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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 21 36
Rank change year-on-year -40 +15 +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 26 48 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.67% 6.53% 4.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.59% 23.41% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 49
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -17.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £58,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +7.59%

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 85 205 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.47% 27.89% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 68 197 134
10th Percentile £27,700 £27,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £38,325 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +2.20% +15.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £41,663 £46,188
90th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £59,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +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 31 July 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 31 July 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
Whitstable - 3 £42,500 -
Sevenoaks - 2 £45,000 - 1
Maidstone -14 1 - - 1
Folkestone - 1 £27,500 -
Gravesend - 1 £45,000 -
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 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.69%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (92.31%) Azure
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (34.62%) AWS
4 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
5 4 (15.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (73.08%) DHCP
1 19 (73.08%) DNS
2 11 (42.31%) Firewall
3 8 (30.77%) VPN
4 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
4 7 (26.92%) VLAN
5 6 (23.08%) LAN
5 6 (23.08%) NAS
5 6 (23.08%) SAN
6 5 (19.23%) WAN
7 4 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (7.69%) Wireless
9 1 (3.85%) BGP
9 1 (3.85%) IPsec
9 1 (3.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) IT Support
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Support Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support
3 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.85%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (3.85%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 4 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 4 (15.38%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Mentoring
2 9 (34.62%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL
4 7 (26.92%) Coaching
5 6 (23.08%) Server Management
5 6 (23.08%) Storage Management
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
7 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
7 4 (15.38%) Change Management
7 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (15.38%) High Availability
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (15.38%) ITSM
7 4 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 5 (19.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 16 (61.54%) Hyper-V
3 9 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Backup Exec
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (57.69%) VMware
3 6 (23.08%) Veeam
4 5 (19.23%) HP
5 4 (15.38%) Dell
5 4 (15.38%) Dell Compellent
5 4 (15.38%) Facebook
5 4 (15.38%) Instagram
5 4 (15.38%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (11.54%) Cisco
6 3 (11.54%) Meraki
6 3 (11.54%) WatchGuard
7 2 (7.69%) Commvault
7 2 (7.69%) Zerto
8 1 (3.85%) Sophos