Windows Jobs in Dorset

Microsoft Windows
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 98 96 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 8.11% 14.52% 13.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.42% 58.18% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 83 70 95
10th Percentile £28,833 £32,450 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,625 £36,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -15.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,150 £69,125 £75,000
South West median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 157 165 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 13.00% 24.96% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 136 117 170
10th Percentile £30,675 £33,550 £31,475
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +12.94%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Dorset over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Bournemouth -27 32 £57,500 +24.32% 10
Poole +23 29 £45,000 +28.57% 7
Dorchester -8 7 £24,500 -34.67%
Weymouth -14 3 £31,350 -
Ferndown -4 2 £24,500 -43.68%
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 30 (30.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.20%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (7.14%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (45.92%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (38.78%) Azure
3 24 (24.49%) AWS
4 22 (22.45%) GCP
5 8 (8.16%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.04%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.04%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.02%) Dropbox
8 1 (1.02%) Google Drive
8 1 (1.02%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.02%) IaaS
8 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.47%) Firewall
2 20 (20.41%) WAN
3 19 (19.39%) LAN
4 6 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (4.08%) SAN
5 4 (4.08%) VPN
6 3 (3.06%) 4G
6 3 (3.06%) 5G
6 3 (3.06%) DNS
6 3 (3.06%) NAS
7 2 (2.04%) Network Security
7 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.04%) VoIP
8 1 (1.02%) DHCP
8 1 (1.02%) SNMP
8 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.04%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.04%) Power BI
2 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.04%) Tableau
3 1 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (9.18%) Git
1 9 (9.18%) Subversion
2 5 (5.10%) JIRA
3 2 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.04%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (16.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.10%) Aviation
4 4 (4.08%) Finance
5 3 (3.06%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.06%) Games
5 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (30.61%) Software Engineer
2 26 (26.53%) Support Engineer
3 23 (23.47%) Senior
4 22 (22.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (18.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 18 (18.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 18 (18.37%) Senior Software Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) IT Support
7 13 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (13.27%) IT Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (6.12%) Analyst
10 6 (6.12%) Lead
10 6 (6.12%) Senior Windows Engineer
11 5 (5.10%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (5.10%) IT Technician
11 5 (5.10%) Lead Software Engineer
11 5 (5.10%) Support Technician
11 5 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.20%) MFC
1 10 (10.20%) Qt
1 10 (10.20%) STL
2 2 (2.04%) XML
3 1 (1.02%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.02%) Web Services
3 1 (1.02%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Hackathon
2 7 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.04%) BYOD
3 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.04%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.04%) iPad
3 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.02%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 35 (35.71%) Windows Server
2 20 (20.41%) Linux
3 11 (11.22%) Mac OS
4 10 (10.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.06%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.02%) Android
8 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.69%) Software Engineering
2 20 (20.41%) Multithreading
3 13 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (12.24%) CI/CD
5 11 (11.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (11.22%) Roadmaps
5 11 (11.22%) Server Virtualisation
6 10 (10.20%) Change Management
6 10 (10.20%) Code Quality
6 10 (10.20%) Customer Service
6 10 (10.20%) Multithreaded Programming
6 10 (10.20%) Project Delivery
6 10 (10.20%) Technology Roadmap
7 9 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (9.18%) Defect Tracking
8 8 (8.16%) Agile
8 8 (8.16%) Time Management
9 7 (7.14%) Scrum
10 6 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (5.10%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.49%) C++
2 10 (10.20%) C#
2 10 (10.20%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.12%) PowerShell
4 5 (5.10%) Java
5 4 (4.08%) SQL
6 3 (3.06%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.02%) C
7 1 (1.02%) Python
7 1 (1.02%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.02%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 21 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.16%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.14%) MCITP
4 7 (7.14%) MCSE
4 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.16%) GDPR
2 4 (4.08%) SLA
3 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.02%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 26 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (25.51%) Hyper-V
4 11 (11.22%) XenDesktop
5 8 (8.16%) XenApp
6 4 (4.08%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (2.04%) Docker
8 1 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (18.37%) SCCM
2 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.06%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.04%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.02%) Check_MK
5 1 (1.02%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.02%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 36 (36.73%) VMware
3 26 (26.53%) Google
4 17 (17.35%) Cisco
5 14 (14.29%) HP
6 11 (11.22%) Citrix
6 11 (11.22%) Dell
6 11 (11.22%) Symantec
7 6 (6.12%) Veeam
8 3 (3.06%) Apple
8 3 (3.06%) Aruba
8 3 (3.06%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.04%) Oracle
9 2 (2.04%) Sparx
10 1 (1.02%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.02%) Databricks
10 1 (1.02%) Juniper
10 1 (1.02%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.02%) Splunk
10 1 (1.02%) Xamarin