Windows Server Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Windows Server
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 89 46
Rank change year-on-year -11 -43 +63
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 44 100 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.71% 3.11% 5.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 18.32% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 40 76 143
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £58,125 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -7.00% +15.81%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
London median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +12.50% +11.15%

All Operating Systems
Central London

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 242 546 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 9.43% 16.99% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 198 374 471
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,125 £97,500
London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Central London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Central London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Central London

Windows Server
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
City of London -22 30 £41,250 -31.25% 8
West End of London - 1 £57,500 -
Windows Server
London

Windows Server
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 20 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (29.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (50.00%) Azure
3 16 (36.36%) Entra ID
4 9 (20.45%) OneDrive
5 4 (9.09%) AWS
6 3 (6.82%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.27%) GCP
7 1 (2.27%) IaaS
7 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) DNS
2 16 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 14 (31.82%) WAN
4 13 (29.55%) LAN
5 12 (27.27%) DHCP
6 10 (22.73%) VPN
7 8 (18.18%) Firewall
8 6 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (9.09%) VoIP
10 2 (4.55%) NetScaler
10 2 (4.55%) Network Security
11 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (2.27%) IP Telephony
11 1 (2.27%) NAS
11 1 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (2.27%) SAN
11 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
11 1 (2.27%) VLAN
11 1 (2.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Git
1 3 (6.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Legal
3 10 (22.73%) Finance
4 7 (15.91%) Games
5 5 (11.36%) Law
6 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Advertising
7 1 (2.27%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 14 (31.82%) Support Engineer
3 12 (27.27%) IT Support
3 12 (27.27%) Windows Engineer
4 11 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (15.91%) 1st Line Engineer
6 7 (15.91%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 7 (15.91%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (15.91%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Security Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Server Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (18.18%) Hedge funds
2 7 (15.91%) Fat Client
2 7 (15.91%) Thin Client
3 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.82%) Private Cloud
4 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.27%) CMDB
5 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (29.55%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (22.73%) Windows 10
4 6 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (6.82%) Linux
6 3 (6.82%) Mac OS
7 2 (4.55%) Windows 7
7 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.27%) OpenVMS
8 1 (2.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (20.45%) ITIL
2 9 (20.45%) Patch Management
2 9 (20.45%) Task Automation
3 8 (18.18%) Batch Scripting
3 8 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (15.91%) Line Management
4 7 (15.91%) Problem Management
4 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.64%) Migration
6 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.09%) Business Continuity
7 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 4 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (9.09%) SIEM
7 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (38.64%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Azure Certification
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 2 (4.55%) CCNP
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.55%) MCSE
4 1 (2.27%) CCNA
4 1 (2.27%) CCSP
4 1 (2.27%) CISA
4 1 (2.27%) CISM
4 1 (2.27%) CISSP
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) MCITP
4 1 (2.27%) MCSA
4 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.27%) PMP
4 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) SLA
2 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
4 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.27%) NIST
4 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 13 (29.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.55%) vSphere
6 1 (2.27%) Docker
6 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (9.09%) Ansible
4 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 4 (9.09%) SCCM
4 4 (9.09%) Terraform
5 1 (2.27%) Autotask
5 1 (2.27%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.27%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.27%) WSUS
5 1 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (88.64%) Microsoft
2 15 (34.09%) VMware
3 8 (18.18%) Bloomberg
3 8 (18.18%) Reuters
4 7 (15.91%) Acronis
4 7 (15.91%) Apple
4 7 (15.91%) Datto
5 5 (11.36%) Cisco
6 3 (6.82%) Citrix
6 3 (6.82%) Google
6 3 (6.82%) Meraki
7 2 (4.55%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.55%) ConnectWise
7 2 (4.55%) Juniper
7 2 (4.55%) MobileIron
7 2 (4.55%) Oracle
8 1 (2.27%) Dell
8 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.27%) SAP
8 1 (2.27%) Veritas