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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 11 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,037 1,693 2,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.33% 12.44% 10.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.98% 65.29% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 1,170 1,705
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% -4.44%

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 2,870 2,593 4,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.96% 19.06% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 1,822 2,795
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -8.42% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 4 June 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 4 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
Hampshire +6 656 £45,000 +28.57% 92
Thames Valley -2 649 £40,000 +14.29% 105
Berkshire 0 285 £50,000 +41.64% 43
Surrey -4 265 £42,500 +12.58% 50
Oxfordshire +9 202 £42,000 +20.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -14 162 £38,000 +11.76% 32
Kent -6 159 £37,500 +11.11% 48
East Sussex +18 152 £39,500 -28.18% 14
West Sussex +8 114 £35,000 -30.00% 25
Middlesex -2 24 £41,250 -52.86% 3
Sussex - 21 £35,000 - 1
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
1 268 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 181 (8.89%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.26%) IIS
4 30 (1.47%) Apache
5 21 (1.03%) OpenStack
6 12 (0.59%) Confluence
7 11 (0.54%) WordPress
8 8 (0.39%) CMS
9 7 (0.34%) nginx
10 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
11 5 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
12 4 (0.20%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.20%) TWiki
13 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
13 3 (0.15%) Orchard CMS
13 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.098%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.049%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 287 (14.09%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.79%) AutoCAD
5 14 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.098%) assyst
3 1 (0.049%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 853 (41.88%) Microsoft 365
2 740 (36.33%) Azure
3 200 (9.82%) Entra ID
4 134 (6.58%) AWS
5 102 (5.01%) OneDrive
6 86 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.78%) Serverless
8 76 (3.73%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.73%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.63%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 61 (2.99%) SaaS
12 44 (2.16%) IaaS
13 28 (1.37%) Power Platform
14 25 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (1.23%) Mimecast
15 24 (1.18%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
16 22 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 440 (21.60%) Firewall
2 314 (15.41%) DNS
3 203 (9.97%) DHCP
4 170 (8.35%) TCP/IP
5 160 (7.85%) VPN
6 119 (5.84%) Wireless
7 115 (5.65%) LAN
8 111 (5.45%) WAN
9 101 (4.96%) VoIP
10 86 (4.22%) Wi-Fi
11 85 (4.17%) VLAN
12 73 (3.58%) SAN
13 34 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (1.62%) Internet
15 32 (1.57%) NAS
15 32 (1.57%) SNMP
16 29 (1.42%) Network Security
17 22 (1.08%) Unified Communications
18 21 (1.03%) FTP
19 20 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (5.89%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.91%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.52%) DB2
3 92 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (4.22%) MongoDB
5 76 (3.73%) NoSQL
6 38 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
6 38 (1.87%) MySQL
7 17 (0.83%) Power BI
8 8 (0.39%) GIS
9 7 (0.34%) Redis
10 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.25%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.25%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.20%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.049%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.049%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.049%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 79 (3.88%) Git
2 53 (2.60%) Visual Studio
3 37 (1.82%) Subversion
4 30 (1.47%) JIRA
5 22 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.03%) Ant
7 15 (0.74%) CMake
8 14 (0.69%) MSI
9 13 (0.64%) Eclipse
10 12 (0.59%) eggPlant
10 12 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.49%) GitLab
11 10 (0.49%) Trac
12 7 (0.34%) AdminStudio
12 7 (0.34%) InstallShield
13 6 (0.29%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.25%) Selenium
15 4 (0.20%) Hudson
General
1 631 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 169 (8.30%) Finance
3 139 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (4.66%) Public Sector
5 90 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
6 74 (3.63%) Telecoms
7 49 (2.41%) Legal
8 48 (2.36%) Law
9 47 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 44 (2.16%) Retail
11 39 (1.91%) Military
12 38 (1.87%) Aerospace
13 37 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 37 (1.82%) Electronics
14 36 (1.77%) Games
15 30 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.28%) Marketing
17 22 (1.08%) Back Office
18 16 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 14 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 331 (16.25%) IT Support
2 312 (15.32%) Support Engineer
3 253 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 235 (11.54%) Analyst
4 235 (11.54%) IT Engineer
5 190 (9.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 184 (9.03%) Senior
7 150 (7.36%) Lead
8 147 (7.22%) Developer
9 145 (7.12%) Software Engineer
10 113 (5.55%) 2nd Line Support
11 109 (5.35%) 3rd Line Support
12 102 (5.01%) Support Analyst
13 98 (4.81%) IT Technician
14 92 (4.52%) IT Analyst
15 86 (4.22%) 1st Line Support
16 84 (4.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 81 (3.98%) Support Technician
18 80 (3.93%) Full Stack Developer
19 79 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (8.39%) .NET
2 121 (5.94%) HTML
3 118 (5.79%) AngularJS
4 114 (5.60%) CSS
5 110 (5.40%) React
6 98 (4.81%) Web Services
7 97 (4.76%) REST
8 96 (4.71%) jQuery
9 93 (4.57%) Vue
10 89 (4.37%) ASP.NET
11 85 (4.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 83 (4.07%) Node.js
13 76 (3.73%) ASP.NET Core
13 76 (3.73%) Backbone.js
13 76 (3.73%) Ember.js
14 50 (2.45%) XML
15 42 (2.06%) WPF
16 39 (1.91%) Qt
17 28 (1.37%) STL
18 27 (1.33%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 113 (5.55%) Data Centre
2 112 (5.50%) Algorithms
3 86 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 86 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 76 (3.73%) Blockchain
6 75 (3.68%) Driving Licence
7 69 (3.39%) Management Information System
8 64 (3.14%) PKI
9 46 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 45 (2.21%) Replication
11 41 (2.01%) Client/Server
12 38 (1.87%) CMDB
13 36 (1.77%) IoT
14 32 (1.57%) Clustering
15 27 (1.33%) NHS
16 23 (1.13%) Smartphone
17 21 (1.03%) Digital Signage
18 18 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
19 17 (0.83%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 763 (37.46%) Windows Server
2 548 (26.90%) Linux
3 439 (21.55%) Windows 10
4 163 (8.00%) Apple iOS
5 162 (7.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 161 (7.90%) Android
7 143 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 109 (5.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 105 (5.15%) Windows 7
10 58 (2.85%) Mac OS
11 55 (2.70%) Windows 8
12 37 (1.82%) Unix
13 36 (1.77%) Ubuntu
14 28 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 25 (1.23%) CentOS
16 23 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 17 (0.83%) Windows XP
18 15 (0.74%) Mac OS X
19 12 (0.59%) Windows NT
20 10 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 351 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 349 (17.13%) ITIL
4 341 (16.74%) Customer Service
5 230 (11.29%) Agile
6 227 (11.14%) DevOps
7 206 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
8 185 (9.08%) Software Engineering
9 129 (6.33%) Computer Science
10 127 (6.23%) Mentoring
11 119 (5.84%) OO
12 114 (5.60%) Artificial Intelligence
13 110 (5.40%) MVC
14 108 (5.30%) Service Management
15 106 (5.20%) MVVM
15 106 (5.20%) Service Delivery
16 105 (5.15%) Project Management
17 96 (4.71%) OOP
17 96 (4.71%) SOLID
18 91 (4.47%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 294 (14.43%) SQL
2 284 (13.94%) PowerShell
3 234 (11.49%) C#
4 221 (10.85%) Python
5 167 (8.20%) Java
6 166 (8.15%) JavaScript
7 157 (7.71%) C++
8 96 (4.71%) C
9 50 (2.45%) VB
10 35 (1.72%) Perl
11 34 (1.67%) Bash
12 31 (1.52%) VBScript
13 22 (1.08%) XAML
14 18 (0.88%) ActionScript
14 18 (0.88%) Bicep
14 18 (0.88%) R
15 15 (0.74%) Haskell
16 12 (0.59%) Go
17 9 (0.44%) PHP
18 8 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 366 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 360 (17.67%) Degree
3 259 (12.71%) SC Cleared
4 185 (9.08%) DV Cleared
5 104 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 100 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 72 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
8 53 (2.60%) CCNA
9 43 (2.11%) DBS Check
9 43 (2.11%) MCP
10 37 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 33 (1.62%) MCSE
12 29 (1.42%) CCNP
13 25 (1.23%) A+ Certification
13 25 (1.23%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (0.93%) HNC
15 19 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
16 17 (0.83%) CISSP
17 16 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (7.12%) SLA
2 64 (3.14%) GDPR
3 47 (2.31%) QA
4 40 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 6 (0.29%) GRC
9 6 (0.29%) NIST
10 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.20%) COBIT
11 4 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.15%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.098%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.098%) PMO
13 2 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 889 (43.64%) Active Directory
2 318 (15.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 266 (13.06%) Hyper-V
4 74 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
5 69 (3.39%) vSphere
6 62 (3.04%) XenApp
7 54 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 52 (2.55%) Docker
9 51 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
10 47 (2.31%) VirtualBox
11 42 (2.06%) XenDesktop
12 33 (1.62%) Firmware
13 17 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.69%) OpenSSH
15 13 (0.64%) KVM
16 12 (0.59%) NFS
17 11 (0.54%) pfSense
18 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 8 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
20 6 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 198 (9.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 146 (7.17%) SCCM
3 96 (4.71%) WSUS
4 75 (3.68%) vCenter Server
5 69 (3.39%) Kubernetes
6 55 (2.70%) SCOM
7 54 (2.65%) Ansible
8 34 (1.67%) Terraform
9 28 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (1.13%) ZABBIX
11 20 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
12 18 (0.88%) Puppet
12 18 (0.88%) WMI
13 16 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (0.79%) SCDPM
14 15 (0.74%) IBM BigFix
14 15 (0.74%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.69%) FortiGate
15 14 (0.69%) PowerCLI
16 13 (0.64%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1,012 (49.68%) Microsoft
2 474 (23.27%) VMware
3 167 (8.20%) Cisco
4 152 (7.46%) Citrix
5 117 (5.74%) Red Hat
6 96 (4.71%) Veeam
7 93 (4.57%) IBM
8 57 (2.80%) Apple
9 52 (2.55%) Dell
10 44 (2.16%) Google
11 43 (2.11%) Oracle
12 41 (2.01%) Adobe
13 40 (1.96%) Juniper
14 39 (1.91%) HP
15 32 (1.57%) Palo Alto
16 31 (1.52%) Meraki
17 30 (1.47%) Draytek
18 29 (1.42%) Fortinet
18 29 (1.42%) Sophos
18 29 (1.42%) Splunk