Windows Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 72 82
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 284 258 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.21% 4.19% 3.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.41% 22.01% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 265 189 212
10th Percentile £26,600 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% -18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £47,813
90th Percentile £59,000 £54,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -5.16%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,036 1,172 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.35% 19.03% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 893 718 1,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £28,965 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £68,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Berkshire +66 152 £50,000 +65.56% 17
Oxfordshire +9 68 £42,500 +34.92% 20
Buckinghamshire -36 64 £32,500 - 13
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 54 (19.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (14.44%) SharePoint
3 19 (6.69%) IIS
4 4 (1.41%) WordPress
5 3 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 26 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 147 (51.76%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (50.35%) Azure
3 39 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.80%) OneDrive
5 22 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (5.28%) Azure Storage
7 13 (4.58%) OCI
8 9 (3.17%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.82%) AWS
9 8 (2.82%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.41%) SaaS
12 3 (1.06%) IaaS
13 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.70%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.70%) Rubrik
14 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 114 (40.14%) Firewall
2 105 (36.97%) DNS
3 65 (22.89%) DHCP
4 26 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (8.80%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.80%) WAN
6 24 (8.45%) SAN
7 19 (6.69%) Wireless
8 18 (6.34%) LAN
9 17 (5.99%) VLAN
10 15 (5.28%) SNMP
11 14 (4.93%) VPN
12 6 (2.11%) NAS
12 6 (2.11%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.76%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.76%) Wireless Security
14 4 (1.41%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (1.41%) Intranet
14 4 (1.41%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.41%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.06%) MySQL
3 2 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Robot Framework
1 2 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 81 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.34%) Law
3 17 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (4.23%) Retail
5 9 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.76%) Games
7 5 (1.76%) Marketing
8 4 (1.41%) Finance
8 4 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.41%) Legal
9 3 (1.06%) Banking
10 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 66 (23.24%) IT Support
2 55 (19.37%) Support Engineer
3 52 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (14.44%) IT Engineer
5 39 (13.73%) Analyst
6 37 (13.03%) IT Support Engineer
7 32 (11.27%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (9.86%) IT Technician
9 27 (9.51%) IT Analyst
9 27 (9.51%) Windows Engineer
10 25 (8.80%) Support Specialist
10 25 (8.80%) Windows Systems Engineer
11 23 (8.10%) 2nd Line Support
12 20 (7.04%) Active Directory Specialist
12 20 (7.04%) Azure Specialist
12 20 (7.04%) Support Technician
13 19 (6.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 19 (6.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 19 (6.69%) Infrastructure Support
13 19 (6.69%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.28%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.41%) LAMP
3 2 (0.70%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.35%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.56%) CMDB
2 22 (7.75%) PKI
3 19 (6.69%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.82%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.46%) Replication
6 6 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.76%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.76%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.06%) Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) EMC VNX
8 3 (1.06%) Home Automation
8 3 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.70%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.70%) Grid Computing
9 2 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.35%) Handset
10 1 (0.35%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 284 (100.00%) Windows
2 90 (31.69%) Windows 10
3 80 (28.17%) Linux
4 68 (23.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 67 (23.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 48 (16.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (4.93%) Windows NT
8 12 (4.23%) Windows XP
9 10 (3.52%) Mac OS X
10 8 (2.82%) Android
11 6 (2.11%) VMS
11 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.76%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (1.06%) CentOS
13 3 (1.06%) Rocky
14 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.70%) SUSE
14 2 (0.70%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (22.89%) ITIL
3 51 (17.96%) Customer Service
3 51 (17.96%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (17.61%) Service Management
5 38 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (11.62%) Agile
7 32 (11.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 29 (10.21%) Change Control
8 29 (10.21%) Configuration Management
9 23 (8.10%) Release Management
10 21 (7.39%) Mentoring
11 20 (7.04%) Analytics
11 20 (7.04%) Log Analytics
12 19 (6.69%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (6.69%) IT Strategy
12 19 (6.69%) Storage Management
13 16 (5.63%) DevOps
13 16 (5.63%) ITSM
13 16 (5.63%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.96%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.44%) SQL
3 23 (8.10%) VBScript
4 20 (7.04%) C#
4 20 (7.04%) VB
5 14 (4.93%) Bicep
6 5 (1.76%) Python
7 1 (0.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) Korn
7 1 (0.35%) PHP
7 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (33.45%) Security Cleared
2 74 (26.06%) SC Cleared
3 71 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 49 (17.25%) Degree
5 19 (6.69%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.28%) CCNA
7 14 (4.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 12 (4.23%) CCNP
9 8 (2.82%) MCP
10 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.41%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.70%) HNC
13 2 (0.70%) MCSE
13 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.69%) SLA
2 10 (3.52%) GDPR
3 5 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 207 (72.89%) Active Directory
2 67 (23.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (10.92%) Hyper-V
4 27 (9.51%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (5.28%) Firmware
7 14 (4.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.82%) vSphere
9 4 (1.41%) Docker
10 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (24.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (19.01%) SCCM
3 47 (16.55%) SCOM
4 43 (15.14%) WSUS
5 28 (9.86%) vCenter Server
6 20 (7.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (6.34%) Kubernetes
8 15 (5.28%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (4.93%) NetBackup
9 14 (4.93%) Sysprep
10 3 (1.06%) Nessus
11 2 (0.70%) Grafana
11 2 (0.70%) Nagios
11 2 (0.70%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.35%) IBM BigFix
12 1 (0.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.35%) Puppet
12 1 (0.35%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 185 (65.14%) Microsoft
2 111 (39.08%) VMware
3 40 (14.08%) Veeam
4 37 (13.03%) Cisco
5 23 (8.10%) Citrix
5 23 (8.10%) Dell
6 19 (6.69%) Palo Alto
7 16 (5.63%) EMC
7 16 (5.63%) Oracle
8 15 (5.28%) Dynatrace
9 14 (4.93%) HP
9 14 (4.93%) Juniper
10 13 (4.58%) 3PAR
11 12 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (4.23%) Google
11 12 (4.23%) Symantec
12 7 (2.46%) Aruba
12 7 (2.46%) Datto
13 6 (2.11%) Apple
13 6 (2.11%) Synology