Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 102 145
Rank change year-on-year +24 +43 -68
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,386 3,240 4,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.35% 3.29% 2.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.30% 20.48% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,974 2,599 3,851
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,934 15,823 30,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 16.06% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,696 10,615 16,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +34 3,123 £40,000 -11.11% 684
UK excluding London +23 2,715 £37,500 -6.25% 594
Work from Home +42 1,081 £45,000 -10.00% 213
South East +31 759 £39,500 +8.22% 189
London +21 617 £55,001 +0.00% 171
North of England +14 597 £37,500 -11.76% 123
Midlands +41 537 £37,500 -2.60% 96
South West +11 306 £37,500 -6.25% 73
West Midlands +32 302 £35,000 -9.68% 53
East of England +18 296 £32,500 -16.91% 79
Yorkshire +63 276 £36,750 -2.00% 57
East Midlands +40 230 £40,000 +6.67% 41
North West -45 215 £43,500 -3.33% 55
Scotland -38 145 £42,500 - 31
North East +25 106 £35,000 -22.22% 12
Wales +30 59 £34,000 -9.33% 15
Isle of Man -2 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland +2 5 £34,628 -1.06% 2

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 795 (23.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 533 (15.74%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.13%) IIS
4 32 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
5 23 (0.68%) Confluence
6 21 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 16 (0.47%) CMS
8 13 (0.38%) SharePoint 2010
8 13 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
9 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.32%) WordPress
10 9 (0.27%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 7 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 6 (0.18%) Apache
14 5 (0.15%) SAS
14 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 399 (11.78%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.089%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.089%) Pro Tools
6 3 (0.089%) SPSS
7 2 (0.059%) CATIA
7 2 (0.059%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.030%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.030%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.030%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.030%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.030%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.089%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.089%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.089%) Shopify
5 2 (0.059%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.059%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.059%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.059%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.030%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.030%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.030%) Magento
6 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.030%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.030%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,945 (57.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1,649 (48.70%) Azure
3 599 (17.69%) Entra ID
4 393 (11.61%) AWS
5 264 (7.80%) OneDrive
6 102 (3.01%) SaaS
7 99 (2.92%) IaaS
8 85 (2.51%) GCP
9 69 (2.04%) Mimecast
9 69 (2.04%) Power Platform
10 67 (1.98%) Google Workspace
11 58 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (1.71%) Nutanix
12 56 (1.65%) PaaS
13 55 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
14 48 (1.42%) GitHub
15 30 (0.89%) Azure Storage
15 30 (0.89%) WhatsApp
16 28 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
17 27 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1,009 (29.80%) Firewall
2 848 (25.04%) DNS
3 673 (19.88%) DHCP
4 415 (12.26%) WAN
5 381 (11.25%) TCP/IP
6 379 (11.19%) LAN
7 375 (11.08%) VPN
8 334 (9.86%) SAN
9 242 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
10 221 (6.53%) VLAN
11 193 (5.70%) Wireless
12 184 (5.43%) VoIP
13 130 (3.84%) NAS
14 86 (2.54%) Internet
15 83 (2.45%) Remote Desktop
16 74 (2.19%) SD-WAN
17 70 (2.07%) Network Security
18 40 (1.18%) MPLS
19 37 (1.09%) WLAN
20 34 (1.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 66 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (1.45%) Power BI
4 41 (1.21%) MySQL
5 37 (1.09%) DB2
6 21 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.38%) Big Data
10 12 (0.35%) MariaDB
11 11 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.27%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.24%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.21%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.18%) Redis
16 5 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 69 (2.04%) JIRA
2 58 (1.71%) Git
3 36 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 27 (0.80%) GitLab
5 10 (0.30%) Trac
6 9 (0.27%) eggPlant
7 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.21%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.21%) Snyk
9 6 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.12%) Hudson
11 4 (0.12%) MSI
11 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.089%) GoCD
General
1 1,022 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 355 (10.48%) Finance
3 261 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (4.49%) Law
5 132 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 108 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 95 (2.81%) Retail
8 93 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 81 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 80 (2.36%) Legal
11 77 (2.27%) Public Sector
12 66 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 54 (1.59%) Banking
14 47 (1.39%) Marketing
15 44 (1.30%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.12%) Games
17 29 (0.86%) Automotive
18 28 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (0.65%) Advertising
19 22 (0.65%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 636 (18.78%) IT Support
2 622 (18.37%) Support Engineer
3 609 (17.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 572 (16.89%) IT Engineer
5 391 (11.55%) Senior
6 376 (11.10%) Analyst
7 350 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
8 242 (7.15%) 2nd Line Support
9 224 (6.62%) IT Technician
10 165 (4.87%) Lead
11 163 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support
12 157 (4.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 155 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 154 (4.55%) Support Technician
15 137 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
16 135 (3.99%) IT Manager
17 132 (3.90%) Administrator
18 131 (3.87%) IT Support Technician
18 131 (3.87%) Support Analyst
19 129 (3.81%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.27%) .NET
2 38 (1.12%) ARM Templates
3 23 (0.68%) LDAP
4 22 (0.65%) HTML
5 19 (0.56%) REST
6 14 (0.41%) JSON
6 14 (0.41%) React
6 14 (0.41%) YAML
7 12 (0.35%) .NET Core
7 12 (0.35%) CSS
8 11 (0.32%) LAMP
9 10 (0.30%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.27%) Web Services
10 9 (0.27%) XML
11 8 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (0.21%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.21%) ADSI
13 6 (0.18%) jQuery
13 6 (0.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 242 (7.15%) Data Centre
2 203 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 156 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
4 150 (4.43%) Replication
5 135 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 116 (3.43%) Clustering
7 92 (2.72%) PKI
8 79 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 66 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 38 (1.12%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.03%) Operational Technology
11 35 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
12 29 (0.86%) CMDB
13 28 (0.83%) NHS
14 26 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (0.68%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.65%) iPad
17 20 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.56%) SCADA
18 19 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,385 (99.97%) Windows
2 609 (17.99%) Windows 10
3 604 (17.84%) Linux
4 426 (12.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 396 (11.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 376 (11.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 121 (3.57%) Windows 7
8 111 (3.28%) Windows Server 2008
9 81 (2.39%) Mac OS
9 81 (2.39%) Windows 8
10 80 (2.36%) Unix
11 77 (2.27%) Apple iOS
12 75 (2.22%) Android
13 65 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 52 (1.54%) Ubuntu
15 44 (1.30%) CentOS
16 38 (1.12%) VMS
17 36 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
18 24 (0.71%) Mac OS X
18 24 (0.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (23.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 691 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
3 602 (17.78%) ITIL
4 528 (15.59%) Customer Service
5 417 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
6 254 (7.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 218 (6.44%) Mentoring
8 214 (6.32%) DevOps
9 192 (5.67%) Migration
10 191 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 183 (5.40%) Project Delivery
12 179 (5.29%) Agile
13 174 (5.14%) Project Management
14 150 (4.43%) Service Management
15 140 (4.13%) Server Management
16 134 (3.96%) Change Management
16 134 (3.96%) Service Delivery
17 122 (3.60%) Time Management
18 120 (3.54%) Incident Management
19 117 (3.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 644 (19.02%) PowerShell
2 422 (12.46%) SQL
3 137 (4.05%) Python
4 93 (2.75%) Bash
5 74 (2.19%) C#
6 42 (1.24%) VB
7 41 (1.21%) VBScript
8 39 (1.15%) Java
9 32 (0.95%) JavaScript
10 25 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.50%) Bicep
12 14 (0.41%) C++
13 13 (0.38%) Perl
14 12 (0.35%) ActionScript
14 12 (0.35%) Korn
15 11 (0.32%) Delphi
16 10 (0.30%) Ruby
17 8 (0.24%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.21%) TypeScript
19 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 437 (12.91%) Degree
2 368 (10.87%) Security Cleared
3 288 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 269 (7.94%) SC Cleared
5 208 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 153 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 141 (4.16%) CCNA
8 117 (3.46%) MCSE
9 99 (2.92%) DBS Check
10 89 (2.63%) MCSA
11 79 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 61 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 52 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 50 (1.48%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.18%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.12%) MCP
17 37 (1.09%) CCNP
18 33 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
19 27 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
20 25 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (7.47%) SLA
2 101 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (2.30%) GDPR
4 67 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.77%) PMO
6 25 (0.74%) NIST
7 22 (0.65%) QA
8 19 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 19 (0.56%) ITGC
9 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.15%) NCSC
13 4 (0.12%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.089%) GRC
14 3 (0.089%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.059%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.030%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,101 (62.05%) Active Directory
2 959 (28.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 816 (24.10%) Hyper-V
4 223 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
5 203 (6.00%) vSphere
6 133 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
7 90 (2.66%) XenApp
8 82 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 80 (2.36%) XenDesktop
10 69 (2.04%) Docker
11 53 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
12 45 (1.33%) VirtualBox
13 35 (1.03%) Terminal Services
14 32 (0.95%) Firmware
15 22 (0.65%) VMware NSX
16 19 (0.56%) pfSense
17 17 (0.50%) NFS
18 14 (0.41%) VMware Server
19 12 (0.35%) OpenSSH
20 11 (0.32%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 507 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 339 (10.01%) SCCM
3 166 (4.90%) vCenter Server
4 113 (3.34%) WSUS
5 101 (2.98%) Ansible
5 101 (2.98%) SCOM
6 100 (2.95%) Terraform
7 90 (2.66%) Kubernetes
8 69 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
9 57 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 51 (1.51%) Microsoft Clustering
11 41 (1.21%) FortiGate
12 32 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
13 30 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
14 27 (0.80%) Grafana
15 26 (0.77%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 25 (0.74%) Nagios
16 25 (0.74%) NetBackup
17 24 (0.71%) ZABBIX
18 23 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 2,013 (59.45%) Microsoft
2 1,491 (44.03%) VMware
3 443 (13.08%) Cisco
4 352 (10.40%) Citrix
5 309 (9.13%) Veeam
6 192 (5.67%) HP
7 138 (4.08%) Dell
8 132 (3.90%) Apple
9 114 (3.37%) Google
10 112 (3.31%) Meraki
11 96 (2.84%) Sophos
12 85 (2.51%) NetApp
13 83 (2.45%) Red Hat
14 71 (2.10%) Oracle
15 67 (1.98%) Commvault
16 65 (1.92%) ServiceNow
17 60 (1.77%) Aruba
18 58 (1.71%) Juniper
18 58 (1.71%) SolarWinds
19 53 (1.57%) Fortinet