Windows Server Jobs in Essex

Microsoft Windows Server
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 30 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 37 26 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 4.99% 4.06% 5.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.95% 27.96% 35.79%
Number of salaries quoted 37 20 31
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,125 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £48,750 £36,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - £45,525 -
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +12.68% -11.25%

All Operating Systems
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 95 93 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 12.80% 14.51% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 63 74 67
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -21.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £54,750
90th Percentile - £55,000 £56,000
East of England median annual salary £42,750 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.88% +2.41%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Essex

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Essex.

Salary trend for Windows Server in Essex

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Essex over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Essex

Windows Server
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Essex region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Chelmsford +6 16 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Grays - 6 £45,000 -
Saffron Walden +7 5 £26,500 -17.19%
Colchester - 1 £42,500 -
Windows Server
East of England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 22 (59.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (94.59%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (91.89%) Azure
3 12 (32.43%) Entra ID
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Storage
4 6 (16.22%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) Firewall
2 13 (35.14%) DHCP
2 13 (35.14%) DNS
3 11 (29.73%) VPN
4 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
4 6 (16.22%) Wireless
4 6 (16.22%) Wireless Security
5 5 (13.51%) LAN
5 5 (13.51%) VLAN
5 5 (13.51%) WAN
6 1 (2.70%) Network Security
6 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (70.27%) Support Engineer
2 23 (62.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (56.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 21 (56.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 15 (40.54%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 7 (18.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Support
5 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Administrator
6 6 (16.22%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (16.22%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Systems Support
6 6 (16.22%) Systems Support Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (13.51%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) Technical Support
7 5 (13.51%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (48.65%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (16.22%) VMS
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) ITIL
2 15 (40.54%) Patch Management
2 15 (40.54%) Task Automation
3 11 (29.73%) Proactive Maintenance
4 9 (24.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (18.92%) Project Management
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (16.22%) ITSM
6 6 (16.22%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (16.22%) Storage Management
7 5 (13.51%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (13.51%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.51%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
9 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (5.41%) Business Continuity
10 2 (5.41%) Information Security
10 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
10 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (64.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (62.16%) Hyper-V
2 20 (54.05%) Active Directory
3 15 (40.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.70%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (40.54%) Backup Exec
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (40.54%) Veeam
2 15 (40.54%) VMware
3 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
3 5 (13.51%) WatchGuard
4 2 (5.41%) Dell
5 1 (2.70%) Adobe
5 1 (2.70%) Apple