Windows Server Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 100 115
Rank change year-on-year +40 +15 -46
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,237 3,155 4,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.82% 3.38% 3.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.77% 21.03% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,879 2,547 3,626
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £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 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,562 14,999 25,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.81% 16.09% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,968 10,270 15,180
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +32 793 £40,000 +14.29% 149
London +29 649 £60,000 +10.09% 112
North of England +27 621 £37,500 -6.25% 126
Midlands +45 544 £37,500 -3.23% 120
South West +20 321 £41,206 +3.02% 58
West Midlands +30 310 £35,000 -12.50% 82
East of England +18 298 £32,500 -18.75% 75
Yorkshire +67 285 £37,500 - 43
East Midlands +39 229 £40,000 +6.67% 38
North West -32 228 £43,500 -3.33% 66
North East +21 108 £35,000 -14.63% 20
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
1 815 (25.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 534 (16.50%) SharePoint
3 98 (3.03%) IIS
4 35 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
5 28 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (0.56%) Confluence
7 17 (0.53%) CMS
8 12 (0.37%) WordPress
9 11 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
10 10 (0.31%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 7 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
13 6 (0.19%) Apache
14 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.12%) SAS
15 4 (0.12%) TWiki
16 3 (0.093%) GlassFish
16 3 (0.093%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 381 (11.77%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.093%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.093%) Pro Tools
6 3 (0.093%) SPSS
7 2 (0.062%) CATIA
7 2 (0.062%) NASTRAN
7 2 (0.062%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.031%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.031%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.031%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.031%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.093%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.093%) Shopify
5 2 (0.062%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.062%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.062%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.062%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.031%) Magento
6 1 (0.031%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.031%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.031%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.031%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,918 (59.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1,578 (48.75%) Azure
3 567 (17.52%) Entra ID
4 364 (11.24%) AWS
5 255 (7.88%) OneDrive
6 92 (2.84%) SaaS
7 86 (2.66%) IaaS
8 69 (2.13%) GCP
8 69 (2.13%) Google Workspace
8 69 (2.13%) Mimecast
9 65 (2.01%) Power Platform
10 53 (1.64%) GitHub
11 51 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (1.58%) Nutanix
12 47 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
13 43 (1.33%) PaaS
14 34 (1.05%) Power Automate
14 34 (1.05%) WhatsApp
15 29 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (0.80%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 963 (29.75%) Firewall
2 797 (24.62%) DNS
3 643 (19.86%) DHCP
4 387 (11.96%) WAN
5 376 (11.62%) VPN
6 373 (11.52%) LAN
7 367 (11.34%) TCP/IP
8 326 (10.07%) SAN
9 238 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
10 229 (7.07%) VLAN
11 197 (6.09%) Wireless
12 176 (5.44%) VoIP
13 124 (3.83%) NAS
14 78 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
15 76 (2.35%) Internet
16 66 (2.04%) Network Security
17 58 (1.79%) SD-WAN
18 39 (1.20%) MPLS
18 39 (1.20%) WLAN
19 36 (1.11%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (10.38%) SQL Server
2 74 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (1.48%) Power BI
4 40 (1.24%) MySQL
5 22 (0.68%) DB2
6 20 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.34%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.22%) Big Data
12 7 (0.22%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.19%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.15%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.15%) Redis
15 4 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.12%) UniData
Development Applications
1 61 (1.88%) Git
2 59 (1.82%) JIRA
3 30 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 27 (0.83%) GitLab
5 10 (0.31%) Trac
6 9 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.25%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.22%) Snyk
9 6 (0.19%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
11 4 (0.12%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.12%) Hudson
11 4 (0.12%) MSI
11 4 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.12%) Subversion
11 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.093%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 962 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 301 (9.30%) Finance
3 246 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (4.66%) Law
5 111 (3.43%) Telecoms
6 105 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
7 104 (3.21%) Retail
8 84 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 79 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
10 76 (2.35%) Legal
11 69 (2.13%) Public Sector
12 58 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 55 (1.70%) Banking
14 44 (1.36%) Marketing
15 39 (1.20%) Games
16 32 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 24 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (0.71%) Automotive
19 18 (0.56%) Advertising
20 17 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 607 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 590 (18.23%) IT Support
3 581 (17.95%) Support Engineer
4 548 (16.93%) IT Engineer
5 390 (12.05%) Senior
6 352 (10.87%) Analyst
7 338 (10.44%) IT Support Engineer
8 220 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
9 209 (6.46%) IT Technician
10 157 (4.85%) Lead
11 155 (4.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 155 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support
12 146 (4.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 142 (4.39%) Support Technician
14 130 (4.02%) Administrator
14 130 (4.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 125 (3.86%) Support Analyst
16 120 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 120 (3.71%) IT Support Technician
17 119 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.30%) ARM Templates
2 40 (1.24%) .NET
3 24 (0.74%) LDAP
4 22 (0.68%) JSON
5 20 (0.62%) HTML
6 16 (0.49%) REST
7 13 (0.40%) React
8 12 (0.37%) LAMP
9 11 (0.34%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.34%) CSS
9 11 (0.34%) YAML
10 9 (0.28%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.28%) XML
11 7 (0.22%) ADSI
11 7 (0.22%) ASP.NET
11 7 (0.22%) EDI
11 7 (0.22%) Web Services
12 6 (0.19%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.19%) jQuery
12 6 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 223 (6.89%) Data Centre
2 184 (5.68%) Driving Licence
3 154 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 135 (4.17%) Replication
5 133 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 114 (3.52%) Clustering
7 94 (2.90%) PKI
8 79 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 51 (1.58%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.08%) Client/Server
10 35 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
11 33 (1.02%) CMDB
11 33 (1.02%) Operational Technology
12 28 (0.86%) NHS
13 24 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (0.68%) iPad
14 22 (0.68%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (0.59%) Virtual Team
17 18 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3,235 (99.94%) Windows
2 588 (18.16%) Windows 10
3 528 (16.31%) Linux
4 430 (13.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 387 (11.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 370 (11.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 128 (3.95%) Windows 7
8 114 (3.52%) Windows Server 2008
9 91 (2.81%) Windows 8
10 75 (2.32%) Mac OS
11 73 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 72 (2.22%) Apple iOS
13 67 (2.07%) Unix
14 62 (1.92%) Android
15 52 (1.61%) Ubuntu
16 38 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
17 37 (1.14%) VMS
18 32 (0.99%) CentOS
19 28 (0.86%) Mac OS X
20 22 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (24.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 655 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
3 592 (18.29%) ITIL
4 507 (15.66%) Customer Service
5 402 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
6 235 (7.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 198 (6.12%) Migration
8 193 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 192 (5.93%) DevOps
10 189 (5.84%) Mentoring
11 183 (5.65%) Project Delivery
12 153 (4.73%) Service Management
13 150 (4.63%) Project Management
14 146 (4.51%) Agile
15 143 (4.42%) Server Management
16 139 (4.29%) Change Management
17 134 (4.14%) Incident Management
18 123 (3.80%) Service Delivery
19 112 (3.46%) Time Management
20 108 (3.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 693 (21.41%) PowerShell
2 398 (12.30%) SQL
3 149 (4.60%) Python
4 93 (2.87%) Bash
5 75 (2.32%) C#
6 40 (1.24%) VBScript
7 39 (1.20%) VB
8 36 (1.11%) Java
9 30 (0.93%) JavaScript
10 22 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 18 (0.56%) Bicep
12 16 (0.49%) Perl
13 15 (0.46%) Korn
14 13 (0.40%) Ruby
15 11 (0.34%) C++
15 11 (0.34%) Delphi
16 10 (0.31%) ActionScript
17 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
18 6 (0.19%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 395 (12.20%) Degree
2 356 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 275 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 268 (8.28%) SC Cleared
5 197 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 122 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
7 108 (3.34%) MCSE
8 107 (3.31%) CCNA
9 95 (2.93%) DBS Check
10 90 (2.78%) MCSA
11 65 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 61 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 50 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 48 (1.48%) A+ Certification
15 37 (1.14%) MCP
16 36 (1.11%) AWS Certification
17 33 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
18 31 (0.96%) CCNP
19 30 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (7.75%) SLA
2 91 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 73 (2.26%) GDPR
4 57 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.49%) NIST
7 14 (0.43%) PMO
8 12 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.37%) QA
9 11 (0.34%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.25%) ITGC
12 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.093%) GRC
13 3 (0.093%) NCSC
14 2 (0.062%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.062%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.062%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.031%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2,078 (64.20%) Active Directory
2 968 (29.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 825 (25.49%) Hyper-V
4 218 (6.73%) VMware ESXi
5 204 (6.30%) vSphere
6 131 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 75 (2.32%) XenApp
9 65 (2.01%) XenDesktop
10 60 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
11 55 (1.70%) Docker
12 50 (1.54%) VirtualBox
13 37 (1.14%) Firmware
14 29 (0.90%) Terminal Services
15 17 (0.53%) NFS
16 15 (0.46%) pfSense
16 15 (0.46%) vCloud
17 13 (0.40%) VMware Server
18 12 (0.37%) VMware NSX
19 11 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 502 (15.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 339 (10.47%) SCCM
3 166 (5.13%) vCenter Server
4 125 (3.86%) WSUS
5 108 (3.34%) SCOM
6 77 (2.38%) Ansible
7 73 (2.26%) Kubernetes
8 65 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
8 65 (2.01%) Terraform
9 54 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 51 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
11 40 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
12 35 (1.08%) FortiGate
13 33 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
14 31 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 28 (0.86%) Puppet
16 25 (0.77%) Nessus
16 25 (0.77%) NetBackup
17 24 (0.74%) Nagios
18 23 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,955 (60.40%) Microsoft
2 1,451 (44.83%) VMware
3 406 (12.54%) Cisco
4 335 (10.35%) Citrix
5 302 (9.33%) Veeam
6 197 (6.09%) HP
7 133 (4.11%) Apple
8 128 (3.95%) Dell
9 120 (3.71%) Meraki
10 111 (3.43%) Google
11 93 (2.87%) Sophos
12 81 (2.50%) Red Hat
13 71 (2.19%) NetApp
13 71 (2.19%) ServiceNow
14 70 (2.16%) Commvault
15 63 (1.95%) SolarWinds
16 61 (1.88%) Aruba
17 58 (1.79%) Oracle
18 54 (1.67%) Fortinet
19 52 (1.61%) Juniper