Windows Server Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 104 85
Rank change year-on-year +54 -19 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 139 84 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.52% 2.68% 3.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.25% 15.25% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 133 49 95
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £30,200 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.56% -24.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £56,000 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £68,800 £71,500
South East median annual salary £39,500 £35,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year +11.27% -15.98% -0.59%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 492 551 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.01% 17.60% 19.86%
Number of salaries quoted 406 330 501
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £29,281 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,425 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -11.95% -4.35%
75th Percentile £60,025 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
Reading +31 78 £54,000 +107.69% 9
Newbury +30 31 £38,000 -
Slough +38 8 £52,500 +75.00% 1
Bracknell -7 6 £30,000 +9.09% 4
Wokingham - 4 £30,000 -
Maidenhead +11 1 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Windsor -6 1 £50,000 +14.94%
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 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (12.23%) IIS
3 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 91 (65.47%) Azure
2 63 (45.32%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (15.83%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (14.39%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.07%) Azure Storage
6 12 (8.63%) OCI
7 4 (2.88%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.16%) AWS
9 2 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.44%) IaaS
10 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (49.64%) Firewall
2 68 (48.92%) DNS
3 47 (33.81%) DHCP
4 18 (12.95%) SAN
5 13 (9.35%) SNMP
6 10 (7.19%) LAN
7 9 (6.47%) WAN
8 8 (5.76%) Wireless
9 6 (4.32%) VPN
10 4 (2.88%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (2.88%) iSCSI
10 4 (2.88%) NAS
11 2 (1.44%) BGP
11 2 (1.44%) Broadband
11 2 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (1.44%) IPsec
11 2 (1.44%) OSPF
11 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Robot Framework
1 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 48 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.60%) Retail
3 4 (2.88%) Marketing
4 3 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.16%) Banking
4 3 (2.16%) Finance
5 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.44%) Law
6 1 (0.72%) Legal
6 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (19.42%) Analyst
2 25 (17.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (17.27%) IT Analyst
4 23 (16.55%) Support Specialist
4 23 (16.55%) Systems Engineer
5 22 (15.83%) Windows Engineer
5 22 (15.83%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 20 (14.39%) Active Directory Specialist
6 20 (14.39%) Azure Specialist
6 20 (14.39%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 18 (12.95%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 14 (10.07%) Active Directory Support
9 10 (7.19%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (7.19%) Security Manager
10 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
11 8 (5.76%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (5.76%) PowerShell Engineer
11 8 (5.76%) VMware Engineer
11 8 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.07%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.88%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.71%) CMDB
2 22 (15.83%) PKI
3 14 (10.07%) Data Centre
3 14 (10.07%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.88%) Educational Technology
4 4 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.88%) Replication
5 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.72%) Home Automation
Operating Systems
1 139 (100.00%) Windows
2 60 (43.17%) Windows 10
3 56 (40.29%) Linux
4 47 (33.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 46 (33.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (24.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (8.63%) Windows NT
7 12 (8.63%) Windows XP
8 6 (4.32%) VMS
9 4 (2.88%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.37%) ITIL
2 35 (25.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (20.14%) Agile
3 28 (20.14%) Service Management
4 26 (18.71%) Configuration Management
5 22 (15.83%) Release Management
6 21 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (14.39%) Analytics
7 20 (14.39%) Log Analytics
8 18 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (11.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (10.79%) Customer Service
10 15 (10.79%) DevOps
10 15 (10.79%) Mentoring
11 14 (10.07%) CI/CD
11 14 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (10.07%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 14 (10.07%) Privileged Identity Management
11 14 (10.07%) RBAC
11 14 (10.07%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.22%) PowerShell
2 21 (15.11%) VBScript
3 20 (14.39%) C#
3 20 (14.39%) VB
4 14 (10.07%) Bicep
5 13 (9.35%) SQL
6 3 (2.16%) Python
7 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (57.55%) Security Cleared
2 66 (47.48%) DV Cleared
3 62 (44.60%) SC Cleared
4 30 (21.58%) Degree
5 14 (10.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (8.63%) CCNA
6 12 (8.63%) CCNP
6 12 (8.63%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.16%) MCP
7 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (85.61%) Active Directory
2 30 (21.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (14.39%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (10.07%) Hyper-V
4 14 (10.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (10.07%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (8.63%) Firmware
6 7 (5.04%) vSphere
7 2 (1.44%) Docker
8 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (34.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (31.65%) SCOM
3 42 (30.22%) SCCM
4 40 (28.78%) WSUS
5 21 (15.11%) vCenter Server
6 20 (14.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (11.51%) Kubernetes
8 14 (10.07%) NetBackup
9 12 (8.63%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (8.63%) Sysprep
10 3 (2.16%) Nessus
11 2 (1.44%) Grafana
11 2 (1.44%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.72%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 91 (65.47%) Microsoft
2 63 (45.32%) VMware
3 18 (12.95%) Cisco
3 18 (12.95%) Dell
4 16 (11.51%) Palo Alto
4 16 (11.51%) Veeam
5 14 (10.07%) Juniper
6 13 (9.35%) 3PAR
6 13 (9.35%) Dynatrace
6 13 (9.35%) HP
7 12 (8.63%) EMC
7 12 (8.63%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (8.63%) Oracle
7 12 (8.63%) Symantec
8 4 (2.88%) Aruba
8 4 (2.88%) ProCurve
8 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.88%) Synology
8 4 (2.88%) Zerto
9 3 (2.16%) Fortinet