Windows Server 2019 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 179 162
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 -56
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 11 18 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.48% 0.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.23% 5.16% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 22
10th Percentile - £31,850 £26,325
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,250 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £70,000 £44,673
Median % change year-on-year -44.29% +56.70% -0.95%
75th Percentile £39,500 - £48,925
90th Percentile £47,500 - £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £45,713
% change year-on-year -13.04% +0.63% +8.20%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019 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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 493 349 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.53% 9.21% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 411 302 347
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,925
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.35% -6.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £62,450 £79,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,325 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.42% -23.35% +7.53%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
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 Windows Server 2019 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 October 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 +11 9 £39,000 -13.33% 1
Buckinghamshire -15 1 £45,000 -35.71% 1
Oxfordshire -41 1 £52,000 +67.74%
Windows Server 2019
South East

Windows Server 2019
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 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (81.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (90.91%) Entra ID
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (81.82%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Firewall
1 10 (90.91%) VPN
2 9 (81.82%) DHCP
2 9 (81.82%) DNS
2 9 (81.82%) SSL
2 9 (81.82%) VLAN
2 9 (81.82%) VoIP
2 9 (81.82%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Postman
1 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Senior
1 10 (90.91%) Support Engineer
2 9 (81.82%) IT Engineer
2 9 (81.82%) IT Support
2 9 (81.82%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (81.82%) Senior IT Engineer
2 9 (81.82%) Senior IT Support
2 9 (81.82%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Support
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
1 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
1 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) SOAP
1 1 (9.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 9 (81.82%) macOS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (81.82%) Customer Service
2 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (81.82%) Data Privacy
2 9 (81.82%) Kalman Filter
2 9 (81.82%) Mobile Device Management
2 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (81.82%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) API Integration
4 1 (9.09%) B2B
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Facilities Management
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) MVC
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CompTIA Security+
1 9 (81.82%) DBS Check
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (81.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (81.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
1 10 (90.91%) Hyper-V
2 9 (81.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (81.82%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Apple
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (81.82%) Datto
2 9 (81.82%) Google
2 9 (81.82%) SonicWALL
2 9 (81.82%) Veeam
2 9 (81.82%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Meraki