Server Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Server Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Server Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 - 211
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% - 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37,900
25th Percentile £41,250 - £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £42,500
75th Percentile £43,750 - £47,875
90th Percentile - - £49,900
South East median annual salary £42,500 £60,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -29.17% +71.43% -30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,866 2,891 4,624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 85.48% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 1,405 3,412
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,600 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Server Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Server Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Server Engineer
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 Server Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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 - 2 £42,500 - 2
Server Engineer
South East

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft