Windows Server Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 63 98
Rank change year-on-year -67 +35 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,204 3,168 3,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.45% 3.69% 3.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.44% 25.31% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 2,803 2,491
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,400 £70,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.20% -7.78% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,902 12,519 14,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.06% 14.57% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,113 9,892 9,991
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,759 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London -10 351 £60,000 +4.35% 245
North of England -100 209 £33,500 -10.67% 159
Midlands -49 205 £35,000 -6.67% 109
South East -94 184 £45,000 +13.92% 237
South West +14 136 £40,000 - 78
East of England -46 111 £42,500 +30.77% 76
West Midlands -54 110 £35,000 - 51
Yorkshire -26 99 £30,000 -20.00% 58
East Midlands -28 93 £35,000 -12.50% 48
North West -87 92 £37,500 -13.79% 75
North East -23 18 £35,000 - 33
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 317 (26.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 198 (16.45%) SharePoint
3 68 (5.65%) IIS
4 11 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.75%) Apache
6 7 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.33%) CMS
7 4 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.33%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.25%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.17%) WordPress
10 1 (0.083%) Confluence
10 1 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.083%) nginx
10 1 (0.083%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.083%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.083%) Umbraco
Applications
1 136 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (1.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.66%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.50%) Temenos T24
5 5 (0.42%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.42%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.33%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 640 (53.16%) Microsoft 365
2 621 (51.58%) Azure
3 206 (17.11%) Entra ID
4 165 (13.70%) AWS
5 69 (5.73%) OneDrive
6 49 (4.07%) SaaS
7 44 (3.65%) IaaS
8 38 (3.16%) PaaS
9 35 (2.91%) Mimecast
10 30 (2.49%) GCP
11 27 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.16%) Google Workspace
13 23 (1.91%) Power Platform
14 22 (1.83%) PowerApps
15 21 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
16 19 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
17 18 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
18 16 (1.33%) Nutanix
19 15 (1.25%) Azure AKS
20 13 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 442 (36.71%) Firewall
2 340 (28.24%) DNS
3 295 (24.50%) DHCP
4 192 (15.95%) VPN
5 173 (14.37%) WAN
6 170 (14.12%) LAN
7 162 (13.46%) VLAN
8 144 (11.96%) TCP/IP
9 84 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
10 82 (6.81%) SAN
11 74 (6.15%) VoIP
12 61 (5.07%) Network Security
13 57 (4.73%) Wireless
14 44 (3.65%) Remote Desktop
15 29 (2.41%) SD-WAN
16 27 (2.24%) Cisco IOS
16 27 (2.24%) NAS
17 18 (1.50%) IPv4
18 17 (1.41%) Internet
18 17 (1.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (12.21%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.58%) GIS
4 6 (0.50%) Data Hub
4 6 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.50%) SQL CLR
5 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.33%) MySQL
6 3 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.25%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.17%) MS Access
8 1 (0.083%) DB2
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.16%) JIRA
2 13 (1.08%) Git
3 10 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.25%) GitLab
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.083%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.083%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.083%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.083%) Subversion
6 1 (0.083%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.083%) Visual Studio
General
1 372 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 161 (13.37%) Finance
3 92 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (4.82%) Manufacturing
6 49 (4.07%) Law
7 47 (3.90%) Legal
8 44 (3.65%) Telecoms
9 43 (3.57%) Retail
10 42 (3.49%) Banking
11 35 (2.91%) Public Sector
12 28 (2.33%) Automotive
13 24 (1.99%) Back Office
14 15 (1.25%) Electronics
15 13 (1.08%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.91%) Advertising
17 10 (0.83%) Local Government
18 9 (0.75%) Marketing
19 8 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (18.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 217 (18.02%) Support Engineer
3 216 (17.94%) IT Support
4 168 (13.95%) Analyst
5 150 (12.46%) IT Engineer
6 109 (9.05%) 2nd Line Support
7 104 (8.64%) Support Analyst
8 94 (7.81%) Senior
9 87 (7.23%) IT Analyst
10 82 (6.81%) Administrator
11 71 (5.90%) IT Support Analyst
12 68 (5.65%) 3rd Line Support
13 67 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
13 67 (5.56%) Technical Support
14 63 (5.23%) Lead
14 63 (5.23%) Systems Administrator
15 60 (4.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 59 (4.90%) Support Technician
17 54 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support
17 54 (4.49%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.91%) .NET
2 15 (1.25%) SAML
3 10 (0.83%) HTML
3 10 (0.83%) LDAP
4 9 (0.75%) .NET Framework
4 9 (0.75%) Web Services
5 8 (0.66%) REST
5 8 (0.66%) XML
6 7 (0.58%) .NET Core
6 7 (0.58%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.58%) CSS
6 7 (0.58%) Entity Framework
6 7 (0.58%) HTML5
6 7 (0.58%) Middleware
6 7 (0.58%) React
7 6 (0.50%) Dapper ORM
7 6 (0.50%) GraphQL
7 6 (0.50%) SPFx
8 5 (0.42%) OpenID
8 5 (0.42%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.89%) Driving Licence
2 64 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 61 (5.07%) Data Centre
4 55 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 50 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (3.32%) Clustering
7 24 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (1.91%) PKI
8 23 (1.91%) Replication
9 22 (1.83%) CCTV
9 22 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
10 21 (1.74%) Private Cloud
11 19 (1.58%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.33%) Smartphone
14 13 (1.08%) FMCG
14 13 (1.08%) Operational Technology
15 11 (0.91%) IoT
15 11 (0.91%) NB-IoT
16 10 (0.83%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,196 (99.34%) Windows
2 259 (21.51%) Linux
3 217 (18.02%) Windows 10
4 137 (11.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 136 (11.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 64 (5.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (4.07%) Android
8 46 (3.82%) Mac OS
9 40 (3.32%) Mac OS X
10 33 (2.74%) Apple iOS
11 29 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.08%) Ubuntu
12 25 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
13 21 (1.74%) Windows 7
14 19 (1.58%) Unix
15 15 (1.25%) AIX
16 14 (1.16%) CentOS
17 9 (0.75%) VMS
18 8 (0.66%) Rocky
19 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 264 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 252 (20.93%) ITIL
4 230 (19.10%) Customer Service
5 150 (12.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 145 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
7 87 (7.23%) Project Management
8 79 (6.56%) High Availability
9 75 (6.23%) Incident Management
9 75 (6.23%) Project Delivery
10 72 (5.98%) Mentoring
11 70 (5.81%) Infrastructure Management
11 70 (5.81%) Migration
12 67 (5.56%) DevOps
13 64 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 64 (5.32%) Service Delivery
14 62 (5.15%) ITSM
15 57 (4.73%) Patch Management
15 57 (4.73%) Time Management
16 55 (4.57%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 316 (26.25%) PowerShell
2 154 (12.79%) SQL
3 88 (7.31%) Python
4 46 (3.82%) Bash
5 18 (1.50%) C#
6 12 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.58%) Perl
7 7 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.42%) Java
8 5 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.33%) C
9 4 (0.33%) PHP
9 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.25%) Gremlin
10 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.25%) VBScript
11 2 (0.17%) Go
11 2 (0.17%) VB
12 1 (0.083%) C++
12 1 (0.083%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (13.62%) Degree
2 152 (12.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 142 (11.79%) Security Cleared
4 98 (8.14%) DV Cleared
5 70 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
6 68 (5.65%) SC Cleared
7 67 (5.56%) MCSA
8 64 (5.32%) Azure Certification
9 56 (4.65%) MCSE
10 51 (4.24%) CCNA
11 45 (3.74%) Network+ Certification
12 40 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 35 (2.91%) A+ Certification
14 33 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 32 (2.66%) MCP
16 30 (2.49%) CCNP
17 23 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
18 22 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
19 21 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
20 20 (1.66%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (9.39%) SLA
2 35 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (2.33%) GDPR
4 23 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.16%) QA
6 9 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (0.66%) NIST
7 8 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.33%) NCSC
10 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.25%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.083%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.083%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.083%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 758 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 360 (29.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 240 (19.93%) Hyper-V
4 106 (8.80%) VMware ESXi
5 72 (5.98%) vSphere
6 39 (3.24%) Docker
7 35 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 34 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
9 27 (2.24%) XenApp
10 24 (1.99%) Terminal Services
11 15 (1.25%) Firmware
11 15 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.83%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
14 7 (0.58%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.25%) Terminal Server
17 2 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 206 (17.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 115 (9.55%) SCCM
3 93 (7.72%) Ansible
4 66 (5.48%) Terraform
5 48 (3.99%) Kubernetes
6 45 (3.74%) vCenter Server
7 28 (2.33%) Puppet
8 27 (2.24%) SCOM
8 27 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (1.33%) NetBackup
10 16 (1.33%) WSUS
11 14 (1.16%) vMotion
12 12 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
12 12 (1.00%) Nagios
13 11 (0.91%) AirWatch
13 11 (0.91%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.66%) Autotask
14 8 (0.66%) Prometheus
14 8 (0.66%) vRealize
Vendors
1 755 (62.71%) Microsoft
2 470 (39.04%) VMware
3 185 (15.37%) Cisco
4 116 (9.63%) Citrix
5 103 (8.55%) Veeam
6 81 (6.73%) Apple
7 58 (4.82%) ServiceNow
8 47 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 46 (3.82%) HP
10 43 (3.57%) Meraki
11 42 (3.49%) Google
12 40 (3.32%) Dell
12 40 (3.32%) Palo Alto
13 33 (2.74%) SolarWinds
14 30 (2.49%) CheckPoint
15 29 (2.41%) SAP
16 28 (2.33%) SonicWALL
17 25 (2.08%) NetApp
18 23 (1.91%) Oracle
19 22 (1.83%) Sophos