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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 104 99
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 -60
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 113 105 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.51% 2.73% 2.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.49% 27.34% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 98 98 77
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -5.29% +3.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £44,250 £52,250
90th Percentile - £52,500 £59,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%

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 481 384 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.41% 10.00% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 403 301 373
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,625 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -23.00% +5.26%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +47 68 £42,500 -13.27% 15
Buckinghamshire -20 24 £67,500 +80.00% 11
Oxfordshire -44 21 £42,500 +2.41% 6
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 35 (30.97%) SharePoint
2 28 (24.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (9.73%) Apache
4 10 (8.85%) nginx
5 5 (4.42%) IIS
6 1 (0.88%) CMS
6 1 (0.88%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (52.21%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (51.33%) Azure
3 30 (26.55%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.73%) Google Workspace
5 8 (7.08%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.31%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.42%) PaaS
7 5 (4.42%) SaaS
8 4 (3.54%) AWS
8 4 (3.54%) IaaS
9 1 (0.88%) GCP
9 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (55.75%) Firewall
2 52 (46.02%) DNS
3 31 (27.43%) DHCP
4 25 (22.12%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (20.35%) VPN
6 21 (18.58%) VLAN
7 19 (16.81%) VoIP
8 14 (12.39%) SSL
9 10 (8.85%) WAN
10 9 (7.96%) LAN
11 7 (6.19%) TCP/IP
12 6 (5.31%) Wireless
13 5 (4.42%) NAS
14 4 (3.54%) NetScaler
14 4 (3.54%) SAN
14 4 (3.54%) Wireshark
15 3 (2.65%) Network Security
15 3 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Big Data
2 1 (0.88%) MySQL
2 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (0.88%) Git
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
1 1 (0.88%) Postman
1 1 (0.88%) SoapUI
General
1 43 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.93%) Finance
3 17 (15.04%) Manufacturing
4 10 (8.85%) Retail
5 6 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (30.09%) IT Support
2 29 (25.66%) Support Engineer
3 26 (23.01%) IT Engineer
4 25 (22.12%) IT Support Engineer
4 25 (22.12%) Senior
5 15 (13.27%) Architect
6 13 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (10.62%) NOC Manager
7 12 (10.62%) Operations Manager
8 11 (9.73%) Senior IT Engineer
8 11 (9.73%) Senior IT Support
8 11 (9.73%) Senior Support Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Applications Architect
9 10 (8.85%) Support Technician
10 7 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (6.19%) IT Support Technician
10 7 (6.19%) IT Technician
10 7 (6.19%) Security Architect
11 6 (5.31%) Platform Manager
11 6 (5.31%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.39%) Regular Expression
2 13 (11.50%) XMPP
3 11 (9.73%) LDAP
4 7 (6.19%) Web Services
5 5 (4.42%) JSON
6 4 (3.54%) JSON Schema
6 4 (3.54%) XML
7 2 (1.77%) .NET
7 2 (1.77%) REST
8 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 1 (0.88%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (0.88%) CSS
8 1 (0.88%) CSS3
8 1 (0.88%) HTML
8 1 (0.88%) HTML5
8 1 (0.88%) jQuery
8 1 (0.88%) Laravel
8 1 (0.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.01%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.19%) PKI
3 6 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.65%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 113 (100.00%) Windows
2 35 (30.97%) Linux
3 22 (19.47%) Windows 10
4 17 (15.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (9.73%) Mac OS
5 11 (9.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (6.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.77%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.32%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (25.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (22.12%) Customer Service
5 22 (19.47%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (19.47%) ITIL
6 19 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (15.04%) Project Delivery
7 17 (15.04%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (13.27%) High Availability
9 13 (11.50%) Validation
10 12 (10.62%) SIEM
11 11 (9.73%) Data Privacy
11 11 (9.73%) Kalman Filter
11 11 (9.73%) Mobile Device Management
12 10 (8.85%) Antivirus Management
12 10 (8.85%) Pattern Matching
12 10 (8.85%) Platform Engineering
12 10 (8.85%) Systems Engineering
13 8 (7.08%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.31%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.77%) Bash
3 2 (1.77%) C#
3 2 (1.77%) SQL
3 2 (1.77%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (30.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (21.24%) Security Cleared
3 19 (16.81%) DV Cleared
4 17 (15.04%) Degree
5 16 (14.16%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (13.27%) Azure Certification
7 12 (10.62%) DBS Check
8 11 (9.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (8.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (4.42%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.54%) A+ Certification
11 4 (3.54%) CCNA
11 4 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.65%) ICAEW
13 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (15.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (7.08%) SLA
4 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.65%) NIST
6 2 (1.77%) GDPR
6 2 (1.77%) GRC
System Software
1 64 (56.64%) Active Directory
2 34 (30.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (15.04%) Hyper-V
3 17 (15.04%) vSphere
4 14 (12.39%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (6.19%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.42%) Squid
7 2 (1.77%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.88%) Firmware
8 1 (0.88%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 40 (35.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (9.73%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (4.42%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.77%) Ansible
4 2 (1.77%) vRealize
Vendors
1 88 (77.88%) Microsoft
2 55 (48.67%) VMware
3 22 (19.47%) Veeam
4 16 (14.16%) Apple
5 14 (12.39%) Cisco
6 13 (11.50%) Red Hat
7 12 (10.62%) SonicWALL
8 11 (9.73%) Datto
8 11 (9.73%) Google
9 10 (8.85%) McAfee
10 4 (3.54%) Citrix
10 4 (3.54%) ConnectWise
10 4 (3.54%) NetApp
10 4 (3.54%) Sophos
11 3 (2.65%) Adobe
11 3 (2.65%) Meraki
12 1 (0.88%) Aruba
12 1 (0.88%) Barracuda Networks
12 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.88%) NETGEAR