%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.04%) Loki
2 1 (1.04%) OLE
2 1 (1.04%) React
2 1 (1.04%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.38%) Smartphone
3 3 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.08%) Acoustics
4 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.04%) CMDB
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.04%) PKI
5 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (44.79%) Windows Server
2 15 (15.63%) Mac OS
3 14 (14.58%) Windows 10
4 11 (11.46%) Linux
5 7 (7.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.13%) Customer Service
2 26 (27.08%) ITIL
3 23 (23.96%) ITSM
4 18 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 17 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (12.50%) Coaching
7 11 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (10.42%) Asset Management
8 10 (10.42%) Project Delivery
9 9 (9.38%) Change Management
9 9 (9.38%) Project Management
10 8 (8.33%) Application Packaging
10 8 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 8 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
10 8 (8.33%) Problem Management
10 8 (8.33%) Time Management
11 6 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (6.25%) Performance Management
12 5 (5.21%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.21%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) C++
3 2 (2.08%) Python
4 1 (1.04%) Bash
4 1 (1.04%) Bicep
4 1 (1.04%) C#
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (29.17%) Degree
2 15 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.13%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.13%) CCNA
8 2 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.04%) CEH
9 1 (1.04%) CISM
9 1 (1.04%) CISSP
9 1 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.04%) GIAC
9 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.92%) SLA
2 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.08%) NIST
3 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 51 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (6.25%) vSphere
4 4 (4.17%) Docker
5 3 (3.13%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.08%) Firmware
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (30.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (13.54%) SCCM
3 6 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.25%) vCenter Server
4 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.13%) Terraform
5 2 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.04%) Argo
6 1 (1.04%) Autotask
6 1 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.04%) Grafana
6 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (72.92%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 15 (15.63%) Google
4 14 (14.58%) VMware
5 10 (10.42%) Palo Alto
6 9 (9.38%) Qualys
7 6 (6.25%) Apple
8 3 (3.13%) Veeam
9 2 (2.08%) Cisco
9 2 (2.08%) New Relic
10 1 (1.04%) EMC
10 1 (1.04%) Juniper
10 1 (1.04%) Oracle
10 1 (1.04%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.04%) Splunk
10 1 (1.04%) Zerto