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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 655 725 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.74% 12.28% 11.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.11% 65.61% 46.62%
Number of salaries quoted 587 450 626
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 £67,188
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 976 1,105 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.52% 18.71% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 835 681 1,015
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,846
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,000 £34,245
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 £78,750 £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 20 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 20 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% 51
Oxfordshire +11 204 £42,000 +20.00% 44
Buckinghamshire -15 159 £38,000 +11.76% 29
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 (17.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (10.08%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.90%) IIS
4 8 (1.22%) Apache
5 7 (1.07%) WordPress
6 5 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.46%) Confluence
8 2 (0.31%) CMS
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 93 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.92%) 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
1 290 (44.27%) Microsoft 365
2 217 (33.13%) Azure
3 63 (9.62%) Entra ID
4 43 (6.56%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.82%) AWS
6 22 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.75%) Google Workspace
8 16 (2.44%) Azure Storage
9 15 (2.29%) WhatsApp
10 14 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.98%) OCI
11 13 (1.98%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.83%) SaaS
13 6 (0.92%) 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 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (27.33%) Firewall
2 136 (20.76%) DNS
3 88 (13.44%) DHCP
4 46 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (6.87%) Wireless
6 42 (6.41%) TCP/IP
7 41 (6.26%) LAN
7 41 (6.26%) WAN
8 36 (5.50%) SAN
9 32 (4.89%) VPN
10 29 (4.43%) VLAN
11 26 (3.97%) VoIP
12 19 (2.90%) NAS
12 19 (2.90%) SNMP
13 16 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (1.83%) Internet
15 11 (1.68%) Network Security
16 8 (1.22%) SD-WAN
17 7 (1.07%) 4G
17 7 (1.07%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.47%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.53%) MySQL
4 9 (1.37%) Power BI
5 7 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.76%) InfluxDB
6 5 (0.76%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.76%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.61%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.46%) DB2
8 3 (0.46%) GIS
9 2 (0.31%) Redis
9 2 (0.31%) Tableau
10 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Git
2 7 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.92%) JIRA
3 6 (0.92%) MSI
4 5 (0.76%) AdminStudio
4 5 (0.76%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 217 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 40 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.27%) Finance
5 27 (4.12%) Legal
6 26 (3.97%) Manufacturing
7 22 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.36%) Law
8 16 (2.44%) Retail
9 13 (1.98%) Back Office
10 10 (1.53%) Electronics
11 8 (1.22%) Marketing
12 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.07%) Banking
12 7 (1.07%) Games
13 6 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.76%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.61%) Military
15 4 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (20.00%) IT Support
2 111 (16.95%) Support Engineer
3 92 (14.05%) IT Engineer
4 87 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 85 (12.98%) Analyst
6 80 (12.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 54 (8.24%) Senior
8 52 (7.94%) Systems Engineer
9 49 (7.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 48 (7.33%) IT Technician
11 45 (6.87%) 3rd Line Support
12 42 (6.41%) IT Analyst
12 42 (6.41%) Software Engineer
13 39 (5.95%) 2nd Line Support
13 39 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 34 (5.19%) Support Analyst
14 34 (5.19%) Windows Engineer
15 33 (5.04%) Support Technician
16 32 (4.89%) Lead
17 30 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.82%) .NET
2 21 (3.21%) WPF
3 15 (2.29%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.68%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.68%) 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 (0.92%) EDI
7 6 (0.92%) 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 (8.55%) Data Centre
2 50 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (4.58%) Driving Licence
4 29 (4.43%) PKI
5 27 (4.12%) Replication
6 26 (3.97%) CMDB
7 25 (3.82%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.44%) Smartphone
9 15 (2.29%) 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%) Shadow IT
12 5 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.61%) Device Driver
13 4 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 255 (38.93%) Windows Server
2 192 (29.31%) Windows 10
3 175 (26.72%) Linux
4 89 (13.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 85 (12.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (10.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 45 (6.87%) Windows 7
8 43 (6.56%) Android
9 40 (6.11%) Apple iOS
10 24 (3.66%) Mac OS
11 18 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 17 (2.60%) Windows XP
13 12 (1.83%) Windows NT
14 11 (1.68%) Mac OS X
15 9 (1.37%) Ubuntu
16 8 (1.22%) CentOS
16 8 (1.22%) Unix
17 7 (1.07%) VMS
17 7 (1.07%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (26.41%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (18.32%) ITIL
3 114 (17.40%) Customer Service
4 107 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
5 104 (15.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 60 (9.16%) Service Management
7 45 (6.87%) Software Engineering
8 44 (6.72%) Computer Science
9 43 (6.56%) Agile
10 39 (5.95%) Service Delivery
11 36 (5.50%) ITSM
12 32 (4.89%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 32 (4.89%) Release Management
13 30 (4.58%) Multithreading
14 29 (4.43%) Change Control
15 28 (4.27%) Configuration Management
16 27 (4.12%) Mentoring
16 27 (4.12%) Storage Management
17 26 (3.97%) Analytics
17 26 (3.97%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (13.44%) PowerShell
2 78 (11.91%) SQL
3 61 (9.31%) C#
4 37 (5.65%) C++
5 33 (5.04%) C
6 27 (4.12%) VBScript
7 26 (3.97%) VB
8 25 (3.82%) Python
9 19 (2.90%) XAML
10 14 (2.14%) Bicep
11 11 (1.68%) Bash
11 11 (1.68%) Java
12 9 (1.37%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.92%) R
14 5 (0.76%) Perl
14 5 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.76%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.61%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 170 (25.95%) Degree
2 154 (23.51%) Security Cleared
3 102 (15.57%) DV Cleared
4 95 (14.50%) SC Cleared
5 38 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (4.89%) CCNA
7 32 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (3.82%) MCP
9 19 (2.90%) HNC
10 16 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 15 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (2.14%) CCNP
13 13 (1.98%) A+ Certification
13 13 (1.98%) CISSP
14 12 (1.83%) MCSE
15 8 (1.22%) DBS Check
16 7 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
18 4 (0.61%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.87%) SLA
2 20 (3.05%) GDPR
3 10 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.76%) QA
6 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 329 (50.23%) Active Directory
2 138 (21.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (11.15%) Hyper-V
4 22 (3.36%) Firmware
5 20 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.29%) KVM
9 14 (2.14%) Docker
9 14 (2.14%) vSphere
10 5 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.31%) QEMU
12 2 (0.31%) Xen
13 1 (0.15%) Lustre
13 1 (0.15%) NFS
13 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 103 (15.73%) SCCM
2 96 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (7.63%) WSUS
4 43 (6.56%) SCOM
5 27 (4.12%) Kubernetes
6 26 (3.97%) vCenter Server
7 20 (3.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.60%) Ansible
9 15 (2.29%) EMC NetWorker
9 15 (2.29%) NetBackup
10 12 (1.83%) Sysprep
10 12 (1.83%) Terraform
11 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.76%) Puppet
11 5 (0.76%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 4 (0.61%) Nagios
12 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.61%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.46%) Nessus
14 2 (0.31%) Netcool
Vendors
1 373 (56.95%) Microsoft
2 184 (28.09%) VMware
3 66 (10.08%) Citrix
4 59 (9.01%) Cisco
5 56 (8.55%) Veeam
6 30 (4.58%) HP
7 27 (4.12%) Apple
8 26 (3.97%) Dell
9 24 (3.66%) Google
9 24 (3.66%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.51%) Oracle
11 19 (2.90%) Juniper
11 19 (2.90%) Red Hat
12 18 (2.75%) Adobe
12 18 (2.75%) EMC
13 14 (2.14%) Dynatrace
14 13 (1.98%) 3PAR
14 13 (1.98%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.83%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (1.83%) Symantec