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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 64 98
Rank change year-on-year -71 +34 +34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,150 3,120 2,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.38% 3.53% 3.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.33% 24.99% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 972 2,746 2,418
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -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 6,637 12,483 14,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.72% 14.12% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,853 9,820 9,681
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £93,750
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 28 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 28 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 -1 346 £60,000 +9.09% 239
North of England -112 192 £33,500 -10.67% 177
South East -97 188 £41,500 +5.06% 221
Midlands -62 186 £35,000 -6.67% 101
South West +13 124 £40,000 +6.67% 99
East of England -50 107 £44,000 +35.38% 107
West Midlands -42 100 £35,000 - 42
Yorkshire -36 97 £30,000 -16.67% 57
East Midlands -40 84 £35,000 -12.50% 48
North West -100 80 £37,500 -13.79% 90
North East -20 15 £33,500 -4.29% 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
1 294 (25.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (16.70%) SharePoint
3 64 (5.57%) IIS
4 12 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.78%) Apache
6 7 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 4 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) Confluence
9 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.087%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.087%) nginx
10 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
Applications
1 119 (10.35%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (2.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.61%) Sage 50
2 7 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.52%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.52%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.35%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.087%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 600 (52.17%) Azure
2 590 (51.30%) Microsoft 365
3 203 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 154 (13.39%) AWS
5 72 (6.26%) OneDrive
6 42 (3.65%) SaaS
7 41 (3.57%) IaaS
8 33 (2.87%) PaaS
9 32 (2.78%) Mimecast
10 26 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.17%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.17%) PowerApps
12 24 (2.09%) Google Workspace
13 23 (2.00%) Nutanix
14 21 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 18 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (1.48%) GCP
17 15 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
18 14 (1.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 418 (36.35%) Firewall
2 311 (27.04%) DNS
3 270 (23.48%) DHCP
4 169 (14.70%) VPN
5 166 (14.43%) WAN
6 158 (13.74%) LAN
7 145 (12.61%) VLAN
8 136 (11.83%) TCP/IP
9 79 (6.87%) SAN
9 79 (6.87%) Wi-Fi
10 71 (6.17%) VoIP
11 53 (4.61%) Network Security
12 52 (4.52%) Wireless
13 42 (3.65%) Remote Desktop
14 28 (2.43%) SD-WAN
15 25 (2.17%) NAS
16 24 (2.09%) Cisco IOS
17 17 (1.48%) MPLS
18 16 (1.39%) Internet
19 15 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (0.78%) Data Hub
3 9 (0.78%) SQL CLR
4 7 (0.61%) GIS
5 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.35%) MySQL
7 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.17%) Power BI
8 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.087%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.087%) DB2
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.087%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (1.39%) Git
2 11 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.87%) JIRA
4 4 (0.35%) GitLab
5 2 (0.17%) Subversion
6 1 (0.087%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.087%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.087%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.087%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.087%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.087%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 365 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 145 (12.61%) Finance
3 84 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (4.78%) Manufacturing
6 45 (3.91%) Legal
7 43 (3.74%) Banking
8 41 (3.57%) Law
8 41 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 37 (3.22%) Public Sector
9 37 (3.22%) Retail
10 26 (2.26%) Back Office
11 24 (2.09%) Automotive
12 15 (1.30%) Electronics
13 14 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.13%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.96%) Advertising
17 10 (0.87%) Local Government
18 9 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 226 (19.65%) IT Support
2 220 (19.13%) Support Engineer
3 191 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 171 (14.87%) Analyst
5 137 (11.91%) IT Engineer
6 112 (9.74%) Support Analyst
7 106 (9.22%) 2nd Line Support
8 90 (7.83%) IT Analyst
9 77 (6.70%) Senior
10 76 (6.61%) IT Support Analyst
11 75 (6.52%) Administrator
12 71 (6.17%) 3rd Line Support
13 66 (5.74%) Infrastructure Support
13 66 (5.74%) IT Support Engineer
14 65 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
14 65 (5.65%) Technical Support
15 62 (5.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 58 (5.04%) Support Technician
17 56 (4.87%) Systems Administrator
18 54 (4.70%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.35%) .NET
2 19 (1.65%) SAML
3 12 (1.04%) .NET Framework
4 10 (0.87%) .NET Core
4 10 (0.87%) Entity Framework
4 10 (0.87%) HTML
4 10 (0.87%) LDAP
5 9 (0.78%) Dapper ORM
6 8 (0.70%) REST
7 7 (0.61%) ASP.NET
7 7 (0.61%) CSS
7 7 (0.61%) Middleware
8 6 (0.52%) GraphQL
8 6 (0.52%) Web Services
8 6 (0.52%) XML
9 5 (0.43%) HTML5
9 5 (0.43%) OAuth
9 5 (0.43%) OpenID
9 5 (0.43%) React
9 5 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.13%) Driving Licence
2 53 (4.61%) Data Centre
3 52 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 51 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 48 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (3.30%) Clustering
7 28 (2.43%) PKI
8 24 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (2.00%) Replication
9 23 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
10 22 (1.91%) CCTV
11 21 (1.83%) Private Cloud
12 16 (1.39%) Security Posture
13 15 (1.30%) Smartphone
14 14 (1.22%) Operational Technology
14 14 (1.22%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.04%) IoT
15 12 (1.04%) iPhone
16 11 (0.96%) Fat Client
16 11 (0.96%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,148 (99.83%) Windows
2 248 (21.57%) Linux
3 203 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 136 (11.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 132 (11.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 65 (5.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 53 (4.61%) Mac OS
8 51 (4.43%) Android
9 38 (3.30%) Apple iOS
10 33 (2.87%) Mac OS X
11 27 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.91%) Ubuntu
12 22 (1.91%) Windows 7
13 20 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (1.57%) Unix
15 12 (1.04%) AIX
15 12 (1.04%) CentOS
16 8 (0.70%) VMS
17 7 (0.61%) Rocky
18 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
2 257 (22.35%) ITIL
3 239 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 221 (19.22%) Customer Service
5 136 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 131 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
7 74 (6.43%) Incident Management
8 70 (6.09%) High Availability
8 70 (6.09%) Mentoring
8 70 (6.09%) Migration
9 69 (6.00%) DevOps
9 69 (6.00%) Project Delivery
10 66 (5.74%) Project Management
11 63 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 61 (5.30%) Infrastructure Management
13 59 (5.13%) Infrastructure as Code
14 56 (4.87%) ITSM
14 56 (4.87%) Patch Management
15 55 (4.78%) Service Delivery
15 55 (4.78%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 298 (25.91%) PowerShell
2 148 (12.87%) SQL
3 81 (7.04%) Python
4 43 (3.74%) Bash
5 19 (1.65%) C#
6 12 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.61%) Perl
8 5 (0.43%) PHP
8 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.26%) Go
10 3 (0.26%) Gremlin
10 3 (0.26%) Java
10 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.26%) VBScript
11 2 (0.17%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.17%) VBA
12 1 (0.087%) C
12 1 (0.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 153 (13.30%) Degree
2 150 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 143 (12.43%) Security Cleared
4 93 (8.09%) DV Cleared
5 72 (6.26%) SC Cleared
6 70 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
7 68 (5.91%) Azure Certification
8 65 (5.65%) MCSA
9 54 (4.70%) MCSE
10 53 (4.61%) CCNA
11 40 (3.48%) Network+ Certification
12 37 (3.22%) A+ Certification
13 34 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 33 (2.87%) CCNP
15 32 (2.78%) MCP
16 30 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 23 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 22 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
19 21 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
20 17 (1.48%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.91%) SLA
2 34 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.61%) GDPR
4 25 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.30%) QA
6 11 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.78%) NIST
8 8 (0.70%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.43%) NCSC
9 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.26%) ITGC
12 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.087%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.087%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 717 (62.35%) Active Directory
2 350 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 222 (19.30%) Hyper-V
4 109 (9.48%) VMware ESXi
5 60 (5.22%) vSphere
6 38 (3.30%) Docker
7 32 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.52%) XenApp
9 28 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 27 (2.35%) Terminal Services
11 15 (1.30%) Firmware
11 15 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.87%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.35%) 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
1 202 (17.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 112 (9.74%) SCCM
3 94 (8.17%) Ansible
4 68 (5.91%) Terraform
5 48 (4.17%) Kubernetes
6 35 (3.04%) vCenter Server
7 29 (2.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 28 (2.43%) Puppet
8 28 (2.43%) SCOM
8 28 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.30%) NetBackup
10 14 (1.22%) vMotion
11 13 (1.13%) AirWatch
11 13 (1.13%) FortiGate
11 13 (1.13%) Nagios
11 13 (1.13%) Prometheus
12 11 (0.96%) WSUS
13 10 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.78%) Grafana
15 8 (0.70%) Autotask
Vendors
1 745 (64.78%) Microsoft
2 458 (39.83%) VMware
3 176 (15.30%) Cisco
4 108 (9.39%) Citrix
5 98 (8.52%) Veeam
6 88 (7.65%) Apple
7 58 (5.04%) ServiceNow
8 45 (3.91%) HP
9 44 (3.83%) Fortinet
10 41 (3.57%) Meraki
11 38 (3.30%) Palo Alto
12 35 (3.04%) Dell
12 35 (3.04%) Google
13 31 (2.70%) SolarWinds
14 29 (2.52%) SAP
15 27 (2.35%) Sophos
16 26 (2.26%) SonicWALL
17 25 (2.17%) CheckPoint
18 24 (2.09%) NetApp
18 24 (2.09%) Oracle