Windows Server Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 57 64
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 -25
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 292 249 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.73% 4.82% 4.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.42% 23.53% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 251 211 267
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £24,900
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,875 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £39,113 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +4.30% -6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,750 £53,000
90th Percentile £50,750 £61,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,065 1,058 1,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.24% 20.47% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 915 622 748
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +4.65% -9.47%
75th Percentile £57,250 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the East of England.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hertfordshire -2 85 £34,000 -20.00% 14
Cambridgeshire +32 75 £40,000 +3.90% 31
Norfolk +9 57 £31,000 -9.49% 9
Essex -1 47 £27,500 -38.89% 5
Suffolk +4 19 £40,000 +56.86% 3
Bedfordshire +32 9 £22,500 -42.47% 7
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 85 (29.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (22.60%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.74%) CMS
5 6 (2.05%) Confluence
5 6 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.68%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.68%) WordPress
7 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (16.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.03%) Final Cut Pro
3 3 (1.03%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.03%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (1.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (69.52%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (46.58%) Azure
3 40 (13.70%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.59%) AWS
5 23 (7.88%) OneDrive
6 10 (3.42%) Google Workspace
7 8 (2.74%) Mimecast
8 7 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (2.40%) SaaS
9 6 (2.05%) Serverless
10 4 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.37%) GCP
10 4 (1.37%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.03%) Apigee
11 3 (1.03%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.03%) Azure Service Fabric
11 3 (1.03%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.03%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.68%) IaaS
12 2 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (29.79%) Firewall
2 50 (17.12%) DNS
3 48 (16.44%) DHCP
4 41 (14.04%) SAN
5 40 (13.70%) VPN
6 31 (10.62%) TCP/IP
7 30 (10.27%) WAN
8 29 (9.93%) VoIP
9 22 (7.53%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (6.16%) LAN
11 15 (5.14%) MPLS
11 15 (5.14%) Remote Desktop
12 13 (4.45%) SD-WAN
13 10 (3.42%) Bluetooth
13 10 (3.42%) VLAN
14 9 (3.08%) NAS
15 8 (2.74%) Intranet
15 8 (2.74%) VSAN
16 7 (2.40%) 3G
16 7 (2.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.27%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.74%) MariaDB
3 8 (2.74%) MySQL
4 4 (1.37%) Power BI
5 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.11%) JIRA
General
1 131 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.88%) Finance
3 19 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.05%) Automotive
7 5 (1.71%) Publishing
8 4 (1.37%) Advertising
8 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.03%) Games
9 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
11 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 98 (33.56%) IT Support
2 83 (28.42%) Support Engineer
3 71 (24.32%) IT Engineer
4 60 (20.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 48 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (15.41%) Analyst
7 44 (15.07%) 2nd Line Support
8 29 (9.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 28 (9.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 28 (9.59%) IT Technician
10 27 (9.25%) Administrator
10 27 (9.25%) Support Technician
11 25 (8.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 23 (7.88%) IT Administrator
13 22 (7.53%) IT Support Technician
14 21 (7.19%) Server Administrator
15 19 (6.51%) Senior
16 18 (6.16%) 3rd Line Support
16 18 (6.16%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 17 (5.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.03%) ARM Templates
1 3 (1.03%) JSON
2 2 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (9.25%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.48%) Operational Technology
4 15 (5.14%) iPad
5 9 (3.08%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.08%) Smartcard
6 8 (2.74%) Clustering
6 8 (2.74%) Replication
7 5 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.37%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.37%) Life Science
8 4 (1.37%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.03%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.68%) CMDB
10 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.34%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 291 (99.66%) Windows
2 78 (26.71%) Windows 10
3 50 (17.12%) Linux
4 45 (15.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (14.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (4.11%) Apple iOS
7 12 (4.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (3.77%) Android
8 11 (3.77%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (2.74%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.74%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.71%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.37%) VMS
11 4 (1.37%) Windows 2000
11 4 (1.37%) Windows NT
11 4 (1.37%) Windows XP
12 3 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (23.63%) ITIL
2 59 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (19.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 41 (14.04%) Customer Service
5 33 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (10.96%) Server Management
7 24 (8.22%) Project Delivery
8 23 (7.88%) Infrastructure Maintenance
9 22 (7.53%) Performance Monitoring
10 21 (7.19%) Benchmarking
10 21 (7.19%) Data Centre Operations
10 21 (7.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 20 (6.85%) Project Management
12 17 (5.82%) Service Design
13 15 (5.14%) Line Management
13 15 (5.14%) Mentoring
14 14 (4.79%) Change Advisory Board
14 14 (4.79%) Ticket Management
15 13 (4.45%) Configuration Management
15 13 (4.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 55 (18.84%) PowerShell
2 24 (8.22%) SQL
3 7 (2.40%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.71%) VB
5 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.68%) C#
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 32 (10.96%) Degree
4 23 (7.88%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.82%) A+ Certification
6 15 (5.14%) CCNA
6 15 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (4.45%) MCSE
8 11 (3.77%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (2.74%) DBS Check
11 6 (2.05%) HND
11 6 (2.05%) MCSA
12 5 (1.71%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
15 1 (0.34%) MCTS
15 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.85%) SLA
2 9 (3.08%) GDPR
3 6 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.68%) NCSC
6 1 (0.34%) GxP
System Software
1 182 (62.33%) Active Directory
2 85 (29.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (28.08%) Hyper-V
4 26 (8.90%) vSphere
5 19 (6.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.03%) Docker
8 3 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.68%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) Samba
Systems Management
1 39 (13.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.74%) Failover Clustering
2 8 (2.74%) SCCM
3 7 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (2.40%) WSUS
4 6 (2.05%) SmoothWall
5 5 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.71%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.37%) SCOM
7 3 (1.03%) Ansible
7 3 (1.03%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.03%) Terraform
8 2 (0.68%) Aspera SmartTrack
8 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.68%) NetCrunch
9 1 (0.34%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.34%) MAILsweeper
9 1 (0.34%) MobiControl
9 1 (0.34%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 201 (68.84%) Microsoft
2 139 (47.60%) VMware
3 45 (15.41%) Citrix
4 28 (9.59%) NetApp
5 23 (7.88%) Meraki
6 20 (6.85%) Apple
7 19 (6.51%) Cisco
7 19 (6.51%) HP
8 18 (6.16%) Veeam
9 11 (3.77%) Google
9 11 (3.77%) Sophos
10 7 (2.40%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.05%) Commvault
11 6 (2.05%) Dell
12 4 (1.37%) Acronis
12 4 (1.37%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.03%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.03%) Databricks
13 3 (1.03%) Draytek
13 3 (1.03%) Symantec