Windows Jobs in Kent

Microsoft Windows
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 16 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 157 142 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 9.88% 13.64% 11.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 90.75% 78.02% 63.81%
Number of salaries quoted 143 94 142
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -20.93% +7.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £49,688 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £57,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 173 182 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.89% 17.48% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 158 119 183
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -21.69% +3.75%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £68,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Kent

Windows
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kent 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
Maidstone +8 43 £40,000 +50.94% 7
Dartford -3 17 £37,000 -29.52% 9
Sittingbourne +14 11 £50,000 +23.46% 1
Chatham +11 9 £38,500 +18.46% 3
Tonbridge - 7 £35,000 - 4
West Malling -6 5 £42,500 -
Stansted - 4 £26,500 - 1
Canterbury - 4 £24,000 -
Sevenoaks - 3 £50,000 - 2
Rochester 0 2 £21,000 -34.38% 6
Tunbridge Wells -21 1 £30,000 -1.64%
Aylesford - 1 £23,500 - 1
Gravesend - 1 £42,000 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 28 (17.83%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.82%) IIS
4 4 (2.55%) Apache
4 4 (2.55%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 37 (23.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 83 (52.87%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (42.68%) Azure
3 25 (15.92%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.83%) AWS
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.27%) IaaS
5 2 (1.27%) SaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 53 (33.76%) DNS
2 45 (28.66%) Firewall
3 37 (23.57%) DHCP
4 19 (12.10%) TCP/IP
4 19 (12.10%) VPN
5 17 (10.83%) VLAN
6 15 (9.55%) WAN
7 14 (8.92%) LAN
8 9 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (5.10%) Wireless
10 7 (4.46%) FTP
11 5 (3.18%) VoIP
12 4 (2.55%) WLAN
13 3 (1.91%) Internet
13 3 (1.91%) Network Security
14 2 (1.27%) IP Telephony
14 2 (1.27%) SNMP
15 1 (0.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.73%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.55%) DB2
3 4 (2.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (3.18%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) eggPlant
General
1 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.55%) Finance
4 3 (1.91%) Legal
4 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.64%) Advertising
5 1 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (28.66%) Analyst
2 28 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (17.83%) IT Support
3 25 (15.92%) Support Analyst
4 24 (15.29%) 1st Line Support
4 24 (15.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 24 (15.29%) Support Engineer
5 18 (11.46%) Help Desk Support
6 17 (10.83%) Lead
7 16 (10.19%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 14 (8.92%) Help Desk Analyst
9 13 (8.28%) IT Manager
9 13 (8.28%) Vulnerability Analyst
10 12 (7.64%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 12 (7.64%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
10 12 (7.64%) First Line Help Desk Support
10 12 (7.64%) Help Desk Support Analyst
10 12 (7.64%) IT Engineer
10 12 (7.64%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) CSS
1 4 (2.55%) HTML
1 4 (2.55%) HTML5
1 4 (2.55%) jQuery
1 4 (2.55%) LAMP
1 4 (2.55%) Laravel
1 4 (2.55%) SOAP
1 4 (2.55%) Web Services
1 4 (2.55%) XHTML
1 4 (2.55%) XML
2 1 (0.64%) MFC
2 1 (0.64%) Qt
2 1 (0.64%) React
2 1 (0.64%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.28%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.10%) Client/Server
2 8 (5.10%) Cyber Security Posture
2 8 (5.10%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.18%) PMI
4 4 (2.55%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.27%) Clustering
6 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.27%) Replication
7 1 (0.64%) AS400
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.64%) iSeries
7 1 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 54 (34.39%) Windows Server
2 36 (22.93%) Windows 10
3 20 (12.74%) Linux
4 19 (12.10%) Android
5 15 (9.55%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.55%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.91%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.85%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (27.39%) ITIL
3 39 (24.84%) Customer Service
4 33 (21.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (18.47%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (14.01%) Project Management
7 21 (13.38%) Patch Management
8 18 (11.46%) Proactive Maintenance
9 16 (10.19%) Incident Management
10 14 (8.92%) Mentoring
10 14 (8.92%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 13 (8.28%) Performance Optimisation
11 13 (8.28%) Process Improvement
11 13 (8.28%) Strategic Planning
12 11 (7.01%) Penetration Testing
12 11 (7.01%) Threat Detection
13 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity
13 9 (5.73%) Gamification
13 9 (5.73%) Inventory Management
13 9 (5.73%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.83%) SQL
2 8 (5.10%) Java
3 5 (3.18%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.55%) CFML
4 4 (2.55%) PHP
4 4 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.55%) RPG
5 1 (0.64%) C++
5 1 (0.64%) Python
5 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (10.83%) Degree
3 15 (9.55%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (8.28%) CCNP
5 13 (8.28%) MCSE
6 5 (3.18%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.18%) CCNA
6 5 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.91%) CISM
8 3 (1.91%) CISSP
8 3 (1.91%) CRISC
9 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.10%) SLA
2 15 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.55%) COBIT
3 4 (2.55%) GDPR
4 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.91%) GRC
5 2 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 88 (56.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.92%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.01%) WSUS
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (1.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (47.77%) Microsoft
2 39 (24.84%) Cisco
3 27 (17.20%) VMware
4 14 (8.92%) Meraki
5 12 (7.64%) WatchGuard
6 6 (3.82%) Veeam
7 5 (3.18%) Citrix
7 5 (3.18%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.55%) Adobe
8 4 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.55%) Darktrace
9 3 (1.91%) Apple
9 3 (1.91%) Progress
10 2 (1.27%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.27%) Sage
10 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.64%) IBM