Windows Server Jobs in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 107 144
Rank change year-on-year -7 +37 +59
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 381 653 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.99% 2.76% 2.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.71% 20.86% 16.79%
Number of salaries quoted 315 551 814
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - +9.59% +9.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,925
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% +3.53%

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 1,755 3,131 5,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.78% 13.26% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 2,385 4,220
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £111,250
England median annual salary £46,323 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Central London -43 77 £55,000 -8.33% 36
West London +32 11 £49,000 -8.41% 15
North London +15 9 £42,500 +6.25% 2
South London +5 8 £51,500 +6.74% 9
East London -9 6 £83,750 +4.69% 5
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 111 (29.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (20.47%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.89%) IIS
4 6 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.79%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (10.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.89%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Sage 200
1 6 (1.57%) Sage 50
1 6 (1.57%) Temenos T24
2 5 (1.31%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.05%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 242 (63.52%) Azure
2 221 (58.01%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (22.31%) AWS
4 80 (21.00%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.45%) OneDrive
6 29 (7.61%) Mimecast
7 25 (6.56%) IaaS
7 25 (6.56%) SaaS
8 20 (5.25%) PaaS
9 15 (3.94%) Azure AKS
10 14 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.67%) GCP
11 12 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (2.89%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.36%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.31%) GitHub
15 4 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 105 (27.56%) Firewall
2 92 (24.15%) DNS
3 75 (19.69%) DHCP
4 56 (14.70%) LAN
5 54 (14.17%) TCP/IP
6 53 (13.91%) WAN
7 45 (11.81%) VPN
8 34 (8.92%) VLAN
9 30 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (7.09%) Wireless
11 26 (6.82%) Network Security
12 18 (4.72%) SAN
13 16 (4.20%) VoIP
14 13 (3.41%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (2.89%) PBX
15 11 (2.89%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (2.62%) NetScaler
17 8 (2.10%) IPv4
17 8 (2.10%) SD-WAN
17 8 (2.10%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.52%) Data Hub
4 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.52%) SQL CLR
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.89%) Git
2 10 (2.62%) JIRA
3 8 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 133 (34.91%) Finance
2 131 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.50%) Banking
4 36 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.72%) Law
6 17 (4.46%) Legal
7 15 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.10%) Back Office
9 6 (1.57%) International Banking
10 5 (1.31%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.31%) Retail
10 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.05%) Marketing
11 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Games
13 2 (0.52%) Advertising
13 2 (0.52%) Police
14 1 (0.26%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (23.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 64 (16.80%) Support Engineer
3 53 (13.91%) Senior
4 48 (12.60%) Analyst
5 44 (11.55%) IT Support
6 34 (8.92%) IT Engineer
7 30 (7.87%) Windows Engineer
8 27 (7.09%) Lead
9 24 (6.30%) Support Analyst
10 23 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (5.51%) Administrator
12 18 (4.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 18 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support
12 18 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (4.20%) IT Analyst
14 15 (3.94%) 1st Line Support
14 15 (3.94%) Desktop Support
14 15 (3.94%) Service Analyst
14 15 (3.94%) Technical Support
15 14 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.15%) SAML
2 8 (2.10%) LDAP
2 8 (2.10%) REST
3 5 (1.31%) GraphQL
3 5 (1.31%) Middleware
3 5 (1.31%) OAuth
3 5 (1.31%) OpenID
3 5 (1.31%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.05%) Web Services
5 3 (0.79%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.79%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.52%) .NET
6 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.52%) Dapper ORM
6 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.52%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.26%) SOAP
7 1 (0.26%) XML
7 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 25 (6.56%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.41%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.15%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.89%) Clustering
8 11 (2.89%) iPhone
9 10 (2.62%) Private Cloud
10 9 (2.36%) Driving Licence
11 8 (2.10%) Fat Client
11 8 (2.10%) Hedge funds
11 8 (2.10%) PKI
11 8 (2.10%) Thin Client
12 7 (1.84%) Replication
13 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 380 (99.74%) Windows
2 91 (23.88%) Windows 10
3 89 (23.36%) Linux
4 62 (16.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 49 (12.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 48 (12.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (4.46%) Android
7 17 (4.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (3.41%) Apple iOS
9 13 (3.41%) Mac OS
10 12 (3.15%) AIX
11 9 (2.36%) Mac OS X
11 9 (2.36%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.57%) Unix
13 3 (0.79%) VMS
14 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 105 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (24.93%) ITIL
4 65 (17.06%) Customer Service
5 63 (16.54%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (9.97%) Migration
7 37 (9.71%) DevOps
8 35 (9.19%) High Availability
9 33 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (8.40%) Project Management
11 30 (7.87%) Incident Management
11 30 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
12 29 (7.61%) Patch Management
12 29 (7.61%) Time Management
13 28 (7.35%) Change Management
13 28 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (7.09%) CI/CD
15 26 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
16 23 (6.04%) Infrastructure Management
16 23 (6.04%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 139 (36.48%) PowerShell
2 39 (10.24%) Python
3 28 (7.35%) SQL
4 17 (4.46%) Bash
5 4 (1.05%) C#
5 4 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.79%) Gremlin
6 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.26%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 1 (0.26%) Go
8 1 (0.26%) Java
8 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (18.11%) Degree
2 48 (12.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (10.24%) Azure Certification
4 32 (8.40%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (6.04%) CCNA
6 19 (4.99%) Security Cleared
7 18 (4.72%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (2.62%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.62%) MCSE
12 9 (2.36%) CISSP
12 9 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (1.84%) IBM AIX Certification
14 5 (1.31%) CCNP
14 5 (1.31%) CISM
14 5 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (16.01%) SLA
2 12 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.36%) GDPR
4 7 (1.84%) QA
4 7 (1.84%) SOC 2
5 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.52%) NIST
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 250 (65.62%) Active Directory
2 130 (34.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (16.27%) Hyper-V
4 47 (12.34%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (4.99%) vSphere
6 15 (3.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (3.67%) Docker
8 11 (2.89%) XenApp
9 10 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.05%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.79%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.52%) Firmware
14 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.26%) GPFS
14 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 100 (26.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (20.47%) SCCM
3 43 (11.29%) Ansible
4 35 (9.19%) Terraform
5 26 (6.82%) Kubernetes
6 22 (5.77%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (4.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (4.46%) vCenter Server
8 16 (4.20%) SCOM
9 15 (3.94%) NetBackup
10 8 (2.10%) WSUS
11 7 (1.84%) Nagios
12 6 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (1.57%) Prometheus
13 5 (1.31%) QRadar
14 4 (1.05%) Grafana
14 4 (1.05%) Graylog
14 4 (1.05%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.52%) AirWatch
15 2 (0.52%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 270 (70.87%) Microsoft
2 170 (44.62%) VMware
3 86 (22.57%) Cisco
4 75 (19.69%) Citrix
5 42 (11.02%) ServiceNow
6 34 (8.92%) Veeam
7 31 (8.14%) Palo Alto
8 28 (7.35%) SolarWinds
9 23 (6.04%) Apple
10 18 (4.72%) CheckPoint
11 15 (3.94%) Google
12 14 (3.67%) Dell
13 13 (3.41%) NetApp
14 12 (3.15%) Bloomberg
14 12 (3.15%) HP
14 12 (3.15%) iManage
14 12 (3.15%) Meraki
14 12 (3.15%) Splunk
15 10 (2.62%) EMC
15 10 (2.62%) Fortinet