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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 90 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 -50 +34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 87 82 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.95% 2.71% 5.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.36% 17.98% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 68 52 275
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,688 £35,688 £30,000
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 £54,612 £60,000 £59,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +21.79% +9.86%

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 330 456 916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.39% 15.07% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 262 290 803
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,950 £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% +4.90%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,675 £65,225 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% +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 1 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 1 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 -5 34 £42,500 -10.53% 17
Buckinghamshire -8 29 £37,500 -18.92% 9
Oxfordshire +24 24 £35,000 -26.32% 11
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 (19.54%) SharePoint
2 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.60%) IIS
4 2 (2.30%) CMS
4 2 (2.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (57.47%) Azure
2 49 (56.32%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.64%) Google Workspace
4 9 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.75%) AWS
6 3 (3.45%) GCP
7 1 (1.15%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (43.68%) Firewall
2 20 (22.99%) DNS
3 17 (19.54%) WAN
4 16 (18.39%) LAN
5 15 (17.24%) TCP/IP
6 13 (14.94%) DHCP
6 13 (14.94%) VPN
7 9 (10.34%) VoIP
8 6 (6.90%) Wireless
9 5 (5.75%) VLAN
10 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.30%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (2.30%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.30%) SAN
11 2 (2.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.45%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
1 3 (3.45%) Subversion
General
1 44 (50.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.49%) Finance
2 10 (11.49%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.15%) Games
4 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.15%) Legal
4 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (36.78%) IT Support
2 24 (27.59%) 3rd Line Support
3 22 (25.29%) IT Engineer
4 18 (20.69%) Support Engineer
4 18 (20.69%) Technical Support
5 17 (19.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (14.94%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 9 (10.34%) Architect
7 9 (10.34%) Consultant
7 9 (10.34%) IT Consultant
7 9 (10.34%) Support Consultant
8 8 (9.20%) Senior
9 7 (8.05%) Analyst
9 7 (8.05%) Lead
9 7 (8.05%) Support Analyst
10 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (5.75%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (5.75%) Technical Analyst
11 5 (5.75%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.75%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.75%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.75%) Social Media
2 5 (5.75%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.30%) Clustering
3 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.30%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (2.30%) Replication
4 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 87 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (17.24%) Linux
3 7 (8.05%) Android
3 7 (8.05%) Apple iOS
3 7 (8.05%) Mac OS
4 5 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 26 (29.89%) Mentoring
3 19 (21.84%) ITIL
3 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (14.94%) Coaching
5 9 (10.34%) Network Design
6 8 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (9.20%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (8.05%) Network Management
8 6 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (6.90%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.75%) Data Protection
9 5 (5.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (5.75%) Security Testing
9 5 (5.75%) Service Design
9 5 (5.75%) Software Deployment
10 4 (4.60%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (4.60%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.75%) SQL
3 2 (2.30%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.15%) Bicep
4 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.94%) DV Cleared
3 8 (9.20%) DBS Check
3 8 (9.20%) Degree
4 6 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.45%) MCSE
7 2 (2.30%) ISTQB
7 2 (2.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (2.30%) MCSA
7 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.15%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.15%) CCIE
8 1 (1.15%) CCNA
8 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (79.31%) Active Directory
2 32 (36.78%) Hyper-V
3 14 (16.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (10.34%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.45%) Docker
5 3 (3.45%) vSphere
6 2 (2.30%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.34%) vRealize
3 5 (5.75%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (5.75%) SCCM
3 5 (5.75%) SCOM
3 5 (5.75%) SmoothWall
4 2 (2.30%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.30%) SCSM
5 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (36.78%) VMware
3 12 (13.79%) Google
4 9 (10.34%) Cisco
5 6 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 5 (5.75%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.75%) Meraki
7 4 (4.60%) Adobe
7 4 (4.60%) Veeam
8 3 (3.45%) Trend Micro
9 2 (2.30%) Juniper
9 2 (2.30%) McAfee
10 1 (1.15%) 3PAR
10 1 (1.15%) HP
10 1 (1.15%) Oracle
10 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.15%) SolarWinds