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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 689 756 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.21% 12.35% 11.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.68% 65.63% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 617 466 639
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,875 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -20.59% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £68,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% -

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 1,018 1,152 1,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.09% 18.82% 24.15%
Number of salaries quoted 876 711 1,024
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,000 £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 £61,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £77,500 £83,750
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 6 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 6 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 +3 312 £44,700 +27.71% 53
Oxfordshire +10 212 £40,000 +23.08% 34
Buckinghamshire -16 165 £38,000 +13.43% 36
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
1 115 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (9.29%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.05%) IIS
4 8 (1.16%) Apache
5 7 (1.02%) WordPress
6 6 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.44%) Confluence
8 3 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 99 (14.37%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.02%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 294 (42.67%) Microsoft 365
2 222 (32.22%) Azure
3 62 (9.00%) Entra ID
4 40 (5.81%) OneDrive
5 24 (3.48%) AWS
6 22 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.61%) Google Workspace
8 17 (2.47%) WhatsApp
9 16 (2.32%) Azure Storage
10 14 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (2.03%) SaaS
11 13 (1.89%) OCI
11 13 (1.89%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.87%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.58%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.58%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.58%) TestFlight
14 3 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.44%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 185 (26.85%) Firewall
2 141 (20.46%) DNS
3 93 (13.50%) DHCP
4 47 (6.82%) LAN
4 47 (6.82%) TCP/IP
5 46 (6.68%) WAN
5 46 (6.68%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (6.53%) Wireless
7 37 (5.37%) SAN
8 32 (4.64%) VPN
9 31 (4.50%) VLAN
10 27 (3.92%) VoIP
11 21 (3.05%) SNMP
12 18 (2.61%) NAS
13 16 (2.32%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (1.74%) Internet
14 12 (1.74%) Network Security
15 8 (1.16%) SD-WAN
16 7 (1.02%) Intranet
16 7 (1.02%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (1.74%) MySQL
3 9 (1.31%) Power BI
4 8 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.02%) InfluxDB
6 6 (0.87%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.73%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.44%) DB2
9 3 (0.44%) GIS
10 2 (0.29%) Redis
10 2 (0.29%) Tableau
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Git
1 8 (1.16%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.02%) JIRA
3 5 (0.73%) MSI
4 4 (0.58%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.58%) InstallShield
4 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.44%) Selenium
6 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.15%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 226 (32.80%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (3.77%) Finance
4 26 (3.77%) Legal
5 24 (3.48%) Law
5 24 (3.48%) Manufacturing
6 23 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.47%) Retail
8 15 (2.18%) Back Office
9 10 (1.45%) Electronics
10 8 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.16%) Marketing
11 7 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.02%) Banking
11 7 (1.02%) Games
12 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.73%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.58%) Military
13 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 134 (19.45%) IT Support
2 121 (17.56%) Support Engineer
3 96 (13.93%) IT Engineer
4 93 (13.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 92 (13.35%) Analyst
6 83 (12.05%) IT Support Engineer
7 57 (8.27%) Senior
7 57 (8.27%) Systems Engineer
8 49 (7.11%) IT Technician
9 48 (6.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 45 (6.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 44 (6.39%) 2nd Line Support
11 44 (6.39%) Software Engineer
12 43 (6.24%) IT Analyst
13 39 (5.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 37 (5.37%) Support Analyst
15 36 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 35 (5.08%) Windows Engineer
17 32 (4.64%) Support Technician
18 31 (4.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.77%) .NET
2 21 (3.05%) WPF
3 15 (2.18%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.60%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.60%) React
5 9 (1.31%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.31%) HTML
6 7 (1.02%) CSS
6 7 (1.02%) EDI
6 7 (1.02%) jQuery
6 7 (1.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 7 (1.02%) XML
7 6 (0.87%) Vue
8 5 (0.73%) Qt
8 5 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.73%) Web Services
8 5 (0.73%) YAML
9 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (0.58%) LAMP
10 3 (0.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.13%) Data Centre
2 50 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.64%) PKI
4 31 (4.50%) Driving Licence
5 29 (4.21%) CMDB
6 27 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 26 (3.77%) Replication
8 16 (2.32%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.18%) Client/Server
9 15 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 13 (1.89%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.31%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.73%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.58%) Device Driver
14 4 (0.58%) EPoS
14 4 (0.58%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 273 (39.62%) Windows Server
2 196 (28.45%) Windows 10
3 191 (27.72%) Linux
4 94 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 94 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 69 (10.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 47 (6.82%) Windows 7
7 40 (5.81%) Android
8 37 (5.37%) Apple iOS
9 24 (3.48%) Mac OS
9 24 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (2.47%) Windows XP
11 13 (1.89%) Mac OS X
11 13 (1.89%) Windows NT
12 9 (1.31%) CentOS
12 9 (1.31%) Ubuntu
13 8 (1.16%) Unix
14 7 (1.02%) VMS
14 7 (1.02%) Windows 8
15 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (17.85%) ITIL
3 120 (17.42%) Customer Service
4 111 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 107 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (8.85%) Service Management
7 49 (7.11%) Software Engineering
8 48 (6.97%) Agile
9 46 (6.68%) Computer Science
10 39 (5.66%) Service Delivery
11 33 (4.79%) ITSM
12 32 (4.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 32 (4.64%) Multithreading
12 32 (4.64%) Release Management
13 30 (4.35%) Configuration Management
14 29 (4.21%) Change Control
14 29 (4.21%) Change Management
15 28 (4.06%) DevOps
15 28 (4.06%) Mentoring
15 28 (4.06%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.79%) PowerShell
2 82 (11.90%) SQL
3 62 (9.00%) C#
4 40 (5.81%) C++
5 35 (5.08%) C
6 31 (4.50%) VBScript
7 30 (4.35%) Python
8 25 (3.63%) VB
9 19 (2.76%) XAML
10 14 (2.03%) Bicep
11 12 (1.74%) Bash
12 11 (1.60%) Java
13 10 (1.45%) JavaScript
14 6 (0.87%) R
15 5 (0.73%) Perl
15 5 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.73%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.58%) Objective-C
16 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 172 (24.96%) Security Cleared
2 171 (24.82%) Degree
3 110 (15.97%) SC Cleared
4 109 (15.82%) DV Cleared
5 39 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.79%) CCNA
8 32 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (3.63%) MCP
10 18 (2.61%) HNC
11 16 (2.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.03%) CCNP
14 13 (1.89%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.89%) CISSP
15 12 (1.74%) MCSE
16 8 (1.16%) DBS Check
17 7 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
19 4 (0.58%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.82%) SLA
2 20 (2.90%) GDPR
3 10 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.02%) QA
5 3 (0.44%) 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
1 344 (49.93%) Active Directory
2 151 (21.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (10.60%) Hyper-V
4 26 (3.77%) Firmware
4 26 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (2.47%) KVM
6 17 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (2.32%) Docker
8 14 (2.03%) vSphere
9 6 (0.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.29%) QEMU
12 2 (0.29%) Xen
13 1 (0.15%) Lustre
13 1 (0.15%) NFS
13 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 104 (15.09%) SCCM
2 97 (14.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (7.26%) WSUS
4 45 (6.53%) SCOM
5 32 (4.64%) vCenter Server
6 29 (4.21%) Kubernetes
7 20 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (2.61%) Ansible
9 16 (2.32%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (2.03%) NetBackup
10 14 (2.03%) Terraform
11 13 (1.89%) Sysprep
12 6 (0.87%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.73%) Nagios
13 5 (0.73%) Nessus
13 5 (0.73%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.73%) Puppet
13 5 (0.73%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 388 (56.31%) Microsoft
2 197 (28.59%) VMware
3 63 (9.14%) Citrix
4 62 (9.00%) Cisco
5 59 (8.56%) Veeam
6 33 (4.79%) HP
7 28 (4.06%) Dell
8 26 (3.77%) Apple
9 24 (3.48%) Google
9 24 (3.48%) Palo Alto
10 22 (3.19%) Oracle
11 21 (3.05%) Red Hat
12 20 (2.90%) Juniper
13 19 (2.76%) Adobe
14 18 (2.61%) EMC
15 16 (2.32%) Dynatrace
16 13 (1.89%) 3PAR
17 12 (1.74%) Extreme Networks
17 12 (1.74%) ServiceNow
17 12 (1.74%) Symantec