Windows Server Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 62 33
Rank change year-on-year +34 -29 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 27 16 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 3.86% 1.97% 5.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.49% 12.70% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 20 10 33
10th Percentile £34,688 £32,500 £31,900
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £52,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.19% +26.83% +26.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £59,938 £50,000
90th Percentile £52,912 £61,875 £53,750
South East median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £44,400
% change year-on-year -18.95% +6.98% +23.33%

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 74 126 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.57% 15.48% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 59 78 103
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,438 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,982 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.19% +5.84% +6.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,750 £76,125 £63,750
South East median annual salary £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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 -
Oxford +1 4 £50,812 +6.97% 11
Abingdon -5 1 £43,500 -8.42% 2
Banbury - 1 - - 2
Faringdon - 1 £27,000 -
Kidlington - 1 - -
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) CMS
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (48.15%) Azure
3 11 (40.74%) Google Workspace
4 6 (22.22%) AWS
5 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Firewall
2 10 (37.04%) DHCP
2 10 (37.04%) DNS
2 10 (37.04%) LAN
2 10 (37.04%) WAN
3 8 (29.63%) SAN
3 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
3 8 (29.63%) VLAN
4 5 (18.52%) VoIP
4 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.41%) Ethernet
5 2 (7.41%) SSL
5 2 (7.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Support Technician
3 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 7 (25.93%) IT Support
4 6 (22.22%) Analyst
4 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) Field Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Support
5 5 (18.52%) Technical Support Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (11.11%) IT Technician
8 2 (7.41%) Head of IT
9 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
9 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
9 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Replication
1 5 (18.52%) Social Media
1 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.41%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Android
2 7 (25.93%) Apple iOS
3 5 (18.52%) Linux
4 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Business Continuity
2 7 (25.93%) Customer Service
2 7 (25.93%) Knowledge Transfer
2 7 (25.93%) Network Management
3 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Agile
4 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
4 5 (18.52%) Information Security
4 5 (18.52%) Migration
5 4 (14.81%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (11.11%) Change Control
6 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (11.11%) ITSM
6 3 (11.11%) Project Management
7 2 (7.41%) Computer Security
7 2 (7.41%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.41%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) DBS Check
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) MCSE
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) RHCE
4 1 (3.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 17 (62.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (29.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 5 (18.52%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (18.52%) SmoothWall
4 1 (3.70%) Ansible
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (3.70%) Terraform
4 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) VMware
2 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
3 11 (40.74%) Google
4 5 (18.52%) arcserve
4 5 (18.52%) CheckPoint
4 5 (18.52%) Cisco
4 5 (18.52%) Meraki
4 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.70%) Citrix
5 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds