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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 64 96
Rank change year-on-year -70 +32 +38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,173 3,141 2,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.38% 3.50% 3.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.37% 24.96% 20.97%
Number of salaries quoted 991 2,741 2,372
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,355 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% -11.11% +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 6,752 12,583 13,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.69% 14.01% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,945 9,814 9,523
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £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 £71,451
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 31 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 31 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 +3 345 £59,250 +7.73% 243
North of England -109 200 £33,500 -10.67% 198
Midlands -64 191 £35,000 -5.41% 107
South East -99 191 £41,500 +5.06% 182
South West +11 125 £40,000 +6.67% 108
East of England -49 114 £44,000 +35.38% 103
West Midlands -45 103 £35,000 - 51
Yorkshire -35 100 £30,000 -18.37% 61
East Midlands -36 86 £35,000 -12.50% 56
North West -97 84 £37,500 -13.79% 107
North East -19 16 £35,000 - 34
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
1 298 (25.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (16.37%) SharePoint
3 64 (5.46%) IIS
4 10 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.77%) Apache
6 5 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.26%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.17%) Confluence
10 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.085%) nginx
10 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
Applications
1 119 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (2.05%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.51%) Sage 50
3 6 (0.51%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.51%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.34%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.26%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Sage 1000
8 1 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 622 (53.03%) Azure
2 607 (51.75%) Microsoft 365
3 210 (17.90%) Entra ID
4 154 (13.13%) AWS
5 74 (6.31%) OneDrive
6 44 (3.75%) IaaS
7 42 (3.58%) SaaS
8 35 (2.98%) PaaS
9 32 (2.73%) Mimecast
10 26 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.13%) Google Workspace
12 24 (2.05%) Power Platform
12 24 (2.05%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.96%) Nutanix
14 21 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
15 18 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (1.45%) GCP
17 14 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
17 14 (1.19%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 431 (36.74%) Firewall
2 314 (26.77%) DNS
3 274 (23.36%) DHCP
4 177 (15.09%) VPN
5 174 (14.83%) WAN
6 165 (14.07%) LAN
7 148 (12.62%) VLAN
8 137 (11.68%) TCP/IP
9 82 (6.99%) SAN
10 81 (6.91%) Wi-Fi
11 75 (6.39%) VoIP
12 56 (4.77%) Wireless
13 53 (4.52%) Network Security
14 41 (3.50%) Remote Desktop
15 29 (2.47%) SD-WAN
16 25 (2.13%) NAS
17 23 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
18 17 (1.45%) MPLS
19 16 (1.36%) Internet
20 15 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (12.62%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (0.77%) Data Hub
3 9 (0.77%) SQL CLR
4 7 (0.60%) GIS
5 6 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.43%) MySQL
7 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.17%) Power BI
10 1 (0.085%) DB2
10 1 (0.085%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.085%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (1.36%) Git
2 13 (1.11%) JIRA
3 11 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.43%) GitLab
5 2 (0.17%) Subversion
6 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.085%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.085%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.085%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.085%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.085%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.085%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 376 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 141 (12.02%) Finance
3 87 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (4.77%) Manufacturing
6 47 (4.01%) Legal
7 42 (3.58%) Banking
7 42 (3.58%) Law
7 42 (3.58%) Telecoms
8 40 (3.41%) Retail
9 38 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 26 (2.22%) Back Office
11 24 (2.05%) Automotive
12 15 (1.28%) Electronics
13 14 (1.19%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.02%) Advertising
14 12 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.85%) Local Government
15 10 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 233 (19.86%) IT Support
2 225 (19.18%) Support Engineer
3 194 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 178 (15.17%) Analyst
5 139 (11.85%) IT Engineer
6 115 (9.80%) Support Analyst
7 105 (8.95%) 2nd Line Support
8 95 (8.10%) IT Analyst
9 80 (6.82%) Senior
10 78 (6.65%) IT Support Analyst
11 76 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support
12 75 (6.39%) Administrator
13 68 (5.80%) Technical Support
14 67 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
14 67 (5.71%) Infrastructure Support
15 66 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
16 65 (5.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 56 (4.77%) Lead
17 56 (4.77%) Support Technician
18 55 (4.69%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.30%) .NET
2 20 (1.71%) SAML
3 12 (1.02%) .NET Framework
4 10 (0.85%) .NET Core
4 10 (0.85%) Entity Framework
4 10 (0.85%) LDAP
5 9 (0.77%) Dapper ORM
5 9 (0.77%) HTML
6 8 (0.68%) REST
7 7 (0.60%) Middleware
8 6 (0.51%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.51%) CSS
8 6 (0.51%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.43%) OAuth
9 5 (0.43%) OpenID
9 5 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.43%) Web Services
9 5 (0.43%) XML
10 4 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.34%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.33%) Driving Licence
2 53 (4.52%) Data Centre
2 53 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 50 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.24%) Clustering
6 30 (2.56%) PKI
7 26 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
9 22 (1.88%) CCTV
9 22 (1.88%) Replication
10 20 (1.71%) Private Cloud
11 15 (1.28%) Security Posture
11 15 (1.28%) Smartphone
12 14 (1.19%) Operational Technology
13 13 (1.11%) IoT
14 12 (1.02%) iPhone
14 12 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.94%) Fat Client
15 11 (0.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,172 (99.91%) Windows
2 249 (21.23%) Linux
3 205 (17.48%) Windows 10
4 141 (12.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 135 (11.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 65 (5.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (4.86%) Mac OS
8 52 (4.43%) Android
9 40 (3.41%) Apple iOS
10 32 (2.73%) Mac OS X
11 26 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.88%) Ubuntu
13 21 (1.79%) Windows 7
14 19 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
15 18 (1.53%) Unix
16 13 (1.11%) CentOS
17 11 (0.94%) AIX
18 8 (0.68%) VMS
19 7 (0.60%) Rocky
20 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
2 267 (22.76%) ITIL
3 241 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 223 (19.01%) Customer Service
5 139 (11.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 133 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
7 76 (6.48%) Incident Management
8 75 (6.39%) Mentoring
9 73 (6.22%) High Availability
10 71 (6.05%) Migration
11 70 (5.97%) Project Delivery
12 69 (5.88%) DevOps
13 66 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 66 (5.63%) Project Management
14 61 (5.20%) Infrastructure Management
15 58 (4.94%) Infrastructure as Code
15 58 (4.94%) ITSM
15 58 (4.94%) Patch Management
16 56 (4.77%) Service Delivery
16 56 (4.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 305 (26.00%) PowerShell
2 150 (12.79%) SQL
3 80 (6.82%) Python
4 43 (3.67%) Bash
5 19 (1.62%) C#
6 11 (0.94%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.60%) Perl
8 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.43%) PHP
10 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.26%) Go
11 3 (0.26%) Gremlin
11 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.26%) VBScript
12 2 (0.17%) Java
12 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.17%) VBA
13 1 (0.085%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.085%) VB
Qualifications
1 157 (13.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 153 (13.04%) Degree
3 142 (12.11%) Security Cleared
4 91 (7.76%) DV Cleared
5 74 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
6 71 (6.05%) SC Cleared
7 69 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 68 (5.80%) MCSA
9 56 (4.77%) CCNA
10 54 (4.60%) MCSE
11 40 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
12 39 (3.32%) A+ Certification
13 35 (2.98%) CCNP
14 34 (2.90%) MCP
15 32 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
16 30 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 24 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 22 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
19 21 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
20 17 (1.45%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.72%) SLA
2 35 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.90%) GDPR
4 25 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.36%) QA
6 11 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (0.85%) NIST
8 8 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.43%) NCSC
9 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.26%) ITGC
12 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.085%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 735 (62.66%) Active Directory
2 355 (30.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 234 (19.95%) Hyper-V
4 109 (9.29%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (5.20%) vSphere
6 37 (3.15%) Docker
7 33 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (2.56%) XenApp
9 29 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
10 27 (2.30%) Terminal Services
11 15 (1.28%) Firmware
11 15 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.85%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.26%) NFS
15 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 212 (18.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 113 (9.63%) SCCM
3 94 (8.01%) Ansible
4 67 (5.71%) Terraform
5 48 (4.09%) Kubernetes
6 35 (2.98%) vCenter Server
7 29 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 28 (2.39%) Puppet
8 28 (2.39%) SCOM
8 28 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.28%) FortiGate
9 15 (1.28%) NetBackup
10 14 (1.19%) vMotion
11 13 (1.11%) AirWatch
11 13 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (1.11%) Nagios
11 13 (1.11%) Prometheus
12 11 (0.94%) WSUS
13 9 (0.77%) Autotask
13 9 (0.77%) Grafana
Vendors
1 762 (64.96%) Microsoft
2 467 (39.81%) VMware
3 181 (15.43%) Cisco
4 107 (9.12%) Citrix
5 102 (8.70%) Veeam
6 89 (7.59%) Apple
7 60 (5.12%) ServiceNow
8 48 (4.09%) HP
9 45 (3.84%) Fortinet
10 42 (3.58%) Meraki
11 38 (3.24%) Google
11 38 (3.24%) Palo Alto
12 36 (3.07%) Dell
13 33 (2.81%) SolarWinds
14 28 (2.39%) SAP
14 28 (2.39%) SonicWALL
14 28 (2.39%) Sophos
15 25 (2.13%) CheckPoint
16 24 (2.05%) NetApp
16 24 (2.05%) Oracle