Windows Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 13 18 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 187 200 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 10.04% 13.25% 6.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.44% 60.42% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 167 99 92
10th Percentile £26,150 £23,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £25,000 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £56,275 £72,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £59,000 £80,000 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £48,925 £35,302 £40,000
% change year-on-year +38.59% -11.75% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 320 331 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 17.18% 21.94% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 235 163 233
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,150 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,000 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% -4.35%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Reading

Windows
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Windows in Reading

Windows
Salary Histogram in Reading

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Reading

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 23 (12.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.35%) IIS
3 5 (2.67%) Apache
4 2 (1.07%) CMS
4 2 (1.07%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 37 (19.79%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.21%) AutoCAD
3 6 (3.21%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (31.55%) Azure
2 33 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (12.83%) Azure Monitor
4 23 (12.30%) Entra ID
5 17 (9.09%) Azure Storage
6 12 (6.42%) OCI
7 5 (2.67%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.14%) SaaS
9 2 (1.07%) AWS
9 2 (1.07%) TestFlight
10 1 (0.53%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.53%) GitHub
10 1 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.53%) IaaS
10 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (32.09%) Firewall
2 47 (25.13%) DNS
3 45 (24.06%) DHCP
4 16 (8.56%) SAN
5 15 (8.02%) SNMP
6 14 (7.49%) LAN
7 10 (5.35%) VPN
8 8 (4.28%) Internet
8 8 (4.28%) WAN
9 6 (3.21%) IPsec
9 6 (3.21%) Network Security
10 5 (2.67%) Wireshark
11 4 (2.14%) NAS
11 4 (2.14%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.14%) VoIP
11 4 (2.14%) Wireless
12 3 (1.60%) VLAN
13 2 (1.07%) Multicast
14 1 (0.53%) HTTP
14 1 (0.53%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (2.67%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.07%) GIS
2 2 (1.07%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.53%) MySQL
3 1 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.53%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.53%) Redis
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.53%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (2.67%) MSI
2 4 (2.14%) AdminStudio
2 4 (2.14%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.07%) Git
3 2 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.07%) JIRA
3 2 (1.07%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.37%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (7.49%) Finance
4 12 (6.42%) Back Office
5 7 (3.74%) Retail
6 5 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.14%) Marketing
7 4 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.14%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.07%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Games
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (18.72%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (14.97%) Windows Engineer
4 24 (12.83%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 23 (12.30%) Active Directory Specialist
5 23 (12.30%) Azure Specialist
5 23 (12.30%) Support Specialist
6 22 (11.76%) Senior
7 17 (9.09%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (8.56%) Support Engineer
9 13 (6.95%) IT Support
10 12 (6.42%) Analyst
11 11 (5.88%) Desktop Support
11 11 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (5.35%) IT Engineer
13 9 (4.81%) Administrator
13 9 (4.81%) Desktop Engineer
13 9 (4.81%) Systems Administrator
14 8 (4.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.09%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (2.67%) YAML
3 3 (1.60%) XML
4 2 (1.07%) .NET
4 2 (1.07%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.07%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.07%) CSS
4 2 (1.07%) HTML
4 2 (1.07%) jQuery
4 2 (1.07%) Qt
4 2 (1.07%) React
4 2 (1.07%) STL
4 2 (1.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (1.07%) Web Services
5 1 (0.53%) Dask
5 1 (0.53%) Flask
5 1 (0.53%) NumPy
5 1 (0.53%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.53%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.97%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (12.83%) PKI
3 22 (11.76%) CMDB
3 22 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.28%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.14%) Educational Technology
5 4 (2.14%) EPoS
5 4 (2.14%) Shadow IT
6 3 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.07%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.07%) IPTV
7 2 (1.07%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.07%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.07%) Replication
8 1 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.53%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.53%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (40.64%) Windows Server
2 71 (37.97%) Windows 10
3 61 (32.62%) Linux
4 60 (32.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 60 (32.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 47 (25.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 40 (21.39%) Windows 7
7 12 (6.42%) Windows NT
7 12 (6.42%) Windows XP
8 6 (3.21%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.67%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (2.14%) Android
10 4 (2.14%) Unix
11 2 (1.07%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.07%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.07%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (41.18%) ITIL
2 61 (32.62%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (22.99%) Customer Service
4 35 (18.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (18.72%) Release Management
4 35 (18.72%) Service Management
5 34 (18.18%) Agile
6 25 (13.37%) Analytics
7 23 (12.30%) Log Analytics
8 22 (11.76%) Configuration Management
9 21 (11.23%) Change Management
9 21 (11.23%) Project Management
10 20 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (10.70%) Decision-Making
10 20 (10.70%) Problem Management
11 19 (10.16%) DevOps
12 18 (9.63%) CI/CD
12 18 (9.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 18 (9.63%) Roadmaps
13 17 (9.09%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 63 (33.69%) PowerShell
2 29 (15.51%) C#
3 27 (14.44%) VB
4 25 (13.37%) VBScript
5 18 (9.63%) SQL
6 17 (9.09%) Bicep
7 11 (5.88%) Python
8 6 (3.21%) R
9 4 (2.14%) Bash
10 3 (1.60%) Java
11 2 (1.07%) C++
11 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.07%) Objective-C
11 2 (1.07%) Swift
11 2 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 121 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 95 (50.80%) DV Cleared
3 75 (40.11%) SC Cleared
4 65 (34.76%) Degree
5 17 (9.09%) HNC
5 17 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (8.56%) CCNA
6 16 (8.56%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (6.42%) CCNP
8 7 (3.74%) A+ Certification
8 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.67%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.14%) MCSE
11 2 (1.07%) MCP
12 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.53%) MCDST
12 1 (0.53%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.81%) SLA
2 3 (1.60%) QA
3 1 (0.53%) GDPR
3 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.53%) NIST
3 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 103 (55.08%) Active Directory
2 46 (24.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (10.16%) Firmware
4 18 (9.63%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (7.49%) Hyper-V
6 14 (7.49%) KVM
7 13 (6.95%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (4.81%) Docker
9 5 (2.67%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (1.07%) QEMU
10 2 (1.07%) Xen
11 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 71 (37.97%) SCCM
2 51 (27.27%) WSUS
3 44 (23.53%) SCOM
4 25 (13.37%) Kubernetes
5 23 (12.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (9.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (9.09%) vCenter Server
8 12 (6.42%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (6.42%) NetBackup
8 12 (6.42%) Sysprep
9 5 (2.67%) Ansible
9 5 (2.67%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.07%) Nessus
11 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.53%) Grafana
11 1 (0.53%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.53%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 122 (65.24%) Microsoft
2 47 (25.13%) VMware
3 24 (12.83%) HP
4 17 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 15 (8.02%) Cisco
5 15 (8.02%) Oracle
6 13 (6.95%) Dell
6 13 (6.95%) Juniper
7 12 (6.42%) 3PAR
7 12 (6.42%) EMC
7 12 (6.42%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (6.42%) Symantec
7 12 (6.42%) Veeam
8 11 (5.88%) ServiceNow
9 10 (5.35%) Dynatrace
10 7 (3.74%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.67%) Autodesk
11 5 (2.67%) NetApp
11 5 (2.67%) SolidFire
12 2 (1.07%) Splunk