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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 85 147
Rank change year-on-year +7 +62 -48
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,412 2,674 4,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.08% 3.76% 2.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.26% 22.20% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,007 2,238 3,360
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £60,938 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +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 10,370 12,046 26,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.95% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 8,843 14,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £26,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
South East +6 573 £42,500 +11.11% 104
London -42 487 £55,000 - 56
Midlands +25 456 £36,750 -8.70% 55
North of England +2 436 £38,000 -12.14% 116
South West +8 265 £37,500 -6.25% 50
West Midlands +12 253 £36,500 -8.75% 38
East Midlands +20 199 £40,000 -7.51% 17
Yorkshire +32 190 £42,500 +19.72% 44
East of England -10 185 £38,000 +8.57% 45
North West -38 181 £41,500 -14.43% 58
North East +14 65 £35,000 -26.32% 18
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
1 546 (22.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 390 (16.17%) SharePoint
3 74 (3.07%) IIS
4 19 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
5 18 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
5 18 (0.75%) SharePoint 2013
6 14 (0.58%) Confluence
7 13 (0.54%) CMS
8 12 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (0.37%) Apache
10 8 (0.33%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.29%) Skype for Business
11 7 (0.29%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
12 5 (0.21%) WordPress
13 4 (0.17%) TWiki
14 3 (0.12%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.12%) JBoss
14 3 (0.12%) Orchard CMS
15 2 (0.083%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 297 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
7 3 (0.12%) Pro Tools
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.041%) CATIA
8 1 (0.041%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.041%) Weka
Business Applications
1 14 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.083%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.083%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.041%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.041%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.041%) MetaTrader
4 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.041%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,343 (55.68%) Microsoft 365
2 1,192 (49.42%) Azure
3 434 (17.99%) Entra ID
4 282 (11.69%) AWS
5 170 (7.05%) OneDrive
6 82 (3.40%) IaaS
7 81 (3.36%) SaaS
8 57 (2.36%) GCP
9 50 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 50 (2.07%) Mimecast
10 48 (1.99%) Google Workspace
11 46 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 41 (1.70%) PaaS
13 40 (1.66%) Nutanix
13 40 (1.66%) Power Platform
14 31 (1.29%) GitHub
15 26 (1.08%) Azure Storage
15 26 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 710 (29.44%) Firewall
2 598 (24.79%) DNS
3 450 (18.66%) DHCP
4 334 (13.85%) WAN
5 314 (13.02%) LAN
6 288 (11.94%) TCP/IP
7 243 (10.07%) VPN
8 208 (8.62%) SAN
9 190 (7.88%) Wi-Fi
10 162 (6.72%) VLAN
11 133 (5.51%) Wireless
12 117 (4.85%) VoIP
13 96 (3.98%) NAS
14 78 (3.23%) Internet
15 61 (2.53%) Network Security
16 53 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
17 52 (2.16%) SD-WAN
18 42 (1.74%) WLAN
19 28 (1.16%) iSCSI
19 28 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 60 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (1.70%) MySQL
4 31 (1.29%) Power BI
5 30 (1.24%) DB2
6 22 (0.91%) Oracle Database
7 20 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.46%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.33%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.21%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.21%) Redis
14 4 (0.17%) Big Data
15 3 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (2.07%) JIRA
2 40 (1.66%) Git
3 35 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.04%) GitLab
5 13 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.37%) eggPlant
6 9 (0.37%) Trac
7 7 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (0.25%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.21%) MSI
10 4 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.12%) Axure RP
11 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.083%) GoCD
12 2 (0.083%) Hudson
12 2 (0.083%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 683 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 295 (12.23%) Finance
3 200 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (4.44%) Law
5 76 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
6 70 (2.90%) Public Sector
6 70 (2.90%) Telecoms
7 61 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 60 (2.49%) Retail
9 56 (2.32%) Banking
10 52 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 50 (2.07%) Legal
12 42 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (1.62%) Aerospace
14 28 (1.16%) Marketing
15 26 (1.08%) Automotive
16 20 (0.83%) Advertising
17 19 (0.79%) Investment Banking
17 19 (0.79%) Military
17 19 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 498 (20.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 432 (17.91%) Support Engineer
3 375 (15.55%) IT Support
4 351 (14.55%) IT Engineer
5 270 (11.19%) Analyst
6 225 (9.33%) Senior
7 194 (8.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 171 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
9 128 (5.31%) IT Technician
10 127 (5.27%) Lead
11 124 (5.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 119 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
13 118 (4.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 103 (4.27%) Support Analyst
15 97 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 96 (3.98%) IT Analyst
17 93 (3.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 93 (3.86%) Support Technician
18 91 (3.77%) IT Manager
19 85 (3.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.20%) .NET
2 26 (1.08%) ARM Templates
3 21 (0.87%) REST
4 18 (0.75%) HTML
4 18 (0.75%) YAML
5 14 (0.58%) LDAP
6 9 (0.37%) .NET Core
6 9 (0.37%) ADO
6 9 (0.37%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.33%) Web Services
8 7 (0.29%) CSS
8 7 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.29%) React
9 6 (0.25%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.25%) LAMP
9 6 (0.25%) Sass
9 6 (0.25%) XML
10 5 (0.21%) Blazor
11 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (0.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 146 (6.05%) Data Centre
2 129 (5.35%) Driving Licence
3 121 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 118 (4.89%) Clustering
5 110 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 103 (4.27%) PKI
7 93 (3.86%) Replication
8 37 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 36 (1.49%) Client/Server
9 36 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 34 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 25 (1.04%) Operational Technology
12 24 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
13 23 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
14 19 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
15 18 (0.75%) Cyberattack
16 16 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (0.66%) NHS
17 15 (0.62%) Security Posture
18 13 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2,411 (99.96%) Windows
2 458 (18.99%) Windows 10
3 437 (18.12%) Linux
4 345 (14.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 306 (12.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 274 (11.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 83 (3.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 74 (3.07%) Windows 7
9 63 (2.61%) Android
10 60 (2.49%) Apple iOS
11 52 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 47 (1.95%) Mac OS
13 46 (1.91%) Ubuntu
14 45 (1.87%) Unix
15 40 (1.66%) Windows 8
16 33 (1.37%) CentOS
17 25 (1.04%) VMS
18 23 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
19 22 (0.91%) Mac OS X
20 14 (0.58%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 594 (24.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 479 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
3 406 (16.83%) ITIL
4 341 (14.14%) Customer Service
5 318 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
6 168 (6.97%) DevOps
6 168 (6.97%) Mentoring
7 154 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 146 (6.05%) Service Management
9 133 (5.51%) Agile
10 126 (5.22%) Change Management
11 116 (4.81%) Project Management
12 115 (4.77%) Migration
13 109 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 106 (4.39%) Incident Management
14 106 (4.39%) Project Delivery
14 106 (4.39%) Service Delivery
15 104 (4.31%) Information Security
16 88 (3.65%) Time Management
17 85 (3.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 491 (20.36%) PowerShell
2 314 (13.02%) SQL
3 136 (5.64%) Python
4 73 (3.03%) Bash
5 52 (2.16%) C#
6 44 (1.82%) VB
7 33 (1.37%) VBScript
8 26 (1.08%) Java
9 22 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 19 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.70%) ActionScript
11 17 (0.70%) Bicep
12 14 (0.58%) Korn
12 14 (0.58%) Perl
13 13 (0.54%) PHP
14 12 (0.50%) Ruby
15 10 (0.41%) Delphi
16 7 (0.29%) C++
17 6 (0.25%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.21%) C
Qualifications
1 322 (13.35%) Degree
2 285 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 205 (8.50%) SC Cleared
4 200 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 151 (6.26%) DV Cleared
6 84 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
7 83 (3.44%) DBS Check
8 74 (3.07%) CCNA
9 73 (3.03%) MCSE
10 53 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 53 (2.20%) MCSA
11 41 (1.70%) Azure Certification
12 29 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
13 28 (1.16%) CCNP
14 27 (1.12%) MCP
14 27 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 25 (1.04%) MCITP
16 24 (1.00%) A+ Certification
16 24 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (7.46%) SLA
2 76 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (2.94%) GDPR
4 56 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.08%) QA
6 19 (0.79%) NIST
7 15 (0.62%) ITGC
8 14 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.54%) PMO
10 11 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.12%) GRC
12 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.12%) NCSC
13 2 (0.083%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.041%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,471 (60.99%) Active Directory
2 728 (30.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 531 (22.01%) Hyper-V
4 189 (7.84%) VMware ESXi
5 163 (6.76%) vSphere
6 95 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
7 85 (3.52%) XenApp
8 67 (2.78%) XenDesktop
9 57 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 56 (2.32%) Docker
11 39 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
12 31 (1.29%) Firmware
13 19 (0.79%) NFS
14 18 (0.75%) Terminal Services
14 18 (0.75%) VMware NSX
15 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 17 (0.70%) OpenSSH
16 16 (0.66%) pfSense
17 13 (0.54%) VirtualBox
18 11 (0.46%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 378 (15.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 283 (11.73%) SCCM
3 143 (5.93%) vCenter Server
4 93 (3.86%) WSUS
5 92 (3.81%) Terraform
6 91 (3.77%) Ansible
7 76 (3.15%) Kubernetes
8 75 (3.11%) SCOM
9 58 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
10 56 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 46 (1.91%) Microsoft Clustering
12 34 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
13 32 (1.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 23 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
15 21 (0.87%) Grafana
15 21 (0.87%) IBM BigFix
16 20 (0.83%) Puppet
17 19 (0.79%) Nagios
17 19 (0.79%) SCDPM
18 18 (0.75%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,453 (60.24%) Microsoft
2 1,116 (46.27%) VMware
3 331 (13.72%) Cisco
4 232 (9.62%) Citrix
5 199 (8.25%) Veeam
6 145 (6.01%) HP
7 125 (5.18%) Dell
8 93 (3.86%) Google
9 89 (3.69%) Apple
10 78 (3.23%) Red Hat
11 77 (3.19%) Meraki
12 72 (2.99%) Oracle
13 60 (2.49%) Sophos
14 51 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 50 (2.07%) ServiceNow
16 49 (2.03%) Fortinet
17 45 (1.87%) Commvault
18 44 (1.82%) Aruba
18 44 (1.82%) Juniper
19 42 (1.74%) Symantec