Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 82 68
Rank change year-on-year +21 -14 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,756 2,301 3,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.89% 3.83% 4.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.06% 23.29% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 1,778 2,690
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,625 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £39,820 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -0.45% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £62,500
UK median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,576 9,878 14,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.91% 16.42% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,180 6,246 9,321
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +24 770 £39,500 +11.27% 144
North of England +21 619 £37,500 -6.25% 117
Midlands +43 537 £37,500 -3.23% 107
South West +11 308 £40,000 - 70
West Midlands +26 303 £35,000 -11.71% 64
East of England +17 298 £32,500 -17.72% 79
Yorkshire +68 287 £37,500 - 46
East Midlands +39 229 £40,000 +6.67% 43
North West -42 224 £43,500 -3.33% 57
Scotland -40 146 £42,500 -7.10% 26
North East +22 108 £35,000 -15.15% 15
Wales +22 61 £35,750 -4.67% 8
Isle of Man -4 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland +3 6 £37,314 +9.75% 3
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 624 (22.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 408 (14.80%) SharePoint
3 74 (2.69%) IIS
4 19 (0.69%) Confluence
4 19 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
5 16 (0.58%) CMS
6 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.25%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 6 (0.22%) WordPress
11 5 (0.18%) Apache
11 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (0.15%) TWiki
13 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 319 (11.57%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.073%) CATIA
7 2 (0.073%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.036%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.036%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.073%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.036%) Magento
5 1 (0.036%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,679 (60.92%) Microsoft 365
2 1,307 (47.42%) Azure
3 475 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 300 (10.89%) AWS
5 217 (7.87%) OneDrive
6 76 (2.76%) SaaS
7 72 (2.61%) GCP
8 68 (2.47%) IaaS
9 52 (1.89%) Mimecast
10 47 (1.71%) PaaS
10 47 (1.71%) Power Platform
11 43 (1.56%) Google Workspace
12 39 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
13 33 (1.20%) Nutanix
14 28 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (0.87%) GitHub
17 20 (0.73%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 850 (30.84%) Firewall
2 664 (24.09%) DNS
3 562 (20.39%) DHCP
4 332 (12.05%) WAN
5 329 (11.94%) TCP/IP
6 319 (11.57%) VPN
7 293 (10.63%) LAN
8 256 (9.29%) SAN
9 199 (7.22%) Wi-Fi
10 182 (6.60%) VoIP
11 179 (6.49%) VLAN
12 147 (5.33%) Wireless
13 96 (3.48%) NAS
14 71 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
15 68 (2.47%) Internet
16 53 (1.92%) Network Security
17 50 (1.81%) SD-WAN
18 35 (1.27%) WLAN
19 33 (1.20%) MPLS
20 29 (1.05%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (10.16%) SQL Server
2 62 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
3 36 (1.31%) MySQL
4 31 (1.12%) Power BI
5 29 (1.05%) DB2
6 10 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.22%) Big Data
9 6 (0.22%) Redis
10 5 (0.18%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.15%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.15%) UniData
12 3 (0.11%) InterSystems Cache
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 41 (1.49%) JIRA
2 26 (0.94%) Git
3 20 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 7 (0.25%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.22%) GitLab
6 6 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.15%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.15%) Hudson
8 4 (0.15%) MSI
8 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.036%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.036%) GoCD
10 1 (0.036%) Selenium
General
1 849 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 194 (7.04%) Finance
3 172 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (3.92%) Law
4 108 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 105 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
6 94 (3.41%) Retail
7 84 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 65 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
9 64 (2.32%) Public Sector
10 56 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (1.96%) Legal
12 35 (1.27%) Marketing
13 34 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.76%) Games
15 19 (0.69%) Electronics
16 17 (0.62%) Advertising
17 16 (0.58%) Automotive
17 16 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 573 (20.79%) IT Support
2 541 (19.63%) Support Engineer
3 511 (18.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 503 (18.25%) IT Engineer
5 317 (11.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 291 (10.56%) Analyst
7 290 (10.52%) Senior
8 214 (7.76%) 2nd Line Support
9 205 (7.44%) IT Technician
10 153 (5.55%) 3rd Line Support
11 146 (5.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 145 (5.26%) Support Technician
13 124 (4.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 123 (4.46%) IT Support Technician
15 122 (4.43%) Lead
16 117 (4.25%) IT Manager
17 111 (4.03%) IT Analyst
18 110 (3.99%) Support Analyst
19 109 (3.96%) Administrator
20 105 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.05%) .NET
2 18 (0.65%) ARM Templates
3 15 (0.54%) HTML
4 11 (0.40%) .NET Core
4 11 (0.40%) JSON
4 11 (0.40%) REST
5 9 (0.33%) AngularJS
5 9 (0.33%) LDAP
5 9 (0.33%) React
6 8 (0.29%) CSS
7 7 (0.25%) ASP.NET
7 7 (0.25%) Web Services
8 6 (0.22%) AWS CDK
8 6 (0.22%) jQuery
8 6 (0.22%) LAMP
8 6 (0.22%) XML
9 5 (0.18%) Blazor
9 5 (0.18%) EDI
9 5 (0.18%) Node.js
10 4 (0.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 213 (7.73%) Data Centre
2 201 (7.29%) Driving Licence
3 118 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (4.10%) Replication
5 105 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 79 (2.87%) Clustering
7 77 (2.79%) PKI
8 64 (2.32%) Onboarding
9 48 (1.74%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.27%) Operational Technology
11 31 (1.12%) Client/Server
12 30 (1.09%) CMDB
13 27 (0.98%) NHS
14 22 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.69%) SCADA
16 17 (0.62%) Cyberattack
17 16 (0.58%) Fat Client
17 16 (0.58%) Thin Client
18 15 (0.54%) iPad
19 13 (0.47%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2,755 (99.96%) Windows
2 516 (18.72%) Windows 10
3 455 (16.51%) Linux
4 372 (13.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 344 (12.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 305 (11.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 115 (4.17%) Windows 7
8 87 (3.16%) Windows 8
9 73 (2.65%) Windows Server 2008
10 57 (2.07%) Mac OS
11 54 (1.96%) Apple iOS
12 52 (1.89%) Android
13 51 (1.85%) Unix
14 46 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 40 (1.45%) CentOS
16 35 (1.27%) Ubuntu
17 30 (1.09%) Windows Server 2003
18 28 (1.02%) VMS
19 21 (0.76%) Windows XP
20 16 (0.58%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (24.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 564 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
3 535 (19.41%) ITIL
4 470 (17.05%) Customer Service
5 328 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
6 187 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 180 (6.53%) Mentoring
8 136 (4.93%) DevOps
9 134 (4.86%) Project Management
10 133 (4.83%) Migration
11 132 (4.79%) Service Management
12 131 (4.75%) Project Delivery
13 129 (4.68%) Agile
14 123 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 123 (4.46%) Server Management
15 107 (3.88%) Service Delivery
16 106 (3.85%) Incident Management
17 102 (3.70%) Time Management
18 100 (3.63%) Change Management
19 85 (3.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 459 (16.65%) PowerShell
2 299 (10.85%) SQL
3 96 (3.48%) Python
4 50 (1.81%) Bash
5 46 (1.67%) C#
6 39 (1.42%) VBScript
7 38 (1.38%) VB
8 29 (1.05%) Java
9 25 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 16 (0.58%) Bicep
11 11 (0.40%) Delphi
12 10 (0.36%) ActionScript
13 9 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.22%) C++
15 6 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.18%) VBA
17 3 (0.11%) R
18 2 (0.073%) Go
18 2 (0.073%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 330 (11.97%) Degree
2 320 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 230 (8.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 228 (8.27%) SC Cleared
5 179 (6.49%) DV Cleared
6 137 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
7 128 (4.64%) CCNA
8 86 (3.12%) DBS Check
9 79 (2.87%) MCSE
10 65 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (2.07%) MCSA
12 51 (1.85%) A+ Certification
13 45 (1.63%) Azure Certification
14 38 (1.38%) MCP
15 30 (1.09%) AWS Certification
15 30 (1.09%) CCNP
16 29 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
17 26 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 24 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 23 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (8.20%) SLA
2 68 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 65 (2.36%) GDPR
4 42 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.62%) NIST
6 11 (0.40%) ITGC
6 11 (0.40%) PMO
7 10 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.22%) QA
10 5 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.15%) NCSC
12 3 (0.11%) GRC
12 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.073%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.073%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.036%) GxP
14 1 (0.036%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.036%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1,761 (63.90%) Active Directory
2 785 (28.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 773 (28.05%) Hyper-V
4 167 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
5 154 (5.59%) vSphere
6 122 (4.43%) Virtual Machines
7 71 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 71 (2.58%) XenApp
8 65 (2.36%) XenDesktop
9 52 (1.89%) Docker
10 48 (1.74%) VirtualBox
11 30 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
12 28 (1.02%) Firmware
13 26 (0.94%) Terminal Services
14 19 (0.69%) VMware NSX
15 17 (0.62%) pfSense
16 15 (0.54%) NFS
17 14 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 10 (0.36%) OpenSSH
19 8 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 411 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 276 (10.01%) SCCM
3 117 (4.25%) vCenter Server
4 103 (3.74%) WSUS
5 98 (3.56%) SCOM
6 67 (2.43%) Ansible
7 64 (2.32%) Kubernetes
8 57 (2.07%) Terraform
9 42 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 37 (1.34%) FortiGate
11 34 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
12 27 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 23 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
13 23 (0.83%) Grafana
14 21 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
14 21 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
15 20 (0.73%) ZABBIX
16 19 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
17 18 (0.65%) Autotask
18 16 (0.58%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,648 (59.80%) Microsoft
2 1,209 (43.87%) VMware
3 332 (12.05%) Cisco
4 272 (9.87%) Citrix
5 251 (9.11%) Veeam
6 140 (5.08%) HP
7 123 (4.46%) Dell
8 105 (3.81%) Apple
9 97 (3.52%) Meraki
10 94 (3.41%) Sophos
11 81 (2.94%) Google
12 61 (2.21%) Red Hat
13 59 (2.14%) NetApp
14 55 (2.00%) Aruba
15 49 (1.78%) Fortinet
16 46 (1.67%) Oracle
17 40 (1.45%) Datto
17 40 (1.45%) SolarWinds
18 38 (1.38%) EMC
18 38 (1.38%) IBM