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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 102 117
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 -29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 77 53 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.04% 2.24% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.60% 12.99% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 53 50 32
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,175 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,656 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -12.00% -27.08%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £63,125
90th Percentile £61,000 £63,750 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -2.60% -7.23% -19.42%

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 313 408 500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.23% 17.21% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 211 229 264
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,375 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £70,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -7.06% -18.74%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +6 3 £37,500 +20.97% 3
Altrincham +6 3 £40,000 -36.00% 1
Bury - 1 £32,000 -
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 12 (15.58%) IIS
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.30%) HCL Domino
4 1 (1.30%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 53 (68.83%) Azure
2 37 (48.05%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (20.78%) AWS
3 16 (20.78%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.79%) SaaS
5 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (5.19%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (3.90%) GitHub
6 3 (3.90%) IaaS
6 3 (3.90%) Mimecast
6 3 (3.90%) OpenShift
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.60%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.60%) PaaS
7 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (51.95%) DNS
2 36 (46.75%) DHCP
3 27 (35.06%) Firewall
4 18 (23.38%) TCP/IP
5 13 (16.88%) VLAN
5 13 (16.88%) VPN
6 12 (15.58%) SAN
7 11 (14.29%) VoIP
7 11 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (7.79%) Network Security
8 6 (7.79%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (6.49%) LAN
9 5 (6.49%) WAN
10 4 (5.19%) VSAN
11 3 (3.90%) DKIM
11 3 (3.90%) DMARC
11 3 (3.90%) PBX
11 3 (3.90%) SNMP
11 3 (3.90%) Unified Communications
12 2 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.60%) Looker
2 2 (2.60%) Power BI
3 1 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
General
1 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (10.39%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.19%) Legal
6 3 (3.90%) Finance
6 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.30%) Games
7 1 (1.30%) Law
7 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Analyst
1 18 (23.38%) IT Support
2 15 (19.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (15.58%) IT Technician
3 12 (15.58%) Support Engineer
4 11 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
4 11 (14.29%) Support Technician
5 9 (11.69%) Lead
6 8 (10.39%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (9.09%) Senior
8 6 (7.79%) IT Manager
8 6 (7.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Administrator
9 5 (6.49%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Problem Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) Systems Administrator
10 4 (5.19%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 4 (5.19%) VMware Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) Middleware
2 4 (5.19%) Terraform
3 3 (3.90%) SAML
4 1 (1.30%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 8 (10.39%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.79%) CCTV
3 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.19%) Clustering
5 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.19%) Replication
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (3.90%) Social Media
7 2 (2.60%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 77 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (15.58%) Linux
3 9 (11.69%) Windows 10
4 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (7.79%) VMS
5 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (3.90%) CentOS
7 3 (3.90%) CoreOS
7 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.60%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.30%) Android
9 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.30%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.30%) SUSE
9 1 (1.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 29 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 21 (27.27%) Business Continuity
5 20 (25.97%) High Availability
6 19 (24.68%) ITIL
7 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (19.48%) Customer Service
9 14 (18.18%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 13 (16.88%) Service Delivery
11 9 (11.69%) Change Management
11 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
11 9 (11.69%) Time Management
12 8 (10.39%) BCP
12 8 (10.39%) Business Continuity Planning
12 8 (10.39%) Server Building
12 8 (10.39%) Server Management
12 8 (10.39%) Server Monitoring
12 8 (10.39%) Storage Management
12 8 (10.39%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 18 (23.38%) SQL
3 10 (12.99%) Python
4 9 (11.69%) Bicep
5 5 (6.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (15.58%) Azure Certification
3 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.39%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (6.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (5.19%) DBS Check
6 4 (5.19%) Degree
6 4 (5.19%) MCSA
7 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.30%) HP ASE
8 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.30%) PMP
8 1 (1.30%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (62.34%) Active Directory
2 32 (41.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (24.68%) Hyper-V
4 9 (11.69%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (7.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (6.49%) vSphere
7 2 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.30%) Docker
8 1 (1.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (1.30%) Firmware
8 1 (1.30%) MetaFrame
8 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) FortiGate
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (5.19%) Ansible
4 4 (5.19%) Autotask
4 4 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.90%) cPanel
5 3 (3.90%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (3.90%) Plesk
5 3 (3.90%) SCCM
5 3 (3.90%) SCVMM
5 3 (3.90%) WSUS
6 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.30%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 61 (79.22%) Microsoft
2 46 (59.74%) VMware
3 9 (11.69%) SonicWALL
4 7 (9.09%) Veeam
5 6 (7.79%) Sophos
6 4 (5.19%) Google
6 4 (5.19%) iManage
7 3 (3.90%) Acronis
7 3 (3.90%) Aderant
7 3 (3.90%) Adobe
7 3 (3.90%) Apple
7 3 (3.90%) Autodesk
7 3 (3.90%) Datto
7 3 (3.90%) McAfee
7 3 (3.90%) NETGEAR
7 3 (3.90%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.90%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.90%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.60%) Dell
8 2 (2.60%) LogicMonitor