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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 39 50
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 40 24 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 2.78% 3.68% 3.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.10% 14.37% 33.68%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 57
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,375 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,438 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.87% -16.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £50,000 - £58,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +6.85%

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 105 167 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 7.30% 25.61% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 83 163 166
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £34,988 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,325 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +2.20% +15.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £41,663 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £58,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.61%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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
Maidstone -11 2 £42,500 +28.79%
Sevenoaks - 2 £45,000 -
West Malling - 1 £85,000 -
Whitstable - 1 £42,500 - 2
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 12 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (27.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.50%) IIS
4 1 (2.50%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 31 (77.50%) Azure
2 25 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (27.50%) AWS
3 11 (27.50%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.00%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.50%) IaaS
5 1 (2.50%) PaaS
5 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (70.00%) DHCP
1 28 (70.00%) DNS
2 13 (32.50%) Firewall
3 11 (27.50%) VPN
4 10 (25.00%) SAN
4 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 10 (25.00%) VLAN
5 9 (22.50%) LAN
6 8 (20.00%) Wireless
7 6 (15.00%) NAS
7 6 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (12.50%) WAN
9 4 (10.00%) BGP
9 4 (10.00%) IPsec
9 4 (10.00%) WLAN
10 1 (2.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Legal
4 1 (2.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) IT Support
2 9 (22.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
2 9 (22.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 9 (22.50%) Infrastructure Support
3 8 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (10.00%) IT Technician
6 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Support Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (15.00%) Public Cloud
2 4 (10.00%) Replication
3 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
2 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) ITIL
2 14 (35.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 9 (22.50%) Coaching
7 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (20.00%) Server Management
7 8 (20.00%) Storage Management
8 6 (15.00%) Business Continuity
8 6 (15.00%) Business Strategy
8 6 (15.00%) Change Management
8 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (15.00%) High Availability
8 6 (15.00%) ITSM
8 6 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (12.50%) DevOps
9 5 (12.50%) Server Building
10 4 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (57.50%) Hyper-V
3 12 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Backup Exec
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.00%) SCCM
3 4 (10.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.50%) CASB
4 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
2 22 (55.00%) VMware
3 16 (40.00%) Veeam
4 7 (17.50%) HP
5 6 (15.00%) Cisco
5 6 (15.00%) Dell
5 6 (15.00%) Dell Compellent
5 6 (15.00%) Meraki
5 6 (15.00%) Nimble Storage
6 4 (10.00%) 3PAR
6 4 (10.00%) Facebook
6 4 (10.00%) Instagram
6 4 (10.00%) NetApp
6 4 (10.00%) SolarWinds
7 2 (5.00%) Commvault
7 2 (5.00%) Zerto
8 1 (2.50%) Sophos
8 1 (2.50%) WatchGuard
8 1 (2.50%) Zscaler