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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 99 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -65 +79
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 110 105 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.89% 2.39% 6.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.07% 18.13% 31.73%
Number of salaries quoted 104 69 178
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% -3.53%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,950 £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%

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 354 579 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.29% 13.18% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 308 336 552
10th Percentile £26,850 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,438 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,925 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% -6.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £38,325 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -23.35% +8.70% +2.22%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +17 42 £37,500 +11.11% 14
Oxfordshire +31 37 £41,500 -22.79% 7
Berkshire -28 31 £49,000 +19.51% 24
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 33 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.82%) Exchange Server 2013
2 13 (11.82%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.36%) IIS
4 3 (2.73%) WinCC
5 2 (1.82%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.91%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 87 (79.09%) Azure
2 83 (75.45%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (20.91%) AWS
4 21 (19.09%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.55%) IaaS
6 3 (2.73%) GCP
6 3 (2.73%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.82%) SaaS
8 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 54 (49.09%) Firewall
2 26 (23.64%) SAN
3 23 (20.91%) DNS
4 18 (16.36%) WAN
5 17 (15.45%) DHCP
5 17 (15.45%) VLAN
5 17 (15.45%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (14.55%) LAN
7 10 (9.09%) IP Telephony
7 10 (9.09%) VPN
8 5 (4.55%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.73%) Modbus
10 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.82%) VoIP
10 2 (1.82%) Wireless
11 1 (0.91%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.82%) Data Mining
General
1 57 (51.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (34.55%) 3rd Line Support
2 26 (23.64%) Support Technician
3 25 (22.73%) Technical Support
4 20 (18.18%) IT Support
5 16 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 15 (13.64%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 12 (10.91%) Support Engineer
8 11 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
8 11 (10.00%) IT Engineer
9 10 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (8.18%) Consultant
10 9 (8.18%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (7.27%) Analyst
11 8 (7.27%) IT Consultant
11 8 (7.27%) IT Manager
11 8 (7.27%) Senior
11 8 (7.27%) Support Consultant
12 7 (6.36%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 7 (6.36%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.27%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (13.64%) Replication
3 13 (11.82%) Onboarding
4 10 (9.09%) PKI
5 4 (3.64%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.73%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.73%) SCADA
7 2 (1.82%) Clustering
7 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 110 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (13.64%) Mac OS
3 12 (10.91%) Linux
4 7 (6.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.64%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.64%) Unix
6 3 (2.73%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.91%) Android
8 1 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (34.55%) Customer Service
2 32 (29.09%) Mentoring
3 26 (23.64%) ITIL
4 25 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (21.82%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (20.91%) Business Continuity
7 21 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (19.09%) Knowledge Transfer
8 18 (16.36%) Agile
9 17 (15.45%) Information Security
10 16 (14.55%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (13.64%) Coaching
12 14 (12.73%) Migration
13 10 (9.09%) Server Management
14 9 (8.18%) Project Delivery
15 7 (6.36%) Presales
15 7 (6.36%) Service Delivery
16 6 (5.45%) Cloud Security
16 6 (5.45%) Project Management
17 5 (4.55%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.36%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.55%) SQL
3 1 (0.91%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (0.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (5.45%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.55%) CCNA
5 5 (4.55%) CCNP
5 5 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.64%) Degree
7 3 (2.73%) MCP
7 3 (2.73%) MCSA
7 3 (2.73%) MCSE
8 2 (1.82%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.91%) RHCE
9 1 (0.91%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 17 (15.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 17 (15.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (10.00%) SLA
3 3 (2.73%) IEC 61508
3 3 (2.73%) QA
4 2 (1.82%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 86 (78.18%) Active Directory
2 63 (57.27%) Hyper-V
3 37 (33.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (12.73%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (9.09%) Terminal Services
6 7 (6.36%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.82%) Docker
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.82%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (19.09%) SCCM
3 5 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.82%) ZENworks
5 1 (0.91%) Ansible
5 1 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.91%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.91%) SCOM
5 1 (0.91%) SCSM
5 1 (0.91%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.91%) Terraform
5 1 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (89.09%) Microsoft
2 53 (48.18%) VMware
3 17 (15.45%) Apple
4 13 (11.82%) arcserve
5 8 (7.27%) Veeam
6 6 (5.45%) Cisco
7 4 (3.64%) Google
7 4 (3.64%) Sophos
8 3 (2.73%) Meraki
8 3 (2.73%) Rockwell
8 3 (2.73%) Siemens
9 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.82%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.82%) Trend Micro
10 1 (0.91%) Citrix
10 1 (0.91%) Commvault
10 1 (0.91%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.91%) SonicWALL