Windows Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 17 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 285 343 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.67% 11.57% 7.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.13% 62.03% 39.94%
Number of salaries quoted 260 195 219
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £56,275 £68,125 £60,625
90th Percentile £59,600 £79,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 474 553 701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.42% 18.66% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 376 325 499
10th Percentile £27,125 £24,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £59,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,000 £87,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -8.42% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Reading +4 185 £48,925 -11.05% 25
Newbury +15 35 £38,000 -20.83% 2
Bracknell -5 22 £60,000 +88.98% 7
Slough +7 8 £52,500 +96.72% 1
Wokingham +2 7 £35,000 -41.67% 2
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 -
Maidenhead +18 1 £24,000 -14.29% 3
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 31 (10.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.91%) IIS
3 7 (2.46%) Apache
4 6 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 2 (0.70%) Confluence
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (14.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.11%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 109 (38.25%) Azure
2 87 (30.53%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.82%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
5 18 (6.32%) Azure Storage
6 12 (4.21%) OCI
7 6 (2.11%) AWS
8 5 (1.75%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.75%) SaaS
9 4 (1.40%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.70%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.70%) TestFlight
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.35%) IaaS
11 1 (0.35%) PaaS
11 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 86 (30.18%) Firewall
2 70 (24.56%) DNS
3 47 (16.49%) DHCP
4 22 (7.72%) SAN
5 20 (7.02%) LAN
6 15 (5.26%) SNMP
7 14 (4.91%) VPN
7 14 (4.91%) WAN
8 12 (4.21%) Wireless
9 8 (2.81%) Internet
9 8 (2.81%) NAS
10 7 (2.46%) Network Security
11 6 (2.11%) IPsec
12 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.75%) VoIP
13 4 (1.40%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (1.40%) iSCSI
13 4 (1.40%) VLAN
13 4 (1.40%) Wireshark
14 3 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.75%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.05%) GIS
4 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.70%) Redis
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.35%) MySQL
5 1 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.35%) Power BI
5 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (3.16%) MSI
2 7 (2.46%) AdminStudio
2 7 (2.46%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.70%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) Sourcetree
General
1 109 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (7.37%) Finance
4 11 (3.86%) Back Office
5 10 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.16%) Retail
7 7 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.75%) Banking
9 5 (1.75%) Marketing
9 5 (1.75%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.40%) Electronics
10 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Law
12 2 (0.70%) Legal
13 1 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 39 (13.68%) Analyst
1 39 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 39 (13.68%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (10.53%) Windows Engineer
3 27 (9.47%) IT Analyst
4 25 (8.77%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 24 (8.42%) Active Directory Specialist
5 24 (8.42%) Azure Specialist
5 24 (8.42%) Senior
6 23 (8.07%) Support Specialist
7 22 (7.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 21 (7.37%) Software Engineer
9 20 (7.02%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 18 (6.32%) Active Directory Support
11 17 (5.96%) IT Support
12 16 (5.61%) Support Engineer
13 14 (4.91%) IT Engineer
14 13 (4.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (4.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 11 (3.86%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.32%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (1.75%) YAML
3 4 (1.40%) LAMP
3 4 (1.40%) Qt
4 3 (1.05%) .NET
4 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.05%) Web Services
4 3 (1.05%) XML
5 2 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.70%) Celery
5 2 (0.70%) CSS
5 2 (0.70%) Dask
5 2 (0.70%) Django
5 2 (0.70%) Flask
5 2 (0.70%) HTML
5 2 (0.70%) jQuery
5 2 (0.70%) NumPy
5 2 (0.70%) React
5 2 (0.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.58%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (8.77%) PKI
3 23 (8.07%) CMDB
4 22 (7.72%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.16%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.46%) Shadow IT
7 6 (2.11%) Replication
8 4 (1.40%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.40%) EPoS
8 4 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.05%) Arduino
9 3 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.70%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.70%) IPTV
10 2 (0.70%) Mobile Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 129 (45.26%) Windows Server
2 111 (38.95%) Windows 10
3 82 (28.77%) Linux
4 69 (24.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 66 (23.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (17.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 41 (14.39%) Windows 7
8 13 (4.56%) Windows XP
9 12 (4.21%) Windows NT
10 8 (2.81%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.11%) Ubuntu
11 6 (2.11%) VMS
12 5 (1.75%) Android
12 5 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (1.40%) Unix
14 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.93%) ITIL
2 73 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (17.54%) Customer Service
4 45 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (14.39%) Release Management
5 41 (14.39%) Service Management
6 40 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (13.33%) Agile
8 29 (10.18%) Analytics
9 24 (8.42%) Decision-Making
9 24 (8.42%) Log Analytics
9 24 (8.42%) Project Management
10 23 (8.07%) Configuration Management
10 23 (8.07%) Software Engineering
11 21 (7.37%) Change Management
11 21 (7.37%) Problem Management
12 20 (7.02%) CI/CD
12 20 (7.02%) DevOps
13 18 (6.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 18 (6.32%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.61%) PowerShell
2 35 (12.28%) C#
3 32 (11.23%) VB
4 27 (9.47%) VBScript
5 19 (6.67%) SQL
6 18 (6.32%) Bicep
7 14 (4.91%) C
8 12 (4.21%) C++
9 11 (3.86%) Python
10 6 (2.11%) R
11 5 (1.75%) Java
12 4 (1.40%) Bash
12 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
13 3 (1.05%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.70%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.70%) Swift
14 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (45.26%) Security Cleared
2 98 (34.39%) DV Cleared
3 94 (32.98%) Degree
4 81 (28.42%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (5.96%) HNC
7 15 (5.26%) CCNA
7 15 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.21%) CCNP
10 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.81%) A+ Certification
12 6 (2.11%) MCP
13 5 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
15 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
15 3 (1.05%) MCSE
16 1 (0.35%) MCDST
16 1 (0.35%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.86%) SLA
2 4 (1.40%) GDPR
2 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.40%) QA
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 159 (55.79%) Active Directory
2 55 (19.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (6.32%) Firmware
5 15 (5.26%) Hyper-V
6 13 (4.56%) KVM
6 13 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.51%) Docker
8 8 (2.81%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.46%) vSphere
10 2 (0.70%) QEMU
10 2 (0.70%) Xen
11 1 (0.35%) NFS
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 80 (28.07%) SCCM
2 57 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 55 (19.30%) WSUS
4 45 (15.79%) SCOM
5 27 (9.47%) Kubernetes
6 24 (8.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (7.02%) vCenter Server
8 14 (4.91%) NetBackup
9 12 (4.21%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (4.21%) Sysprep
10 5 (1.75%) Ansible
10 5 (1.75%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.70%) Nessus
11 2 (0.70%) Terraform
12 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.35%) Grafana
12 1 (0.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 158 (55.44%) Microsoft
2 91 (31.93%) VMware
3 24 (8.42%) HP
4 22 (7.72%) Cisco
5 21 (7.37%) Palo Alto
6 18 (6.32%) Dell
7 16 (5.61%) Veeam
8 15 (5.26%) Oracle
8 15 (5.26%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.26%) ServiceNow
9 13 (4.56%) 3PAR
9 13 (4.56%) Juniper
10 12 (4.21%) EMC
10 12 (4.21%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (4.21%) Symantec
11 10 (3.51%) Dynatrace
12 8 (2.81%) Autodesk
13 5 (1.75%) NetApp
13 5 (1.75%) SolidFire
14 4 (1.40%) Aruba