Windows Server Job Trends in Kent

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 69 42
Rank change year-on-year +27 -27 +12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 45 8 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.35% 1.08% 4.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.69% 9.76% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 32 4 19
10th Percentile £27,200 £28,125 £33,800
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,938 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% +52.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,375 - £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -13.04% +3.60% +23.33%

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 103 82 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 9.96% 11.05% 24.81%
Number of salaries quoted 87 37 121
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,875 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £46,875 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £58,750
South East median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Kent

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Kent over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Kent

Windows Server
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Kent region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Chatham +4 5 £45,000 -
Maidstone +3 1 £28,000 -20.00%
West Malling - 1 £85,000 - 3
Canterbury - 1 £40,000 - 1
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 18 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (31.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.22%) Apache
3 1 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 24 (53.33%) Azure
2 23 (51.11%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (48.89%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) Nutanix
5 2 (4.44%) AWS
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.22%) IaaS
6 1 (2.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (73.33%) DNS
2 30 (66.67%) DHCP
3 20 (44.44%) VLAN
3 20 (44.44%) VPN
4 18 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 16 (35.56%) Firewall
6 15 (33.33%) SAN
7 13 (28.89%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (6.67%) LAN
8 3 (6.67%) Wireless
9 2 (4.44%) NetScaler
9 2 (4.44%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (4.44%) VSAN
10 1 (2.22%) MPLS
10 1 (2.22%) VoIP
10 1 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 36 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Finance
2 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.44%) Automotive
3 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) IT Support
2 14 (31.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (26.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 3 (6.67%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IT Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) IT Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) AS400
2 2 (4.44%) Clustering
2 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) iPhone
3 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (35.56%) Windows 10
3 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (6.67%) Linux
6 1 (2.22%) Android
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (31.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (26.67%) DevOps
5 11 (24.44%) Performance Tuning
5 11 (24.44%) Security Operations
6 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.89%) ITIL
7 4 (8.89%) Storage Management
8 3 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
8 3 (6.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
8 3 (6.67%) Mathematics
8 3 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
8 3 (6.67%) Project Delivery
9 2 (4.44%) High Availability
9 2 (4.44%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
1 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (97.78%) Active Directory
2 19 (42.22%) Hyper-V
3 13 (28.89%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (4.44%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 30 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (28.89%) vCenter Server
3 11 (24.44%) SCCM
4 3 (6.67%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (4.44%) VxRail
6 1 (2.22%) CASB
6 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (84.44%) Microsoft
2 19 (42.22%) VMware
3 14 (31.11%) Cisco
4 13 (28.89%) Meraki
4 13 (28.89%) NetApp
4 13 (28.89%) Veeam
5 11 (24.44%) 3PAR
5 11 (24.44%) SolarWinds
6 5 (11.11%) Dell
7 3 (6.67%) Citrix
8 2 (4.44%) Dell Compellent
8 2 (4.44%) HP
8 2 (4.44%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.22%) Ivanti
9 1 (2.22%) WatchGuard
9 1 (2.22%) Zscaler