Windows Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 671 734 785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.98% 12.28% 11.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.17% 65.59% 46.92%
Number of salaries quoted 601 454 623
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -1.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £71,450 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 999 1,119 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.86% 18.73% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 857 690 1,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £29,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,900 £77,500 £84,375
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +4 301 £45,000 +28.57% 52
Oxfordshire +10 208 £40,000 +20.30% 38
Buckinghamshire -14 162 £38,000 +13.43% 29
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 116 (17.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (9.99%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.98%) IIS
4 8 (1.19%) Apache
5 7 (1.04%) WordPress
6 6 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.45%) Confluence
8 3 (0.45%) nginx
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (14.31%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.89%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 295 (43.96%) Microsoft 365
2 222 (33.08%) Azure
3 64 (9.54%) Entra ID
4 42 (6.26%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.73%) AWS
6 22 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.68%) Google Workspace
8 16 (2.38%) Azure Storage
8 16 (2.38%) WhatsApp
9 14 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 14 (2.09%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.94%) OCI
10 13 (1.94%) SaaS
11 6 (0.89%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.60%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.60%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.60%) TestFlight
13 3 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.45%) GitHub
13 3 (0.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 184 (27.42%) Firewall
2 139 (20.72%) DNS
3 92 (13.71%) DHCP
4 47 (7.00%) Wireless
5 46 (6.86%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (6.71%) LAN
6 45 (6.71%) TCP/IP
6 45 (6.71%) WAN
7 36 (5.37%) SAN
8 34 (5.07%) VPN
9 29 (4.32%) VLAN
10 27 (4.02%) VoIP
11 20 (2.98%) SNMP
12 18 (2.68%) NAS
13 16 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (1.79%) Internet
15 11 (1.64%) Network Security
16 8 (1.19%) SD-WAN
17 7 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (1.04%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (9.39%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.79%) MySQL
4 10 (1.49%) Power BI
5 8 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.89%) InfluxDB
6 6 (0.89%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.75%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.60%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.45%) DB2
9 3 (0.45%) GIS
10 2 (0.30%) Redis
10 2 (0.30%) Tableau
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.19%) Git
2 7 (1.04%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.04%) JIRA
3 5 (0.75%) MSI
4 4 (0.60%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.60%) InstallShield
4 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 222 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 41 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.02%) Legal
5 26 (3.87%) Finance
6 25 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.28%) Law
9 17 (2.53%) Retail
10 14 (2.09%) Back Office
11 10 (1.49%) Electronics
12 8 (1.19%) Marketing
13 7 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.04%) Banking
13 7 (1.04%) Games
14 6 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.75%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.60%) Military
16 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (19.82%) IT Support
2 114 (16.99%) Support Engineer
3 93 (13.86%) IT Engineer
4 90 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 88 (13.11%) Analyst
6 81 (12.07%) IT Support Engineer
7 57 (8.49%) Senior
8 55 (8.20%) Systems Engineer
9 49 (7.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 49 (7.30%) IT Technician
10 45 (6.71%) 3rd Line Support
11 43 (6.41%) Software Engineer
12 42 (6.26%) IT Analyst
13 41 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (5.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 35 (5.22%) Support Analyst
16 34 (5.07%) Windows Engineer
17 33 (4.92%) Support Technician
18 32 (4.77%) Lead
19 31 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.73%) .NET
2 21 (3.13%) WPF
3 15 (2.24%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.64%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.64%) React
5 8 (1.19%) ASP.NET
6 7 (1.04%) CSS
6 7 (1.04%) EDI
6 7 (1.04%) HTML
6 7 (1.04%) jQuery
6 7 (1.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 6 (0.89%) Vue
8 5 (0.75%) Qt
8 5 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.75%) Web Services
8 5 (0.75%) XML
8 5 (0.75%) YAML
9 4 (0.60%) LAMP
10 3 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (0.45%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.49%) Data Centre
2 51 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 31 (4.62%) PKI
4 27 (4.02%) CMDB
4 27 (4.02%) Replication
5 25 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (2.24%) Smartphone
8 14 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 13 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.75%) Educational Technology
11 5 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.60%) EPoS
12 4 (0.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 263 (39.20%) Windows Server
2 194 (28.91%) Windows 10
3 182 (27.12%) Linux
4 93 (13.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 93 (13.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 69 (10.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 46 (6.86%) Windows 7
7 43 (6.41%) Android
8 39 (5.81%) Apple iOS
9 25 (3.73%) Mac OS
10 22 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (2.53%) Windows XP
12 12 (1.79%) Mac OS X
12 12 (1.79%) Windows NT
13 10 (1.49%) Ubuntu
14 9 (1.34%) CentOS
15 8 (1.19%) Unix
16 7 (1.04%) VMS
16 7 (1.04%) Windows 8
17 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (18.18%) ITIL
3 115 (17.14%) Customer Service
4 108 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
5 107 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 58 (8.64%) Service Management
7 46 (6.86%) Software Engineering
8 45 (6.71%) Computer Science
9 44 (6.56%) Agile
10 39 (5.81%) Service Delivery
11 34 (5.07%) ITSM
12 32 (4.77%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 31 (4.62%) Multithreading
13 31 (4.62%) Release Management
14 29 (4.32%) Change Control
14 29 (4.32%) Configuration Management
15 28 (4.17%) Change Management
15 28 (4.17%) Mentoring
16 27 (4.02%) Disaster Recovery
16 27 (4.02%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 81 (12.07%) SQL
3 60 (8.94%) C#
4 38 (5.66%) C++
5 34 (5.07%) C
6 29 (4.32%) VBScript
7 28 (4.17%) Python
8 25 (3.73%) VB
9 19 (2.83%) XAML
10 14 (2.09%) Bicep
11 11 (1.64%) Bash
11 11 (1.64%) Java
12 9 (1.34%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.89%) R
14 5 (0.75%) Perl
14 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.75%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.60%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 171 (25.48%) Degree
2 162 (24.14%) Security Cleared
3 104 (15.50%) DV Cleared
4 101 (15.05%) SC Cleared
5 39 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.92%) CCNA
8 32 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (3.73%) MCP
10 19 (2.83%) HNC
11 16 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.09%) CCNP
14 13 (1.94%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.94%) CISSP
15 12 (1.79%) MCSE
16 8 (1.19%) DBS Check
17 7 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
19 4 (0.60%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.71%) SLA
2 20 (2.98%) GDPR
3 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.60%) QA
5 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.15%) DICOM
6 1 (0.15%) HL7
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 339 (50.52%) Active Directory
2 145 (21.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (11.03%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.58%) Firmware
5 22 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.38%) KVM
9 14 (2.09%) Docker
9 14 (2.09%) vSphere
10 6 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.30%) QEMU
13 2 (0.30%) Xen
14 1 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.15%) NFS
14 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 103 (15.35%) SCCM
2 97 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (7.30%) WSUS
4 44 (6.56%) SCOM
5 28 (4.17%) vCenter Server
6 27 (4.02%) Kubernetes
7 20 (2.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.53%) Ansible
9 15 (2.24%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (2.09%) NetBackup
11 13 (1.94%) Terraform
12 12 (1.79%) Sysprep
13 5 (0.75%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.75%) Puppet
13 5 (0.75%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 4 (0.60%) Nagios
14 4 (0.60%) Nessus
14 4 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
15 2 (0.30%) Netcool
Vendors
1 380 (56.63%) Microsoft
2 192 (28.61%) VMware
3 64 (9.54%) Citrix
4 61 (9.09%) Cisco
5 57 (8.49%) Veeam
6 32 (4.77%) HP
7 27 (4.02%) Apple
7 27 (4.02%) Dell
8 24 (3.58%) Google
8 24 (3.58%) Palo Alto
9 23 (3.43%) Oracle
10 21 (3.13%) Red Hat
11 20 (2.98%) Juniper
12 18 (2.68%) Adobe
13 17 (2.53%) EMC
14 15 (2.24%) Dynatrace
15 13 (1.94%) 3PAR
16 12 (1.79%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (1.79%) ServiceNow
16 12 (1.79%) Symantec