Windows Server Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 85 55
Rank change year-on-year -4 -30 +40
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,239 1,641 2,179
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.36% 3.40% 4.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.73% 22.04% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 968 990 1,967
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,950 £27,738
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,563 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +1.11% -
75th Percentile £55,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 4,468 7,444 7,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.50% 15.42% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,408 4,217 6,404
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

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 9 January 2026. 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 -40 253 £57,500 -13.21% 57
South East +9 251 £37,500 -20.63% 117
North of England -14 222 £37,000 -7.50% 66
South West +12 218 £37,500 -11.76% 34
East of England -5 148 £43,085 -4.26% 29
Midlands -33 147 £31,000 -17.33% 27
North West -4 101 £45,000 +5.88% 29
Yorkshire -19 95 £32,500 -13.33% 31
East Midlands -7 94 £28,500 -6.56% 8
West Midlands -48 53 £40,000 - 19
North East -4 26 £35,000 -9.68% 7
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 413 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (17.76%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.71%) IIS
4 16 (1.29%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.81%) Confluence
6 7 (0.56%) Apache Solr
6 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.48%) WinCC
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.32%) Apache
9 4 (0.32%) FactoryTalk
10 2 (0.16%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 92 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.16%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.24%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.24%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.081%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.081%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 804 (64.89%) Microsoft 365
2 754 (60.86%) Azure
3 301 (24.29%) Entra ID
4 115 (9.28%) AWS
5 69 (5.57%) OneDrive
6 55 (4.44%) SaaS
7 47 (3.79%) Google Workspace
8 38 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 37 (2.99%) IaaS
10 26 (2.10%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.02%) PaaS
12 23 (1.86%) GCP
13 20 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.13%) Nutanix
16 12 (0.97%) OpenShift
17 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 502 (40.52%) DNS
2 479 (38.66%) DHCP
3 394 (31.80%) Firewall
4 210 (16.95%) TCP/IP
5 208 (16.79%) VPN
6 175 (14.12%) VLAN
7 168 (13.56%) WAN
8 156 (12.59%) LAN
9 92 (7.43%) Wi-Fi
10 86 (6.94%) VoIP
11 68 (5.49%) SAN
12 54 (4.36%) Wireless
13 43 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (2.66%) Internet
15 30 (2.42%) Network Security
16 29 (2.34%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.29%) Skype
17 16 (1.29%) SSL
18 15 (1.21%) IP Telephony
18 15 (1.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (8.39%) SQL Server
2 97 (7.83%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.18%) MySQL
4 16 (1.29%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.73%) DTS
7 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.40%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.32%) MS Access
10 4 (0.32%) Power BI
10 4 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (0.32%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.081%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.081%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.081%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (2.66%) Git
2 18 (1.45%) JIRA
3 10 (0.81%) GitLab
4 7 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.32%) Toad
7 3 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.16%) Subversion
8 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.081%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.081%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 538 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 131 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (7.83%) Finance
4 60 (4.84%) Manufacturing
5 52 (4.20%) Law
6 40 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (3.15%) Legal
8 31 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (2.50%) Retail
8 31 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.02%) Public Sector
10 12 (0.97%) Advertising
11 11 (0.89%) Banking
12 10 (0.81%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.73%) Games
13 9 (0.73%) Marketing
14 7 (0.56%) Automotive
14 7 (0.56%) Local Government
14 7 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 367 (29.62%) IT Support
2 281 (22.68%) Support Engineer
3 233 (18.81%) IT Engineer
4 219 (17.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 192 (15.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.59%) 2nd Line Support
7 132 (10.65%) Analyst
8 130 (10.49%) Systems Engineer
9 127 (10.25%) Senior
10 107 (8.64%) Support Analyst
11 90 (7.26%) 3rd Line Support
12 86 (6.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 82 (6.62%) Technical Support
14 80 (6.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 73 (5.89%) Support Technician
16 62 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
17 55 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
18 54 (4.36%) IT Technician
19 51 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
20 48 (3.87%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.10%) .NET
2 12 (0.97%) LDAP
3 10 (0.81%) Node.js
4 6 (0.48%) Middleware
5 5 (0.40%) CSS
5 5 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.40%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (0.40%) HTML
5 5 (0.40%) Kafka
6 4 (0.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (0.32%) RESTful
7 3 (0.24%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.24%) Itk
7 3 (0.24%) jQuery
7 3 (0.24%) Laravel
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.24%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.08%) Driving Licence
2 92 (7.43%) Legacy Systems
3 58 (4.68%) Onboarding
4 50 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 47 (3.79%) Data Centre
6 40 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
7 37 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (2.18%) Replication
9 26 (2.10%) Clustering
10 22 (1.78%) PKI
11 20 (1.61%) iPad
11 20 (1.61%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.37%) CCTV
14 16 (1.29%) CMDB
15 14 (1.13%) Client/Server
16 13 (1.05%) SCADA
17 12 (0.97%) Public Cloud
18 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
18 10 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1,239 (100.00%) Windows
2 258 (20.82%) Linux
3 165 (13.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 161 (12.99%) Windows 10
5 118 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (4.92%) Mac OS
7 52 (4.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 37 (2.99%) Android
9 32 (2.58%) Apple iOS
10 22 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (0.97%) Unix
13 8 (0.65%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.56%) Debian
14 7 (0.56%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.48%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.40%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.32%) CentOS
17 4 (0.32%) Solaris
18 3 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (33.82%) Problem-Solving
2 337 (27.20%) Customer Service
3 286 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 235 (18.97%) ITIL
5 170 (13.72%) Migration
6 146 (11.78%) Cybersecurity
7 130 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 129 (10.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 128 (10.33%) Service Delivery
10 120 (9.69%) Mentoring
11 100 (8.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 93 (7.51%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 92 (7.43%) Customer Experience
14 89 (7.18%) Kalman Filter
14 89 (7.18%) Service Management
15 87 (7.02%) Email Filtering
15 87 (7.02%) Web Filtering
16 77 (6.21%) DevOps
17 74 (5.97%) ITSM
18 67 (5.41%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 246 (19.85%) PowerShell
2 102 (8.23%) SQL
3 56 (4.52%) Python
4 23 (1.86%) Bash
5 17 (1.37%) VB
6 11 (0.89%) PHP
7 10 (0.81%) C#
7 10 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
8 9 (0.73%) VB.NET
9 8 (0.65%) Bicep
10 7 (0.56%) VBA
11 6 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.48%) VBScript
12 3 (0.24%) Tcl
13 2 (0.16%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.16%) Perl
14 1 (0.081%) Delphi
14 1 (0.081%) Go
14 1 (0.081%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 194 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 151 (12.19%) SC Cleared
3 98 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 87 (7.02%) Degree
5 51 (4.12%) DV Cleared
6 48 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.71%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.31%) CCNA
9 35 (2.82%) DBS Check
10 27 (2.18%) MCSA
10 27 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (2.10%) MCP
12 21 (1.69%) MCSE
13 18 (1.45%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.45%) CCNP
14 17 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (1.21%) A+ Certification
16 10 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (10.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 92 (7.43%) PCI DSS
3 70 (5.65%) SLA
4 52 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (3.15%) GDPR
6 14 (1.13%) NIST
7 11 (0.89%) QA
8 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.56%) GxP
10 6 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 6 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.40%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.32%) GRC
12 4 (0.32%) IEC 61131
13 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 893 (72.07%) Active Directory
2 360 (29.06%) Hyper-V
3 270 (21.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (6.94%) Terminal Server
5 53 (4.28%) vSphere
6 44 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
7 42 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 33 (2.66%) Docker
9 23 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
10 15 (1.21%) Firmware
11 9 (0.73%) VMware NSX
12 7 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.48%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.48%) XenApp
14 5 (0.40%) Kamailio
15 3 (0.24%) ISA Server
15 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.24%) NFS
15 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 294 (23.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (5.57%) SCCM
3 55 (4.44%) Terraform
4 44 (3.55%) Ansible
5 42 (3.39%) Kubernetes
6 38 (3.07%) vCenter Server
7 31 (2.50%) WSUS
8 28 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (2.02%) Autotask
10 19 (1.53%) SCOM
11 15 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.05%) Nagios
13 12 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.89%) FortiGate
14 11 (0.89%) ZABBIX
15 10 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
16 8 (0.65%) Prometheus
17 7 (0.56%) Puppet
17 7 (0.56%) VxRail
18 6 (0.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 831 (67.07%) Microsoft
2 489 (39.47%) VMware
3 163 (13.16%) Veeam
4 125 (10.09%) SolarWinds
5 108 (8.72%) Cisco
6 93 (7.51%) Splunk
6 93 (7.51%) Tanium
7 90 (7.26%) Nimble Storage
8 84 (6.78%) Brocade
9 62 (5.00%) Google
10 53 (4.28%) Citrix
11 49 (3.95%) Apple
12 34 (2.74%) Red Hat
13 31 (2.50%) Oracle
14 30 (2.42%) Meraki
15 28 (2.26%) Datto
16 27 (2.18%) Dell
17 24 (1.94%) ServiceNow
18 23 (1.86%) Fortinet
19 21 (1.69%) Palo Alto