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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 107 73
Rank change year-on-year +32 -34 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 112 88 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.85% 2.51% 3.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.67% 19.82% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 91 85 216
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -4.19% +28.46%
75th Percentile £68,750 £47,500 £53,938
90th Percentile - £57,500 £59,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year - +1.27% +8.22%

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 454 444 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.50% 12.65% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 373 337 781
10th Percentile £28,600 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £56,525
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.27%

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 2 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 2 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 +36 62 £47,500 +26.67% 13
Buckinghamshire -7 29 £59,500 +58.67% 9
Oxfordshire -16 21 £35,000 -15.66% 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 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 20 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.46%) IIS
4 2 (1.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.89%) CMS
5 1 (0.89%) nginx
5 1 (0.89%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.89%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 58 (51.79%) Azure
2 50 (44.64%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.61%) AWS
5 9 (8.04%) GCP
6 7 (6.25%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.36%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.46%) SaaS
9 4 (3.57%) Google Workspace
9 4 (3.57%) IaaS
9 4 (3.57%) PaaS
10 3 (2.68%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 76 (67.86%) Firewall
2 56 (50.00%) DNS
3 23 (20.54%) VPN
4 21 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (16.07%) DHCP
6 14 (12.50%) WAN
7 13 (11.61%) LAN
8 11 (9.82%) NAS
9 8 (7.14%) NetScaler
9 8 (7.14%) SAN
9 8 (7.14%) TCP/IP
9 8 (7.14%) VLAN
9 8 (7.14%) Wireshark
10 7 (6.25%) SSL
10 7 (6.25%) VoIP
11 5 (4.46%) Wireless
12 2 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.68%) Power BI
4 1 (0.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.89%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) Subversion
General
1 38 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.82%) Finance
3 6 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.68%) Games
6 1 (0.89%) Aviation
6 1 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (28.57%) Architect
1 32 (28.57%) IT Support
2 21 (18.75%) IT Engineer
2 21 (18.75%) Senior
2 21 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 20 (17.86%) Applications Architect
3 20 (17.86%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 13 (11.61%) Support Technician
6 12 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (8.93%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (8.93%) IT Technician
8 9 (8.04%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 8 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.36%) Platform Manager
11 6 (5.36%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.64%) Regular Expression
2 18 (16.07%) LDAP
2 18 (16.07%) XMPP
3 7 (6.25%) JSON
4 6 (5.36%) JSON Schema
4 6 (5.36%) XML
5 3 (2.68%) Web Services
6 1 (0.89%) Ajax
6 1 (0.89%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (0.89%) CSS
6 1 (0.89%) CSS3
6 1 (0.89%) HTML
6 1 (0.89%) HTML5
6 1 (0.89%) jQuery
6 1 (0.89%) Laravel
6 1 (0.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.07%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (9.82%) PKI
4 10 (8.93%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.68%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.89%) Clustering
8 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 112 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (36.61%) Linux
3 26 (23.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (9.82%) Windows 10
5 9 (8.04%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.64%) SIEM
2 21 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (16.07%) Validation
5 17 (15.18%) Customer Service
6 16 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
6 16 (14.29%) Application Security
6 16 (14.29%) ITIL
6 16 (14.29%) Pattern Matching
6 16 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
7 14 (12.50%) Architectural Design
7 14 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (10.71%) Resource Management
8 12 (10.71%) Server Management
9 10 (8.93%) Coaching
9 10 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (6.25%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.93%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.36%) Shell Script
3 4 (3.57%) SQL
4 3 (2.68%) Python
5 1 (0.89%) Bicep
5 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.89%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (33.04%) Security Cleared
2 36 (32.14%) DV Cleared
3 11 (9.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (8.93%) Degree
5 7 (6.25%) DBS Check
6 6 (5.36%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.36%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (4.46%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.68%) ICAEW
9 3 (2.68%) MCSE
9 3 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.79%) CCNA
10 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.89%) CCIE
11 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (8.04%) SLA
4 6 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.68%) NIST
6 2 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 75 (66.96%) Active Directory
2 26 (23.21%) vSphere
3 15 (13.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.36%) VMware NSX
6 4 (3.57%) Docker
7 3 (2.68%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.68%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.89%) Squid
9 1 (0.89%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.36%) vRealize
3 4 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.89%) Autotask
4 1 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.89%) SCCM
4 1 (0.89%) SCOM
4 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (72.32%) Microsoft
2 53 (47.32%) VMware
3 18 (16.07%) Red Hat
4 15 (13.39%) McAfee
5 8 (7.14%) Citrix
5 8 (7.14%) NetApp
6 7 (6.25%) Google
6 7 (6.25%) Sophos
7 6 (5.36%) Cisco
7 6 (5.36%) Veeam
8 5 (4.46%) Datto
9 4 (3.57%) Apple
9 4 (3.57%) SonicWALL
10 3 (2.68%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.68%) Oracle
10 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.89%) ConnectWise
11 1 (0.89%) HP
11 1 (0.89%) Meraki
11 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto