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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 107 89
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 69 41 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.48% 2.05% 2.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.24% 12.93% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 57 41 110
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £24,400
25th Percentile £31,500 £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 £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £39,250 £43,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -9.77% -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 236 317 708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 5.05% 15.84% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 189 248 532
10th Percentile £28,450 £29,925 £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% +4.17%
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 9 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 9 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 -9 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 (28.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 48 (69.57%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (47.83%) Azure
3 19 (27.54%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.25%) AWS
6 4 (5.80%) Google Workspace
6 4 (5.80%) IaaS
6 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (5.80%) SaaS
7 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.90%) GitHub
8 2 (2.90%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (44.93%) Firewall
2 27 (39.13%) DHCP
2 27 (39.13%) DNS
3 21 (30.43%) VLAN
4 13 (18.84%) VPN
5 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
6 9 (13.04%) LAN
6 9 (13.04%) WAN
7 8 (11.59%) VoIP
8 7 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (5.80%) Network Security
9 4 (5.80%) SAN
9 4 (5.80%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (2.90%) NAS
11 1 (1.45%) FTP
11 1 (1.45%) HTTP
11 1 (1.45%) SMTP
11 1 (1.45%) SSH
11 1 (1.45%) SSL
11 1 (1.45%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 28 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.80%) Marketing
5 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) IT Support
2 15 (21.74%) IT Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) IT Technician
3 13 (18.84%) Support Technician
4 12 (17.39%) IT Support Technician
5 9 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (11.59%) Analyst
6 8 (11.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) IT Analyst
7 6 (8.70%) Senior
7 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (7.25%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 5 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Middleware
2 1 (1.45%) .NET
2 1 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.74%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.80%) CCTV
2 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.80%) Social Media
3 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 69 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (20.29%) Windows 10
3 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (7.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.80%) Android
5 4 (5.80%) Apple iOS
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Customer Service
2 28 (40.58%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 18 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (21.74%) Service Delivery
7 12 (17.39%) ITIL
8 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (13.04%) Information Security
9 9 (13.04%) Process Improvement
10 8 (11.59%) Time Management
11 5 (7.25%) Business Continuity
11 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.25%) High Availability
12 4 (5.80%) Incident Response
12 4 (5.80%) Kalman Filter
12 4 (5.80%) Project Delivery
12 4 (5.80%) Web Filtering
13 3 (4.35%) Presales
13 3 (4.35%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Python
2 5 (7.25%) SQL
3 3 (4.35%) Bicep
4 2 (2.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (13.04%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.80%) CCNA
5 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
5 4 (5.80%) MCSA
6 2 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (53.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.59%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
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 4 (5.80%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.45%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (1.45%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.45%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (71.01%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.84%) VMware
3 6 (8.70%) Cisco
3 6 (8.70%) Meraki
4 4 (5.80%) Apple
4 4 (5.80%) Google
4 4 (5.80%) SonicWALL
4 4 (5.80%) Sophos
4 4 (5.80%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (2.90%) Veeam
6 1 (1.45%) Dell
6 1 (1.45%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.45%) McAfee
6 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.45%) Spotify
6 1 (1.45%) WatchGuard