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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 95 28
Rank change year-on-year +11 -67 +57
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 96 102 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.55% 2.52% 7.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.66% 18.02% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 85 68 201
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,175 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,250 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +12.80% +26.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,319 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,149 £59,825 £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +17.33%

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 335 566 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.88% 13.98% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 280 335 567
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £46,750 £60,625 £59,380
90th Percentile £66,250 £74,500 £74,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +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 2 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 2 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 +22 37 £37,500 -11.76% 14
Oxfordshire +40 32 £41,500 -12.63% 12
Berkshire -22 27 £49,000 +8.89% 18
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 17 (17.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (11.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (7.29%) IIS
5 3 (3.13%) WinCC
6 2 (2.08%) CMS
6 2 (2.08%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (2.08%) WordPress
7 1 (1.04%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (64.58%) Azure
3 13 (13.54%) AWS
4 11 (11.46%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.13%) GCP
5 3 (3.13%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (40.63%) Firewall
2 19 (19.79%) DNS
3 15 (15.63%) LAN
3 15 (15.63%) WAN
4 14 (14.58%) DHCP
4 14 (14.58%) SAN
5 13 (13.54%) VLAN
6 10 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (9.38%) VPN
8 8 (8.33%) TCP/IP
9 5 (5.21%) VoIP
10 3 (3.13%) IP Telephony
10 3 (3.13%) Modbus
10 3 (3.13%) Wireless
11 2 (2.08%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.08%) SSL
12 1 (1.04%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.13%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Subversion
General
1 54 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (3.13%) Finance
4 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (37.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 26 (27.08%) IT Support
3 18 (18.75%) Technical Support
4 15 (15.63%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 14 (14.58%) Support Technician
6 13 (13.54%) IT Engineer
6 13 (13.54%) Support Engineer
7 12 (12.50%) Consultant
7 12 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Infrastructure Manager
8 11 (11.46%) IT Consultant
8 11 (11.46%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Support Consultant
9 10 (10.42%) 3rd Line Support Technician
10 8 (8.33%) Analyst
11 7 (7.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 7 (7.29%) IT Manager
11 7 (7.29%) IT Security Manager
11 7 (7.29%) Security Manager
11 7 (7.29%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (10.42%) Replication
3 4 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.13%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.13%) SCADA
5 2 (2.08%) Clustering
5 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.08%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.04%) Social Media
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (11.46%) Linux
3 7 (7.29%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.17%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.08%) Android
6 2 (2.08%) Unix
6 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 34 (35.42%) Mentoring
3 22 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (19.79%) ITIL
5 16 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 15 (15.63%) Coaching
7 14 (14.58%) Knowledge Transfer
8 12 (12.50%) Agile
8 12 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (10.42%) Information Security
11 8 (8.33%) Migration
11 8 (8.33%) Service Delivery
12 5 (5.21%) Server Management
12 5 (5.21%) Technical Leadership
13 4 (4.17%) BCP
13 4 (4.17%) Business Continuity Planning
13 4 (4.17%) Cloud Security
13 4 (4.17%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.25%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.04%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.21%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.21%) Degree
4 4 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.13%) MCSE
5 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) MCP
6 2 (2.08%) MCSA
6 2 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.04%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.04%) RHCE
7 1 (1.04%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.42%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (10.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 10 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.25%) SLA
3 3 (3.13%) IEC 61508
3 3 (3.13%) QA
4 2 (2.08%) IEC 61131
5 1 (1.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 70 (72.92%) Active Directory
2 47 (48.96%) Hyper-V
3 25 (26.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.29%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (3.13%) Terminal Services
5 3 (3.13%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.13%) vSphere
6 2 (2.08%) Docker
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (15.63%) SCCM
3 3 (3.13%) SCOM
3 3 (3.13%) vRealize
4 2 (2.08%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.08%) SCSM
5 1 (1.04%) Ansible
5 1 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.04%) SmoothWall
5 1 (1.04%) Terraform
5 1 (1.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 40 (41.67%) VMware
3 8 (8.33%) arcserve
4 6 (6.25%) Apple
4 6 (6.25%) Cisco
5 4 (4.17%) Adobe
6 3 (3.13%) Google
6 3 (3.13%) Rockwell
6 3 (3.13%) Siemens
6 3 (3.13%) Trend Micro
6 3 (3.13%) Veeam
7 2 (2.08%) Sophos
8 1 (1.04%) Citrix
8 1 (1.04%) Meraki
8 1 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.04%) SolarWinds