Microsoft BitLocker
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring BitLocker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 774 635 756
Rank change year-on-year -139 +121 -66
Permanent jobs citing BitLocker 35 32 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.065% 0.013%
As % of the System Software category 0.56% 0.58% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 24 32 9
10th Percentile £33,225 £25,400 -
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,438 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £38,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -27.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61,875 £46,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £61,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,250 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.05% -25.71% +23.53%

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,303 5,545 7,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 11.30% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 3,336 4,386
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend

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

BitLocker job vacancy trend in the UK

BitLocker
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BitLocker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BitLocker over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for BitLocker in the UK

BitLocker
Top 12 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 13 October 2026. 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 -139 30 £38,000 -0.65% 15
UK excluding London -143 22 £36,250 -7.05% 7
London -57 12 £75,000 +130.77% 9
North West - 11 £35,500 - 3
North of England - 11 £35,500 - 3
Work from Home -51 8 £75,000 +92.31% 10
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
South West -71 3 £38,000 +1.33% 1
East of England - 2 £37,500 -
West Midlands -52 1 £60,000 +56.86%
Midlands -64 1 £60,000 +56.86%
Wales - 1 £37,000 -

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 15 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (17.14%) Skype for Business
3 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Entra ID
2 13 (37.14%) Azure
3 12 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (14.29%) OneDrive
5 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Priva
7 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) DHCP
2 6 (17.14%) DNS
2 6 (17.14%) LAN
2 6 (17.14%) Skype
2 6 (17.14%) WAN
2 6 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (11.43%) Firewall
3 4 (11.43%) VLAN
4 3 (8.57%) VPN
5 2 (5.71%) Wireless
6 1 (2.86%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.86%) DKIM
6 1 (2.86%) DMARC
6 1 (2.86%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
General
1 5 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Aerospace
2 4 (11.43%) Electronics
3 1 (2.86%) Advertising
3 1 (2.86%) Law
3 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) IT Support
3 6 (17.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 5 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Support Technician
6 3 (8.57%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Citrix Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Citrix Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
1 4 (11.43%) iPhone
1 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
1 4 (11.43%) Smartphone
2 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 34 (97.14%) Windows
2 25 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 10 (28.57%) Android
4 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
4 6 (17.14%) Windows 7
5 5 (14.29%) Windows Server
6 2 (5.71%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) User Experience
2 10 (28.57%) ITSM
3 9 (25.71%) Disk Encryption
4 8 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (20.00%) Application Packaging
5 7 (20.00%) ITIL
6 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
6 6 (17.14%) Service Management
7 5 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (14.29%) Software Deployment
7 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Automation
8 4 (11.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (8.57%) Patch Management
9 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (5.71%) Incident Management
10 2 (5.71%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (22.86%) VBScript
3 4 (11.43%) VB
4 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared
1 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CCNP
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) SLA
2 3 (8.57%) GDPR
3 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (17.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (8.57%) vSphere
5 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (74.29%) SCCM
2 15 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 8 (22.86%) VMware
4 5 (14.29%) Cisco
4 5 (14.29%) Citrix
5 4 (11.43%) Thales
6 3 (8.57%) Apple
6 3 (8.57%) Tenable
7 2 (5.71%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.86%) HP
8 1 (2.86%) McAfee
8 1 (2.86%) Meraki
8 1 (2.86%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.86%) Zscaler