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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 114 50
Rank change year-on-year +38 -64 +20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 105 59 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.90% 1.98% 4.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.70% 14.39% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 76 47 263
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £26,900
25th Percentile £33,313 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% +29.23%
75th Percentile £63,875 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £63,000 £59,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%

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 379 410 995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.84% 13.73% 15.26%
Number of salaries quoted 297 293 886
10th Percentile £29,600 £27,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +3.66%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,500 £66,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +29 48 £52,500 +32.91% 12
Buckinghamshire -11 29 £40,000 -31.91% 7
Oxfordshire +11 28 £38,750 -6.63% 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 20 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.86%) IIS
4 1 (0.95%) CMS
4 1 (0.95%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (42.86%) Azure
2 38 (36.19%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (12.38%) AWS
4 10 (9.52%) Google Workspace
5 9 (8.57%) GCP
6 8 (7.62%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.81%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.86%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.86%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.86%) SaaS
9 1 (0.95%) IaaS
9 1 (0.95%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (58.10%) Firewall
2 44 (41.90%) DNS
3 21 (20.00%) WAN
4 20 (19.05%) LAN
5 15 (14.29%) DHCP
5 15 (14.29%) VPN
6 14 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 11 (10.48%) VoIP
8 10 (9.52%) NAS
9 8 (7.62%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.67%) NetScaler
10 7 (6.67%) SAN
10 7 (6.67%) Wireshark
11 5 (4.76%) Wireless
12 4 (3.81%) VLAN
13 3 (2.86%) SSL
14 2 (1.90%) Cisco ISE
15 1 (0.95%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.86%) Power BI
3 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (4.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.86%) Subversion
General
1 36 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.48%) Finance
3 9 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.86%) Games
7 1 (0.95%) Aviation
7 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (28.57%) IT Support
2 27 (25.71%) Architect
3 24 (22.86%) IT Engineer
4 21 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 20 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (14.29%) Senior
7 14 (13.33%) Applications Architect
8 12 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.57%) Analyst
9 9 (8.57%) Security Architect
9 9 (8.57%) Support Analyst
9 9 (8.57%) Technical Support
10 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.67%) Support Technician
12 5 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (4.76%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.33%) Regular Expression
2 11 (10.48%) LDAP
3 10 (9.52%) XMPP
4 4 (3.81%) JSON
4 4 (3.81%) JSON Schema
4 4 (3.81%) XML
5 3 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.62%) PKI
3 7 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.81%) Social Media
6 3 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.90%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.95%) Clustering
8 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 105 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (32.38%) Linux
3 18 (17.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.71%) Android
5 6 (5.71%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.71%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.76%) Customer Service
2 20 (19.05%) ITIL
3 19 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (14.29%) SIEM
6 11 (10.48%) Application Security
7 10 (9.52%) Antivirus Management
7 10 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (9.52%) Network Design
7 10 (9.52%) Pattern Matching
7 10 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
7 10 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (9.52%) Validation
8 9 (8.57%) Architectural Design
9 8 (7.62%) Coaching
9 8 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (7.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.62%) Mentoring
9 8 (7.62%) Server Management
9 8 (7.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.71%) SQL
3 4 (3.81%) Shell Script
4 3 (2.86%) Python
5 1 (0.95%) Bicep
5 1 (0.95%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (35.24%) Security Cleared
2 34 (32.38%) DV Cleared
3 8 (7.62%) DBS Check
4 7 (6.67%) Degree
4 7 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.81%) MCSE
5 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.90%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CCIE
8 1 (0.95%) CCNA
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) SLA
2 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.95%) GDPR
System Software
1 69 (65.71%) Active Directory
2 19 (18.10%) vSphere
3 16 (15.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (12.38%) Hyper-V
5 10 (9.52%) VMware NSX
6 4 (3.81%) Docker
7 3 (2.86%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.86%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.90%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (9.52%) vRealize
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.81%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (3.81%) SCCM
3 4 (3.81%) SCOM
3 4 (3.81%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.95%) Autotask
4 1 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.95%) SCSM
4 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 51 (48.57%) VMware
3 12 (11.43%) Google
4 10 (9.52%) Red Hat
5 9 (8.57%) McAfee
6 7 (6.67%) Cisco
6 7 (6.67%) Citrix
6 7 (6.67%) NetApp
7 6 (5.71%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.71%) Sophos
8 5 (4.76%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.76%) Meraki
9 4 (3.81%) Adobe
10 3 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.86%) Oracle
10 3 (2.86%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.90%) Juniper
11 2 (1.90%) Veeam
12 1 (0.95%) HP
12 1 (0.95%) SolarWinds