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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 105 66
Rank change year-on-year +28 -39 -20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 116 93 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.87% 2.58% 3.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.73% 20.81% 25.26%
Number of salaries quoted 97 90 199
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,650
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,250 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -4.17% +29.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £45,000 £53,000
90th Percentile - £57,500 £59,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +6.67%

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 469 447 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.55% 12.41% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 389 340 715
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £27,775
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,520
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +44 62 £47,500 +23.38% 16
Buckinghamshire -3 34 £60,000 +60.00% 7
Oxfordshire -19 20 £38,750 -6.63% 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 24 (20.69%) SharePoint
2 21 (18.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (6.03%) Apache
4 6 (5.17%) IIS
4 6 (5.17%) nginx
5 1 (0.86%) CMS
5 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (51.72%) Azure
2 50 (43.10%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (15.52%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.21%) AWS
5 9 (7.76%) GCP
5 9 (7.76%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.17%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.31%) PaaS
7 5 (4.31%) SaaS
8 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
8 4 (3.45%) IaaS
9 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 76 (65.52%) Firewall
2 61 (52.59%) DNS
3 23 (19.83%) VPN
4 21 (18.10%) DHCP
4 21 (18.10%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (11.21%) WAN
6 12 (10.34%) LAN
7 11 (9.48%) NAS
8 10 (8.62%) VLAN
9 9 (7.76%) TCP/IP
10 8 (6.90%) NetScaler
10 8 (6.90%) SAN
10 8 (6.90%) VoIP
10 8 (6.90%) Wireshark
11 7 (6.03%) SSL
12 6 (5.17%) Wireless
13 3 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.59%) Power BI
4 1 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.86%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Postman
2 1 (0.86%) SoapUI
General
1 39 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.07%) Finance
3 11 (9.48%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Retail
5 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Games
8 1 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 32 (27.59%) IT Support
2 30 (25.86%) Architect
3 21 (18.10%) IT Engineer
3 21 (18.10%) Senior
3 21 (18.10%) Support Engineer
4 20 (17.24%) Applications Architect
4 20 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Security Architect
6 13 (11.21%) Support Technician
7 12 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (8.62%) IT Support Technician
8 10 (8.62%) IT Technician
9 8 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.17%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Operations Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Senior Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Service Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.83%) Regular Expression
2 19 (16.38%) LDAP
2 19 (16.38%) XMPP
3 8 (6.90%) JSON
4 7 (6.03%) JSON Schema
4 7 (6.03%) XML
5 5 (4.31%) Web Services
6 2 (1.72%) .NET
6 2 (1.72%) REST
7 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 1 (0.86%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (0.86%) CSS
7 1 (0.86%) CSS3
7 1 (0.86%) HTML
7 1 (0.86%) HTML5
7 1 (0.86%) jQuery
7 1 (0.86%) Laravel
7 1 (0.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Driving Licence
2 13 (11.21%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (10.34%) PKI
4 9 (7.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.86%) Clustering
8 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 116 (100.00%) Windows
2 46 (39.66%) Linux
3 27 (23.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (12.07%) Windows 10
5 8 (6.90%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (19.83%) SIEM
3 22 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (17.24%) Customer Service
6 19 (16.38%) ITIL
6 19 (16.38%) Validation
7 18 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.79%) Antivirus Management
8 16 (13.79%) Application Security
8 16 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (13.79%) Pattern Matching
8 16 (13.79%) Platform Engineering
9 14 (12.07%) Architectural Design
10 12 (10.34%) Resource Management
10 12 (10.34%) Server Management
11 11 (9.48%) High Availability
12 10 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (7.76%) Coaching
14 8 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.03%) Shell Script
3 5 (4.31%) SQL
4 3 (2.59%) Python
5 2 (1.72%) C#
5 2 (1.72%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.86%) Bicep
6 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.86%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (31.90%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.31%) DV Cleared
3 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (11.21%) Degree
5 8 (6.90%) Azure Certification
5 8 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (6.03%) DBS Check
7 6 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.45%) CCNA
8 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.59%) ICAEW
9 3 (2.59%) MCSE
10 1 (0.86%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.86%) CCIE
10 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (7.76%) SLA
4 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.59%) NIST
6 2 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (63.79%) Active Directory
2 27 (23.28%) vSphere
3 19 (16.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (10.34%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.45%) Docker
6 4 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.45%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.59%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.59%) Squid
7 3 (2.59%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.45%) vRealize
3 3 (2.59%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.86%) Autotask
4 1 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (74.14%) Microsoft
2 56 (48.28%) VMware
3 19 (16.38%) Red Hat
4 15 (12.93%) McAfee
5 11 (9.48%) Veeam
6 8 (6.90%) Citrix
6 8 (6.90%) NetApp
7 7 (6.03%) Google
7 7 (6.03%) Sophos
8 5 (4.31%) Apple
8 5 (4.31%) Cisco
8 5 (4.31%) Datto
9 4 (3.45%) SonicWALL
10 3 (2.59%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.59%) Oracle
10 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.72%) ConnectWise
12 1 (0.86%) EMC
12 1 (0.86%) HP
12 1 (0.86%) Meraki