Windows Server Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 62 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 -41 +39
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 10 36 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.30% 2.22% 10.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.06% 18.75% 52.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9 31 69
10th Percentile - £25,500 £24,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% +27.12%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,250 £48,000
90th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £55,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £43,500 £46,750
% change year-on-year -13.79% -6.95% +24.67%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 124 192 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.12% 11.87% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26 133 122
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,807 £22,825
25th Percentile £34,750 £29,000 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £48,306 £55,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £59,375 £61,250 £55,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Cheshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in Cheshire

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Cheshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Macclesfield - 5 £42,500 - 1
Warrington +8 4 £35,000 -19.54% 2
Chester - 1 £57,500 - 2
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) DHCP
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Manufacturing
2 8 (80.00%) Automotive
3 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
1 5 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Change Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Coaching
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (30.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) Server Management
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Line Management
4 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 3 (30.00%) CCNA
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (20.00%) MCSA
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) MCP
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) BitLocker
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) Acronis
4 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (30.00%) Kaseya
4 3 (30.00%) Meraki
4 3 (30.00%) Sage
4 3 (30.00%) SonicWALL
4 3 (30.00%) WatchGuard
5 1 (10.00%) McAfee
5 1 (10.00%) Symantec