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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 103 42
Rank change year-on-year +17 -61 +27
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 91 61 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.77% 2.22% 4.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.86% 16.53% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 70 50 280
10th Percentile £30,900 £32,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £57,281 £59,688 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £60,750 £59,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +14.29%

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 366 369 983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.14% 13.42% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 288 292 880
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +7.59%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -

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 8 April 2026.

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 8 April 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 +17 40 £52,500 +16.67% 14
Buckinghamshire -18 27 £40,000 -33.33% 9
Oxfordshire +10 24 £35,000 -26.32% 4
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 18 (19.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.20%) CMS
3 2 (2.20%) IIS
3 2 (2.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (46.15%) Azure
2 35 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.09%) Google Workspace
4 10 (10.99%) AWS
5 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
5 9 (9.89%) GCP
6 2 (2.20%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.10%) IaaS
7 1 (1.10%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (54.95%) Firewall
2 36 (39.56%) DNS
3 22 (24.18%) WAN
4 21 (23.08%) LAN
5 16 (17.58%) VPN
6 15 (16.48%) TCP/IP
7 13 (14.29%) DHCP
8 11 (12.09%) VoIP
9 6 (6.59%) NAS
9 6 (6.59%) VLAN
9 6 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (6.59%) Wireless
10 5 (5.49%) SAN
11 4 (4.40%) NetScaler
11 4 (4.40%) Wireshark
12 2 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (2.20%) Ethernet
12 2 (2.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.30%) Data Mining
2 3 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
2 3 (3.30%) Subversion
General
1 38 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.99%) Finance
2 10 (10.99%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Games
6 1 (1.10%) Aviation
6 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.10%) Legal
6 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (30.77%) IT Support
2 23 (25.27%) IT Engineer
3 22 (24.18%) Architect
4 19 (20.88%) Support Engineer
5 18 (19.78%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (13.19%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (13.19%) Senior
6 12 (13.19%) Technical Support
7 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (10.99%) Applications Architect
9 9 (9.89%) Analyst
9 9 (9.89%) Support Analyst
10 8 (8.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) 3rd Line Technical Support
11 7 (7.69%) Security Architect
12 5 (5.49%) IT Technician
12 5 (5.49%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.89%) Regular Expression
2 8 (8.79%) LDAP
3 6 (6.59%) XMPP
4 3 (3.30%) JSON
4 3 (3.30%) JSON Schema
4 3 (3.30%) XML
5 2 (2.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.59%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.49%) PKI
4 5 (5.49%) Social Media
4 5 (5.49%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.30%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.10%) Clustering
7 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.10%) Replication
7 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 91 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (30.77%) Linux
3 12 (13.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (7.69%) Android
4 7 (7.69%) Apple iOS
4 7 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 6 (6.59%) Windows 10
6 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Customer Service
2 23 (25.27%) ITIL
3 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
5 11 (12.09%) SIEM
6 9 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (9.89%) Network Design
6 9 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (8.79%) Application Security
8 7 (7.69%) Architectural Design
8 7 (7.69%) Coaching
8 7 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (7.69%) Network Management
8 7 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (7.69%) Server Management
9 6 (6.59%) Data Protection
9 6 (6.59%) Pattern Matching
9 6 (6.59%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (6.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.69%) SQL
3 3 (3.30%) Python
3 3 (3.30%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.20%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.10%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 32 (35.16%) Security Cleared
2 27 (29.67%) DV Cleared
3 9 (9.89%) DBS Check
3 9 (9.89%) Degree
4 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.49%) MCSE
7 3 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (3.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.20%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.10%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.10%) CCIE
9 1 (1.10%) CCNA
9 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
System Software
1 67 (73.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (19.78%) Hyper-V
3 15 (16.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (16.48%) vSphere
4 9 (9.89%) VMware NSX
5 4 (4.40%) Docker
6 2 (2.20%) BitLocker
6 2 (2.20%) Terminal Server
6 2 (2.20%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (9.89%) vRealize
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.49%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (5.49%) SCCM
3 5 (5.49%) SCOM
3 5 (5.49%) SmoothWall
4 2 (2.20%) SCSM
5 1 (1.10%) Autotask
5 1 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.10%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (64.84%) Microsoft
2 44 (48.35%) VMware
3 14 (15.38%) Google
4 8 (8.79%) Cisco
5 7 (7.69%) McAfee
6 6 (6.59%) Meraki
6 6 (6.59%) Palo Alto
6 6 (6.59%) Red Hat
7 5 (5.49%) CheckPoint
8 4 (4.40%) Adobe
8 4 (4.40%) Citrix
8 4 (4.40%) NetApp
8 4 (4.40%) Veeam
9 3 (3.30%) Oracle
9 3 (3.30%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.30%) Sophos
9 3 (3.30%) Trend Micro
10 2 (2.20%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (2.20%) Juniper
11 1 (1.10%) HP