Windows Server Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 96 124
Rank change year-on-year +34 +28 -50
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,148 3,005 4,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.64% 3.39% 3.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.19% 21.01% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,778 2,441 3,532
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,495 14,306 26,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.44% 16.16% 19.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,840 9,830 14,886
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,874 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +26 764 £39,250 +9.03% 158
London +15 622 £55,001 +0.00% 149
North of England +17 611 £37,500 -11.76% 128
Midlands +43 537 £37,500 -2.60% 113
South West +20 308 £40,000 - 73
West Midlands +32 302 £35,000 -9.68% 67
East of England +20 293 £32,500 -16.91% 69
Yorkshire +67 283 £37,500 - 56
East Midlands +38 230 £40,000 +6.67% 46
North West -39 219 £43,500 -3.33% 61
North East +26 109 £35,000 -21.35% 12
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 768 (24.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 517 (16.42%) SharePoint
3 95 (3.02%) IIS
4 33 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
5 21 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (0.57%) Confluence
7 17 (0.54%) CMS
8 12 (0.38%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
9 11 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.35%) WordPress
10 10 (0.32%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.19%) Apache
13 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (0.13%) SAS
14 4 (0.13%) TWiki
15 3 (0.095%) GlassFish
15 3 (0.095%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 378 (12.01%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.095%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.095%) Pro Tools
6 3 (0.095%) SPSS
7 2 (0.064%) CATIA
7 2 (0.064%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.032%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.032%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.032%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.032%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.032%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.095%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.095%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.095%) Shopify
4 2 (0.064%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.064%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.064%) KEYPrime
4 2 (0.064%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.032%) Magento
5 1 (0.032%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.032%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,859 (59.05%) Microsoft 365
2 1,536 (48.79%) Azure
3 562 (17.85%) Entra ID
4 360 (11.44%) AWS
5 254 (8.07%) OneDrive
6 96 (3.05%) SaaS
7 81 (2.57%) IaaS
8 73 (2.32%) GCP
9 64 (2.03%) Google Workspace
9 64 (2.03%) Mimecast
10 62 (1.97%) Power Platform
11 52 (1.65%) Nutanix
12 49 (1.56%) GitHub
13 46 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
13 46 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
14 42 (1.33%) PaaS
15 30 (0.95%) Azure Storage
15 30 (0.95%) WhatsApp
16 29 (0.92%) Power Automate
17 26 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 930 (29.54%) Firewall
2 789 (25.06%) DNS
3 622 (19.76%) DHCP
4 382 (12.13%) WAN
5 365 (11.59%) LAN
6 360 (11.44%) TCP/IP
7 347 (11.02%) VPN
8 310 (9.85%) SAN
9 237 (7.53%) Wi-Fi
10 207 (6.58%) VLAN
11 190 (6.04%) Wireless
12 168 (5.34%) VoIP
13 120 (3.81%) NAS
14 77 (2.45%) Internet
15 76 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
16 61 (1.94%) Network Security
17 59 (1.87%) SD-WAN
18 37 (1.18%) WLAN
19 35 (1.11%) MPLS
20 33 (1.05%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 335 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 69 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (1.40%) Power BI
4 38 (1.21%) MySQL
5 25 (0.79%) DB2
6 21 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.41%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.35%) MariaDB
11 9 (0.29%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.22%) Big Data
12 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.16%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.16%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.16%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.16%) Redis
14 4 (0.13%) UniData
Development Applications
1 63 (2.00%) JIRA
2 59 (1.87%) Git
3 33 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.83%) GitLab
5 10 (0.32%) Trac
6 9 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.25%) eggPlant
8 7 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.22%) Snyk
8 7 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.19%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.19%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.13%) Hudson
10 4 (0.13%) MSI
10 4 (0.13%) Subversion
10 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.095%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.095%) SonarQube
General
1 948 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 311 (9.88%) Finance
3 248 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (4.80%) Law
5 114 (3.62%) Telecoms
6 102 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
7 95 (3.02%) Retail
8 82 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 79 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 69 (2.19%) Legal
11 66 (2.10%) Public Sector
12 54 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 51 (1.62%) Banking
14 45 (1.43%) Marketing
15 41 (1.30%) Aerospace
16 39 (1.24%) Games
17 28 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
18 24 (0.76%) Automotive
19 19 (0.60%) Advertising
20 16 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 590 (18.74%) IT Support
2 585 (18.58%) Support Engineer
3 564 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 534 (16.96%) IT Engineer
5 352 (11.18%) Analyst
6 347 (11.02%) Senior
7 337 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 212 (6.73%) 2nd Line Support
9 208 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 157 (4.99%) Lead
11 156 (4.96%) 3rd Line Support
12 151 (4.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 150 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 145 (4.61%) Support Technician
15 124 (3.94%) Administrator
16 123 (3.91%) IT Support Technician
17 122 (3.88%) Support Analyst
18 118 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
19 114 (3.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 113 (3.59%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (1.27%) .NET
2 39 (1.24%) ARM Templates
3 23 (0.73%) LDAP
4 22 (0.70%) HTML
5 16 (0.51%) REST
6 15 (0.48%) JSON
7 14 (0.44%) React
7 14 (0.44%) YAML
8 12 (0.38%) CSS
9 11 (0.35%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.35%) LAMP
10 9 (0.29%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.29%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.29%) XML
11 8 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (0.22%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.22%) ADSI
12 7 (0.22%) Web Services
13 6 (0.19%) EDI
13 6 (0.19%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.80%) Data Centre
2 183 (5.81%) Driving Licence
3 149 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 130 (4.13%) Management Information System
4 130 (4.13%) Replication
5 111 (3.53%) Clustering
6 93 (2.95%) PKI
7 74 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 50 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 37 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 35 (1.11%) Operational Technology
11 31 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
12 29 (0.92%) CMDB
13 28 (0.89%) NHS
14 26 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (0.76%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.70%) iPad
17 21 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.60%) SCADA
18 19 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,147 (99.97%) Windows
2 580 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 524 (16.65%) Linux
4 413 (13.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 374 (11.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 354 (11.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 118 (3.75%) Windows 7
8 103 (3.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 82 (2.60%) Windows 8
10 70 (2.22%) Mac OS
10 70 (2.22%) Unix
11 67 (2.13%) Apple iOS
12 65 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 64 (2.03%) Android
14 47 (1.49%) Ubuntu
15 36 (1.14%) VMS
16 35 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
17 33 (1.05%) CentOS
18 24 (0.76%) Mac OS X
19 23 (0.73%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (23.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 640 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
3 574 (18.23%) ITIL
4 495 (15.72%) Customer Service
5 402 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 221 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
7 193 (6.13%) Mentoring
8 187 (5.94%) DevOps
9 182 (5.78%) Migration
10 180 (5.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 169 (5.37%) Project Delivery
12 150 (4.76%) Agile
13 148 (4.70%) Project Management
14 147 (4.67%) Service Management
15 141 (4.48%) Server Management
16 130 (4.13%) Change Management
17 118 (3.75%) Incident Management
18 117 (3.72%) Service Delivery
19 114 (3.62%) Time Management
20 111 (3.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 638 (20.27%) PowerShell
2 388 (12.33%) SQL
3 137 (4.35%) Python
4 85 (2.70%) Bash
5 72 (2.29%) C#
6 40 (1.27%) VB
6 40 (1.27%) VBScript
7 37 (1.18%) Java
8 31 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 25 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.51%) Bicep
11 12 (0.38%) Perl
12 11 (0.35%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.35%) C++
12 11 (0.35%) Delphi
12 11 (0.35%) Korn
13 9 (0.29%) Ruby
14 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 385 (12.23%) Degree
2 345 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 278 (8.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 259 (8.23%) SC Cleared
5 193 (6.13%) DV Cleared
6 121 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
7 113 (3.59%) MCSE
8 108 (3.43%) CCNA
9 98 (3.11%) DBS Check
10 87 (2.76%) MCSA
11 61 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 57 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 47 (1.49%) Azure Certification
14 42 (1.33%) A+ Certification
15 37 (1.18%) MCP
16 36 (1.14%) AWS Certification
17 34 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
18 31 (0.98%) CCNP
19 27 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (7.88%) SLA
2 90 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (2.41%) GDPR
4 59 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (0.73%) NIST
6 19 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.54%) QA
8 14 (0.44%) PMO
9 12 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.25%) ITGC
12 7 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.13%) NCSC
15 3 (0.095%) GRC
15 3 (0.095%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.064%) Data Quality
17 1 (0.032%) GxP
System Software
1 1,988 (63.15%) Active Directory
2 895 (28.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 784 (24.90%) Hyper-V
4 217 (6.89%) VMware ESXi
5 195 (6.19%) vSphere
6 122 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
7 85 (2.70%) XenApp
8 74 (2.35%) XenDesktop
9 72 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 58 (1.84%) Docker
11 56 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
12 46 (1.46%) VirtualBox
13 31 (0.98%) Firmware
14 29 (0.92%) Terminal Services
15 16 (0.51%) NFS
16 15 (0.48%) pfSense
17 14 (0.44%) VMware Server
18 12 (0.38%) vCloud
19 11 (0.35%) OpenSSH
20 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 483 (15.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 327 (10.39%) SCCM
3 163 (5.18%) vCenter Server
4 114 (3.62%) WSUS
5 101 (3.21%) SCOM
6 75 (2.38%) Kubernetes
7 74 (2.35%) Terraform
8 72 (2.29%) Ansible
9 70 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
10 54 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 50 (1.59%) Microsoft Clustering
12 32 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
13 29 (0.92%) FortiGate
13 29 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
14 26 (0.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 25 (0.79%) NetBackup
16 24 (0.76%) Nagios
17 23 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
18 22 (0.70%) Nessus
18 22 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,889 (60.01%) Microsoft
2 1,389 (44.12%) VMware
3 388 (12.33%) Cisco
4 330 (10.48%) Citrix
5 290 (9.21%) Veeam
6 188 (5.97%) HP
7 131 (4.16%) Dell
8 127 (4.03%) Apple
9 111 (3.53%) Google
10 107 (3.40%) Meraki
11 87 (2.76%) Sophos
12 77 (2.45%) Red Hat
13 72 (2.29%) NetApp
14 68 (2.16%) Commvault
15 66 (2.10%) ServiceNow
16 60 (1.91%) Oracle
17 57 (1.81%) Juniper
17 57 (1.81%) SolarWinds
18 56 (1.78%) Aruba
19 55 (1.75%) Fortinet