Windows Server Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 89 95
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 -42
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 321 247 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.51% 3.53% 3.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.68% 18.75% 14.57%
Number of salaries quoted 309 198 236
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £23,125
25th Percentile £31,750 £30,813 £28,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,206 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,438
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -

All Operating Systems
South West

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 South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,631 1,317 1,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.83% 18.81% 23.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 769 1,212
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £32,461
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £65,720
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Gloucestershire +31 111 £45,000 +21.62% 11
Bristol +4 68 £37,500 +15.38% 15
Wiltshire -10 51 £49,000 +22.50% 10
Devon +7 36 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Dorset -23 32 £37,000 -4.52% 6
Somerset +5 14 £33,750 -38.64% 9
Cornwall -7 8 £33,750 -7.53% 3
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 82 (25.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (20.56%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.87%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.56%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (1.56%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (1.25%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) Apache
6 3 (0.93%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.93%) JBoss
6 3 (0.93%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 162 (50.47%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (42.06%) Azure
3 54 (16.82%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.08%) OneDrive
5 37 (11.53%) AWS
6 19 (5.92%) GCP
7 13 (4.05%) Nutanix
8 7 (2.18%) IaaS
9 5 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.56%) PaaS
10 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.25%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.93%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.31%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.31%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.31%) Sage Pay
13 1 (0.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 71 (22.12%) Firewall
2 70 (21.81%) DNS
3 60 (18.69%) DHCP
4 57 (17.76%) LAN
5 56 (17.45%) WAN
6 50 (15.58%) TCP/IP
7 39 (12.15%) VPN
7 39 (12.15%) Wireless
8 18 (5.61%) SAN
9 17 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (4.67%) VoIP
11 14 (4.36%) NAS
11 14 (4.36%) VLAN
12 13 (4.05%) Internet
13 12 (3.74%) IPsec
13 12 (3.74%) VSAN
14 11 (3.43%) Skype
15 10 (3.12%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (2.18%) Unified Communications
16 7 (2.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.87%) MySQL
3 4 (1.25%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.62%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.62%) JIRA
1 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.31%) Git
2 1 (0.31%) Log4Net
2 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 81 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.79%) Public Sector
3 18 (5.61%) Manufacturing
4 15 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.80%) Retail
7 8 (2.49%) Electronics
8 7 (2.18%) Law
8 7 (2.18%) Military
9 6 (1.87%) Finance
10 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.25%) Automotive
11 4 (1.25%) Legal
12 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Games
13 1 (0.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 81 (25.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 65 (20.25%) IT Engineer
3 63 (19.63%) Senior
4 59 (18.38%) Support Engineer
5 39 (12.15%) IT Support
6 38 (11.84%) Wintel Engineer
7 36 (11.21%) Analyst
8 35 (10.90%) Senior Wintel Engineer
9 31 (9.66%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (7.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 24 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 24 (7.48%) Field Engineer
11 23 (7.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 20 (6.23%) Consultant
13 18 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 15 (4.67%) Field Service Engineer
15 13 (4.05%) Project Engineer
16 12 (3.74%) 3rd Line Support
16 12 (3.74%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 12 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.93%) JSON
1 3 (0.93%) LDAP
1 3 (0.93%) SAML
2 2 (0.62%) .NET
2 2 (0.62%) HTML
2 2 (0.62%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.31%) Ajax
3 1 (0.31%) Angular 2
3 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.31%) CSS
3 1 (0.31%) HTML5
3 1 (0.31%) Ninject
3 1 (0.31%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (0.31%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
3 1 (0.31%) WinForms
3 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.15%) Driving Licence
2 34 (10.59%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (7.17%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.18%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.18%) PKI
4 7 (2.18%) Replication
5 6 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.56%) EMC VNX
6 5 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Clustering
7 4 (1.25%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.25%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.25%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.93%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.62%) BYOD
9 2 (0.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.62%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.62%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 321 (100.00%) Windows
2 60 (18.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 55 (17.13%) Linux
4 45 (14.02%) Windows 10
5 42 (13.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (10.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (6.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.18%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.56%) Solaris
9 5 (1.56%) VMS
10 4 (1.25%) AIX
10 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.25%) Unix
10 4 (1.25%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.62%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.62%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.31%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (28.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (17.76%) Customer Service
3 53 (16.51%) ITIL
4 45 (14.02%) Incident Management
5 39 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (6.85%) Change Management
7 20 (6.23%) Mentoring
7 20 (6.23%) Service Delivery
8 18 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (5.30%) Migration
9 17 (5.30%) Mobile Device Management
9 17 (5.30%) Server Management
10 16 (4.98%) Service Management
11 15 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (4.36%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (4.36%) ITSM
12 14 (4.36%) Vulnerability Management
13 13 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (3.74%) Line Management
14 12 (3.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 88 (27.41%) PowerShell
2 31 (9.66%) SQL
3 21 (6.54%) Python
4 16 (4.98%) Bash
5 7 (2.18%) Java
6 6 (1.87%) C#
7 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (25.55%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 54 (16.82%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.48%) Degree
5 23 (7.17%) DBS Check
6 18 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.05%) A+ Certification
8 12 (3.74%) CCNA
8 12 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (3.12%) MCITP
9 10 (3.12%) MCSE
10 8 (2.49%) GIAC
11 5 (1.56%) CCNP
12 4 (1.25%) CEH
12 4 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.79%) SLA
2 7 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.25%) GDPR
4 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 232 (72.27%) Active Directory
2 129 (40.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (33.02%) Hyper-V
4 28 (8.72%) vSphere
5 23 (7.17%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (5.30%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (4.36%) XenDesktop
8 9 (2.80%) XenApp
9 6 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.56%) Docker
11 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.25%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.62%) Firmware
13 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (22.43%) SCCM
2 50 (15.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.05%) vCenter Server
4 8 (2.49%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (2.49%) SCVMM
4 8 (2.49%) WSUS
5 5 (1.56%) Ansible
5 5 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.56%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.56%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.56%) Nagios
6 4 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Statspack
7 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.31%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 188 (58.57%) Microsoft
2 166 (51.71%) VMware
3 54 (16.82%) Cisco
4 44 (13.71%) HP
5 27 (8.41%) Citrix
6 22 (6.85%) Red Hat
7 21 (6.54%) Google
7 21 (6.54%) Veeam
8 13 (4.05%) Dell
8 13 (4.05%) SolarWinds
8 13 (4.05%) Symantec
9 12 (3.74%) Aruba
10 11 (3.43%) Meraki
11 10 (3.12%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.49%) McAfee
12 8 (2.49%) Sophos
13 6 (1.87%) Aderant
13 6 (1.87%) iManage
13 6 (1.87%) Oracle
14 5 (1.56%) EMC