Windows Server Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 96 26
Rank change year-on-year +5 -70 +53
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 84 90 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.12% 2.55% 7.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.36% 17.48% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 67 62 205
10th Percentile £31,625 £28,550 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +11.76% +30.77%
75th Percentile £46,875 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £54,899 £60,000 £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £47,250 £44,400
% change year-on-year -15.34% +6.42% +21.22%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 307 515 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.74% 14.59% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 250 317 564
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,281 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -5.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £59,380
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £71,000
South East median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 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
Buckinghamshire +6 30 £37,500 -24.24% 9
Berkshire -11 28 £49,000 +8.89% 13
Oxfordshire +27 26 £41,500 -20.19% 8
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
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 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.95%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (4.76%) IIS
5 3 (3.57%) WinCC
6 2 (2.38%) CMS
6 2 (2.38%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (2.38%) WordPress
7 1 (1.19%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 11 (13.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (60.71%) Azure
3 10 (11.90%) AWS
4 9 (10.71%) Google Workspace
5 5 (5.95%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.48%) Firewall
2 16 (19.05%) DNS
3 15 (17.86%) LAN
3 15 (17.86%) WAN
4 14 (16.67%) DHCP
5 10 (11.90%) VLAN
6 9 (10.71%) SAN
6 9 (10.71%) TCP/IP
7 8 (9.52%) VoIP
8 7 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (7.14%) VPN
10 3 (3.57%) Modbus
11 2 (2.38%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.38%) SSL
11 2 (2.38%) Wireless
12 1 (1.19%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (1.19%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Subversion
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 41 (48.81%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.14%) Finance
3 5 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.19%) Legal
6 1 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (34.52%) 3rd Line Support
2 24 (28.57%) IT Support
3 16 (19.05%) Technical Support
4 15 (17.86%) IT Engineer
5 12 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 11 (13.10%) Consultant
6 11 (13.10%) Support Engineer
7 10 (11.90%) IT Consultant
7 10 (11.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (11.90%) Support Consultant
8 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Manager
9 8 (9.52%) Analyst
9 8 (9.52%) Senior
9 8 (9.52%) Support Technician
10 7 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Technician
10 7 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (8.33%) IT Manager
10 7 (8.33%) IT Security Manager
10 7 (8.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.33%) Replication
3 4 (4.76%) Social Media
3 4 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.57%) SCADA
5 2 (2.38%) Clustering
5 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 84 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (11.90%) Linux
3 6 (7.14%) Android
3 6 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.57%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.48%) Customer Service
2 30 (35.71%) Mentoring
3 20 (23.81%) ITIL
4 16 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (14.29%) Coaching
6 10 (11.90%) Business Continuity
6 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (9.52%) Agile
9 7 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
10 6 (7.14%) Network Design
10 6 (7.14%) Network Management
10 6 (7.14%) Service Delivery
10 6 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (5.95%) Information Security
11 5 (5.95%) Migration
11 5 (5.95%) Root Cause Analysis
12 4 (4.76%) Data Protection
13 3 (3.57%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.76%) SQL
3 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.19%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 7 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.14%) Degree
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.76%) MCSE
7 2 (2.38%) MCP
7 2 (2.38%) MCSA
7 2 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.19%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.19%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.19%) RHCE
8 1 (1.19%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.57%) IEC 61508
2 3 (3.57%) QA
3 2 (2.38%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
4 1 (1.19%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 38 (45.24%) Hyper-V
3 24 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.95%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (5.95%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.57%) vSphere
6 2 (2.38%) Docker
6 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.90%) SCCM
3 5 (5.95%) vRealize
4 4 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.76%) SCOM
4 4 (4.76%) SmoothWall
5 2 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.38%) SCSM
6 1 (1.19%) Ansible
6 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.19%) Terraform
6 1 (1.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 41 (48.81%) VMware
3 9 (10.71%) Google
4 7 (8.33%) Cisco
5 5 (5.95%) arcserve
6 4 (4.76%) Adobe
6 4 (4.76%) CheckPoint
6 4 (4.76%) Meraki
6 4 (4.76%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.57%) Rockwell
7 3 (3.57%) Siemens
7 3 (3.57%) Trend Micro
7 3 (3.57%) Veeam
8 1 (1.19%) Citrix
8 1 (1.19%) Juniper
8 1 (1.19%) McAfee
8 1 (1.19%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds