Server Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Server Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Server Engineer salary in Bristol is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 115 131
Rank change year-on-year +22 +16 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.060% 0.16% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.17% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +21.78% +41.84%
75th Percentile £44,500 £48,750 £40,812
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £42,625 £47,500 £32,753
% change year-on-year -10.26% +45.03% -2.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,540 1,814 1,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 95.47% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 1,096 1,272
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £72,813
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% +5.00%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Server Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Server Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware