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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 68 111
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 -37
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 247 236 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.34% 4.24% 2.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.60% 22.67% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 231 180 185
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,975 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% -18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £54,750 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £53,875 £62,000
South East median annual salary £39,000 £36,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.85% -8.75% -5.88%

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 965 1,041 1,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.03% 18.69% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 803 663 992
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,600 £26,989
25th Percentile £34,875 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £84,875
South East median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -8.42% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +38 125 £50,000 +53.85% 18
Oxfordshire +8 67 £42,500 +34.92% 10
Buckinghamshire -46 55 £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 (20.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (14.57%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.26%) IIS
4 4 (1.62%) WordPress
5 3 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 27 (10.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 145 (58.70%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (52.23%) Azure
3 41 (16.60%) Entra ID
4 26 (10.53%) Azure Monitor
5 24 (9.72%) OneDrive
6 20 (8.10%) Azure Storage
7 13 (5.26%) OCI
8 9 (3.64%) Google Workspace
9 8 (3.24%) AWS
10 5 (2.02%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.21%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.81%) SaaS
13 1 (0.40%) Akamai
13 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.40%) GitHub
13 1 (0.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 108 (43.72%) Firewall
2 101 (40.89%) DNS
3 59 (23.89%) DHCP
4 23 (9.31%) SAN
4 23 (9.31%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (8.10%) TCP/IP
6 19 (7.69%) WAN
6 19 (7.69%) Wireless
7 14 (5.67%) VLAN
8 13 (5.26%) VPN
9 12 (4.86%) LAN
10 9 (3.64%) SNMP
11 8 (3.24%) NAS
12 6 (2.43%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.02%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (2.02%) Wireless Security
14 4 (1.62%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (1.62%) Intranet
14 4 (1.62%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.62%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) MySQL
3 1 (0.40%) Power BI
General
1 86 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.29%) Law
3 17 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (4.05%) Retail
5 9 (3.64%) Finance
6 7 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.02%) Games
7 5 (2.02%) Marketing
8 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.21%) Banking
10 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (25.51%) IT Support
2 46 (18.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 41 (16.60%) Support Engineer
4 38 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 34 (13.77%) Analyst
5 34 (13.77%) IT Support Engineer
6 30 (12.15%) IT Analyst
7 27 (10.93%) Windows Engineer
8 25 (10.12%) Active Directory Specialist
8 25 (10.12%) Azure Specialist
8 25 (10.12%) IT Technician
9 23 (9.31%) Systems Engineer
10 22 (8.91%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 22 (8.91%) Support Specialist
11 21 (8.50%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
12 20 (8.10%) Support Technician
13 19 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
13 19 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
13 19 (7.69%) Windows Systems Engineer
14 18 (7.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.10%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.62%) LAMP
3 2 (0.81%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.53%) PKI
2 24 (9.72%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (9.31%) CMDB
4 17 (6.88%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.05%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.43%) Replication
7 5 (2.02%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.62%) EMC VNX
8 4 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.81%) Grid Computing
9 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.40%) Clustering
10 1 (0.40%) Handset
10 1 (0.40%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 247 (100.00%) Windows
2 86 (34.82%) Windows 10
3 65 (26.32%) Linux
4 62 (25.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 59 (23.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (16.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (4.86%) Windows XP
8 11 (4.45%) Windows NT
9 9 (3.64%) Android
10 7 (2.83%) Mac OS X
11 5 (2.02%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.02%) VMS
12 4 (1.62%) CentOS
12 4 (1.62%) Rocky
12 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (1.21%) Mac OS
13 3 (1.21%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.81%) SUSE
14 2 (0.81%) Unix
15 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (26.32%) ITIL
2 57 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 54 (21.86%) Service Management
4 48 (19.43%) Customer Service
5 47 (19.03%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (14.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 37 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (12.15%) Agile
7 30 (12.15%) Release Management
8 28 (11.34%) Change Control
9 25 (10.12%) Analytics
9 25 (10.12%) Log Analytics
10 23 (9.31%) Configuration Management
11 21 (8.50%) Storage Management
12 20 (8.10%) CI/CD
13 19 (7.69%) DevOps
13 19 (7.69%) Identity Management
13 19 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (7.69%) Privileged Identity Management
13 19 (7.69%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 46 (18.62%) PowerShell
2 33 (13.36%) SQL
3 25 (10.12%) C#
3 25 (10.12%) VB
3 25 (10.12%) VBScript
4 19 (7.69%) Bicep
5 1 (0.40%) Bash
5 1 (0.40%) Korn
5 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 67 (27.13%) DV Cleared
3 63 (25.51%) SC Cleared
4 54 (21.86%) Degree
5 19 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 15 (6.07%) CCNA
7 12 (4.86%) CCNP
8 8 (3.24%) MCP
9 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.62%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.81%) HNC
12 2 (0.81%) MCSE
12 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.69%) SLA
2 10 (4.05%) GDPR
3 5 (2.02%) QA
4 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 179 (72.47%) Active Directory
2 45 (18.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.93%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (6.88%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (4.86%) Firmware
8 8 (3.24%) vSphere
9 4 (1.62%) Docker
10 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (30.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (23.48%) SCCM
3 45 (18.22%) SCOM
4 44 (17.81%) WSUS
5 25 (10.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 23 (9.31%) Kubernetes
7 19 (7.69%) vCenter Server
8 16 (6.48%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (5.26%) NetBackup
10 11 (4.45%) Sysprep
11 3 (1.21%) Nagios
12 2 (0.81%) Nessus
13 1 (0.40%) Ansible
13 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.40%) Grafana
13 1 (0.40%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.40%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 168 (68.02%) Microsoft
2 92 (37.25%) VMware
3 39 (15.79%) Veeam
4 34 (13.77%) Cisco
5 23 (9.31%) Citrix
6 20 (8.10%) Dell
7 19 (7.69%) EMC
7 19 (7.69%) Palo Alto
8 17 (6.88%) Oracle
9 13 (5.26%) HP
9 13 (5.26%) Juniper
10 12 (4.86%) 3PAR
10 12 (4.86%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (4.86%) Google
10 12 (4.86%) Symantec
11 9 (3.64%) Dynatrace
12 8 (3.24%) Aruba
13 6 (2.43%) Apple
14 5 (2.02%) Sophos
14 5 (2.02%) WatchGuard