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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 69 39
Rank change year-on-year +28 -30 +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 44 11 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.46% 1.40% 4.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.72% 11.83% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 21
10th Percentile £27,400 £29,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -14.29% +52.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £47,000 - £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.35% +18.40%

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 93 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.44% 11.83% 24.25%
Number of salaries quoted 89 42 122
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,600 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £54,554
90th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £58,750
South East median annual salary £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.00% +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 14 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 14 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 +5 5 £45,000 -
Maidstone +5 1 £28,000 -20.00% 1
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 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (31.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.55%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 23 (52.27%) Azure
1 23 (52.27%) Entra ID
1 23 (52.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.55%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (72.73%) DNS
2 28 (63.64%) DHCP
3 22 (50.00%) VLAN
3 22 (50.00%) VPN
4 20 (45.45%) TCP/IP
5 16 (36.36%) Firewall
6 14 (31.82%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (29.55%) SAN
8 3 (6.82%) LAN
8 3 (6.82%) Wireless
9 1 (2.27%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.27%) VoIP
9 1 (2.27%) VSAN
9 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
General
1 34 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
4 1 (2.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (54.55%) IT Support
2 14 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
3 13 (29.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (22.73%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.82%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (6.82%) IT Technician
5 3 (6.82%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.55%) Administrator
6 2 (4.55%) Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) IT Administrator
6 2 (4.55%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) IT Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.55%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Support Analyst
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Junior
7 1 (2.27%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) AS400
2 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Clustering
3 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) iPhone
3 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (38.64%) Windows 10
3 12 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.27%) Android
5 1 (2.27%) Linux
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (65.91%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (34.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (29.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (22.73%) DevOps
4 10 (22.73%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
5 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 4 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.09%) Malware Detection/Protection
8 3 (6.82%) Mathematics
9 2 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (4.55%) ERP
9 2 (4.55%) ITIL
9 2 (4.55%) Preventative Maintenance
9 2 (4.55%) Storage Management
10 1 (2.27%) Project Delivery
10 1 (2.27%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 11 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.27%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (65.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (25.00%) vCenter Server
3 10 (22.73%) SCCM
4 2 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (2.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (84.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (34.09%) Cisco
2 15 (34.09%) VMware
3 14 (31.82%) Meraki
4 11 (25.00%) NetApp
4 11 (25.00%) Veeam
5 10 (22.73%) 3PAR
5 10 (22.73%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.82%) Dell
7 2 (4.55%) Citrix
8 1 (2.27%) Dell Compellent
8 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.27%) HP
8 1 (2.27%) Ivanti
8 1 (2.27%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.27%) WatchGuard