Windows Server Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 75 94
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 -30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 263 251 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.91% 4.20% 3.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.33% 22.43% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 245 184 198
10th Percentile £26,350 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £29,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% -18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £54,500 £43,750 £48,438
90th Percentile £59,000 £55,325 £67,500
South East median annual salary £39,500 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.72% -15.29% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 999 1,119 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.86% 18.73% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 857 690 1,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £29,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,900 £77,500 £84,375
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +59 138 £50,000 +65.56% 18
Oxfordshire +11 68 £42,500 +34.92% 16
Buckinghamshire -42 57 £32,000 -1.54% 6
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 50 (19.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (15.21%) SharePoint
3 17 (6.46%) IIS
4 4 (1.52%) WordPress
5 3 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 26 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 143 (54.37%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (51.33%) Azure
3 39 (14.83%) Entra ID
4 25 (9.51%) OneDrive
5 22 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (5.70%) Azure Storage
7 13 (4.94%) OCI
8 9 (3.42%) Google Workspace
9 8 (3.04%) AWS
9 8 (3.04%) WhatsApp
10 4 (1.52%) SaaS
11 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.14%) IaaS
12 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.76%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.38%) Akamai
13 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.38%) PaaS
13 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 110 (41.83%) Firewall
2 100 (38.02%) DNS
3 61 (23.19%) DHCP
4 25 (9.51%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (9.13%) SAN
6 23 (8.75%) WAN
7 22 (8.37%) TCP/IP
8 19 (7.22%) Wireless
9 16 (6.08%) LAN
10 14 (5.32%) VLAN
10 14 (5.32%) VPN
11 13 (4.94%) SNMP
12 7 (2.66%) NAS
13 6 (2.28%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.90%) Wireless Security
15 4 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (1.52%) Intranet
15 4 (1.52%) iSCSI
15 4 (1.52%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.14%) MySQL
3 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Robot Framework
1 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 78 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.84%) Law
3 17 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (4.18%) Retail
5 8 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.90%) Games
7 5 (1.90%) Marketing
8 4 (1.52%) Finance
8 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.14%) Banking
9 3 (1.14%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (24.33%) IT Support
2 50 (19.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 47 (17.87%) Support Engineer
4 39 (14.83%) IT Engineer
5 37 (14.07%) Analyst
6 35 (13.31%) IT Support Engineer
7 29 (11.03%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (10.65%) IT Analyst
9 26 (9.89%) IT Technician
10 25 (9.51%) Windows Engineer
11 23 (8.75%) Support Specialist
11 23 (8.75%) Windows Systems Engineer
12 21 (7.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 20 (7.60%) Active Directory Specialist
13 20 (7.60%) Azure Specialist
13 20 (7.60%) Support Technician
14 19 (7.22%) IT Support Technician
15 18 (6.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 18 (6.84%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (6.84%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.70%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.52%) LAMP
3 2 (0.76%) EDI
4 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.38%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.27%) CMDB
2 22 (8.37%) PKI
3 19 (7.22%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.42%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.28%) Replication
6 5 (1.90%) Educational Technology
6 5 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.14%) EMC VNX
7 3 (1.14%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.76%) Clustering
8 2 (0.76%) Grid Computing
8 2 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.38%) Handset
9 1 (0.38%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 263 (100.00%) Windows
2 87 (33.08%) Windows 10
3 72 (27.38%) Linux
4 63 (23.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 61 (23.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (17.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (4.56%) Windows NT
7 12 (4.56%) Windows XP
8 9 (3.42%) Android
9 8 (3.04%) Mac OS X
10 6 (2.28%) VMS
11 5 (1.90%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.14%) CentOS
13 3 (1.14%) Rocky
13 3 (1.14%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 63 (23.95%) ITIL
3 52 (19.77%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (18.25%) Customer Service
4 48 (18.25%) Service Management
5 36 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (12.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 30 (11.41%) Agile
8 29 (11.03%) Change Control
9 27 (10.27%) Configuration Management
10 22 (8.37%) Release Management
11 21 (7.98%) Mentoring
12 20 (7.60%) Analytics
12 20 (7.60%) Log Analytics
12 20 (7.60%) Storage Management
13 18 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (6.46%) IT Strategy
15 16 (6.08%) ITSM
15 16 (6.08%) Server Management
16 15 (5.70%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.87%) PowerShell
2 37 (14.07%) SQL
3 22 (8.37%) VBScript
4 20 (7.60%) C#
4 20 (7.60%) VB
5 14 (5.32%) Bicep
6 3 (1.14%) Python
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.38%) Korn
7 1 (0.38%) PHP
7 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (31.56%) Security Cleared
2 67 (25.48%) DV Cleared
3 65 (24.71%) SC Cleared
4 49 (18.63%) Degree
5 19 (7.22%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.70%) CCNA
7 14 (5.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 12 (4.56%) CCNP
9 8 (3.04%) MCP
10 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.76%) HNC
13 2 (0.76%) MCSE
13 2 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.22%) SLA
2 10 (3.80%) GDPR
3 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 191 (72.62%) Active Directory
2 58 (22.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.65%) Hyper-V
4 22 (8.37%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.94%) Firmware
7 8 (3.04%) vSphere
8 4 (1.52%) Docker
9 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (26.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (19.77%) SCCM
3 44 (16.73%) SCOM
4 41 (15.59%) WSUS
5 23 (8.75%) vCenter Server
6 20 (7.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (6.84%) Kubernetes
8 15 (5.70%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (5.32%) NetBackup
10 12 (4.56%) Sysprep
11 3 (1.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.76%) Grafana
12 2 (0.76%) Nagios
12 2 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.38%) Ansible
13 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.38%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 173 (65.78%) Microsoft
2 102 (38.78%) VMware
3 39 (14.83%) Veeam
4 35 (13.31%) Cisco
5 22 (8.37%) Citrix
6 21 (7.98%) Dell
7 19 (7.22%) Palo Alto
8 17 (6.46%) EMC
9 16 (6.08%) Oracle
10 14 (5.32%) Juniper
11 13 (4.94%) 3PAR
11 13 (4.94%) Dynatrace
11 13 (4.94%) HP
12 12 (4.56%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (4.56%) Google
12 12 (4.56%) Symantec
13 7 (2.66%) Apple
13 7 (2.66%) Aruba
14 5 (1.90%) Draytek
14 5 (1.90%) WatchGuard