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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 116 130
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 +96
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 345 611 894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.75% 2.56% 2.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.31% 20.52% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 274 508 790
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,438 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,875 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% +5.88%

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 1,699 2,977 5,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.54% 12.47% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,124 2,244 3,975
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 29 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 29 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 -38 67 £65,000 +18.18% 30
North London -8 9 £70,000 +75.00% 1
West London +9 8 £49,000 -8.84% 8
South London -7 6 £62,000 +43.35% 3
East London -17 6 £83,750 +84.07% 4
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 86 (24.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (18.55%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.77%) IIS
4 5 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (8.12%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Temenos T24
2 5 (1.45%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.16%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.87%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.87%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.58%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 200 (57.97%) Azure
2 166 (48.12%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (21.16%) AWS
4 65 (18.84%) Entra ID
5 38 (11.01%) OneDrive
6 21 (6.09%) IaaS
6 21 (6.09%) Mimecast
6 21 (6.09%) SaaS
7 19 (5.51%) PaaS
8 16 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (3.77%) Azure AKS
9 13 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.77%) Nutanix
10 11 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.90%) GitHub
12 9 (2.61%) GCP
13 8 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.32%) Google Workspace
14 7 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 92 (26.67%) Firewall
2 84 (24.35%) DNS
3 72 (20.87%) DHCP
4 55 (15.94%) TCP/IP
5 51 (14.78%) LAN
5 51 (14.78%) WAN
6 37 (10.72%) VPN
7 27 (7.83%) VLAN
8 24 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (6.09%) Network Security
10 19 (5.51%) Wireless
11 12 (3.48%) SAN
12 11 (3.19%) PBX
12 11 (3.19%) VoIP
13 10 (2.90%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (2.90%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (2.61%) NetScaler
15 7 (2.03%) SD-WAN
16 6 (1.74%) Kerberos
16 6 (1.74%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.45%) Data Hub
3 5 (1.45%) SQL CLR
4 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.29%) MySQL
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.48%) Git
2 10 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.03%) JIRA
4 3 (0.87%) GitLab
5 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 110 (31.88%) Finance
1 110 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.17%) Banking
3 36 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (4.35%) Legal
6 12 (3.48%) Law
7 10 (2.90%) Back Office
8 7 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.74%) International Banking
10 5 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.45%) Marketing
10 5 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.45%) Retail
10 5 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.16%) Games
12 3 (0.87%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 2 (0.58%) Police
14 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 65 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (18.26%) Support Engineer
3 46 (13.33%) Analyst
4 43 (12.46%) Senior
5 40 (11.59%) IT Support
6 31 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
7 27 (7.83%) IT Engineer
8 26 (7.54%) Windows Engineer
9 23 (6.67%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.80%) Lead
11 19 (5.51%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.51%) Technical Support
12 17 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.93%) Desktop Support
13 16 (4.64%) Administrator
13 16 (4.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
15 14 (4.06%) IT Analyst
15 14 (4.06%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.77%) SAML
2 10 (2.90%) LDAP
3 8 (2.32%) REST
4 7 (2.03%) .NET
5 5 (1.45%) .NET Core
5 5 (1.45%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.45%) Dapper ORM
5 5 (1.45%) Entity Framework
5 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.45%) Middleware
5 5 (1.45%) OAuth
5 5 (1.45%) OpenID
5 5 (1.45%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.87%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.58%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.58%) Web Services
8 1 (0.29%) React
8 1 (0.29%) SOAP
8 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.09%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.93%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.35%) Clustering
3 15 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.48%) iPhone
5 11 (3.19%) Private Cloud
5 11 (3.19%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.90%) Fat Client
6 10 (2.90%) Thin Client
7 9 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.61%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.32%) PKI
8 8 (2.32%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.03%) Replication
10 6 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 344 (99.71%) Windows
2 87 (25.22%) Linux
3 65 (18.84%) Windows 10
4 59 (17.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (13.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (12.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (4.35%) Android
7 15 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (4.06%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (3.77%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.90%) AIX
11 9 (2.61%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.61%) Unix
12 8 (2.32%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.45%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.29%) Debian
15 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (28.41%) ITIL
3 88 (25.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 63 (18.26%) Customer Service
5 55 (15.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 43 (12.46%) DevOps
7 34 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
8 33 (9.57%) CI/CD
8 33 (9.57%) High Availability
9 32 (9.28%) Infrastructure as Code
10 31 (8.99%) Migration
11 30 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (8.70%) Incident Management
11 30 (8.70%) Patch Management
12 26 (7.54%) Service Management
13 23 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
13 23 (6.67%) Change Management
14 22 (6.38%) Project Management
15 21 (6.09%) ITSM
15 21 (6.09%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (35.36%) PowerShell
2 34 (9.86%) Python
3 32 (9.28%) SQL
4 13 (3.77%) Bash
5 6 (1.74%) C#
6 3 (0.87%) Gremlin
6 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.58%) Go
7 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) Java
8 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.29%) PHP
8 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (16.81%) Degree
2 43 (12.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (11.59%) Azure Certification
4 27 (7.83%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.80%) CCNA
6 16 (4.64%) Security Cleared
7 15 (4.35%) DV Cleared
8 14 (4.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 11 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.90%) MCSE
11 9 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (2.32%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.03%) CCNP
13 7 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.74%) CISSP
15 5 (1.45%) CISM
15 5 (1.45%) IBM AIX Certification
15 5 (1.45%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.45%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (17.97%) SLA
2 13 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.19%) QA
4 8 (2.32%) GDPR
5 7 (2.03%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.16%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.87%) ITGC
8 3 (0.87%) NIST
9 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 217 (62.90%) Active Directory
2 120 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (14.78%) Hyper-V
4 44 (12.75%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.64%) vSphere
6 12 (3.48%) XenApp
7 11 (3.19%) Docker
8 10 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.32%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 4 (1.16%) Firmware
11 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.87%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.58%) NFS
12 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
13 1 (0.29%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 77 (22.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (20.29%) SCCM
3 42 (12.17%) Ansible
4 39 (11.30%) Terraform
5 30 (8.70%) Kubernetes
6 22 (6.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (4.35%) SCOM
9 13 (3.77%) NetBackup
10 12 (3.48%) Prometheus
11 10 (2.90%) vCenter Server
12 8 (2.32%) Grafana
13 7 (2.03%) Nagios
14 5 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (1.45%) QRadar
14 5 (1.45%) WSUS
15 4 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
15 4 (1.16%) Graylog
15 4 (1.16%) Opsgenie
15 4 (1.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 241 (69.86%) Microsoft
2 155 (44.93%) VMware
3 79 (22.90%) Cisco
4 63 (18.26%) Citrix
5 42 (12.17%) ServiceNow
6 29 (8.41%) Veeam
7 27 (7.83%) SolarWinds
8 25 (7.25%) Palo Alto
9 18 (5.22%) Apple
10 15 (4.35%) Splunk
11 13 (3.77%) Fortinet
11 13 (3.77%) NetApp
12 12 (3.48%) Dell
12 12 (3.48%) Oracle
13 11 (3.19%) Bloomberg
14 10 (2.90%) CheckPoint
14 10 (2.90%) EMC
14 10 (2.90%) Google
14 10 (2.90%) Sophos
15 9 (2.61%) iManage