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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 81 40
Rank change year-on-year -27 -41 +76
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 100 122 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.54% 2.53% 6.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.13% 20.17% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 93 88 171
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £43,250 £52,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £59,750 £56,525
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +5.00%

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 398 605 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.11% 12.55% 21.18%
Number of salaries quoted 311 399 611
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £36,174
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.53% +0.60%

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

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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire -3 37 £37,500 +15.38% 5
Oxfordshire +30 34 £41,500 -12.63% 5
Berkshire -38 29 £40,500 -1.22% 19
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 35 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (17.00%) SharePoint
3 14 (14.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (5.00%) IIS
5 3 (3.00%) WinCC
6 2 (2.00%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (1.00%) Apache
7 1 (1.00%) ArchestrA
Cloud Services
1 78 (78.00%) Azure
2 76 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (22.00%) AWS
4 20 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.00%) IaaS
6 2 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.00%) GCP
6 2 (2.00%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.00%) SaaS
7 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (56.00%) Firewall
2 25 (25.00%) SAN
3 24 (24.00%) DNS
4 18 (18.00%) DHCP
4 18 (18.00%) VLAN
5 17 (17.00%) WAN
6 16 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (15.00%) LAN
8 11 (11.00%) IP Telephony
9 9 (9.00%) VPN
10 5 (5.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (3.00%) Modbus
11 3 (3.00%) VoIP
12 2 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (2.00%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.00%) Wireless
13 1 (1.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.00%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.00%) Relational Database
General
1 49 (49.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.00%) Back Office
4 1 (1.00%) Local Government
4 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (31.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 25 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 24 (24.00%) Technical Support
4 15 (15.00%) IT Support
5 14 (14.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 14 (14.00%) Support Engineer
6 13 (13.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (11.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 11 (11.00%) IT Engineer
8 10 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (9.00%) Analyst
9 9 (9.00%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (8.00%) Infrastructure Manager
11 7 (7.00%) Consultant
11 7 (7.00%) Senior
12 6 (6.00%) IT Consultant
12 6 (6.00%) IT Manager
12 6 (6.00%) Support Consultant
13 5 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
13 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.00%) Onboarding
2 15 (15.00%) Replication
2 15 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (10.00%) PKI
4 6 (6.00%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.00%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.00%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.00%) SCADA
7 2 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.00%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.00%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.00%) Clustering
8 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 100 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 9 (9.00%) Linux
4 7 (7.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.00%) Unix
6 3 (3.00%) Android
6 3 (3.00%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 29 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (24.00%) ITIL
3 24 (24.00%) Mentoring
4 22 (22.00%) Business Continuity
5 21 (21.00%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 19 (19.00%) Agile
7 19 (19.00%) Information Security
8 18 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (15.00%) Migration
10 13 (13.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (11.00%) Coaching
11 11 (11.00%) Project Delivery
11 11 (11.00%) Server Management
12 7 (7.00%) Presales
12 7 (7.00%) Project Management
13 6 (6.00%) Cloud Security
13 6 (6.00%) CRM
14 5 (5.00%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.00%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (6.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (6.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (6.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (5.00%) CCNA
3 5 (5.00%) CCNP
3 5 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.00%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.00%) Degree
5 3 (3.00%) MCP
5 3 (3.00%) MCSA
6 2 (2.00%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.00%) MCSE
7 1 (1.00%) RHCE
7 1 (1.00%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 18 (18.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 18 (18.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (10.00%) SLA
3 3 (3.00%) IEC 61508
3 3 (3.00%) QA
4 2 (2.00%) IEC 61131
5 1 (1.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (74.00%) Active Directory
2 57 (57.00%) Hyper-V
3 40 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (11.00%) Terminal Services
6 7 (7.00%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.00%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 43 (43.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (21.00%) SCCM
3 5 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.00%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.00%) ZENworks
5 1 (1.00%) Ansible
5 1 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.00%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.00%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.00%) Terraform
5 1 (1.00%) WSUS
5 1 (1.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (89.00%) Microsoft
2 51 (51.00%) VMware
3 21 (21.00%) Apple
4 14 (14.00%) arcserve
5 7 (7.00%) Sophos
5 7 (7.00%) Veeam
6 4 (4.00%) Cisco
7 3 (3.00%) Rockwell
7 3 (3.00%) Siemens
7 3 (3.00%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.00%) Google
8 2 (2.00%) Meraki
8 2 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.00%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.00%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.00%) Citrix
9 1 (1.00%) Dell
9 1 (1.00%) HP
9 1 (1.00%) Oracle
9 1 (1.00%) Red Hat