Windows Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 18 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 287 344 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.82% 11.51% 7.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.92% 62.21% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 261 196 218
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £25,850
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,925 £35,302 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.59% -11.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £56,275 £67,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £59,000 £79,375 £75,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 479 553 690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.72% 18.49% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 383 326 494
10th Percentile £26,900 £24,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £30,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £60,013 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,000 £87,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Reading +5 187 £45,000 -3.23% 26
Newbury +13 35 £38,000 -20.83% 1
Bracknell -5 22 £60,000 +88.98% 7
Slough +6 8 £52,500 +96.72% 1
Wokingham +2 7 £35,000 -41.67% 2
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 -
Maidenhead +18 1 £24,000 -14.29% 3
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 31 (10.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.88%) IIS
3 7 (2.44%) Apache
4 6 (2.09%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.39%) WordPress
6 3 (1.05%) Confluence
7 2 (0.70%) CMS
8 1 (0.35%) nginx
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 43 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.09%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.09%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 108 (37.63%) Azure
2 87 (30.31%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (9.41%) Entra ID
4 24 (8.36%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (5.92%) Azure Storage
6 12 (4.18%) OCI
7 6 (2.09%) AWS
8 5 (1.74%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.74%) SaaS
9 4 (1.39%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.70%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.70%) TestFlight
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.35%) IaaS
11 1 (0.35%) PaaS
11 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (29.97%) Firewall
2 69 (24.04%) DNS
3 46 (16.03%) DHCP
4 23 (8.01%) SAN
5 22 (7.67%) LAN
6 15 (5.23%) SNMP
6 15 (5.23%) VPN
6 15 (5.23%) WAN
7 12 (4.18%) Wireless
8 9 (3.14%) NAS
9 8 (2.79%) Internet
9 8 (2.79%) Network Security
10 6 (2.09%) IPsec
10 6 (2.09%) VoIP
11 5 (1.74%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.74%) Wireshark
12 4 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (1.39%) iSCSI
12 4 (1.39%) VLAN
13 3 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.74%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.05%) GIS
4 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.70%) Redis
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.35%) MySQL
5 1 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.35%) Power BI
5 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.79%) MSI
2 6 (2.09%) AdminStudio
2 6 (2.09%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.05%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) Git
4 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Sourcetree
General
1 108 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (6.97%) Finance
4 12 (4.18%) Back Office
5 10 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.14%) Retail
7 6 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.74%) Banking
8 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.74%) Marketing
8 5 (1.74%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.39%) Electronics
9 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.70%) Law
11 2 (0.70%) Legal
12 1 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 40 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (13.59%) Analyst
2 39 (13.59%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (10.10%) Windows Engineer
4 27 (9.41%) IT Analyst
5 25 (8.71%) Senior
5 25 (8.71%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 23 (8.01%) Active Directory Specialist
6 23 (8.01%) Azure Specialist
6 23 (8.01%) Support Specialist
7 22 (7.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 21 (7.32%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.97%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 18 (6.27%) IT Support
10 18 (6.27%) Support Engineer
11 17 (5.92%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (5.23%) IT Engineer
13 13 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (4.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.83%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.92%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.74%) Qt
2 5 (1.74%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (1.74%) YAML
3 4 (1.39%) LAMP
3 4 (1.39%) XML
4 3 (1.05%) .NET
4 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.05%) Web Services
5 2 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.70%) Celery
5 2 (0.70%) CSS
5 2 (0.70%) Dask
5 2 (0.70%) Django
5 2 (0.70%) Flask
5 2 (0.70%) HTML
5 2 (0.70%) jQuery
5 2 (0.70%) NumPy
5 2 (0.70%) STL
5 2 (0.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.80%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.36%) PKI
3 23 (8.01%) CMDB
4 22 (7.67%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.48%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.09%) Replication
6 6 (2.09%) Shadow IT
7 4 (1.39%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.39%) EPoS
7 4 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.05%) Arduino
8 3 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.70%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.70%) IPTV
9 2 (0.70%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 128 (44.60%) Windows Server
2 112 (39.02%) Windows 10
3 82 (28.57%) Linux
4 68 (23.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 65 (22.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (17.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 42 (14.63%) Windows 7
8 13 (4.53%) Windows XP
9 12 (4.18%) Windows NT
10 8 (2.79%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.09%) Ubuntu
11 6 (2.09%) VMS
12 5 (1.74%) Android
12 5 (1.74%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (1.39%) Unix
14 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.36%) ITIL
2 75 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (17.77%) Customer Service
4 47 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (13.59%) Service Management
7 38 (13.24%) Release Management
8 36 (12.54%) Agile
9 28 (9.76%) Analytics
10 24 (8.36%) Decision-Making
10 24 (8.36%) Software Engineering
11 23 (8.01%) Configuration Management
11 23 (8.01%) Log Analytics
11 23 (8.01%) Project Management
12 21 (7.32%) Change Management
12 21 (7.32%) Problem Management
13 19 (6.62%) CI/CD
13 19 (6.62%) DevOps
14 18 (6.27%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 18 (6.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.09%) PowerShell
2 33 (11.50%) C#
3 30 (10.45%) VB
4 26 (9.06%) VBScript
5 20 (6.97%) SQL
6 17 (5.92%) Bicep
7 14 (4.88%) C
8 13 (4.53%) C++
9 12 (4.18%) Python
10 6 (2.09%) R
11 5 (1.74%) Bash
11 5 (1.74%) Java
12 4 (1.39%) JavaScript
13 3 (1.05%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.70%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.70%) Swift
14 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (45.30%) Security Cleared
2 99 (34.49%) DV Cleared
3 93 (32.40%) Degree
4 80 (27.87%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.92%) HNC
5 17 (5.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (5.57%) CCNA
6 16 (5.57%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (4.18%) CCNP
9 11 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.79%) A+ Certification
11 6 (2.09%) MCP
12 5 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.39%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.39%) MCSE
14 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
15 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
15 1 (0.35%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.83%) SLA
2 4 (1.39%) GDPR
2 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.05%) QA
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 159 (55.40%) Active Directory
2 55 (19.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.62%) Firmware
4 18 (6.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (6.27%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (5.23%) Hyper-V
6 14 (4.88%) KVM
7 13 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.48%) Docker
9 7 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.44%) vSphere
10 2 (0.70%) QEMU
10 2 (0.70%) Xen
11 1 (0.35%) NFS
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 79 (27.53%) SCCM
2 56 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (18.47%) WSUS
4 44 (15.33%) SCOM
5 26 (9.06%) Kubernetes
6 23 (8.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (6.97%) vCenter Server
8 14 (4.88%) NetBackup
9 12 (4.18%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (4.18%) Sysprep
10 5 (1.74%) Ansible
10 5 (1.74%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.70%) Nessus
11 2 (0.70%) Terraform
12 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.35%) Grafana
12 1 (0.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 159 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 91 (31.71%) VMware
3 25 (8.71%) HP
4 22 (7.67%) Cisco
5 21 (7.32%) Palo Alto
6 18 (6.27%) Dell
7 16 (5.57%) Veeam
8 15 (5.23%) Oracle
8 15 (5.23%) Red Hat
9 14 (4.88%) ServiceNow
10 13 (4.53%) 3PAR
10 13 (4.53%) Juniper
11 12 (4.18%) EMC
11 12 (4.18%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (4.18%) Symantec
12 10 (3.48%) Dynatrace
13 7 (2.44%) Autodesk
14 5 (1.74%) NetApp
14 5 (1.74%) SolidFire
15 4 (1.39%) Aruba