Windows Server Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 105 89
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 70 41 118
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.53% 2.04% 2.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.17% 13.02% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 59 41 110
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £24,400
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.64% -12.63%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,438
90th Percentile £60,500 £57,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -8.05% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 240 315 695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 5.24% 15.69% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 193 242 528
10th Percentile £28,300 £29,775 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £74,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Manchester

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Manchester

Windows Server
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 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
Bolton - 4 £50,000 - 2
Altrincham -8 3 £37,500 -25.00%
Salford - 1 £50,000 - 6
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 20 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.43%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 49 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (45.71%) Azure
3 19 (27.14%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.14%) AWS
6 4 (5.71%) Google Workspace
6 4 (5.71%) IaaS
6 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (5.71%) SaaS
7 3 (4.29%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.86%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.43%) GitHub
9 1 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (42.86%) Firewall
2 26 (37.14%) DHCP
2 26 (37.14%) DNS
3 21 (30.00%) VLAN
4 13 (18.57%) VPN
5 10 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 9 (12.86%) LAN
6 9 (12.86%) WAN
7 8 (11.43%) VoIP
8 7 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (5.71%) Network Security
9 4 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (4.29%) SAN
11 2 (2.86%) NAS
12 1 (1.43%) FTP
12 1 (1.43%) HTTP
12 1 (1.43%) SMTP
12 1 (1.43%) SSH
12 1 (1.43%) SSL
12 1 (1.43%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Git
General
1 29 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.71%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.71%) Marketing
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Finance
6 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (48.57%) IT Support
2 15 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 15 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 14 (20.00%) Support Technician
4 13 (18.57%) IT Technician
5 12 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (17.14%) IT Support Technician
6 9 (12.86%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (11.43%) Analyst
7 8 (11.43%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) IT Analyst
8 6 (8.57%) Support Analyst
9 5 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Technician
9 5 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (7.14%) Senior
10 4 (5.71%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) Middleware
1 2 (2.86%) Node.js
2 1 (1.43%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.71%) CCTV
2 4 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.71%) Social Media
3 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 70 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.71%) Android
5 4 (5.71%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.71%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.29%) Linux
7 1 (1.43%) CentOS
7 1 (1.43%) CoreOS
7 1 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 28 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (32.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 18 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (21.43%) Service Delivery
6 12 (17.14%) ITIL
7 10 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (12.86%) Information Security
8 9 (12.86%) Process Improvement
9 8 (11.43%) Time Management
10 5 (7.14%) Business Continuity
10 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (7.14%) High Availability
11 4 (5.71%) Incident Response
11 4 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
11 4 (5.71%) Project Delivery
11 4 (5.71%) Web Filtering
12 3 (4.29%) Presales
12 3 (4.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.14%) Python
2 5 (7.14%) SQL
3 3 (4.29%) Bash
4 2 (2.86%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (18.57%) Degree
2 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (12.86%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.71%) CCNA
5 4 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.71%) DBS Check
5 4 (5.71%) MCSA
6 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.43%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.43%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (51.43%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.43%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.43%) Autotask
3 6 (8.57%) Terraform
4 5 (7.14%) FortiGate
5 4 (5.71%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.86%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (1.43%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.43%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.14%) VMware
3 6 (8.57%) Cisco
3 6 (8.57%) Meraki
4 4 (5.71%) Apple
4 4 (5.71%) Google
4 4 (5.71%) SonicWALL
4 4 (5.71%) Sophos
4 4 (5.71%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (2.86%) Freshdesk
5 2 (2.86%) Veeam
6 1 (1.43%) Dell
6 1 (1.43%) McAfee
6 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.43%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.43%) Spotify
6 1 (1.43%) WatchGuard