Windows Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 10 11 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,058 1,662 2,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.08% 12.43% 10.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.92% 65.41% 48.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,712 1,159 1,677
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.59% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -4.44%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,902 2,541 4,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.63% 19.00% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,275 1,808 2,766
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,606 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% -8.20% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,063 £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 11 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 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
Hampshire +6 663 £45,000 +28.57% 98
Thames Valley -1 652 £42,000 +20.00% 112
Berkshire 0 284 £50,000 +33.33% 47
Surrey -4 273 £42,500 +12.58% 50
Oxfordshire +6 207 £42,000 +21.74% 29
Kent -4 168 £37,500 +10.29% 41
Buckinghamshire -14 161 £38,000 +11.76% 36
East Sussex +20 152 £39,500 -15.05% 13
West Sussex +8 112 £35,000 -30.00% 25
Middlesex -2 22 £39,595 -54.75% 2
Sussex - 21 £35,000 -
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
1 270 (13.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 184 (8.94%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.24%) IIS
4 29 (1.41%) Apache
5 21 (1.02%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.53%) Confluence
6 11 (0.53%) WordPress
7 8 (0.39%) CMS
8 7 (0.34%) nginx
9 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.19%) TWiki
12 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.15%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.097%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.049%) Mule
14 1 (0.049%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 285 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.78%) AutoCAD
5 14 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.097%) assyst
3 1 (0.049%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 856 (41.59%) Microsoft 365
2 748 (36.35%) Azure
3 208 (10.11%) Entra ID
4 136 (6.61%) AWS
5 101 (4.91%) OneDrive
6 84 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.74%) Serverless
8 76 (3.69%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.69%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.60%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 60 (2.92%) SaaS
12 47 (2.28%) IaaS
13 27 (1.31%) Mimecast
13 27 (1.31%) Power Platform
14 26 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (1.26%) Google Workspace
15 22 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 445 (21.62%) Firewall
2 317 (15.40%) DNS
3 201 (9.77%) DHCP
4 174 (8.45%) TCP/IP
5 161 (7.82%) VPN
6 121 (5.88%) Wireless
7 118 (5.73%) LAN
8 113 (5.49%) WAN
9 104 (5.05%) VoIP
10 88 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
11 86 (4.18%) VLAN
12 71 (3.45%) SAN
13 36 (1.75%) Internet
14 34 (1.65%) NAS
14 34 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
15 31 (1.51%) SNMP
16 30 (1.46%) Network Security
17 22 (1.07%) Unified Communications
18 21 (1.02%) FTP
19 19 (0.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.86%) Relational Database
3 93 (4.52%) DB2
4 92 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
5 85 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 76 (3.69%) NoSQL
7 40 (1.94%) MySQL
8 39 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (0.78%) Power BI
10 8 (0.39%) GIS
10 8 (0.39%) MariaDB
11 7 (0.34%) Redis
12 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.29%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.24%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.19%) SAP HANA
15 1 (0.049%) Azure SQL Database
15 1 (0.049%) Spatial Data
15 1 (0.049%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 80 (3.89%) Git
2 53 (2.58%) Visual Studio
3 38 (1.85%) Subversion
4 28 (1.36%) JIRA
5 22 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.92%) Ant
7 15 (0.73%) CMake
7 15 (0.73%) MSI
8 13 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 12 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.49%) eggPlant
10 10 (0.49%) GitLab
10 10 (0.49%) Trac
11 8 (0.39%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.39%) InstallShield
12 6 (0.29%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.24%) Selenium
14 4 (0.19%) Hudson
General
1 638 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 175 (8.50%) Finance
3 143 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 88 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
6 76 (3.69%) Telecoms
7 50 (2.43%) Law
7 50 (2.43%) Manufacturing
8 48 (2.33%) Legal
9 42 (2.04%) Retail
10 39 (1.90%) Military
11 38 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 38 (1.85%) Electronics
12 36 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 36 (1.75%) Games
13 31 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (1.31%) Marketing
15 21 (1.02%) Back Office
16 16 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.73%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 337 (16.38%) IT Support
2 318 (15.45%) Support Engineer
3 257 (12.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 241 (11.71%) Analyst
5 240 (11.66%) IT Engineer
6 193 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 188 (9.14%) Senior
8 149 (7.24%) Lead
9 146 (7.09%) Software Engineer
10 143 (6.95%) Developer
11 116 (5.64%) 2nd Line Support
12 108 (5.25%) 3rd Line Support
13 106 (5.15%) Support Analyst
14 99 (4.81%) IT Technician
15 96 (4.66%) IT Analyst
16 90 (4.37%) 1st Line Support
17 82 (3.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 82 (3.98%) Support Technician
18 80 (3.89%) Full Stack Developer
19 79 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (8.26%) .NET
2 119 (5.78%) HTML
3 117 (5.69%) AngularJS
4 112 (5.44%) CSS
5 109 (5.30%) React
6 97 (4.71%) Web Services
7 96 (4.66%) REST
8 94 (4.57%) jQuery
9 93 (4.52%) Vue
10 87 (4.23%) ASP.NET
11 83 (4.03%) Node.js
11 83 (4.03%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 76 (3.69%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (3.69%) Backbone.js
12 76 (3.69%) Ember.js
13 48 (2.33%) XML
14 44 (2.14%) WPF
15 39 (1.90%) Qt
16 27 (1.31%) .NET Framework
17 26 (1.26%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 112 (5.44%) Algorithms
2 111 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 90 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 86 (4.18%) Hybrid Cloud
5 77 (3.74%) Data Structures
6 76 (3.69%) Blockchain
7 75 (3.64%) Driving Licence
8 68 (3.30%) Management Information System
9 65 (3.16%) PKI
10 48 (2.33%) Onboarding
11 47 (2.28%) Replication
12 42 (2.04%) Client/Server
13 40 (1.94%) IoT
14 37 (1.80%) CMDB
15 33 (1.60%) Clustering
16 27 (1.31%) NHS
17 25 (1.21%) Smartphone
18 21 (1.02%) Digital Signage
19 18 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
20 17 (0.83%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 767 (37.27%) Windows Server
2 553 (26.87%) Linux
3 446 (21.67%) Windows 10
4 164 (7.97%) Apple iOS
5 163 (7.92%) Android
6 162 (7.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 142 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 110 (5.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 101 (4.91%) Windows 7
10 60 (2.92%) Mac OS
11 52 (2.53%) Windows 8
12 39 (1.90%) Ubuntu
13 37 (1.80%) Unix
14 28 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
15 24 (1.17%) CentOS
16 20 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 17 (0.83%) Windows XP
18 15 (0.73%) Mac OS X
19 13 (0.63%) Windows NT
20 10 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 355 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 355 (17.25%) ITIL
3 347 (16.86%) Customer Service
4 231 (11.22%) Agile
4 231 (11.22%) DevOps
5 204 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
6 185 (8.99%) Software Engineering
7 128 (6.22%) Computer Science
8 124 (6.03%) Mentoring
9 118 (5.73%) OO
10 114 (5.54%) Artificial Intelligence
11 111 (5.39%) Service Management
12 110 (5.34%) MVC
13 109 (5.30%) Service Delivery
14 108 (5.25%) MVVM
15 107 (5.20%) Project Management
16 97 (4.71%) SOLID
17 95 (4.62%) OOP
18 91 (4.42%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 288 (13.99%) PowerShell
2 285 (13.85%) SQL
3 235 (11.42%) C#
4 224 (10.88%) Python
5 166 (8.07%) Java
6 164 (7.97%) JavaScript
7 154 (7.48%) C++
8 97 (4.71%) C
9 53 (2.58%) VB
10 38 (1.85%) Perl
11 37 (1.80%) Bash
12 31 (1.51%) VBScript
13 23 (1.12%) XAML
14 19 (0.92%) Bicep
15 18 (0.87%) ActionScript
15 18 (0.87%) R
16 15 (0.73%) Haskell
17 12 (0.58%) Go
18 9 (0.44%) PHP
19 8 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 366 (17.78%) Degree
2 364 (17.69%) Security Cleared
3 259 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 184 (8.94%) DV Cleared
5 103 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 100 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 72 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 53 (2.58%) CCNA
9 44 (2.14%) MCP
10 43 (2.09%) DBS Check
11 37 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 33 (1.60%) MCSE
13 30 (1.46%) CCNP
14 25 (1.21%) A+ Certification
14 25 (1.21%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (0.92%) HNC
16 19 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
17 17 (0.83%) CISSP
18 16 (0.78%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (7.09%) SLA
2 63 (3.06%) GDPR
3 46 (2.24%) QA
4 42 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (0.92%) 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 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.19%) COBIT
11 4 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.19%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.15%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.097%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.097%) PMO
13 2 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 903 (43.88%) Active Directory
2 317 (15.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 260 (12.63%) Hyper-V
4 75 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
5 71 (3.45%) vSphere
6 59 (2.87%) XenApp
7 57 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 54 (2.62%) Docker
9 50 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
10 44 (2.14%) VirtualBox
11 39 (1.90%) XenDesktop
12 35 (1.70%) Firmware
13 16 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.68%) NFS
14 14 (0.68%) OpenSSH
15 13 (0.63%) pfSense
16 12 (0.58%) KVM
17 9 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
17 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 6 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 202 (9.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 150 (7.29%) SCCM
3 100 (4.86%) WSUS
4 74 (3.60%) vCenter Server
5 72 (3.50%) Kubernetes
6 55 (2.67%) Ansible
6 55 (2.67%) SCOM
7 36 (1.75%) Terraform
8 29 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 23 (1.12%) ZABBIX
10 20 (0.97%) EMC NetWorker
11 18 (0.87%) Puppet
11 18 (0.87%) WMI
12 16 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 16 (0.78%) SCDPM
13 15 (0.73%) IBM BigFix
14 14 (0.68%) FortiGate
14 14 (0.68%) PowerCLI
15 13 (0.63%) NetBackup
15 13 (0.63%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1,024 (49.76%) Microsoft
2 475 (23.08%) VMware
3 175 (8.50%) Cisco
4 149 (7.24%) Citrix
5 114 (5.54%) Red Hat
6 97 (4.71%) Veeam
7 95 (4.62%) IBM
8 59 (2.87%) Apple
9 53 (2.58%) Dell
10 46 (2.24%) Google
11 44 (2.14%) Oracle
12 41 (1.99%) Adobe
12 41 (1.99%) Juniper
13 39 (1.90%) HP
14 35 (1.70%) Palo Alto
15 31 (1.51%) Meraki
16 30 (1.46%) Draytek
17 29 (1.41%) Fortinet
17 29 (1.41%) Sophos
17 29 (1.41%) Splunk