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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 70 52
Rank change year-on-year -37 -18 +57
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 90 234 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.51% 3.31% 5.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.91% 24.74% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 87 214 186
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +25.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £46,250 £53,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,000 £53,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% +6.76% -7.50%

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 452 946 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.60% 13.38% 20.38%
Number of salaries quoted 345 772 672
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,525 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -3.41% -12.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £56,506 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,400 £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -3.23%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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
Berkshire -30 35 £37,500 -23.35% 33
Oxfordshire +9 28 £41,500 -2.35% 15
Buckinghamshire -2 27 £37,500 +17.19% 22
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 34 (37.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (23.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (8.89%) IIS
5 5 (5.56%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 61 (67.78%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (64.44%) Azure
3 20 (22.22%) AWS
4 19 (21.11%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.56%) IaaS
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.22%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.22%) SaaS
7 1 (1.11%) GCP
7 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 55 (61.11%) Firewall
2 32 (35.56%) DNS
3 21 (23.33%) SAN
4 20 (22.22%) DHCP
5 14 (15.56%) VLAN
5 14 (15.56%) WAN
6 12 (13.33%) LAN
6 12 (13.33%) VPN
6 12 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (12.22%) IP Telephony
8 9 (10.00%) Network Security
9 8 (8.89%) TCP/IP
10 5 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (4.44%) VoIP
12 2 (2.22%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.22%) Wireless
13 1 (1.11%) Internet
13 1 (1.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.22%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
General
1 44 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.56%) Back Office
3 5 (5.56%) Local Government
3 5 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (23.33%) Support Technician
1 21 (23.33%) Technical Support
2 17 (18.89%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 13 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (12.22%) Analyst
5 11 (12.22%) IT Engineer
6 10 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 10 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (11.11%) IT Support
7 8 (8.89%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (7.78%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) IT Manager
10 5 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (5.56%) Help Desk Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Senior
10 5 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 10 (11.11%) PKI
2 10 (11.11%) Replication
3 9 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 9 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.56%) Client/Server
5 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.33%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 90 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (25.56%) Mac OS
3 7 (7.78%) Linux
4 5 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.44%) Unix
5 4 (4.44%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.33%) Android
7 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.11%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 23 (25.56%) ITIL
4 22 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 20 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (21.11%) Information Security
7 17 (18.89%) Knowledge Transfer
8 16 (17.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (16.67%) Agile
9 15 (16.67%) Server Management
10 14 (15.56%) Project Delivery
10 14 (15.56%) Project Management
11 11 (12.22%) Migration
12 9 (10.00%) Analytics
12 9 (10.00%) CRM
13 8 (8.89%) Mentoring
13 8 (8.89%) Service Delivery
14 5 (5.56%) Change Management
14 5 (5.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.00%) SQL
3 4 (4.44%) Python
4 1 (1.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (8.89%) Degree
2 8 (8.89%) MCSA
3 7 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.67%) MCSE
4 6 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.56%) CCNA
5 5 (5.56%) CCNP
5 5 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
7 3 (3.33%) MCP
8 2 (2.22%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 14 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (11.11%) SLA
4 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 63 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 45 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 45 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (21.11%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (12.22%) Terminal Services
5 5 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.22%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (35.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (17.78%) SCCM
3 6 (6.67%) vCenter Server
4 5 (5.56%) FortiGate
4 5 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.56%) ZABBIX
5 2 (2.22%) ZENworks
6 1 (1.11%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.11%) vRealize
6 1 (1.11%) VxRail
6 1 (1.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 84 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 51 (56.67%) VMware
3 22 (24.44%) Apple
4 11 (12.22%) Sophos
5 10 (11.11%) arcserve
6 7 (7.78%) Veeam
7 6 (6.67%) Cisco
8 5 (5.56%) Oracle
8 5 (5.56%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (4.44%) Fortinet
9 4 (4.44%) SAP
10 3 (3.33%) Meraki
10 3 (3.33%) SonicWALL
11 2 (2.22%) Dell
11 2 (2.22%) Google
11 2 (2.22%) HP
11 2 (2.22%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.11%) Commvault
12 1 (1.11%) Draytek
12 1 (1.11%) Juniper