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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 97 118
Rank change year-on-year +35 +21 -47
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,227 3,122 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.78% 3.39% 3.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.63% 21.10% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,867 2,525 3,605
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,350 £31,000
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 £67,500
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 12,592 14,798 25,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.73% 16.07% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,986 10,175 15,169
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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +27 782 £39,750 +11.97% 145
London +27 651 £60,000 +9.09% 137
North of England +19 619 £37,500 -6.25% 117
Midlands +46 548 £37,500 -3.23% 108
South West +8 317 £40,000 - 71
West Midlands +33 314 £36,000 -9.18% 67
East of England +19 298 £32,500 -16.91% 89
Yorkshire +68 286 £37,500 - 43
East Midlands +40 229 £40,000 +6.67% 41
North West -33 224 £43,500 -3.33% 59
North East +22 109 £35,000 -16.17% 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
1 804 (24.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 534 (16.55%) SharePoint
3 96 (2.97%) IIS
4 35 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
5 26 (0.81%) 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 9 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
11 9 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
12 8 (0.25%) Umbraco
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
1 374 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.28%) 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 NAV
2 6 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.12%) 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 ERP
6 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,917 (59.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1,578 (48.90%) Azure
3 568 (17.60%) Entra ID
4 366 (11.34%) AWS
5 255 (7.90%) OneDrive
6 95 (2.94%) SaaS
7 83 (2.57%) IaaS
8 71 (2.20%) GCP
9 69 (2.14%) Google Workspace
10 67 (2.08%) Mimecast
11 66 (2.05%) Power Platform
12 52 (1.61%) GitHub
13 51 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
13 51 (1.58%) Nutanix
14 45 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
15 43 (1.33%) PaaS
16 33 (1.02%) Power Automate
17 32 (0.99%) WhatsApp
18 28 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
18 28 (0.87%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 968 (30.00%) Firewall
2 802 (24.85%) DNS
3 644 (19.96%) DHCP
4 386 (11.96%) WAN
5 369 (11.43%) LAN
6 367 (11.37%) TCP/IP
7 365 (11.31%) VPN
8 322 (9.98%) SAN
9 237 (7.34%) Wi-Fi
10 223 (6.91%) VLAN
11 198 (6.14%) Wireless
12 175 (5.42%) VoIP
13 123 (3.81%) NAS
14 78 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
15 77 (2.39%) Internet
16 65 (2.01%) Network Security
17 59 (1.83%) SD-WAN
18 39 (1.21%) WLAN
19 38 (1.18%) MPLS
20 35 (1.08%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (10.51%) SQL Server
2 71 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (1.49%) Power BI
4 39 (1.21%) MySQL
5 23 (0.71%) DB2
6 20 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 16 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.34%) MariaDB
10 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.25%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.22%) Big Data
12 7 (0.22%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.15%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.15%) Redis
14 4 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 62 (1.92%) Git
2 61 (1.89%) JIRA
3 32 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 27 (0.84%) 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%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.12%) eggPlant
10 4 (0.12%) Hudson
10 4 (0.12%) MSI
10 4 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.12%) Subversion
10 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.093%) SonarQube
General
1 962 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 304 (9.42%) Finance
3 247 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (4.59%) Law
5 115 (3.56%) Telecoms
6 105 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 100 (3.10%) Retail
8 83 (2.57%) Manufacturing
9 80 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 72 (2.23%) Legal
11 70 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 57 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 52 (1.61%) Banking
14 44 (1.36%) Marketing
15 39 (1.21%) Games
16 33 (1.02%) Aerospace
17 25 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (0.68%) Automotive
19 18 (0.56%) Advertising
19 18 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 595 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 592 (18.35%) IT Support
3 589 (18.25%) Support Engineer
4 548 (16.98%) IT Engineer
5 377 (11.68%) Senior
6 359 (11.12%) Analyst
7 339 (10.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 220 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
9 207 (6.41%) IT Technician
10 157 (4.87%) Lead
11 156 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 156 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
12 149 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 142 (4.40%) Support Technician
14 127 (3.94%) Administrator
14 127 (3.94%) Support Analyst
15 124 (3.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 122 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
17 120 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 120 (3.72%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (1.27%) ARM Templates
2 40 (1.24%) .NET
3 24 (0.74%) LDAP
4 21 (0.65%) HTML
5 18 (0.56%) JSON
6 16 (0.50%) REST
7 14 (0.43%) React
8 13 (0.40%) YAML
9 12 (0.37%) CSS
9 12 (0.37%) LAMP
10 11 (0.34%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.28%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.28%) XML
12 8 (0.25%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.22%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.22%) ADSI
13 7 (0.22%) EDI
13 7 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (0.22%) Web Services
14 6 (0.19%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 221 (6.85%) Data Centre
2 185 (5.73%) Driving Licence
3 154 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
4 134 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 134 (4.15%) Replication
5 114 (3.53%) Clustering
6 92 (2.85%) PKI
7 79 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 51 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 36 (1.12%) Client/Server
10 35 (1.08%) Operational Technology
11 32 (0.99%) CMDB
11 32 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
12 27 (0.84%) NHS
13 26 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 24 (0.74%) Security Posture
15 22 (0.68%) iPad
16 21 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
17 19 (0.59%) Fat Client
17 19 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3,226 (99.97%) Windows
2 591 (18.31%) Windows 10
3 528 (16.36%) Linux
4 430 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 383 (11.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 366 (11.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 125 (3.87%) Windows 7
8 110 (3.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 89 (2.76%) Windows 8
10 76 (2.36%) Mac OS
11 70 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 68 (2.11%) Unix
13 67 (2.08%) Apple iOS
14 60 (1.86%) Android
15 51 (1.58%) Ubuntu
16 37 (1.15%) VMS
16 37 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
17 32 (0.99%) CentOS
18 27 (0.84%) Mac OS X
19 21 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 654 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
3 591 (18.31%) ITIL
4 505 (15.65%) Customer Service
5 414 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
6 234 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
7 196 (6.07%) Migration
8 194 (6.01%) DevOps
9 191 (5.92%) Mentoring
10 188 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 180 (5.58%) Project Delivery
12 150 (4.65%) Service Management
13 149 (4.62%) Agile
13 149 (4.62%) Project Management
14 143 (4.43%) Server Management
15 137 (4.25%) Change Management
16 128 (3.97%) Incident Management
17 120 (3.72%) Service Delivery
18 112 (3.47%) Time Management
19 109 (3.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 678 (21.01%) PowerShell
2 398 (12.33%) SQL
3 149 (4.62%) Python
4 93 (2.88%) Bash
5 74 (2.29%) C#
6 41 (1.27%) VBScript
7 39 (1.21%) VB
8 37 (1.15%) Java
9 31 (0.96%) JavaScript
10 22 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.53%) Bicep
12 14 (0.43%) Perl
13 13 (0.40%) Korn
14 11 (0.34%) C++
14 11 (0.34%) Delphi
14 11 (0.34%) Ruby
15 10 (0.31%) ActionScript
16 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 389 (12.05%) Degree
2 357 (11.06%) Security Cleared
3 276 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 263 (8.15%) SC Cleared
5 196 (6.07%) DV Cleared
6 124 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
7 109 (3.38%) CCNA
7 109 (3.38%) MCSE
8 96 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 89 (2.76%) MCSA
10 63 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 61 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 50 (1.55%) Azure Certification
13 45 (1.39%) A+ Certification
14 37 (1.15%) MCP
15 36 (1.12%) AWS Certification
16 32 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
17 31 (0.96%) CCNP
18 29 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
19 26 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (7.81%) SLA
2 89 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 72 (2.23%) GDPR
4 58 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (0.59%) Accessibility
6 18 (0.56%) NIST
7 14 (0.43%) PMO
8 13 (0.40%) QA
9 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.25%) ITGC
13 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.12%) NCSC
13 4 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.093%) GRC
14 3 (0.093%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.062%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.062%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.031%) GxP
System Software
1 2,061 (63.87%) Active Directory
2 955 (29.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 821 (25.44%) Hyper-V
4 220 (6.82%) VMware ESXi
5 201 (6.23%) vSphere
6 129 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (2.45%) XenApp
8 76 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 69 (2.14%) XenDesktop
10 58 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
11 57 (1.77%) Docker
12 50 (1.55%) VirtualBox
13 34 (1.05%) Firmware
14 29 (0.90%) Terminal Services
15 17 (0.53%) NFS
16 15 (0.46%) pfSense
17 14 (0.43%) vCloud
18 13 (0.40%) VMware Server
19 12 (0.37%) VMware NSX
20 10 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 498 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 333 (10.32%) SCCM
3 165 (5.11%) vCenter Server
4 121 (3.75%) WSUS
5 104 (3.22%) SCOM
6 76 (2.36%) Ansible
7 75 (2.32%) Kubernetes
8 70 (2.17%) Terraform
9 66 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
10 55 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 51 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
12 39 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
13 33 (1.02%) FortiGate
14 32 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
15 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 26 (0.81%) Puppet
17 25 (0.77%) NetBackup
18 24 (0.74%) Nagios
19 23 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
19 23 (0.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,941 (60.15%) Microsoft
2 1,443 (44.72%) VMware
3 402 (12.46%) Cisco
4 335 (10.38%) Citrix
5 301 (9.33%) Veeam
6 193 (5.98%) HP
7 131 (4.06%) Apple
8 128 (3.97%) Dell
9 115 (3.56%) Meraki
10 114 (3.53%) Google
11 90 (2.79%) Sophos
12 81 (2.51%) Red Hat
13 72 (2.23%) NetApp
14 69 (2.14%) Commvault
15 68 (2.11%) ServiceNow
16 61 (1.89%) Aruba
17 60 (1.86%) SolarWinds
18 59 (1.83%) Oracle
19 57 (1.77%) Fortinet
20 54 (1.67%) Juniper