Windows Server Jobs in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 52 62
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 16 67 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.34% 3.43% 3.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.53% 24.01% 26.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 63 52
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,100 £26,475
25th Percentile £39,188 £34,125 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £42,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +32.81% -17.95%
75th Percentile £43,250 £49,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £44,125 £63,950 £45,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% +8.22% -8.75%

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 103 279 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 15.04% 14.30% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 79 252 152
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,275 £22,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £35,520 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,774
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +12.51% -24.45%
75th Percentile £51,000 £56,250 £45,738
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,625 £57,375
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,606
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.20% -8.20%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Oxfordshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in Oxfordshire

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Oxfordshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Woodstock - 7 £41,500 - 1
Oxford +12 2 £45,000 +5.88% 8
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 7 (43.75%) Exchange Server 2013
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (43.75%) AWS
4 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) SAN
3 9 (56.25%) WAN
3 9 (56.25%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (43.75%) LAN
4 7 (43.75%) VLAN
5 3 (18.75%) DNS
6 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) 3rd Line Support
1 7 (43.75%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 7 (43.75%) Support Technician
2 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) IT Support
3 3 (18.75%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Software Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Replication
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
3 3 (18.75%) Mac OS
3 3 (18.75%) Unix
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Information Security
2 10 (62.50%) ITIL
3 7 (43.75%) Business Continuity
3 7 (43.75%) Migration
4 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (18.75%) CRM
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
7 2 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 2 (12.50%) SIEM
7 2 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 10 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (62.50%) Hyper-V
3 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (62.50%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (75.00%) VMware
3 7 (43.75%) arcserve
4 3 (18.75%) Apple
4 3 (18.75%) Sophos
5 2 (12.50%) Meraki