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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 120 54
Rank change year-on-year +48 -66 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 108 64 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.92% 1.90% 4.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.27% 15.31% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 78 52 245
10th Percentile £28,700 £34,000 £26,350
25th Percentile £34,000 £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 £65,000 £57,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £59,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +13.92% +9.72%

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 382 418 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.79% 12.44% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 299 303 857
10th Percentile £29,800 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,375 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £52,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £62,500 £67,900
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +20 49 £52,500 +36.36% 18
Buckinghamshire -1 31 £40,000 -11.11% 9
Oxfordshire +23 28 £38,750 -6.63% 3
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 19 (17.59%) SharePoint
2 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.63%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.93%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (43.52%) Azure
2 41 (37.96%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (12.04%) AWS
4 10 (9.26%) Google Workspace
5 9 (8.33%) GCP
6 8 (7.41%) Entra ID
7 6 (5.56%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.78%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.78%) SaaS
9 2 (1.85%) IaaS
9 2 (1.85%) PaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 64 (59.26%) Firewall
2 47 (43.52%) DNS
3 19 (17.59%) WAN
4 18 (16.67%) LAN
5 16 (14.81%) DHCP
6 15 (13.89%) VPN
7 13 (12.04%) TCP/IP
8 11 (10.19%) NAS
9 9 (8.33%) VoIP
9 9 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (7.41%) NetScaler
10 8 (7.41%) SAN
10 8 (7.41%) Wireshark
11 4 (3.70%) Wireless
12 3 (2.78%) SSL
12 3 (2.78%) VLAN
13 2 (1.85%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 3 (2.78%) Subversion
3 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.93%) Git
General
1 33 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.19%) Finance
3 9 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.78%) Games
7 1 (0.93%) Aviation
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (26.85%) Architect
1 29 (26.85%) IT Support
2 23 (21.30%) IT Engineer
3 20 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 19 (17.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (15.74%) Senior
6 16 (14.81%) Applications Architect
7 11 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (9.26%) Security Architect
9 9 (8.33%) Analyst
9 9 (8.33%) Support Analyst
9 9 (8.33%) Support Technician
9 9 (8.33%) Technical Support
10 8 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support
12 6 (5.56%) Senior Manager
12 6 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.81%) Regular Expression
2 12 (11.11%) LDAP
2 12 (11.11%) XMPP
3 5 (4.63%) JSON
4 4 (3.70%) JSON Schema
4 4 (3.70%) XML
5 2 (1.85%) Web Services
6 1 (0.93%) Ajax
6 1 (0.93%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (0.93%) CSS
6 1 (0.93%) CSS3
6 1 (0.93%) HTML
6 1 (0.93%) HTML5
6 1 (0.93%) jQuery
6 1 (0.93%) Laravel
6 1 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.19%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 9 (8.33%) PKI
3 7 (6.48%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.63%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.70%) Social Media
6 3 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.85%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 108 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (31.48%) Linux
3 20 (18.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (6.48%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.63%) Android
5 5 (4.63%) Apple iOS
5 5 (4.63%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.30%) Customer Service
2 21 (19.44%) ITIL
3 19 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.81%) SIEM
6 12 (11.11%) Antivirus Management
6 12 (11.11%) Application Security
6 12 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (11.11%) Pattern Matching
6 12 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
6 12 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (11.11%) Validation
7 10 (9.26%) Architectural Design
7 10 (9.26%) Coaching
8 9 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (8.33%) Network Design
9 8 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.41%) Resource Management
9 8 (7.41%) Server Management
9 8 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.63%) SQL
3 4 (3.70%) Shell Script
4 3 (2.78%) Python
5 1 (0.93%) Bicep
5 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.93%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (34.26%) Security Cleared
2 34 (31.48%) DV Cleared
3 8 (7.41%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.56%) Degree
4 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (3.70%) MCSE
5 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.85%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.93%) CCIE
8 1 (0.93%) CCNA
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.93%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) SLA
2 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) NIST
System Software
1 70 (64.81%) Active Directory
2 20 (18.52%) vSphere
3 16 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 9 (8.33%) VMware NSX
6 4 (3.70%) Docker
7 3 (2.78%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.78%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.85%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (8.33%) vRealize
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (3.70%) SmoothWall
4 3 (2.78%) SCCM
4 3 (2.78%) SCOM
5 1 (0.93%) Autotask
5 1 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 52 (48.15%) VMware
3 12 (11.11%) Google
3 12 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 10 (9.26%) McAfee
5 8 (7.41%) Citrix
5 8 (7.41%) NetApp
6 7 (6.48%) Cisco
6 7 (6.48%) Sophos
7 6 (5.56%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.63%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.63%) Meraki
9 3 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (2.78%) Oracle
9 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.85%) Adobe
10 2 (1.85%) Juniper
11 1 (0.93%) HP
11 1 (0.93%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.93%) Veeam