Windows Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 652 686 785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.84% 12.27% 10.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.29% 65.52% 45.19%
Number of salaries quoted 580 440 595
10th Percentile £26,039 £24,450 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,625 £30,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -10.59% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 969 1,047 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.14% 18.73% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 808 666 995
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,656 £26,989
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £34,995
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £84,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £43,606 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.20% -8.20% -

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 11 June 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 11 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
Berkshire 0 284 £50,000 +33.33% 49
Oxfordshire +6 207 £42,000 +21.74% 30
Buckinghamshire -14 161 £38,000 +11.76% 36
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
1 115 (17.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (10.58%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.45%) IIS
4 8 (1.23%) Apache
5 7 (1.07%) WordPress
6 5 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 91 (13.96%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 297 (45.55%) Microsoft 365
2 225 (34.51%) Azure
3 73 (11.20%) Entra ID
4 45 (6.90%) OneDrive
5 26 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
6 25 (3.83%) AWS
7 21 (3.22%) Azure Storage
8 18 (2.76%) Google Workspace
9 14 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.99%) OCI
10 13 (1.99%) WhatsApp
11 11 (1.69%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.53%) SaaS
13 6 (0.92%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.61%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.61%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.46%) GitHub
15 3 (0.46%) OpenShift
16 2 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 179 (27.45%) Firewall
2 137 (21.01%) DNS
3 87 (13.34%) DHCP
4 44 (6.75%) Wireless
5 43 (6.60%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (6.44%) TCP/IP
7 38 (5.83%) WAN
8 35 (5.37%) LAN
8 35 (5.37%) SAN
9 29 (4.45%) VLAN
10 28 (4.29%) VPN
11 25 (3.83%) VoIP
12 19 (2.91%) NAS
13 16 (2.45%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (2.45%) SNMP
14 13 (1.99%) Internet
15 11 (1.69%) Network Security
16 8 (1.23%) 4G
16 8 (1.23%) LTE
16 8 (1.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.53%) MySQL
4 7 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.07%) Power BI
5 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.77%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.77%) MariaDB
5 5 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.77%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.61%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.46%) DB2
7 3 (0.46%) GIS
8 2 (0.31%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (1.53%) MSI
2 8 (1.23%) AdminStudio
2 8 (1.23%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.07%) Git
3 7 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.46%) JIRA
5 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 222 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 38 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
3 37 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.75%) Finance
5 30 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 26 (3.99%) Legal
7 22 (3.37%) Law
8 20 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.45%) Retail
10 10 (1.53%) Back Office
10 10 (1.53%) Electronics
11 8 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.07%) Games
13 6 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.92%) Marketing
14 4 (0.61%) Banking
14 4 (0.61%) Military
14 4 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 127 (19.48%) IT Support
2 103 (15.80%) Support Engineer
3 90 (13.80%) IT Engineer
4 84 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 80 (12.27%) Analyst
6 78 (11.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 50 (7.67%) Senior
8 49 (7.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 49 (7.52%) IT Technician
9 48 (7.36%) Systems Engineer
10 45 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
11 44 (6.75%) Software Engineer
12 40 (6.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 40 (6.13%) IT Analyst
13 36 (5.52%) Windows Engineer
14 35 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
15 34 (5.21%) Support Technician
16 31 (4.75%) IT Support Technician
16 31 (4.75%) Lead
16 31 (4.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.83%) WPF
2 21 (3.22%) .NET
3 20 (3.07%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.23%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.23%) React
5 6 (0.92%) EDI
5 6 (0.92%) Vue
6 5 (0.77%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (0.77%) YAML
7 4 (0.61%) CSS
7 4 (0.61%) HTML
7 4 (0.61%) jQuery
7 4 (0.61%) LAMP
7 4 (0.61%) Qt
7 4 (0.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 3 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (0.46%) REST
8 3 (0.46%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.59%) Data Centre
2 55 (8.44%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (5.06%) PKI
4 29 (4.45%) Driving Licence
5 27 (4.14%) Replication
6 24 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.53%) CMDB
8 19 (2.91%) Smartphone
9 16 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.99%) Client/Server
11 13 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (1.38%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.23%) Shadow IT
14 5 (0.77%) Educational Technology
14 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
15 4 (0.61%) EPoS
15 4 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 252 (38.65%) Windows Server
2 196 (30.06%) Windows 10
3 175 (26.84%) Linux
4 90 (13.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 87 (13.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (10.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 44 (6.75%) Android
8 42 (6.44%) Windows 7
9 41 (6.29%) Apple iOS
10 25 (3.83%) Mac OS
11 17 (2.61%) Windows XP
12 14 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 13 (1.99%) Windows NT
14 11 (1.69%) Mac OS X
15 9 (1.38%) CentOS
15 9 (1.38%) Ubuntu
16 8 (1.23%) Unix
17 7 (1.07%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.92%) VMS
19 5 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (19.48%) ITIL
3 116 (17.79%) Customer Service
4 103 (15.80%) Cybersecurity
5 98 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 70 (10.74%) Service Management
7 50 (7.67%) Agile
8 46 (7.06%) Software Engineering
9 43 (6.60%) Release Management
10 41 (6.29%) Computer Science
10 41 (6.29%) ITSM
11 39 (5.98%) Service Delivery
12 37 (5.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 32 (4.91%) Multithreading
14 31 (4.75%) Analytics
15 29 (4.45%) DevOps
15 29 (4.45%) Project Management
16 28 (4.29%) Change Control
17 27 (4.14%) Decision-Making
17 27 (4.14%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (13.96%) PowerShell
2 69 (10.58%) C#
3 68 (10.43%) SQL
4 38 (5.83%) C++
5 35 (5.37%) C
6 34 (5.21%) VB
7 27 (4.14%) VBScript
8 23 (3.53%) Python
8 23 (3.53%) XAML
9 19 (2.91%) Bicep
10 10 (1.53%) Bash
11 8 (1.23%) Java
12 6 (0.92%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.92%) R
13 5 (0.77%) Perl
13 5 (0.77%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.46%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.15%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 174 (26.69%) Degree
2 149 (22.85%) Security Cleared
3 100 (15.34%) DV Cleared
4 97 (14.88%) SC Cleared
5 38 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (4.91%) CCNA
6 32 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (4.14%) MCP
8 20 (3.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 19 (2.91%) HNC
10 15 (2.30%) CCNP
10 15 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (1.99%) A+ Certification
11 13 (1.99%) CISSP
12 12 (1.84%) MCSE
13 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
14 7 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.61%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.90%) SLA
2 19 (2.91%) GDPR
3 11 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.23%) QA
6 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 329 (50.46%) Active Directory
2 132 (20.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (11.81%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (3.07%) Firmware
7 17 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (2.15%) Docker
8 14 (2.15%) vSphere
9 12 (1.84%) KVM
10 9 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.31%) QEMU
13 2 (0.31%) Xen
14 1 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.15%) NFS
14 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 111 (17.02%) SCCM
2 103 (15.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 59 (9.05%) WSUS
4 45 (6.90%) SCOM
5 32 (4.91%) Kubernetes
6 25 (3.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 24 (3.68%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.61%) Ansible
9 16 (2.45%) EMC NetWorker
10 13 (1.99%) NetBackup
10 13 (1.99%) Sysprep
11 12 (1.84%) Terraform
12 5 (0.77%) Nagios
12 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.77%) Puppet
12 5 (0.77%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.61%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.31%) Nessus
14 2 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 369 (56.60%) Microsoft
2 182 (27.91%) VMware
3 68 (10.43%) Citrix
4 59 (9.05%) Cisco
5 57 (8.74%) Veeam
6 27 (4.14%) HP
7 26 (3.99%) Apple
8 25 (3.83%) Dell
8 25 (3.83%) Palo Alto
9 24 (3.68%) Google
9 24 (3.68%) Oracle
10 19 (2.91%) EMC
10 19 (2.91%) Juniper
11 17 (2.61%) Red Hat
12 16 (2.45%) Adobe
12 16 (2.45%) ServiceNow
13 12 (1.84%) 3PAR
13 12 (1.84%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (1.84%) Symantec
14 11 (1.69%) Dynatrace