BitLocker Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft BitLocker
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BitLocker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 567 534
Rank change year-on-year +52 -33 +228
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 8 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.032% 0.045%
As % of the System Software category 0.28% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 14
10th Percentile - £32,848 £26,525
25th Percentile £31,500 £50,245 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £56,250 £45,029
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +24.92% +46.43%
75th Percentile £34,500 £85,000 £48,809
90th Percentile £36,200 - £51,393
UK median annual salary £33,000 £52,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year -37.14% +10.39% +18.89%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,850 4,495 5,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.78% 12.05% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 2,598 4,407
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,526 £50,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% +5.14% -1.94%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BitLocker relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BitLocker job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BitLocker
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Midlands +30 5 £33,000 +1.54% 2
West Midlands +28 5 £33,000 +1.54% 2
South West - 3 £32,000 - 2
BitLocker
UK

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) BYOD
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Disk Encryption
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Line Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Apple
3 3 (37.50%) HP
3 3 (37.50%) McAfee
3 3 (37.50%) MobileIron
3 3 (37.50%) Remedy
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow