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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 109 84
Rank change year-on-year +31 -25 -43
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 126 101 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.82% 2.63% 2.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.09% 23.82% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 108 95 120
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £44,250 £52,625
90th Percentile - £55,500 £59,075
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.60% +9.26%

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 483 424 640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.99% 11.03% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 397 328 487
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £61,650 £74,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -17.53% +7.66%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +46 73 £47,500 +17.28% 10
Buckinghamshire -1 32 £67,500 +80.00% 3
Oxfordshire -34 21 £42,500 +2.41% 5
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 33 (26.19%) SharePoint
2 27 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (8.73%) Apache
4 10 (7.94%) nginx
5 6 (4.76%) IIS
6 1 (0.79%) CMS
6 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (50.00%) Azure
2 57 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (19.84%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.73%) AWS
5 10 (7.94%) Google Workspace
5 10 (7.94%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.56%) GCP
7 6 (4.76%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.97%) PaaS
8 5 (3.97%) SaaS
9 4 (3.17%) IaaS
10 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 80 (63.49%) Firewall
2 67 (53.17%) DNS
3 30 (23.81%) DHCP
4 27 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (20.63%) VPN
6 20 (15.87%) VLAN
7 16 (12.70%) VoIP
8 13 (10.32%) SSL
9 11 (8.73%) NAS
10 9 (7.14%) WAN
11 8 (6.35%) LAN
11 8 (6.35%) NetScaler
11 8 (6.35%) SAN
11 8 (6.35%) TCP/IP
11 8 (6.35%) Wireshark
12 5 (3.97%) Wireless
13 3 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (1.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.38%) Power BI
3 1 (0.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) Postman
2 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
General
1 46 (36.51%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.29%) Finance
3 17 (13.49%) Manufacturing
4 10 (7.94%) Retail
5 6 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.59%) Games
8 1 (0.79%) Aviation
8 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (27.78%) IT Support
2 28 (22.22%) Architect
2 28 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 27 (21.43%) Senior
4 25 (19.84%) IT Engineer
5 24 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (15.87%) Applications Architect
7 15 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (11.11%) Security Architect
9 12 (9.52%) NOC Manager
9 12 (9.52%) Operations Manager
9 12 (9.52%) Support Technician
10 10 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (7.94%) Senior IT Engineer
10 10 (7.94%) Senior IT Support
10 10 (7.94%) Senior Support Engineer
11 9 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (7.14%) IT Technician
12 7 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (18.25%) Regular Expression
2 19 (15.08%) LDAP
2 19 (15.08%) XMPP
3 8 (6.35%) JSON
4 7 (5.56%) JSON Schema
4 7 (5.56%) Web Services
4 7 (5.56%) XML
5 2 (1.59%) .NET
5 2 (1.59%) REST
6 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.79%) Ajax
6 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (0.79%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (0.79%) CSS3
6 1 (0.79%) HTML
6 1 (0.79%) HTML5
6 1 (0.79%) jQuery
6 1 (0.79%) Laravel
6 1 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.73%) PKI
3 10 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.79%) Clustering
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 126 (100.00%) Windows
2 48 (38.10%) Linux
3 28 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (18.25%) Windows 10
5 10 (7.94%) Mac OS
5 10 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.79%) Rocky
7 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (19.84%) ITIL
5 24 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (18.25%) Customer Service
6 23 (18.25%) SIEM
7 20 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (15.08%) Validation
9 16 (12.70%) Antivirus Management
9 16 (12.70%) Application Security
9 16 (12.70%) High Availability
9 16 (12.70%) Pattern Matching
9 16 (12.70%) Platform Engineering
9 16 (12.70%) Project Delivery
9 16 (12.70%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (11.11%) Architectural Design
11 12 (9.52%) Resource Management
11 12 (9.52%) Server Management
12 10 (7.94%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.32%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.35%) Shell Script
3 4 (3.17%) SQL
4 2 (1.59%) C#
4 2 (1.59%) Python
4 2 (1.59%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.79%) Bash
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.79%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (29.37%) Security Cleared
2 32 (25.40%) DV Cleared
2 32 (25.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (14.29%) Degree
4 14 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 14 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
5 13 (10.32%) DBS Check
6 11 (8.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (7.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.17%) CCNA
9 4 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.38%) A+ Certification
10 3 (2.38%) ICAEW
10 3 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.59%) MCSE
12 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (19.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (8.73%) SLA
4 7 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.38%) NIST
6 2 (1.59%) GDPR
7 1 (0.79%) GRC
System Software
1 74 (58.73%) Active Directory
2 33 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (22.22%) vSphere
4 15 (11.90%) Hyper-V
5 13 (10.32%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.97%) Squid
8 3 (2.38%) BitLocker
8 3 (2.38%) Docker
8 3 (2.38%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.59%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.94%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.97%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.59%) vRealize
5 1 (0.79%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) Autotask
5 1 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 97 (76.98%) Microsoft
2 68 (53.97%) VMware
3 20 (15.87%) Veeam
4 19 (15.08%) Red Hat
5 15 (11.90%) McAfee
6 14 (11.11%) Apple
7 12 (9.52%) Cisco
7 12 (9.52%) Google
8 11 (8.73%) Datto
9 10 (7.94%) SonicWALL
10 8 (6.35%) Citrix
10 8 (6.35%) NetApp
11 7 (5.56%) Sophos
12 4 (3.17%) ConnectWise
13 3 (2.38%) Barracuda Networks
14 2 (1.59%) Meraki
14 2 (1.59%) Oracle
14 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
15 1 (0.79%) Aruba
15 1 (0.79%) EMC