Windows Server Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Windows Server
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 83 100
Rank change year-on-year +31 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 76 52 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.37% 3.37% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.84% 15.71% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 72 32 25
10th Percentile £30,325 - £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £26,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -35.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £42,500
90th Percentile - £72,150 £72,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £30,100 £37,250
% change year-on-year +66.11% -19.19% -12.35%

All Operating Systems
Reading

Windows Server 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 Reading with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 306 331 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 17.59% 21.47% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 232 166 224
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Reading over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.79%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 47 (61.84%) Azure
2 23 (30.26%) Azure Monitor
3 21 (27.63%) Entra ID
4 19 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (19.74%) Azure Storage
6 12 (15.79%) OCI
7 2 (2.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (61.84%) DNS
2 45 (59.21%) DHCP
3 44 (57.89%) Firewall
4 12 (15.79%) SAN
4 12 (15.79%) SNMP
5 2 (2.63%) BGP
5 2 (2.63%) IPsec
5 2 (2.63%) OSPF
5 2 (2.63%) VPN
6 1 (1.32%) LAN
6 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.32%) WAN
General
1 40 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.26%) Marketing
3 3 (3.95%) Retail
4 1 (1.32%) Finance
4 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) Support Specialist
2 21 (27.63%) Active Directory Specialist
2 21 (27.63%) Azure Specialist
2 21 (27.63%) Windows Engineer
3 20 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
3 20 (26.32%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 17 (22.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (19.74%) Active Directory Support
6 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
6 8 (10.53%) PowerShell Engineer
6 8 (10.53%) VMware Engineer
6 8 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (9.21%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 7 (9.21%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
8 4 (5.26%) Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Applications Support
8 4 (5.26%) IT Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) IT Support
8 4 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (19.74%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 24 (31.58%) CMDB
2 23 (30.26%) PKI
3 15 (19.74%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (18.42%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.26%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (53.95%) Linux
3 39 (51.32%) Windows Server 2016
3 39 (51.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 29 (38.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 27 (35.53%) Windows 10
6 12 (15.79%) Windows XP
7 11 (14.47%) Windows NT
8 2 (2.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (50.00%) ITIL
2 27 (35.53%) Agile
3 26 (34.21%) Service Management
4 24 (31.58%) Configuration Management
4 24 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (28.95%) Release Management
6 21 (27.63%) Analytics
6 21 (27.63%) Log Analytics
7 15 (19.74%) CI/CD
7 15 (19.74%) DevOps
7 15 (19.74%) Identity Management
7 15 (19.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (19.74%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 15 (19.74%) Privileged Identity Management
7 15 (19.74%) RBAC
8 14 (18.42%) Server Management
9 12 (15.79%) Break/Fix
9 12 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
9 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (15.79%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (46.05%) PowerShell
2 21 (27.63%) C#
2 21 (27.63%) VB
2 21 (27.63%) VBScript
3 15 (19.74%) Bicep
4 12 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (89.47%) Security Cleared
2 64 (84.21%) DV Cleared
3 53 (69.74%) SC Cleared
4 29 (38.16%) Degree
5 15 (19.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (15.79%) CCNA
6 12 (15.79%) CCNP
6 12 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 67 (88.16%) Active Directory
2 15 (19.74%) Virtual Desktop
2 15 (19.74%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (18.42%) Hyper-V
3 14 (18.42%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (14.47%) Firmware
5 2 (2.63%) Docker
6 1 (1.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (57.89%) SCOM
2 40 (52.63%) WSUS
3 38 (50.00%) SCCM
4 21 (27.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (22.37%) Kubernetes
6 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (15.79%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (15.79%) NetBackup
7 12 (15.79%) vCenter Server
8 11 (14.47%) Sysprep
9 3 (3.95%) Nessus
10 2 (2.63%) Grafana
10 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (1.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (1.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 61 (80.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (19.74%) Cisco
2 15 (19.74%) VMware
3 14 (18.42%) Dell
3 14 (18.42%) Juniper
4 12 (15.79%) 3PAR
4 12 (15.79%) Dynatrace
4 12 (15.79%) EMC
4 12 (15.79%) Extreme Networks
4 12 (15.79%) HP
4 12 (15.79%) Oracle
4 12 (15.79%) Palo Alto
4 12 (15.79%) Symantec
4 12 (15.79%) Veeam
5 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.32%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.32%) Citrix
7 1 (1.32%) Splunk