Windows Server Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 31 32
Rank change year-on-year -31 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 13 26 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.99% 4.59% 5.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 29.89% 57.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 32
10th Percentile £29,300 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +1.80% +11.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £45,000 £45,188
90th Percentile - £52,875 £52,475
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.30% +2.96%

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 52 87 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.97% 15.34% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 44 46 50
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,375 £25,900
25th Percentile £30,375 £32,500 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £37,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £52,500 £53,125
North West median annual salary £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% +5.88%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
Warrington -11 4 - -
Macclesfield - 4 £32,000 -
Chester -4 1 £62,500 +92.31%
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) DHCP
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) VLAN
2 4 (30.77%) VPN
3 3 (23.08%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Automotive
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Help Desk Manager
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (38.46%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (38.46%) IT Manager
2 4 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) IT Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) IT Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Coaching
1 5 (38.46%) Patch Management
1 5 (38.46%) People Management
1 5 (38.46%) Regulatory Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) Server Management
1 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) Firmware
3 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Fortinet