Windows Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 14 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 657 723 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.79% 12.23% 11.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.18% 65.43% 46.46%
Number of salaries quoted 589 449 618
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,324 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.54% -19.24% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £72,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 978 1,105 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.57% 18.69% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 837 682 1,005
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,846
25th Percentile £34,500 £29,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £78,625 £85,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +1 292 £45,000 +28.57% 52
Oxfordshire +11 205 £41,000 +17.14% 44
Buckinghamshire -15 160 £38,000 +11.76% 26
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 113 (17.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (10.05%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.89%) IIS
4 8 (1.22%) Apache
5 7 (1.07%) WordPress
6 6 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.46%) Confluence
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 94 (14.31%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.91%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 292 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 218 (33.18%) Azure
3 63 (9.59%) Entra ID
4 43 (6.54%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.81%) AWS
6 22 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.74%) Google Workspace
8 16 (2.44%) Azure Storage
9 15 (2.28%) WhatsApp
10 14 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.98%) OCI
11 13 (1.98%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.83%) SaaS
13 6 (0.91%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.61%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.61%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.61%) TestFlight
15 3 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.46%) GitHub
16 2 (0.30%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (27.25%) Firewall
2 136 (20.70%) DNS
3 88 (13.39%) DHCP
4 46 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (6.85%) Wireless
6 43 (6.54%) LAN
6 43 (6.54%) TCP/IP
7 42 (6.39%) WAN
8 36 (5.48%) SAN
9 33 (5.02%) VPN
10 29 (4.41%) VLAN
11 27 (4.11%) VoIP
12 19 (2.89%) NAS
12 19 (2.89%) SNMP
13 16 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (1.83%) Internet
15 11 (1.67%) Network Security
16 8 (1.22%) SD-WAN
17 7 (1.07%) 4G
17 7 (1.07%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.67%) MySQL
4 9 (1.37%) Power BI
5 8 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.91%) InfluxDB
6 6 (0.91%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.76%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.61%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.46%) DB2
9 3 (0.46%) GIS
10 2 (0.30%) Redis
10 2 (0.30%) Tableau
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Git
2 7 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.91%) JIRA
4 5 (0.76%) MSI
5 4 (0.61%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.61%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 218 (33.18%) Social Skills
2 41 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.11%) Legal
5 26 (3.96%) Finance
5 26 (3.96%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.35%) Law
7 16 (2.44%) Retail
8 14 (2.13%) Back Office
9 10 (1.52%) Electronics
10 8 (1.22%) Marketing
11 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.07%) Banking
11 7 (1.07%) Games
12 6 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.76%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.61%) Military
14 4 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (19.94%) IT Support
2 112 (17.05%) Support Engineer
3 92 (14.00%) IT Engineer
4 87 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 85 (12.94%) Analyst
6 80 (12.18%) IT Support Engineer
7 54 (8.22%) Senior
8 53 (8.07%) Systems Engineer
9 49 (7.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 48 (7.31%) IT Technician
11 45 (6.85%) 3rd Line Support
12 42 (6.39%) IT Analyst
12 42 (6.39%) Software Engineer
13 39 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support
13 39 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 34 (5.18%) Support Analyst
15 33 (5.02%) Support Technician
15 33 (5.02%) Windows Engineer
16 32 (4.87%) Lead
17 30 (4.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.81%) .NET
2 21 (3.20%) WPF
3 15 (2.28%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.67%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.67%) React
5 8 (1.22%) ASP.NET
6 7 (1.07%) CSS
6 7 (1.07%) HTML
6 7 (1.07%) jQuery
6 7 (1.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 6 (0.91%) EDI
7 6 (0.91%) Vue
8 5 (0.76%) Qt
8 5 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.76%) Web Services
8 5 (0.76%) XML
8 5 (0.76%) YAML
9 4 (0.61%) LAMP
10 3 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (0.46%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.52%) Data Centre
2 49 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (4.72%) Driving Licence
4 30 (4.57%) PKI
5 27 (4.11%) Replication
6 26 (3.96%) CMDB
7 25 (3.81%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.44%) Smartphone
9 15 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.98%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.37%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.76%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.76%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.61%) EPoS
13 4 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 254 (38.66%) Windows Server
2 194 (29.53%) Windows 10
3 176 (26.79%) Linux
4 89 (13.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 85 (12.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (10.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 46 (7.00%) Windows 7
8 43 (6.54%) Android
9 40 (6.09%) Apple iOS
10 24 (3.65%) Mac OS
11 19 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 17 (2.59%) Windows XP
13 11 (1.67%) Mac OS X
13 11 (1.67%) Windows NT
14 9 (1.37%) CentOS
14 9 (1.37%) Ubuntu
15 8 (1.22%) Unix
16 7 (1.07%) VMS
16 7 (1.07%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (18.11%) ITIL
3 114 (17.35%) Customer Service
4 107 (16.29%) Cybersecurity
5 104 (15.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 58 (8.83%) Service Management
7 45 (6.85%) Computer Science
7 45 (6.85%) Software Engineering
8 42 (6.39%) Agile
9 40 (6.09%) Service Delivery
10 35 (5.33%) ITSM
11 32 (4.87%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 30 (4.57%) Multithreading
12 30 (4.57%) Release Management
13 29 (4.41%) Change Control
14 28 (4.26%) Configuration Management
15 27 (4.11%) Mentoring
15 27 (4.11%) Storage Management
16 26 (3.96%) Analytics
16 26 (3.96%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 87 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 78 (11.87%) SQL
3 60 (9.13%) C#
4 37 (5.63%) C++
5 33 (5.02%) C
6 27 (4.11%) VBScript
7 25 (3.81%) Python
7 25 (3.81%) VB
8 19 (2.89%) XAML
9 14 (2.13%) Bicep
10 11 (1.67%) Bash
10 11 (1.67%) Java
11 9 (1.37%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.91%) R
13 5 (0.76%) Perl
13 5 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.76%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.61%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 170 (25.88%) Degree
2 154 (23.44%) Security Cleared
3 102 (15.53%) DV Cleared
4 95 (14.46%) SC Cleared
5 39 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (5.02%) CCNA
8 32 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (3.81%) MCP
10 19 (2.89%) HNC
11 16 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.13%) CCNP
14 13 (1.98%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.98%) CISSP
15 12 (1.83%) MCSE
16 8 (1.22%) DBS Check
17 7 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
19 4 (0.61%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.85%) SLA
2 20 (3.04%) GDPR
3 10 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.61%) QA
6 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.15%) DICOM
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 328 (49.92%) Active Directory
2 138 (21.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (11.26%) Hyper-V
4 23 (3.50%) Firmware
5 20 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.44%) KVM
9 14 (2.13%) Docker
9 14 (2.13%) vSphere
10 6 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.30%) QEMU
13 2 (0.30%) Xen
14 1 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.15%) NFS
14 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 102 (15.53%) SCCM
2 96 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 48 (7.31%) WSUS
4 43 (6.54%) SCOM
5 27 (4.11%) Kubernetes
6 26 (3.96%) vCenter Server
7 20 (3.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.59%) Ansible
9 15 (2.28%) EMC NetWorker
9 15 (2.28%) NetBackup
10 13 (1.98%) Terraform
11 11 (1.67%) Sysprep
12 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.76%) Puppet
12 5 (0.76%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.61%) Nagios
13 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.61%) PaperCut
14 3 (0.46%) Nessus
15 2 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 374 (56.93%) Microsoft
2 184 (28.01%) VMware
3 66 (10.05%) Citrix
4 60 (9.13%) Cisco
5 56 (8.52%) Veeam
6 31 (4.72%) HP
7 27 (4.11%) Apple
8 26 (3.96%) Dell
9 24 (3.65%) Google
9 24 (3.65%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.50%) Oracle
11 20 (3.04%) Juniper
12 19 (2.89%) Red Hat
13 18 (2.74%) Adobe
13 18 (2.74%) EMC
14 14 (2.13%) Dynatrace
15 13 (1.98%) 3PAR
16 12 (1.83%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (1.83%) ServiceNow
16 12 (1.83%) Symantec