Microsoft BitLocker
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BitLocker skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BitLocker over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 937 1142
Rank change year-on-year +60 +205 -304
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 8 49 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.047% 0.051%
As % of the System Software category 0.065% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6 39 65
10th Percentile £23,750 £29,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £27,063 £36,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -19.05% +23.53%
75th Percentile £42,563 £52,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £48,125 £60,250 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £33,750 £41,250
% change year-on-year +12.59% -18.18% -2.94%

All System Software Skills
UK

BitLocker is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,269 15,980 28,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.48% 15.36% 18.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,741 10,518 15,775
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,915 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BitLocker as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BitLocker in the UK

BitLocker
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BitLocker.

Salary trend for BitLocker in the UK

BitLocker
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BitLocker over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for BitLocker in the UK

BitLocker
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +72 7 £38,000 -10.59% 5
UK excluding London -4 7 £38,000 +12.59% 2
South West -13 3 £38,000 -27.62%
West Midlands +32 2 £24,500 -
Midlands +15 2 £24,500 -24.62%
London +96 1 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Work from Home +57 1 - -
South East +5 1 £50,000 +104.08% 2
Scotland -52 1 - -

BitLocker
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Team Leader
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Leader
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Fat Client
1 3 (37.50%) Thin Client
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Facilities Management
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) McAfee
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel
3 1 (12.50%) MobileIron