Windows Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 12 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,049 1,842 2,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.21% 12.61% 10.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.05% 65.39% 48.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,742 1,250 1,705
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,225 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,075
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £76,050
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,844 2,817 4,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.94% 19.29% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 1,960 2,780
10th Percentile £25,760 £25,688 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the South East.

Salary trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the South East

Windows
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley +3 678 £40,000 +17.65% 118
Hampshire +5 649 £44,400 +26.86% 92
Berkshire +4 307 £44,700 +27.71% 52
Surrey -2 262 £42,500 +14.86% 37
Oxfordshire +10 211 £40,000 +20.30% 36
Buckinghamshire -15 160 £38,000 +13.43% 30
Kent -7 153 £35,000 -2.78% 39
East Sussex +19 140 £37,500 -31.82% 17
West Sussex +11 120 £35,000 -33.33% 32
Middlesex +4 26 £42,500 -51.43% 1
Sussex - 21 £35,000 - 2
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 271 (13.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 179 (8.74%) SharePoint
3 49 (2.39%) IIS
4 31 (1.51%) Apache
5 23 (1.12%) OpenStack
6 12 (0.59%) Confluence
7 10 (0.49%) WordPress
8 8 (0.39%) CMS
8 8 (0.39%) nginx
9 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.20%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.20%) TWiki
12 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.15%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.098%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.049%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.049%) WebSphere
Applications
1 296 (14.45%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.83%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.049%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.15%) assyst
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.049%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.049%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 878 (42.85%) Microsoft 365
2 731 (35.68%) Azure
3 190 (9.27%) Entra ID
4 135 (6.59%) AWS
5 98 (4.78%) OneDrive
6 87 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.76%) Serverless
8 76 (3.71%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.71%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.61%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 60 (2.93%) SaaS
12 41 (2.00%) IaaS
13 31 (1.51%) Power Platform
14 27 (1.32%) Mimecast
15 24 (1.17%) Google Workspace
16 23 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
17 22 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 439 (21.43%) Firewall
2 311 (15.18%) DNS
3 211 (10.30%) DHCP
4 172 (8.39%) TCP/IP
5 168 (8.20%) VPN
6 131 (6.39%) LAN
7 128 (6.25%) WAN
8 126 (6.15%) Wireless
9 100 (4.88%) VoIP
10 93 (4.54%) VLAN
11 87 (4.25%) Wi-Fi
12 75 (3.66%) SAN
13 36 (1.76%) SNMP
14 35 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
15 31 (1.51%) NAS
16 30 (1.46%) Network Security
17 29 (1.42%) Internet
18 24 (1.17%) SD-WAN
19 23 (1.12%) Broadband
20 22 (1.07%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.93%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 90 (4.39%) DB2
5 86 (4.20%) MongoDB
6 76 (3.71%) NoSQL
7 39 (1.90%) MySQL
8 31 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (0.98%) Power BI
10 8 (0.39%) GIS
10 8 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.34%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.34%) Redis
12 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.24%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.098%) Tableau
15 1 (0.049%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 78 (3.81%) Git
2 50 (2.44%) Visual Studio
3 37 (1.81%) Subversion
4 33 (1.61%) JIRA
5 24 (1.17%) Ant
5 24 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.78%) CMake
7 13 (0.63%) Eclipse
8 12 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.54%) GitLab
10 10 (0.49%) MSI
10 10 (0.49%) Trac
11 9 (0.44%) eggPlant
12 8 (0.39%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.29%) Selenium
13 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.20%) AdminStudio
15 4 (0.20%) Hudson
15 4 (0.20%) InstallShield
General
1 633 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 148 (7.22%) Finance
3 139 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (4.78%) Public Sector
5 93 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
6 76 (3.71%) Telecoms
7 49 (2.39%) Law
8 48 (2.34%) Legal
9 46 (2.24%) Retail
10 43 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
12 39 (1.90%) Military
13 37 (1.81%) Electronics
14 36 (1.76%) Games
15 30 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.37%) Marketing
16 28 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (1.27%) Back Office
18 15 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 339 (16.54%) IT Support
2 328 (16.01%) Support Engineer
3 251 (12.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 246 (12.01%) Analyst
5 245 (11.96%) IT Engineer
6 193 (9.42%) IT Support Engineer
7 186 (9.08%) Senior
8 151 (7.37%) Developer
9 144 (7.03%) Lead
10 142 (6.93%) Software Engineer
11 121 (5.91%) 2nd Line Support
12 115 (5.61%) 3rd Line Support
13 108 (5.27%) Support Analyst
14 99 (4.83%) IT Technician
15 93 (4.54%) IT Analyst
16 88 (4.29%) 1st Line Support
17 87 (4.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 86 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
19 80 (3.90%) Full Stack Developer
19 80 (3.90%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (8.39%) .NET
2 126 (6.15%) HTML
3 120 (5.86%) AngularJS
4 116 (5.66%) CSS
5 111 (5.42%) React
6 101 (4.93%) Web Services
7 98 (4.78%) jQuery
7 98 (4.78%) REST
8 93 (4.54%) ASP.NET
8 93 (4.54%) Vue
9 87 (4.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 83 (4.05%) Node.js
11 77 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (3.71%) Backbone.js
12 76 (3.71%) Ember.js
13 55 (2.68%) XML
14 39 (1.90%) WPF
15 38 (1.85%) Qt
16 28 (1.37%) STL
17 27 (1.32%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 119 (5.81%) Data Centre
2 113 (5.51%) Algorithms
3 84 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (3.90%) Driving Licence
6 78 (3.81%) Data Structures
7 76 (3.71%) Blockchain
8 67 (3.27%) Management Information System
9 59 (2.88%) PKI
10 50 (2.44%) Onboarding
11 45 (2.20%) Replication
12 42 (2.05%) CMDB
13 37 (1.81%) Client/Server
14 31 (1.51%) IoT
15 29 (1.42%) Clustering
16 28 (1.37%) NHS
17 21 (1.02%) Digital Signage
18 18 (0.88%) CCTV
18 18 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
19 17 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 769 (37.53%) Windows Server
2 544 (26.55%) Linux
3 443 (21.62%) Windows 10
4 169 (8.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 164 (8.00%) Apple iOS
6 157 (7.66%) Android
7 148 (7.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 116 (5.66%) Windows 7
9 108 (5.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 63 (3.07%) Windows 8
11 61 (2.98%) Mac OS
12 36 (1.76%) Unix
13 35 (1.71%) Ubuntu
14 31 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 25 (1.22%) CentOS
16 20 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
17 18 (0.88%) Windows XP
18 16 (0.78%) Mac OS X
19 13 (0.63%) Windows NT
20 11 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
2 353 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 348 (16.98%) Customer Service
4 342 (16.69%) ITIL
5 220 (10.74%) DevOps
6 218 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
7 217 (10.59%) Agile
8 180 (8.78%) Software Engineering
9 136 (6.64%) Computer Science
10 127 (6.20%) Mentoring
11 122 (5.95%) OO
12 114 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
13 107 (5.22%) MVC
14 105 (5.12%) Service Delivery
15 104 (5.08%) Project Management
16 102 (4.98%) MVVM
17 98 (4.78%) OOP
18 97 (4.73%) Service Management
19 92 (4.49%) SOLID
20 91 (4.44%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 310 (15.13%) SQL
2 294 (14.35%) PowerShell
3 233 (11.37%) Python
4 229 (11.18%) C#
5 169 (8.25%) Java
6 167 (8.15%) JavaScript
7 155 (7.56%) C++
8 93 (4.54%) C
9 39 (1.90%) VB
10 36 (1.76%) Bash
11 35 (1.71%) VBScript
12 30 (1.46%) Perl
13 19 (0.93%) XAML
14 18 (0.88%) R
15 15 (0.73%) Haskell
16 14 (0.68%) ActionScript
16 14 (0.68%) Bicep
17 12 (0.59%) Go
18 9 (0.44%) PHP
19 8 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 384 (18.74%) Security Cleared
2 348 (16.98%) Degree
3 268 (13.08%) SC Cleared
4 182 (8.88%) DV Cleared
5 114 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 110 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 81 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
8 62 (3.03%) CCNA
9 42 (2.05%) DBS Check
9 42 (2.05%) MCP
10 36 (1.76%) MCSE
11 33 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 29 (1.42%) CCNP
13 26 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
14 25 (1.22%) A+ Certification
14 25 (1.22%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (0.93%) HNC
17 18 (0.88%) MCSA
18 17 (0.83%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (7.27%) SLA
2 64 (3.12%) GDPR
3 39 (1.90%) QA
4 37 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.59%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 6 (0.29%) GRC
10 4 (0.20%) COBIT
10 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.20%) NIST
11 3 (0.15%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.098%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.098%) PMO
13 1 (0.049%) DICOM
13 1 (0.049%) HL7
13 1 (0.049%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 906 (44.22%) Active Directory
2 334 (16.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 282 (13.76%) Hyper-V
4 68 (3.32%) Virtual Machines
5 62 (3.03%) XenApp
6 59 (2.88%) vSphere
7 54 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
8 52 (2.54%) Docker
9 48 (2.34%) VirtualBox
10 47 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 46 (2.24%) XenDesktop
12 37 (1.81%) Firmware
13 17 (0.83%) KVM
14 15 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
15 11 (0.54%) NFS
16 10 (0.49%) OpenSSH
16 10 (0.49%) pfSense
17 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 7 (0.34%) VMware Server
19 6 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 197 (9.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 139 (6.78%) SCCM
3 89 (4.34%) WSUS
4 74 (3.61%) vCenter Server
5 66 (3.22%) Kubernetes
6 55 (2.68%) Ansible
6 55 (2.68%) SCOM
7 34 (1.66%) Terraform
8 26 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 23 (1.12%) ZABBIX
10 19 (0.93%) EMC NetWorker
11 18 (0.88%) Puppet
11 18 (0.88%) WMI
12 16 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 16 (0.78%) SCDPM
13 15 (0.73%) FortiGate
13 15 (0.73%) Grafana
14 14 (0.68%) Nessus
14 14 (0.68%) NetBackup
15 12 (0.59%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1,022 (49.88%) Microsoft
2 478 (23.33%) VMware
3 169 (8.25%) Cisco
4 144 (7.03%) Citrix
5 119 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 96 (4.69%) Veeam
7 89 (4.34%) IBM
8 60 (2.93%) Apple
9 55 (2.68%) Dell
10 45 (2.20%) Google
10 45 (2.20%) Oracle
11 44 (2.15%) HP
12 43 (2.10%) Adobe
13 42 (2.05%) Juniper
14 33 (1.61%) Meraki
15 32 (1.56%) Palo Alto
16 31 (1.51%) Sophos
17 30 (1.46%) Draytek
17 30 (1.46%) Fortinet
18 26 (1.27%) Splunk