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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 91 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 -51 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 93 77 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.04% 2.62% 5.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.43% 17.46% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 74 53 273
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +13.10% +29.23%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,125 £60,000 £59,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +21.79% +11.43%

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 339 441 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.44% 14.98% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 270 290 803
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £42,796
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +10.99% +6.99%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,225 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -1.73%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +1 38 £47,500 - 19
Buckinghamshire -7 31 £37,500 -18.92% 8
Oxfordshire +22 24 £35,000 -26.32% 10
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 (18.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.30%) IIS
4 2 (2.15%) CMS
4 2 (2.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (55.91%) Azure
2 49 (52.69%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (11.83%) Google Workspace
4 9 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.53%) AWS
6 5 (5.38%) GCP
7 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 41 (44.09%) Firewall
2 25 (26.88%) DNS
3 18 (19.35%) WAN
4 17 (18.28%) LAN
5 15 (16.13%) TCP/IP
6 14 (15.05%) VPN
7 13 (13.98%) DHCP
8 9 (9.68%) VoIP
9 6 (6.45%) Wireless
10 5 (5.38%) VLAN
11 4 (4.30%) SAN
11 4 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (2.15%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (2.15%) Ethernet
12 2 (2.15%) NAS
12 2 (2.15%) NetScaler
12 2 (2.15%) SSL
12 2 (2.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.23%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) JIRA
2 3 (3.23%) Subversion
General
1 48 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.75%) Finance
2 10 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.15%) Games
5 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.08%) Legal
5 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (34.41%) IT Support
2 24 (25.81%) 3rd Line Support
3 22 (23.66%) IT Engineer
4 18 (19.35%) Support Engineer
4 18 (19.35%) Technical Support
5 17 (18.28%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (13.98%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 12 (12.90%) Architect
8 9 (9.68%) Consultant
8 9 (9.68%) IT Consultant
8 9 (9.68%) Senior
8 9 (9.68%) Support Consultant
9 8 (8.60%) Analyst
9 8 (8.60%) Support Analyst
10 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (7.53%) Lead
11 6 (6.45%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (5.38%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (5.38%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (5.38%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) JSON
1 2 (2.15%) JSON Schema
1 2 (2.15%) LDAP
1 2 (2.15%) Regular Expression
1 2 (2.15%) Web Services
1 2 (2.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.13%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.38%) Social Media
3 5 (5.38%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.23%) PKI
5 2 (2.15%) Clustering
5 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.15%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 93 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (21.51%) Linux
3 7 (7.53%) Android
3 7 (7.53%) Apple iOS
3 7 (7.53%) Mac OS
4 5 (5.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (3.23%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (41.94%) Customer Service
2 26 (27.96%) Mentoring
3 20 (21.51%) ITIL
4 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (13.98%) Coaching
6 9 (9.68%) Network Design
7 8 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (8.60%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (7.53%) Network Management
9 6 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (6.45%) Service Delivery
10 5 (5.38%) Data Protection
10 5 (5.38%) ITSM
10 5 (5.38%) Security Testing
10 5 (5.38%) Service Design
10 5 (5.38%) Software Deployment
11 4 (4.30%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.83%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.45%) SQL
3 2 (2.15%) Python
3 2 (2.15%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.15%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.08%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (24.73%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.35%) DV Cleared
3 9 (9.68%) Degree
4 8 (8.60%) DBS Check
5 7 (7.53%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.23%) MCSE
8 2 (2.15%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.15%) MCSA
8 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (2.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.08%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.08%) CCIE
9 1 (1.08%) CCNA
9 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (79.57%) Active Directory
2 32 (34.41%) Hyper-V
3 14 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (9.68%) VMware NSX
5 7 (7.53%) vSphere
6 4 (4.30%) Docker
7 2 (2.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.68%) vRealize
3 5 (5.38%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (5.38%) SCCM
3 5 (5.38%) SCOM
3 5 (5.38%) SmoothWall
4 2 (2.15%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.15%) SCSM
5 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (68.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (39.78%) VMware
3 13 (13.98%) Google
4 9 (9.68%) Cisco
5 6 (6.45%) Palo Alto
6 5 (5.38%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.38%) Meraki
7 4 (4.30%) Adobe
7 4 (4.30%) Veeam
8 3 (3.23%) Trend Micro
9 2 (2.15%) Citrix
9 2 (2.15%) Juniper
9 2 (2.15%) McAfee
9 2 (2.15%) NetApp
9 2 (2.15%) Oracle
9 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.08%) 3PAR
10 1 (1.08%) HP
10 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds