Server Building
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Server Building skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Server Building over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 857 931 1052
Rank change year-on-year +74 +121 -274
Permanent jobs citing Server Building 37 62 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.059% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.062% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 35 54 138
10th Percentile £27,150 £31,475 £27,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +31.58% +3.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £69,875 £62,813
90th Percentile £73,750 £93,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Server Building is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Server Building
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Server Building as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Building over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Building within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +100 35 £42,500 -36.57% 13
UK excluding London +1 30 £37,500 -11.76% 9
South East +35 11 £37,500 -37.50% 2
Work from Home +76 10 £45,000 -47.06% 2
South West -19 10 £39,250 -37.20% 3
London +115 6 £55,000 -17.91% 5
Midlands - 4 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £40,000 - 1
North of England +45 3 £45,000 +23.29% 3
North West - 2 £45,000 - 2
East of England +20 1 £32,500 -35.00%
Scotland -64 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -

Server Building
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.11%) Apache
3 2 (5.41%) nginx
4 1 (2.70%) IIS
4 1 (2.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.70%) PTC Creo
1 1 (2.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (40.54%) Azure
3 9 (24.32%) Entra ID
4 5 (13.51%) Nutanix
5 4 (10.81%) AWS
5 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (8.11%) GitHub
7 2 (5.41%) Akamai
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.41%) GCP
7 2 (5.41%) IaaS
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.41%) PaaS
7 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) VPN
2 6 (16.22%) DNS
2 6 (16.22%) LAN
2 6 (16.22%) NAS
2 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
2 6 (16.22%) WAN
3 5 (13.51%) Firewall
3 5 (13.51%) VLAN
4 3 (8.11%) Network Security
4 3 (8.11%) Wireless
5 2 (5.41%) SAN
5 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.70%) DHCP
6 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Chocolatey
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) IT Technician
4 5 (13.51%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior
6 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (5.41%) Administrator
7 2 (5.41%) Coordinator
7 2 (5.41%) Information Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support
7 2 (5.41%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (5.41%) Project Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Security Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior IT Technician
7 2 (5.41%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) ARM Templates
1 2 (5.41%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.70%) XML
2 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.41%) Wiki
5 1 (2.70%) CMDB
5 1 (2.70%) Cybercrime
5 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (83.78%) Windows
2 27 (72.97%) Windows Server
3 8 (21.62%) Linux
4 7 (18.92%) Windows 10
5 5 (13.51%) VMS
6 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.70%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.70%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (32.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (29.73%) Server Management
4 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
5 6 (16.22%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (13.51%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 5 (13.51%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (13.51%) Security Hardening
7 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
7 4 (10.81%) Client Onboarding
7 4 (10.81%) Information Security
7 4 (10.81%) Project Management
7 4 (10.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (8.11%) Virtual Environments
9 2 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
9 2 (5.41%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 3 (8.11%) Bash
4 2 (5.41%) Korn
4 2 (5.41%) PHP
5 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.81%) DBS Check
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) MCSA
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.41%) MCSE
4 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.70%) CCNA
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CISMP
5 1 (2.70%) CISSP
5 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.70%) OSCP
5 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (45.95%) Active Directory
2 13 (35.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (27.03%) Hyper-V
4 6 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (13.51%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (5.41%) Firmware
6 2 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
7 1 (2.70%) VMware Server
7 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Autotask
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.11%) SCCM
3 2 (5.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.41%) SCOM
3 2 (5.41%) Terraform
4 1 (2.70%) Ansible
4 1 (2.70%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 18 (48.65%) VMware
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco
3 4 (10.81%) Datto
4 3 (8.11%) Citrix
4 3 (8.11%) Dell
4 3 (8.11%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) Aruba
6 1 (2.70%) Adobe
6 1 (2.70%) Draytek
6 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.70%) HP
6 1 (2.70%) IBM
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle
6 1 (2.70%) PTC
6 1 (2.70%) SAP
6 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.70%) TOWER Software
6 1 (2.70%) Veeam
6 1 (2.70%) WatchGuard