Windows Server Jobs in Kent

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 39 57
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 36 68 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.32% 4.33% 3.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.65% 34.69% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 35 61 28
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £29,375 £29,750 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £55,492
90th Percentile - £58,750 £66,940
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year - +8.84% -8.13%

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 193 196 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 23.17% 12.48% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 182 165 119
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £39,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% +21.88% -25.58%
75th Percentile £41,663 £46,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £58,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -3.23%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Kent

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in Kent

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Kent over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 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
Maidstone +8 7 £33,000 -26.67% 4
Canterbury +10 1 £40,000 +66.67%
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) AutoCAD
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (61.11%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (36.11%) Entra ID
3 11 (30.56%) Azure
4 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) VPN
2 16 (44.44%) Firewall
3 15 (41.67%) DNS
3 15 (41.67%) VLAN
4 13 (36.11%) TCP/IP
5 9 (25.00%) DHCP
6 3 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (8.33%) LAN
6 3 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (8.33%) Wireless
7 2 (5.56%) SAN
8 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Retail
3 6 (16.67%) Back Office
4 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) IT Support
2 11 (30.56%) Analyst
2 11 (30.56%) IT Analyst
2 11 (30.56%) IT Support Analyst
2 11 (30.56%) Support Analyst
3 10 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (25.00%) Support Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Technical Support
5 6 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (8.33%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) AS400
1 3 (8.33%) CCTV
1 3 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) iPhone
3 1 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (27.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (8.33%) Linux
5 3 (8.33%) Mac OS X
5 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.78%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 8 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 8 (22.22%) ERP
2 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 6 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 6 (16.67%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.33%) Inventory Management
6 3 (8.33%) ITIL
6 3 (8.33%) Mathematics
6 3 (8.33%) Time Management
7 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.56%) IT Strategy
7 2 (5.56%) Migration
7 2 (5.56%) Project Management
8 1 (2.78%) Desktop Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (44.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.11%) SCCM
3 3 (8.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) VMware
3 9 (25.00%) Aruba
3 9 (25.00%) SAP
4 7 (19.44%) Veeam
5 6 (16.67%) Cisco
5 6 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 6 (16.67%) Sage
6 3 (8.33%) Meraki
6 3 (8.33%) MobileIron
6 3 (8.33%) Riverbed
6 3 (8.33%) Trend Micro
7 1 (2.78%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.78%) Citrix
7 1 (2.78%) Ivanti
7 1 (2.78%) NetApp
7 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.78%) WatchGuard