Windows Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 29 85
Rank change year-on-year -66 +56 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 102 272 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.52% 7.67% 3.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.02% 33.96% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 68 201 177
10th Percentile £28,175 £27,500 £26,900
25th Percentile £35,563 £32,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £41,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +26.15% -23.53%
75th Percentile £53,319 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,825 £56,525 £61,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% +17.33% -7.41%

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 566 801 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.97% 22.59% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 335 567 830
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,375 £35,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £59,380 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,500 £74,250 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Thames Valley

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 December 2024.

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 December 2024. 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 -50 49 £45,000 +0.56% 6
Buckinghamshire -52 30 £42,500 +24.09% 16
Oxfordshire -32 23 £47,500 +15.85% 7
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (28.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (23.53%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.88%) IIS
4 2 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.98%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (52.94%) Azure
3 27 (26.47%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (7.84%) Azure Storage
5 7 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (6.86%) WhatsApp
6 6 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.88%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.90%) AWS
8 4 (3.92%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.96%) SaaS
10 1 (0.98%) GCP
10 1 (0.98%) GitHub
10 1 (0.98%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.98%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 33 (32.35%) DNS
2 30 (29.41%) Firewall
3 26 (25.49%) DHCP
4 18 (17.65%) TCP/IP
5 14 (13.73%) VPN
6 10 (9.80%) LAN
6 10 (9.80%) VLAN
6 10 (9.80%) WAN
7 3 (2.94%) VoIP
8 2 (1.96%) IPv4
8 2 (1.96%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.96%) SAN
9 1 (0.98%) ADSL
9 1 (0.98%) MPLS
9 1 (0.98%) Network Security
9 1 (0.98%) NGFW
9 1 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.98%) SSL
9 1 (0.98%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (8.82%) Finance
3 5 (4.90%) Retail
4 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (8.82%) IT Engineer
2 9 (8.82%) Senior
3 7 (6.86%) Active Directory Specialist
3 7 (6.86%) Active Directory Support
3 7 (6.86%) Analyst
3 7 (6.86%) Azure Specialist
3 7 (6.86%) Support Specialist
3 7 (6.86%) Windows Engineer
4 6 (5.88%) Build Engineer
4 6 (5.88%) Developer
4 6 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 6 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 6 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 6 (5.88%) SharePoint Developer
4 6 (5.88%) Windows Build Engineer
5 5 (4.90%) IT Support
5 5 (4.90%) Support Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (3.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.86%) ARM Templates
2 6 (5.88%) .NET
2 6 (5.88%) ASP.NET
2 6 (5.88%) CSS
2 6 (5.88%) HTML
2 6 (5.88%) HTML5
2 6 (5.88%) React
2 6 (5.88%) SPFx
2 6 (5.88%) XML
3 1 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.86%) Clustering
2 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.86%) PKI
3 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.92%) Replication
4 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 102 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (20.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 17 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (14.71%) Linux
5 9 (8.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (5.88%) Windows NT
7 5 (4.90%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.94%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.94%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.96%) Android
9 2 (1.96%) VMS
9 2 (1.96%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.98%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.98%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.98%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.98%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.98%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 29 (28.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (26.47%) ITIL
4 24 (23.53%) Service Management
5 21 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (16.67%) Project Management
7 16 (15.69%) DevOps
8 13 (12.75%) Release Management
9 9 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (8.82%) ITSM
10 8 (7.84%) Agile
10 8 (7.84%) Analytics
10 8 (7.84%) CI/CD
10 8 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (7.84%) RBAC
11 7 (6.86%) Identity Management
11 7 (6.86%) Log Analytics
11 7 (6.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 7 (6.86%) Performance Management
11 7 (6.86%) Privileged Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.61%) PowerShell
2 13 (12.75%) C#
3 7 (6.86%) Bicep
3 7 (6.86%) VB
3 7 (6.86%) VBScript
4 6 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.88%) TypeScript
5 5 (4.90%) SQL
6 3 (2.94%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.96%) Python
8 1 (0.98%) Bash
8 1 (0.98%) Java
8 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (22.55%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.69%) Degree
3 14 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.75%) DV Cleared
5 7 (6.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.98%) CCNA
6 1 (0.98%) CCNP
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.98%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.98%) JNCIE
6 1 (0.98%) JNCIP
6 1 (0.98%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) QA
2 3 (2.94%) SLA
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 23 (22.55%) Hyper-V
3 18 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (15.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (9.80%) Firmware
7 3 (2.94%) Docker
7 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.98%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 29 (28.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (18.63%) WSUS
3 18 (17.65%) SCCM
4 8 (7.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (7.84%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.86%) SCOM
6 6 (5.88%) Sysprep
7 5 (4.90%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.94%) Ansible
8 3 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.96%) Terraform
10 1 (0.98%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.98%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.98%) Puppet
Vendors
1 62 (60.78%) Microsoft
2 26 (25.49%) VMware
3 13 (12.75%) Cisco
4 10 (9.80%) Apple
5 9 (8.82%) Forcepoint
6 7 (6.86%) Veeam
7 4 (3.92%) Dell
7 4 (3.92%) HP
8 3 (2.94%) Citrix
9 2 (1.96%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.96%) Meraki
9 2 (1.96%) Proofpoint
9 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.96%) Veritas
10 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.98%) Datto
10 1 (0.98%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.98%) Okta
10 1 (0.98%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.98%) Splunk