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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 12 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,042 1,816 2,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.14% 12.53% 10.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 71.72% 65.42% 48.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 1,239 1,692
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £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 £76,200
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,823 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +3.11% -5.56%

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 2,847 2,776 4,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.93% 19.16% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,287 1,941 2,767
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,400 £77,500 £76,250
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 10 May 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 10 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
Thames Valley +2 671 £40,000 +17.65% 120
Hampshire +5 652 £44,200 +26.29% 89
Berkshire +4 301 £45,000 +28.57% 53
Surrey -2 265 £43,750 +15.89% 40
Oxfordshire +10 208 £40,000 +20.30% 39
Buckinghamshire -14 162 £38,000 +13.43% 28
Kent -7 147 £35,750 -0.69% 41
East Sussex +19 140 £37,500 -31.82% 20
West Sussex +10 121 £35,000 -33.33% 32
Middlesex +4 26 £42,500 -51.43% 1
Sussex - 21 £35,000 - 3
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
1 271 (13.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (8.91%) SharePoint
3 49 (2.40%) IIS
4 31 (1.52%) Apache
5 23 (1.13%) OpenStack
6 12 (0.59%) Confluence
7 11 (0.54%) WordPress
8 8 (0.39%) CMS
8 8 (0.39%) nginx
9 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.20%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.20%) TWiki
12 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.15%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.098%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.049%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.049%) WebSphere
Applications
1 291 (14.25%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.83%) AutoCAD
3 17 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.049%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.098%) assyst
3 1 (0.049%) iTrent
3 1 (0.049%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.049%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 877 (42.95%) Microsoft 365
2 732 (35.85%) Azure
3 189 (9.26%) Entra ID
4 135 (6.61%) AWS
5 99 (4.85%) OneDrive
6 85 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.77%) Serverless
8 76 (3.72%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.72%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.62%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 61 (2.99%) SaaS
12 42 (2.06%) IaaS
13 31 (1.52%) Power Platform
14 25 (1.22%) Mimecast
15 23 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (1.13%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 440 (21.55%) Firewall
2 314 (15.38%) DNS
3 212 (10.38%) DHCP
4 173 (8.47%) TCP/IP
5 168 (8.23%) VPN
6 124 (6.07%) LAN
7 123 (6.02%) Wireless
8 121 (5.93%) WAN
9 101 (4.95%) VoIP
10 87 (4.26%) VLAN
10 87 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
11 76 (3.72%) SAN
12 36 (1.76%) SNMP
13 35 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
14 31 (1.52%) NAS
15 30 (1.47%) Network Security
16 28 (1.37%) Internet
17 24 (1.18%) SD-WAN
18 22 (1.08%) FTP
18 22 (1.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.95%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
4 90 (4.41%) DB2
5 86 (4.21%) MongoDB
6 76 (3.72%) NoSQL
7 39 (1.91%) MySQL
8 32 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (0.98%) Power BI
10 8 (0.39%) GIS
10 8 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.34%) Redis
12 6 (0.29%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.24%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.098%) Tableau
15 1 (0.049%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 78 (3.82%) Git
2 51 (2.50%) Visual Studio
3 37 (1.81%) Subversion
4 33 (1.62%) JIRA
5 24 (1.18%) Ant
6 23 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.78%) CMake
8 13 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 12 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.49%) GitLab
10 10 (0.49%) MSI
10 10 (0.49%) Trac
11 9 (0.44%) eggPlant
12 7 (0.34%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.24%) Selenium
15 4 (0.20%) AdminStudio
15 4 (0.20%) Hudson
15 4 (0.20%) InstallShield
General
1 630 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 148 (7.25%) Finance
3 139 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (4.80%) Public Sector
5 91 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
6 74 (3.62%) Telecoms
7 50 (2.45%) Legal
8 48 (2.35%) Law
9 46 (2.25%) Retail
10 43 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 39 (1.91%) Military
13 37 (1.81%) Electronics
14 36 (1.76%) Games
15 30 (1.47%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.37%) Marketing
16 28 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.22%) Back Office
18 14 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 339 (16.60%) IT Support
2 322 (15.77%) Support Engineer
3 252 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 244 (11.95%) IT Engineer
5 243 (11.90%) Analyst
6 193 (9.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 186 (9.11%) Senior
8 150 (7.35%) Developer
9 144 (7.05%) Lead
10 143 (7.00%) Software Engineer
11 118 (5.78%) 2nd Line Support
12 115 (5.63%) 3rd Line Support
13 105 (5.14%) Support Analyst
14 99 (4.85%) IT Technician
15 94 (4.60%) IT Analyst
16 88 (4.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 87 (4.26%) 1st Line Support
18 85 (4.16%) Systems Engineer
19 80 (3.92%) Full Stack Developer
19 80 (3.92%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (8.42%) .NET
2 125 (6.12%) HTML
3 120 (5.88%) AngularJS
4 116 (5.68%) CSS
5 111 (5.44%) React
6 101 (4.95%) Web Services
7 98 (4.80%) jQuery
7 98 (4.80%) REST
8 93 (4.55%) Vue
9 92 (4.51%) ASP.NET
10 87 (4.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 83 (4.06%) Node.js
12 76 (3.72%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (3.72%) Backbone.js
12 76 (3.72%) Ember.js
13 54 (2.64%) XML
14 39 (1.91%) WPF
15 38 (1.86%) Qt
16 28 (1.37%) Hibernate
16 28 (1.37%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 119 (5.83%) Data Centre
2 113 (5.53%) Algorithms
3 84 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 77 (3.77%) Data Structures
7 76 (3.72%) Blockchain
8 66 (3.23%) Management Information System
9 58 (2.84%) PKI
10 50 (2.45%) Onboarding
11 45 (2.20%) Replication
12 42 (2.06%) CMDB
13 36 (1.76%) Client/Server
14 32 (1.57%) IoT
15 29 (1.42%) Clustering
16 28 (1.37%) NHS
17 21 (1.03%) Digital Signage
18 18 (0.88%) CCTV
18 18 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
18 18 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 766 (37.51%) Windows Server
2 540 (26.44%) Linux
3 438 (21.45%) Windows 10
4 167 (8.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 165 (8.08%) Apple iOS
6 159 (7.79%) Android
7 147 (7.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 113 (5.53%) Windows 7
9 108 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 64 (3.13%) Windows 8
11 59 (2.89%) Mac OS
12 36 (1.76%) Unix
13 35 (1.71%) Ubuntu
14 29 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 25 (1.22%) CentOS
16 20 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
17 17 (0.83%) Windows XP
18 16 (0.78%) Mac OS X
19 12 (0.59%) Windows NT
20 11 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
2 354 (17.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 342 (16.75%) Customer Service
4 341 (16.70%) ITIL
5 218 (10.68%) DevOps
6 217 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
7 214 (10.48%) Agile
8 181 (8.86%) Software Engineering
9 136 (6.66%) Computer Science
10 128 (6.27%) Mentoring
11 122 (5.97%) OO
12 114 (5.58%) Artificial Intelligence
13 106 (5.19%) MVC
14 104 (5.09%) Project Management
14 104 (5.09%) Service Delivery
15 102 (5.00%) MVVM
16 98 (4.80%) OOP
17 95 (4.65%) Service Management
18 92 (4.51%) SOLID
19 91 (4.46%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 310 (15.18%) SQL
2 286 (14.01%) PowerShell
3 231 (11.31%) Python
4 229 (11.21%) C#
5 170 (8.33%) Java
6 167 (8.18%) JavaScript
7 157 (7.69%) C++
8 93 (4.55%) C
9 39 (1.91%) VB
10 34 (1.67%) Bash
11 33 (1.62%) VBScript
12 31 (1.52%) Perl
13 19 (0.93%) XAML
14 18 (0.88%) R
15 15 (0.73%) Haskell
16 14 (0.69%) ActionScript
16 14 (0.69%) Bicep
17 12 (0.59%) Go
18 9 (0.44%) PHP
19 8 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 377 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 349 (17.09%) Degree
3 263 (12.88%) SC Cleared
4 179 (8.77%) DV Cleared
5 110 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 110 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
7 58 (2.84%) CCNA
8 42 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 42 (2.06%) MCP
9 36 (1.76%) MCSE
10 33 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 29 (1.42%) CCNP
12 25 (1.22%) A+ Certification
12 25 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 22 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
14 20 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (0.93%) HNC
16 18 (0.88%) MCSA
17 17 (0.83%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (7.15%) SLA
2 65 (3.18%) GDPR
3 38 (1.86%) QA
4 37 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.64%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 6 (0.29%) GRC
10 4 (0.20%) COBIT
10 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.20%) NIST
11 3 (0.15%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.098%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.098%) PMO
13 1 (0.049%) DICOM
13 1 (0.049%) HL7
13 1 (0.049%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 905 (44.32%) Active Directory
2 335 (16.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 281 (13.76%) Hyper-V
4 69 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
5 62 (3.04%) XenApp
6 59 (2.89%) vSphere
7 53 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
8 51 (2.50%) Docker
9 49 (2.40%) VirtualBox
10 47 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 46 (2.25%) XenDesktop
12 36 (1.76%) Firmware
13 17 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
14 16 (0.78%) KVM
15 11 (0.54%) NFS
16 10 (0.49%) OpenSSH
16 10 (0.49%) pfSense
17 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 7 (0.34%) VMware Server
19 6 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 196 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (6.76%) SCCM
3 89 (4.36%) WSUS
4 73 (3.57%) vCenter Server
5 65 (3.18%) Kubernetes
6 55 (2.69%) SCOM
7 54 (2.64%) Ansible
8 33 (1.62%) Terraform
9 26 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (1.13%) ZABBIX
11 19 (0.93%) EMC NetWorker
12 18 (0.88%) Puppet
12 18 (0.88%) WMI
13 16 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (0.78%) SCDPM
14 15 (0.73%) FortiGate
15 14 (0.69%) Grafana
15 14 (0.69%) NetBackup
16 13 (0.64%) Nessus
17 12 (0.59%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1,020 (49.95%) Microsoft
2 481 (23.56%) VMware
3 166 (8.13%) Cisco
4 145 (7.10%) Citrix
5 119 (5.83%) Red Hat
6 95 (4.65%) Veeam
7 89 (4.36%) IBM
8 60 (2.94%) Apple
9 55 (2.69%) Dell
10 45 (2.20%) Oracle
11 44 (2.15%) Google
12 43 (2.11%) Adobe
13 42 (2.06%) HP
13 42 (2.06%) Juniper
14 32 (1.57%) Palo Alto
15 31 (1.52%) Meraki
15 31 (1.52%) Sophos
16 30 (1.47%) Draytek
16 30 (1.47%) Fortinet
17 26 (1.27%) Splunk