Windows Server Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 42 55
Rank change year-on-year -33 +13 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 123 289 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.54% 4.15% 4.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.07% 25.42% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 108 249 189
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.92% -13.33% -3.19%
75th Percentile £53,731 £43,750 £51,000
90th Percentile £67,200 £50,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 409 1,137 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.78% 16.33% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 279 966 575
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the East of England.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the East of England

Windows Server
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Hertfordshire +5 45 £44,000 +35.38% 83
Essex -1 29 £45,000 +63.64% 34
Cambridgeshire -2 20 £35,695 -10.76% 39
Suffolk -17 16 £32,500 -18.75% 17
Bedfordshire -6 9 £57,500 +155.56% 17
Norfolk -22 4 £32,000 +3.23% 11
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 46 (37.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (21.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (8.94%) IIS
4 3 (2.44%) Apache
5 2 (1.63%) Apache Solr
5 2 (1.63%) CMS
6 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 98 (79.67%) Azure
2 89 (72.36%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (39.84%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.82%) OneDrive
5 14 (11.38%) Power Platform
5 14 (11.38%) PowerApps
6 13 (10.57%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (6.50%) Mimecast
8 7 (5.69%) AWS
9 6 (4.88%) Azure Storage
10 4 (3.25%) IaaS
11 3 (2.44%) Nutanix
11 3 (2.44%) PaaS
12 2 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.63%) Cloudflare
12 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.63%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.81%) GCP
13 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (47.15%) Firewall
2 39 (31.71%) DNS
3 31 (25.20%) DHCP
4 22 (17.89%) VPN
5 16 (13.01%) VLAN
6 15 (12.20%) TCP/IP
7 12 (9.76%) Wireless
8 11 (8.94%) LAN
9 10 (8.13%) WAN
10 8 (6.50%) SD-WAN
11 6 (4.88%) Wireless Security
12 4 (3.25%) IPv4
13 3 (2.44%) SAN
14 2 (1.63%) IPsec
14 2 (1.63%) Network Security
14 2 (1.63%) OSPF
14 2 (1.63%) VoIP
15 1 (0.81%) iSCSI
15 1 (0.81%) Multicast
15 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.69%) GIS
3 2 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.63%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Git
1 3 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) GitLab
2 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.50%) Finance
3 8 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (4.88%) Advertising
5 3 (2.44%) Legal
6 2 (1.63%) Aviation
6 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.81%) Back Office
7 1 (0.81%) Law
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.81%) Retail
7 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (25.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (21.95%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (19.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 23 (18.70%) Analyst
4 23 (18.70%) Support Engineer
5 21 (17.07%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (16.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (16.26%) 3rd Line Support
6 20 (16.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 19 (15.45%) IT Support
8 17 (13.82%) Support Analyst
9 14 (11.38%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (9.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (8.94%) Administrator
11 11 (8.94%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (8.94%) Technical Support
12 10 (8.13%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (8.13%) 1st Line Technical Support
12 10 (8.13%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (8.13%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.63%) .NET
1 2 (1.63%) .NET Framework
1 2 (1.63%) SAML
2 1 (0.81%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.81%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.81%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.81%) ServiceStack
2 1 (0.81%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.81%) Swagger
2 1 (0.81%) Web Services
2 1 (0.81%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.69%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.63%) PKI
5 2 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.81%) CCTV
6 1 (0.81%) Clustering
6 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.81%) Replication
6 1 (0.81%) Robotics
6 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 123 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (24.39%) Windows Server 2019
3 19 (15.45%) Mac OS
4 10 (8.13%) Windows 10
5 9 (7.32%) Apple iOS
6 7 (5.69%) Android
6 7 (5.69%) VMS
6 7 (5.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (4.88%) Linux
8 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.89%) ITIL
2 33 (26.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (17.07%) Customer Service
5 16 (13.01%) Cloud Security
6 14 (11.38%) Patch Management
7 13 (10.57%) Server Management
7 13 (10.57%) Task Automation
8 12 (9.76%) Performance Optimisation
9 11 (8.94%) Cost Management
9 11 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.94%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.94%) Security Management
10 10 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (8.13%) Preventative Maintenance
11 9 (7.32%) ITSM
11 9 (7.32%) Project Management
12 8 (6.50%) Artificial Intelligence
13 7 (5.69%) Proactive Maintenance
13 7 (5.69%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.63%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.63%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) C#
3 1 (0.81%) Java
3 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
3 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (3.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.44%) Degree
3 3 (2.44%) MCSA
3 3 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.63%) CCNA
4 2 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.63%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.81%) CCNP
5 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.81%) MCITP
5 1 (0.81%) MCSE
5 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) GDPR
2 2 (1.63%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (60.16%) Active Directory
2 35 (28.46%) Hyper-V
3 24 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (8.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (5.69%) Firmware
6 4 (3.25%) Docker
7 3 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.44%) vSphere
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (27.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (10.57%) Backup Exec
3 6 (4.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (3.25%) Ansible
4 4 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.44%) SCCM
6 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.81%) Nessus
7 1 (0.81%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.81%) SCOM
7 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) WMI
7 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (78.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (21.14%) VMware
3 14 (11.38%) Veeam
4 10 (8.13%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.69%) Apple
6 6 (4.88%) Citrix
7 5 (4.07%) Cisco
7 5 (4.07%) Samsung
7 5 (4.07%) WatchGuard
8 3 (2.44%) Okta
8 3 (2.44%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.63%) Dell
9 2 (1.63%) Google
9 2 (1.63%) Oracle
9 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.81%) HP
10 1 (0.81%) Meru Networks
10 1 (0.81%) N-able
10 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (0.81%) Zerto