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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 119 85
Rank change year-on-year +16 -34 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 52 66 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.20% 1.63% 3.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.65% 13.61% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 49 30 88
10th Percentile £28,850 £27,375 £31,775
25th Percentile £31,375 £36,375 £47,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £43,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -27.08% +76.47%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,750 £76,638
North West median annual salary £38,500 £41,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -7.23% -19.42% +37.33%

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 411 485 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.42% 12.01% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 231 258 356
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,275 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £35,875 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +28.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £79,375
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £51,536
% change year-on-year -5.88% -17.53% +21.26%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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
Altrincham -5 6 £62,500 - 3
Bolton +6 1 £31,000 +12.73% 3
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 15 (28.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (19.23%) IIS
3 4 (7.69%) Apache Solr
4 3 (5.77%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (67.31%) Azure
2 23 (44.23%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.46%) IaaS
4 5 (9.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 4 (7.69%) Cloudflare
5 4 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.77%) AWS
6 3 (5.77%) GitHub
6 3 (5.77%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.77%) SaaS
7 2 (3.85%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.92%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (34.62%) DNS
2 15 (28.85%) DHCP
3 14 (26.92%) Firewall
4 12 (23.08%) VLAN
5 11 (21.15%) VPN
6 7 (13.46%) VoIP
7 6 (11.54%) DMZ
7 6 (11.54%) TCP/IP
8 5 (9.62%) STUN
9 3 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (7.69%) MySQL
3 3 (5.77%) Data Hub
3 3 (5.77%) SQL CLR
4 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) Jaeger
2 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Retail
4 3 (5.77%) Back Office
4 3 (5.77%) Finance
5 2 (3.85%) Games
6 1 (1.92%) German Language
6 1 (1.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (25.00%) IT Support
3 10 (19.23%) Applications Support
4 7 (13.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) Support Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Senior
6 4 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (5.77%) Head of Development
7 3 (5.77%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Network Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (5.77%) .NET
2 3 (5.77%) .NET Core
2 3 (5.77%) .NET Framework
2 3 (5.77%) Dapper ORM
2 3 (5.77%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.92%) Loki
3 1 (1.92%) Node.js
3 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.92%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.62%) EPoS
3 4 (7.69%) Clustering
4 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.77%) Private Cloud
4 3 (5.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (34.62%) Linux
3 6 (11.54%) Debian
4 5 (9.62%) CentOS
4 5 (9.62%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.62%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (9.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (23.08%) ITIL
2 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (19.23%) ERP
5 8 (15.38%) High Availability
6 7 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (13.46%) User Experience
7 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.54%) Technical Debt
8 5 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.62%) Containerisation
8 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.62%) Customer Service
8 5 (9.62%) DevOps
8 5 (9.62%) Process Improvement
8 5 (9.62%) Software Licensing
8 5 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (9.62%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (7.69%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.92%) SQL
2 5 (9.62%) Python
3 4 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.77%) C#
5 1 (1.92%) Bash
5 1 (1.92%) Go
5 1 (1.92%) PHP
5 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (5.77%) A+ Certification
2 3 (5.77%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.85%) CCNA
3 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.85%) Degree
4 1 (1.92%) CISM
4 1 (1.92%) CISSP
4 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.62%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.92%) NCSC
3 1 (1.92%) NIST
3 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 17 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (21.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (13.46%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (9.62%) Docker
4 5 (9.62%) Kamailio
5 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.85%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.62%) Autotask
3 3 (5.77%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.85%) Ansible
4 2 (3.85%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.85%) SCCM
5 1 (1.92%) Grafana
5 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (38.46%) VMware
3 11 (21.15%) Veeam
4 6 (11.54%) Google
5 5 (9.62%) MobileIron
5 5 (9.62%) Salesforce
6 4 (7.69%) Cisco
7 3 (5.77%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.92%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) Aruba
8 1 (1.92%) New Relic