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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 114 104
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 69 45 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.29% 2.05% 2.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.75% 10.56% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 56 44 107
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,750 £24,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,125 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.59% -10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,161 £53,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,525 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -2.60% -11.49% -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 240 426 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.48% 19.37% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 190 272 532
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £58,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £74,000
North West median annual salary £41,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.87% -1.11% -

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 9 May 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 9 May 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
Salford - 4 £50,000 - 1
Bolton - 3 £50,000 -
Altrincham -1 2 £38,750 -22.50% 1
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 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 50 (72.46%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (62.32%) Azure
3 19 (27.54%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.25%) AWS
5 5 (7.25%) SaaS
6 4 (5.80%) IaaS
7 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.90%) GitHub
8 2 (2.90%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (46.38%) Firewall
2 25 (36.23%) DHCP
2 25 (36.23%) DNS
3 21 (30.43%) VLAN
4 14 (20.29%) VPN
5 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
6 8 (11.59%) SAN
7 7 (10.14%) VoIP
8 4 (5.80%) LAN
8 4 (5.80%) Network Security
8 4 (5.80%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (5.80%) WAN
8 4 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.90%) NAS
10 1 (1.45%) FTP
10 1 (1.45%) SMTP
10 1 (1.45%) SSH
10 1 (1.45%) SSL
10 1 (1.45%) Telnet
10 1 (1.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 29 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.80%) Marketing
6 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (43.48%) IT Support
2 15 (21.74%) IT Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (17.39%) IT Support Technician
4 12 (17.39%) IT Technician
4 12 (17.39%) Support Technician
5 9 (13.04%) Analyst
5 9 (13.04%) Lead
6 8 (11.59%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Senior
8 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support Technician
9 5 (7.25%) Problem Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) VMware Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Middleware
2 1 (1.45%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.80%) CCTV
2 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.35%) Social Media
4 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.90%) Replication
5 1 (1.45%) Clustering
5 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 69 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (14.49%) Windows 10
3 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (7.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.80%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.35%) Linux
7 1 (1.45%) CentOS
7 1 (1.45%) CoreOS
7 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (36.23%) Customer Service
3 23 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 20 (28.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (20.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (17.39%) ITIL
8 11 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.94%) Service Delivery
9 9 (13.04%) Business Continuity
9 9 (13.04%) Process Improvement
10 8 (11.59%) Information Security
10 8 (11.59%) Time Management
11 7 (10.14%) High Availability
11 7 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (8.70%) Configuration Management
12 6 (8.70%) Problem Management
13 5 (7.25%) BCP
13 5 (7.25%) Business Continuity Planning
13 5 (7.25%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Python
2 5 (7.25%) SQL
3 4 (5.80%) Bicep
4 1 (1.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (15.94%) Degree
3 8 (11.59%) Network+ Certification
3 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.80%) MCSA
6 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.35%) CCNA
6 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.45%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (8.70%) SLA
3 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 40 (57.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (18.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.59%) Autotask
3 6 (8.70%) Terraform
4 5 (7.25%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.45%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.45%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (72.46%) Microsoft
2 17 (24.64%) VMware
3 6 (8.70%) Cisco
4 5 (7.25%) Meraki
5 4 (5.80%) SonicWALL
5 4 (5.80%) Sophos
6 3 (4.35%) Apple
6 3 (4.35%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.90%) Veeam
8 1 (1.45%) Dell
8 1 (1.45%) Google
8 1 (1.45%) McAfee
8 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.45%) Spotify
8 1 (1.45%) WatchGuard