Server Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Server Engineer
London > Central London

The median Server Engineer salary in Central London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 182 168
Rank change year-on-year +42 -14 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer 4 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.062% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.068% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £63,000 £45,925
25th Percentile - £63,750 £52,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -10.35%
75th Percentile - £71,250 £59,063
90th Percentile - £72,000 £59,625
London median annual salary £55,000 £87,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -37.14% +34.62% -5.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,414 2,957 2,892
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.00% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 1,819 2,553
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,950 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Server Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 Central London region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Law
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware