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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 95 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 -67 +54
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 88 100 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.25% 2.68% 7.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.16% 18.52% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 73 68 197
10th Percentile £31,375 £28,175 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +15.85% +26.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,048 £60,000 £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.35% +18.40%

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 324 540 725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.27% 14.48% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 266 325 562
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £48,925 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% -2.15% +13.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £59,380
90th Percentile £68,375 £76,500 £73,625
South East median annual salary £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.00% +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 14 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 14 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 +14 33 £37,500 -24.24% 12
Oxfordshire +24 28 £41,500 -12.63% 12
Berkshire -21 27 £49,000 +8.89% 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 15 (17.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.95%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (5.68%) IIS
5 3 (3.41%) WinCC
6 2 (2.27%) CMS
6 2 (2.27%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (2.27%) WordPress
7 1 (1.14%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (64.77%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (62.50%) Azure
3 12 (13.64%) AWS
4 8 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.95%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.41%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (42.05%) Firewall
2 18 (20.45%) DNS
3 15 (17.05%) DHCP
3 15 (17.05%) LAN
3 15 (17.05%) WAN
4 12 (13.64%) VLAN
5 11 (12.50%) SAN
6 9 (10.23%) TCP/IP
6 9 (10.23%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (7.95%) VPN
8 6 (6.82%) VoIP
9 3 (3.41%) Modbus
9 3 (3.41%) Wireless
10 2 (2.27%) Ethernet
10 2 (2.27%) IP Telephony
10 2 (2.27%) SSL
11 1 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (1.14%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.41%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Subversion
2 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 46 (52.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.68%) Finance
2 5 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Legal
5 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (36.36%) 3rd Line Support
2 23 (26.14%) IT Support
3 18 (20.45%) Technical Support
4 13 (14.77%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 12 (13.64%) IT Engineer
5 12 (13.64%) Support Technician
6 11 (12.50%) Consultant
6 11 (12.50%) Support Engineer
7 10 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (11.36%) Infrastructure Manager
7 10 (11.36%) IT Consultant
7 10 (11.36%) Support Consultant
8 9 (10.23%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 9 (10.23%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (9.09%) Analyst
9 8 (9.09%) Lead
9 8 (9.09%) Senior
10 7 (7.95%) IT Manager
10 7 (7.95%) IT Security Manager
10 7 (7.95%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.91%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (10.23%) Replication
3 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.41%) SCADA
3 3 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.27%) Clustering
4 2 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.27%) Social Media
5 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (11.36%) Linux
3 5 (5.68%) Android
3 5 (5.68%) Apple iOS
3 5 (5.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.41%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (38.64%) Customer Service
2 31 (35.23%) Mentoring
3 20 (22.73%) ITIL
4 17 (19.32%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (14.77%) Business Continuity
5 13 (14.77%) Coaching
6 12 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.36%) Agile
7 10 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (10.23%) Knowledge Transfer
9 7 (7.95%) Information Security
9 7 (7.95%) Migration
9 7 (7.95%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (5.68%) Network Design
12 4 (4.55%) Network Management
12 4 (4.55%) Server Management
13 3 (3.41%) Change Control
13 3 (3.41%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.77%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.68%) SQL
3 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.14%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.82%) DBS Check
2 6 (6.82%) Degree
2 6 (6.82%) DV Cleared
2 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.55%) MCSE
5 2 (2.27%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.27%) MCP
5 2 (2.27%) MCSA
5 2 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.14%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.14%) RHCE
6 1 (1.14%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 7 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.41%) IEC 61508
2 3 (3.41%) QA
3 2 (2.27%) IEC 61131
3 2 (2.27%) SLA
4 1 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 41 (46.59%) Hyper-V
3 26 (29.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (6.82%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (4.55%) VMware NSX
6 3 (3.41%) vSphere
7 2 (2.27%) Docker
7 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.27%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.14%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 24 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.77%) SCCM
3 4 (4.55%) SCOM
3 4 (4.55%) vRealize
4 2 (2.27%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.27%) SCSM
4 2 (2.27%) SmoothWall
5 1 (1.14%) Ansible
5 1 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.14%) Terraform
5 1 (1.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (76.14%) Microsoft
2 42 (47.73%) VMware
3 7 (7.95%) arcserve
3 7 (7.95%) Google
4 6 (6.82%) Cisco
5 4 (4.55%) Adobe
6 3 (3.41%) Apple
6 3 (3.41%) CheckPoint
6 3 (3.41%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.41%) Rockwell
6 3 (3.41%) Siemens
6 3 (3.41%) Trend Micro
6 3 (3.41%) Veeam
7 2 (2.27%) Meraki
8 1 (1.14%) Citrix
8 1 (1.14%) Juniper
8 1 (1.14%) McAfee
8 1 (1.14%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.14%) SolarWinds