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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 11 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,033 1,709 2,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.41% 12.43% 10.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 71.08% 65.10% 48.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,702 1,174 1,690
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,519 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,925
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 £42,801
% change year-on-year -8.05% +1.63% -4.89%

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 2,860 2,625 4,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.06% 19.09% 21.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,257 1,834 2,763
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 £60,250 £62,625
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 1 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 1 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 +6 654 £45,000 +28.57% 86
Thames Valley -2 650 £40,000 +16.54% 103
Berkshire +2 287 £48,925 +38.59% 44
Surrey -3 265 £42,500 +11.84% 45
Oxfordshire +8 203 £42,000 +20.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -15 160 £38,000 +11.76% 29
Kent -6 157 £37,500 +10.29% 48
East Sussex +17 149 £39,500 -28.18% 11
West Sussex +8 114 £35,000 -30.00% 25
Middlesex -1 24 £41,250 -52.86% 1
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
1 266 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 180 (8.85%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.26%) IIS
4 30 (1.48%) 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 (0.30%) 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 (14.12%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (4.28%) 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
1 852 (41.91%) Microsoft 365
2 735 (36.15%) Azure
3 197 (9.69%) Entra ID
4 135 (6.64%) AWS
5 100 (4.92%) OneDrive
6 86 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.79%) Serverless
8 76 (3.74%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.74%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.64%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 61 (3.00%) SaaS
12 42 (2.07%) IaaS
13 28 (1.38%) Power Platform
14 25 (1.23%) Mimecast
15 24 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (1.18%) Google Workspace
16 23 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
17 22 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 438 (21.54%) Firewall
2 311 (15.30%) DNS
3 202 (9.94%) DHCP
4 170 (8.36%) TCP/IP
5 162 (7.97%) VPN
6 118 (5.80%) LAN
6 118 (5.80%) Wireless
7 113 (5.56%) WAN
8 101 (4.97%) VoIP
9 85 (4.18%) VLAN
10 84 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
11 74 (3.64%) SAN
12 34 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
13 33 (1.62%) NAS
14 32 (1.57%) Internet
14 32 (1.57%) SNMP
15 30 (1.48%) Network Security
16 22 (1.08%) Unified Communications
17 21 (1.03%) FTP
18 20 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.92%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.53%) DB2
3 92 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 76 (3.74%) NoSQL
6 38 (1.87%) MySQL
7 36 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (0.84%) Power BI
9 8 (0.39%) GIS
10 7 (0.34%) Redis
11 6 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.30%) MariaDB
11 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.25%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.20%) SAP HANA
14 1 (0.049%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.049%) Data Mining
14 1 (0.049%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 79 (3.89%) Git
2 53 (2.61%) Visual Studio
3 37 (1.82%) Subversion
4 30 (1.48%) JIRA
5 22 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.03%) Ant
7 15 (0.74%) CMake
8 13 (0.64%) Eclipse
8 13 (0.64%) MSI
9 12 (0.59%) eggPlant
9 12 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.49%) GitLab
10 10 (0.49%) Trac
11 6 (0.30%) AdminStudio
11 6 (0.30%) InstallShield
11 6 (0.30%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.25%) Selenium
13 4 (0.20%) Hudson
General
1 633 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 163 (8.02%) Finance
3 137 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (4.72%) Public Sector
5 91 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
6 73 (3.59%) Telecoms
7 48 (2.36%) Law
8 46 (2.26%) Legal
9 45 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 44 (2.16%) Retail
11 39 (1.92%) Military
12 38 (1.87%) Aerospace
13 37 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 37 (1.82%) Electronics
14 36 (1.77%) Games
15 29 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.28%) Marketing
17 23 (1.13%) Back Office
18 16 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 14 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 332 (16.33%) IT Support
2 312 (15.35%) Support Engineer
3 249 (12.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 236 (11.61%) IT Engineer
5 234 (11.51%) Analyst
6 191 (9.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 184 (9.05%) Senior
8 148 (7.28%) Lead
9 147 (7.23%) Developer
10 145 (7.13%) Software Engineer
11 113 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
12 108 (5.31%) 3rd Line Support
13 102 (5.02%) Support Analyst
14 98 (4.82%) IT Technician
15 92 (4.53%) IT Analyst
16 85 (4.18%) 1st Line Support
17 83 (4.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 81 (3.98%) Support Technician
19 80 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
20 79 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (8.41%) .NET
2 121 (5.95%) HTML
3 118 (5.80%) AngularJS
4 114 (5.61%) CSS
5 110 (5.41%) React
6 98 (4.82%) Web Services
7 97 (4.77%) REST
8 96 (4.72%) jQuery
9 93 (4.57%) Vue
10 89 (4.38%) ASP.NET
11 85 (4.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 83 (4.08%) Node.js
13 76 (3.74%) ASP.NET Core
13 76 (3.74%) Backbone.js
13 76 (3.74%) Ember.js
14 50 (2.46%) XML
15 42 (2.07%) WPF
16 39 (1.92%) Qt
17 28 (1.38%) STL
18 27 (1.33%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 114 (5.61%) Data Centre
2 112 (5.51%) Algorithms
3 85 (4.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 85 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (3.79%) Data Structures
5 76 (3.74%) Blockchain
5 76 (3.74%) Driving Licence
6 69 (3.39%) Management Information System
7 62 (3.05%) PKI
8 47 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 45 (2.21%) Replication
10 41 (2.02%) Client/Server
11 38 (1.87%) CMDB
12 34 (1.67%) IoT
13 31 (1.52%) Clustering
14 28 (1.38%) NHS
15 21 (1.03%) Digital Signage
15 21 (1.03%) Smartphone
16 18 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (0.84%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 761 (37.43%) Windows Server
2 545 (26.81%) Linux
3 437 (21.50%) Windows 10
4 163 (8.02%) Apple iOS
5 160 (7.87%) Android
5 160 (7.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 142 (6.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 108 (5.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 106 (5.21%) Windows 7
9 58 (2.85%) Mac OS
10 56 (2.75%) Windows 8
11 37 (1.82%) Unix
12 36 (1.77%) Ubuntu
13 27 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
14 25 (1.23%) CentOS
15 23 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 17 (0.84%) Windows XP
17 15 (0.74%) Mac OS X
18 12 (0.59%) Windows NT
19 10 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (17.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 346 (17.02%) ITIL
4 342 (16.82%) Customer Service
5 228 (11.21%) Agile
6 224 (11.02%) DevOps
7 208 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
8 185 (9.10%) Software Engineering
9 130 (6.39%) Computer Science
10 127 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 119 (5.85%) OO
12 114 (5.61%) Artificial Intelligence
13 110 (5.41%) MVC
14 108 (5.31%) Service Delivery
15 106 (5.21%) MVVM
15 106 (5.21%) Service Management
16 103 (5.07%) Project Management
17 96 (4.72%) OOP
17 96 (4.72%) SOLID
18 91 (4.48%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 294 (14.46%) SQL
2 280 (13.77%) PowerShell
3 232 (11.41%) C#
4 220 (10.82%) Python
5 167 (8.21%) Java
6 166 (8.17%) JavaScript
7 157 (7.72%) C++
8 96 (4.72%) C
9 47 (2.31%) VB
10 33 (1.62%) Bash
10 33 (1.62%) Perl
11 30 (1.48%) VBScript
12 22 (1.08%) XAML
13 18 (0.89%) R
14 17 (0.84%) ActionScript
14 17 (0.84%) Bicep
15 15 (0.74%) Haskell
16 12 (0.59%) Go
17 9 (0.44%) PHP
18 8 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 367 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 358 (17.61%) Degree
3 258 (12.69%) SC Cleared
4 186 (9.15%) DV Cleared
5 105 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 102 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 73 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 54 (2.66%) CCNA
9 43 (2.12%) DBS Check
9 43 (2.12%) MCP
10 36 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 34 (1.67%) MCSE
12 29 (1.43%) 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 (0.84%) CISSP
17 16 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (7.13%) SLA
2 66 (3.25%) GDPR
3 46 (2.26%) QA
4 41 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 6 (0.30%) GRC
9 6 (0.30%) 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
1 883 (43.43%) Active Directory
2 314 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 265 (13.03%) Hyper-V
4 71 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
5 67 (3.30%) vSphere
6 61 (3.00%) XenApp
7 53 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 52 (2.56%) Docker
9 50 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
10 47 (2.31%) VirtualBox
11 42 (2.07%) XenDesktop
12 34 (1.67%) Firmware
13 17 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.69%) KVM
15 13 (0.64%) OpenSSH
16 12 (0.59%) NFS
17 11 (0.54%) pfSense
18 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 7 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
20 6 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 199 (9.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 144 (7.08%) SCCM
3 94 (4.62%) WSUS
4 74 (3.64%) vCenter Server
5 68 (3.34%) Kubernetes
6 54 (2.66%) SCOM
7 53 (2.61%) Ansible
8 33 (1.62%) Terraform
9 27 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (1.13%) ZABBIX
11 20 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
12 18 (0.89%) Puppet
12 18 (0.89%) WMI
13 16 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (0.79%) SCDPM
14 15 (0.74%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.69%) FortiGate
15 14 (0.69%) IBM BigFix
16 13 (0.64%) Grafana
16 13 (0.64%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,010 (49.68%) Microsoft
2 469 (23.07%) VMware
3 165 (8.12%) Cisco
4 148 (7.28%) Citrix
5 117 (5.76%) Red Hat
6 96 (4.72%) Veeam
7 92 (4.53%) IBM
8 56 (2.75%) Apple
9 52 (2.56%) Dell
10 44 (2.16%) Google
10 44 (2.16%) Oracle
11 41 (2.02%) Adobe
12 40 (1.97%) HP
12 40 (1.97%) Juniper
13 32 (1.57%) Palo Alto
14 31 (1.52%) Meraki
15 30 (1.48%) Draytek
16 29 (1.43%) Fortinet
16 29 (1.43%) Sophos
17 28 (1.38%) Splunk