Windows Server Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 112 105
Rank change year-on-year -64 -7 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 261 397 662
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.35% 3.08% 2.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.69% 22.02% 21.40%
Number of salaries quoted 216 330 564
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +10.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -4.85%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,475 1,803 3,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.64% 13.97% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,344 2,397
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,125 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Central London -17 63 £52,500 -4.55% 20
North London 0 8 £55,000 +29.41% 1
West London -27 8 £38,000 -22.45% 3
South London +11 3 £38,500 -23.38% 3
East London -16 2 £32,000 -61.79% 6
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 90 (34.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (22.61%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.21%) Confluence
3 11 (4.21%) IIS
4 6 (2.30%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.77%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.38%) JBoss
7 1 (0.38%) Site Server
Applications
1 36 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 169 (64.75%) Azure
2 138 (52.87%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (32.57%) Entra ID
4 44 (16.86%) AWS
5 42 (16.09%) OneDrive
6 20 (7.66%) Google Workspace
7 17 (6.51%) SaaS
8 10 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.68%) Datadog
9 7 (2.68%) GitHub
9 7 (2.68%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.68%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.92%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.92%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.53%) GCP
12 4 (1.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (39.08%) DNS
2 85 (32.57%) DHCP
3 62 (23.75%) TCP/IP
4 61 (23.37%) Firewall
5 50 (19.16%) VPN
6 46 (17.62%) WAN
7 34 (13.03%) LAN
8 29 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (7.28%) VoIP
10 16 (6.13%) SD-WAN
11 15 (5.75%) SAN
11 15 (5.75%) VLAN
12 12 (4.60%) WinSCP
13 11 (4.21%) Wireless
14 8 (3.07%) VSAN
15 7 (2.68%) Internet
15 7 (2.68%) Network Security
16 3 (1.15%) NAS
16 3 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
16 3 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.21%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.15%) Power BI
7 2 (0.77%) MySQL
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.77%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (11.11%) Git
2 14 (5.36%) JIRA
3 11 (4.21%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.83%) GitLab
5 9 (3.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (3.07%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.15%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.77%) Artifactory
General
1 113 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.84%) Finance
3 23 (8.81%) Banking
4 19 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.60%) Games
6 11 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.68%) Legal
8 5 (1.92%) Law
8 5 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.53%) Advertising
9 4 (1.53%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.53%) Retail
10 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.15%) Automotive
10 3 (1.15%) Aviation
10 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Electronics
10 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (26.44%) Support Engineer
2 65 (24.90%) IT Support
3 63 (24.14%) IT Engineer
4 57 (21.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (14.18%) Analyst
6 35 (13.41%) Senior
7 33 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (10.73%) Support Analyst
9 27 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 27 (10.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 25 (9.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 25 (9.58%) 3rd Line Support
11 24 (9.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (7.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 18 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (6.51%) Lead
15 12 (4.60%) Applications Support
15 12 (4.60%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.36%) .NET
2 7 (2.68%) HTML
3 5 (1.92%) CSS
3 5 (1.92%) Kafka
4 4 (1.53%) ADO
4 4 (1.53%) LDAP
4 4 (1.53%) Middleware
4 4 (1.53%) web3js
5 3 (1.15%) REST
5 3 (1.15%) Web Services
6 2 (0.77%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.77%) JSP
6 2 (0.77%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.77%) SOAP
7 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.38%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (4.60%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.21%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.21%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.21%) PKI
4 9 (3.45%) CMDB
4 9 (3.45%) Fat Client
4 9 (3.45%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.45%) Thin Client
5 8 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.68%) Replication
7 6 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.92%) Blockchain
8 5 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.92%) iPhone
9 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.53%) iPad
9 4 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 261 (100.00%) Windows
2 66 (25.29%) Linux
3 51 (19.54%) Windows 10
4 46 (17.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (15.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (9.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (8.05%) Mac OS
7 21 (8.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (4.98%) Apple iOS
9 9 (3.45%) Ubuntu
10 6 (2.30%) Mac OS X
11 5 (1.92%) CentOS
11 5 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.53%) Unix
13 3 (1.15%) Android
14 2 (0.77%) Solaris
15 1 (0.38%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (21.84%) Disaster Recovery
3 53 (20.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (19.92%) ITIL
5 43 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (13.79%) DevOps
7 35 (13.41%) CI/CD
7 35 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 32 (12.26%) Root Cause Analysis
9 31 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (11.88%) Problem Management
10 29 (11.11%) Service Delivery
11 27 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
12 26 (9.96%) Change Management
12 26 (9.96%) Task Automation
13 24 (9.20%) Customer Service
13 24 (9.20%) Incident Management
14 22 (8.43%) Business Continuity
14 22 (8.43%) High Availability
15 21 (8.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 107 (41.00%) PowerShell
2 40 (15.33%) SQL
3 30 (11.49%) Python
4 13 (4.98%) Bash
5 10 (3.83%) VB.NET
6 7 (2.68%) C#
7 6 (2.30%) Bicep
7 6 (2.30%) Java
8 3 (1.15%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.77%) Go
9 2 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.77%) VBA
9 2 (0.77%) VBScript
10 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) Korn
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (14.18%) Degree
2 22 (8.43%) Azure Certification
2 22 (8.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (7.28%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.21%) CCNA
6 10 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.07%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.92%) CISSP
9 5 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.53%) CCNP
10 4 (1.53%) Postgraduate
11 3 (1.15%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.15%) MCSE
11 3 (1.15%) OSCP
11 3 (1.15%) RHCE
11 3 (1.15%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.77%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.73%) SLA
2 17 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.83%) NIST
5 7 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.68%) GDPR
6 3 (1.15%) QA
6 3 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.77%) GRC
7 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) ITGC
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 195 (74.71%) Active Directory
2 87 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (21.46%) Hyper-V
4 25 (9.58%) vSphere
5 18 (6.90%) Docker
6 11 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (3.07%) Firmware
8 7 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.68%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.15%) Squid
10 3 (1.15%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 80 (30.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (14.94%) Terraform
3 35 (13.41%) Kubernetes
4 30 (11.49%) Ansible
5 28 (10.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (5.36%) SCCM
7 8 (3.07%) VxRail
8 7 (2.68%) Packer
8 7 (2.68%) WSUS
9 6 (2.30%) FortiGate
9 6 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.92%) vCenter Server
11 4 (1.53%) Argo
11 4 (1.53%) Autotask
11 4 (1.53%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.53%) Puppet
12 3 (1.15%) Grafana
12 3 (1.15%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.77%) DatAdvantage
Vendors
1 203 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 104 (39.85%) VMware
3 32 (12.26%) Cisco
4 19 (7.28%) Google
5 16 (6.13%) Oracle
6 15 (5.75%) Red Hat
7 14 (5.36%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.60%) Splunk
9 11 (4.21%) Dell
10 10 (3.83%) Juniper
11 9 (3.45%) ConnectWise
11 9 (3.45%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.07%) Acronis
12 8 (3.07%) Apple
12 8 (3.07%) Datto
12 8 (3.07%) McAfee
13 7 (2.68%) Commvault
13 7 (2.68%) EMC
14 6 (2.30%) Fortinet
14 6 (2.30%) OneLogin