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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 69 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 -22 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 39 4 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.54% 0.57% 3.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.63% 6.15% 24.50%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 32
10th Percentile £28,000 - £23,600
25th Percentile £33,750 - £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.06%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £52,813
90th Percentile £56,075 - £55,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +18.75% +12.68%

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 96 65 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 8.72% 9.27% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 79 25 144
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £72,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £58,750
South East median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.00% +17.65% -5.56%

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 6 February 2026.

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 6 February 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
Chatham - 3 £45,000 -
Maidstone - 2 £35,250 - 4
West Malling - 1 £85,000 -
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 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) Apache
3 1 (2.56%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (56.41%) Azure
2 20 (51.28%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (41.03%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.82%) AWS
5 4 (10.26%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (74.36%) DHCP
1 29 (74.36%) DNS
2 14 (35.90%) VPN
3 13 (33.33%) SAN
4 12 (30.77%) VLAN
5 10 (25.64%) Firewall
5 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
6 8 (20.51%) Wireless
7 5 (12.82%) LAN
7 5 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (10.26%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (7.69%) BGP
9 3 (7.69%) IPsec
9 3 (7.69%) WLAN
10 2 (5.13%) NetScaler
10 2 (5.13%) VSAN
11 1 (2.56%) MPLS
11 1 (2.56%) VoIP
11 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 27 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Finance
6 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) IT Support
2 14 (35.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (30.77%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (15.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (10.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (7.69%) IT Technician
6 3 (7.69%) Support Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Support Technician
7 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) VMware Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (10.26%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.69%) Replication
3 2 (5.13%) Clustering
3 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) iPhone
4 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (20.51%) Windows 10
5 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (7.69%) Linux
7 1 (2.56%) Android
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (43.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (30.77%) ITIL
4 11 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (28.21%) DevOps
5 10 (25.64%) Performance Tuning
5 10 (25.64%) Security Operations
6 8 (20.51%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (17.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (15.38%) Storage Management
9 5 (12.82%) Coaching
10 4 (10.26%) Business Continuity
10 4 (10.26%) Business Strategy
10 4 (10.26%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) High Availability
10 4 (10.26%) ITSM
10 4 (10.26%) Knowledge Transfer
10 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
10 4 (10.26%) Server Management
11 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (89.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 12 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (5.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (30.77%) vCenter Server
3 10 (25.64%) SCCM
4 6 (15.38%) Backup Exec
5 3 (7.69%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (5.13%) VxRail
7 1 (2.56%) CASB
7 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (48.72%) Veeam
3 18 (46.15%) VMware
4 12 (30.77%) NetApp
5 10 (25.64%) 3PAR
5 10 (25.64%) SolarWinds
6 9 (23.08%) Cisco
7 8 (20.51%) Meraki
8 7 (17.95%) Dell
9 4 (10.26%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (10.26%) HP
9 4 (10.26%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (5.13%) Citrix
11 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
11 1 (2.56%) Zscaler