Senior Server Engineer
UK

The median Senior Server Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 903 967 1166
Rank change year-on-year +64 +199 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Server Engineer 8 32 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.031% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.034% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 8 29 33
10th Percentile £53,513 £51,250 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,250 £51,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £60,375 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £62,775 £91,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,256 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.76% +8.33% +41.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Server Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Server Engineer in the UK

Senior Server Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Server Engineer in the UK

Senior Server Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Server Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Server Engineer in the UK

Senior Server Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Server Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +70 8 £57,500 -11.54% 2
London +117 7 £57,500 -12.88% 1
North of England +33 1 £48,256 -25.76% 1
North West +11 1 £48,256 -25.76% 1
UK excluding London -26 1 £48,256 -25.76% 2

Senior Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Server Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
2 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (50.00%) vSphere
5 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (50.00%) PKI
5 4 (50.00%) SCCM
5 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (37.50%) ITIL
6 3 (37.50%) Change Management
6 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (37.50%) Degree
6 3 (37.50%) Project Management
6 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

Senior Server Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (12.50%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DMZ
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) NAS
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) vSphere
3 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (25.00%) NetApp
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Commvault
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds