Windows Job Trends in Thatcham

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Thatcham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Thatcham requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Thatcham 18.18% 18.52% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £24,025 - -
25th Percentile £25,938 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,750 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - -
75th Percentile £33,438 £33,750 -
90th Percentile £35,275 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £32,750 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.22% -10.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Thatcham

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 Thatcham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Thatcham 18.18% 18.52% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £24,025 - -
25th Percentile £25,938 £31,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,750 £32,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% -40.91% -
75th Percentile £33,438 £33,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £35,275 - £61,500
Berkshire median annual salary £40,500 £49,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.35% -6.67% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Thatcham

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Thatcham

Windows
Salary Trend in Thatcham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Thatcham citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Thatcham citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Thatcham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Thatcham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Thatcham

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Thatcham 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Trainee
1 1 (50.00%) Trainee IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft