Windows Server Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 55 108
Rank change year-on-year -37 +53 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 35 130 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.12% 4.03% 2.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.23% 26.97% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 33 123 51
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +53.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,388 £56,750
90th Percentile £65,500 £59,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £39,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +5.06% +8.22% -10.98%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Windows Server 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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 192 482 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.64% 14.94% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 154 385 321
10th Percentile £27,063 £27,050 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,625 £35,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £52,000 £60,025 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £44,700 £43,250
% change year-on-year -10.51% +3.35% -8.95%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Berkshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in Berkshire

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Berkshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Reading +3 17 £34,000 -37.04% 3
Wokingham +4 3 £50,000 +66.67% 2
Windsor - 3 £33,500 -
Bracknell - 3 £50,000 - 2
Slough -35 1 £35,000 -33.33% 3
Maidenhead - 1 £37,500 - 6
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (17.14%) IIS
4 5 (14.29%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 20 (57.14%) Azure
2 16 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (28.57%) AWS
4 5 (14.29%) IaaS
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (71.43%) Firewall
2 24 (68.57%) DNS
3 17 (48.57%) DHCP
4 8 (22.86%) VPN
5 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
6 5 (14.29%) Network Security
6 5 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (14.29%) SAN
7 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (11.43%) VLAN
7 4 (11.43%) VoIP
8 3 (8.57%) LAN
8 3 (8.57%) WAN
9 1 (2.86%) Internet
9 1 (2.86%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.29%) Relational Database
3 4 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Back Office
3 5 (14.29%) Local Government
4 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Support Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Support
2 6 (17.14%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (14.29%) Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Help Desk Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (14.29%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 5 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (11.43%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.43%) IT Support
4 4 (11.43%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) PKI
2 8 (22.86%) Onboarding
3 6 (17.14%) Data Centre
4 5 (14.29%) Client/Server
4 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 4 (11.43%) Operational Technology
5 4 (11.43%) Security Posture
6 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.86%) Clustering
7 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (22.86%) Mac OS
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.57%) Android
4 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
2 13 (37.14%) Project Delivery
3 10 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (28.57%) Project Management
4 9 (25.71%) Analytics
4 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.29%) Change Management
6 5 (14.29%) CRM
6 5 (14.29%) High Availability
6 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 5 (14.29%) Information Security
6 5 (14.29%) ITIL
6 5 (14.29%) ITSM
6 5 (14.29%) Presales
6 5 (14.29%) Server Management
6 5 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 5 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.29%) SQL
3 4 (11.43%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 5 (14.29%) CCNA
3 5 (14.29%) CCNP
3 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 4 (11.43%) MCSA
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
5 3 (8.57%) MCP
6 1 (2.86%) CISSP
6 1 (2.86%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) SLA
2 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 26 (74.29%) Active Directory
1 26 (74.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (71.43%) Hyper-V
3 15 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (5.71%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) vCenter Server
2 5 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (14.29%) ZABBIX
3 4 (11.43%) FortiGate
4 3 (8.57%) WSUS
5 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.86%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.86%) vRealize
5 1 (2.86%) VxRail
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Microsoft
1 31 (88.57%) VMware
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco
2 6 (17.14%) Sophos
3 5 (14.29%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (14.29%) Veeam
4 4 (11.43%) Apple
4 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.57%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.86%) Dell
6 1 (2.86%) Draytek
6 1 (2.86%) HP
6 1 (2.86%) Juniper
6 1 (2.86%) Meraki