Windows Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 57 70
Rank change year-on-year -58 +13 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 65 273 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.93% 4.05% 4.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.40% 26.82% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 53 254 188
10th Percentile £34,000 £26,575 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +29.23% -18.75%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,313 £43,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £56,450
South East median annual salary £45,000 £39,750 £35,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% +11.97% -16.47%

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 422 1,018 1,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.53% 15.09% 18.84%
Number of salaries quoted 306 876 711
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,710 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% - -16.41%
75th Percentile £54,000 £57,500 £61,125
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.18% - -10.53%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 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 7 May 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
Berkshire -48 29 £39,500 -21.00% 27
Buckinghamshire +4 25 £45,000 +40.63% 23
Oxfordshire -19 11 £41,500 -2.35% 15
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (36.92%) SharePoint
2 21 (32.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (12.31%) IIS
4 6 (9.23%) Apache
5 5 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.54%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (49.23%) Azure
3 12 (18.46%) AWS
4 7 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (10.77%) Power Automate
4 7 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 7 (10.77%) PowerApps
5 6 (9.23%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.08%) IaaS
6 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (60.00%) Firewall
2 28 (43.08%) DNS
3 20 (30.77%) DHCP
4 15 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (16.92%) VPN
6 10 (15.38%) VLAN
6 10 (15.38%) WAN
7 9 (13.85%) 5G
7 9 (13.85%) Bluetooth
7 9 (13.85%) LTE
7 9 (13.85%) Network Security
7 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
8 8 (12.31%) LAN
9 6 (9.23%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (9.23%) SAN
10 4 (6.15%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (6.15%) IP Telephony
10 4 (6.15%) VoIP
11 2 (3.08%) SD-WAN
12 1 (1.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (33.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 4 (6.15%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
General
1 27 (41.54%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (13.85%) Electronics
4 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.69%) Back Office
5 5 (7.69%) Local Government
5 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (27.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) Lead
3 9 (13.85%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) Support Technician
3 9 (13.85%) Technical Support
4 8 (12.31%) Support Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) Developer
5 7 (10.77%) IT Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) SharePoint Developer
5 7 (10.77%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (7.69%) Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (7.69%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 5 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) .NET
1 7 (10.77%) ASP.NET
1 7 (10.77%) CSS
1 7 (10.77%) HTML
1 7 (10.77%) HTML5
1 7 (10.77%) React
1 7 (10.77%) SPFx
1 7 (10.77%) XML
2 2 (3.08%) SAML
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Onboarding
2 9 (13.85%) Data Centre
2 9 (13.85%) IoT
2 9 (13.85%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.85%) NB-IoT
2 9 (13.85%) Operational Technology
3 7 (10.77%) Replication
4 6 (9.23%) Security Posture
5 5 (7.69%) Client/Server
6 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
7 3 (4.62%) Clustering
7 3 (4.62%) PKI
8 2 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 65 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (21.54%) Linux
3 13 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
6 3 (4.62%) Android
7 1 (1.54%) OpenBSD
7 1 (1.54%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (30.77%) Project Management
4 19 (29.23%) Customer Service
5 11 (16.92%) Project Planning
5 11 (16.92%) Strategic Thinking
6 10 (15.38%) ITIL
6 10 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 10 (15.38%) Server Management
7 9 (13.85%) Analytics
7 9 (13.85%) Asset Management
7 9 (13.85%) Business Continuity
7 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (13.85%) Information Security
7 9 (13.85%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (13.85%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
8 7 (10.77%) Change Management
8 7 (10.77%) DevOps
8 7 (10.77%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 29 (44.62%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.00%) Python
3 9 (13.85%) Bash
3 9 (13.85%) SQL
4 7 (10.77%) C#
4 7 (10.77%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.77%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (13.85%) Network+ Certification
3 8 (12.31%) MCSA
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.69%) MCSE
5 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.62%) DBS Check
6 3 (4.62%) MCP
6 3 (4.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.08%) CCNA
7 2 (3.08%) CCNP
7 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.54%) CISSP
8 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.62%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (63.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (52.31%) Active Directory
3 26 (40.00%) Hyper-V
4 11 (16.92%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (15.38%) vSphere
6 4 (6.15%) Terminal Services
6 4 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.54%) Docker
7 1 (1.54%) Squid
7 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.54%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) Ansible
1 10 (15.38%) Terraform
2 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (13.85%) Puppet
2 9 (13.85%) vCenter Server
3 5 (7.69%) FortiGate
3 5 (7.69%) ZABBIX
4 4 (6.15%) SCCM
4 4 (6.15%) WSUS
5 3 (4.62%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.08%) ZENworks
7 1 (1.54%) HAProxy
7 1 (1.54%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.54%) vRealize
7 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 61 (93.85%) Microsoft
2 43 (66.15%) VMware
3 10 (15.38%) Cisco
4 9 (13.85%) Apple
5 7 (10.77%) Sophos
6 6 (9.23%) Veeam
7 5 (7.69%) Oracle
7 5 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (6.15%) arcserve
8 4 (6.15%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.15%) SAP
9 3 (4.62%) HP
9 3 (4.62%) Meraki
9 3 (4.62%) SonicWALL
10 2 (3.08%) ConnectWise
10 2 (3.08%) Dell
11 1 (1.54%) Draytek
11 1 (1.54%) Juniper