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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 117 108
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 73 46 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.28% 2.06% 2.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.92% 10.11% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 56 45 104
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,750 £23,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -14.29% -11.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,161 £52,813
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,200 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year - -13.79% -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 244 455 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.29% 20.38% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 190 260 530
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,125 £77,500 £73,764
North West median annual salary £40,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.11% -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 21 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 21 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 - 2
Bolton - 3 £50,000 - 1
Altrincham +3 2 £38,750 -22.50% 3
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 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.74%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 52 (71.23%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (64.38%) Azure
3 20 (27.40%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (6.85%) AWS
6 4 (5.48%) SaaS
7 3 (4.11%) IaaS
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.74%) GitHub
8 2 (2.74%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.37%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (45.21%) Firewall
2 26 (35.62%) DHCP
2 26 (35.62%) DNS
3 21 (28.77%) VLAN
4 14 (19.18%) VPN
5 10 (13.70%) SAN
5 10 (13.70%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.59%) VoIP
7 4 (5.48%) LAN
7 4 (5.48%) Network Security
7 4 (5.48%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (5.48%) WAN
7 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.74%) SNMP
9 1 (1.37%) FTP
9 1 (1.37%) HTTP
9 1 (1.37%) NAS
9 1 (1.37%) SMTP
9 1 (1.37%) SSL
9 1 (1.37%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.37%) Looker
2 1 (1.37%) Power BI
2 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Git
General
1 27 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.70%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.74%) Finance
4 2 (2.74%) Marketing
4 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (43.84%) IT Support
2 15 (20.55%) IT Engineer
2 15 (20.55%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (20.55%) Support Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) IT Support Technician
3 14 (19.18%) IT Technician
3 14 (19.18%) Support Technician
4 12 (16.44%) Analyst
5 8 (10.96%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (10.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (10.96%) Lead
6 7 (9.59%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (9.59%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 7 (9.59%) Senior
7 6 (8.22%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Problem Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) VMware Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) .NET
2 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.66%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.48%) CCTV
3 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.11%) Clustering
4 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (4.11%) Social Media
5 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.74%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (13.70%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (8.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (4.11%) Linux
5 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.74%) VMS
7 1 (1.37%) CentOS
7 1 (1.37%) CoreOS
7 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.36%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (36.99%) Customer Service
3 25 (34.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 20 (27.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (23.29%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (21.92%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (17.81%) ITIL
8 11 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.07%) Information Security
9 10 (13.70%) Business Continuity
9 10 (13.70%) Service Delivery
10 9 (12.33%) Process Improvement
11 8 (10.96%) High Availability
11 8 (10.96%) Time Management
12 7 (9.59%) BCP
12 7 (9.59%) Business Continuity Planning
12 7 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (9.59%) Storage Management
13 6 (8.22%) Configuration Management
13 6 (8.22%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.96%) SQL
3 6 (8.22%) Python
4 4 (5.48%) Bicep
5 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (17.81%) Degree
3 10 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.70%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.96%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (9.59%) Azure Certification
6 6 (8.22%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (8.22%) MCSA
7 5 (6.85%) DBS Check
8 3 (4.11%) CCNA
8 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (8.22%) SLA
3 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (57.53%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.59%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (13.70%) Autotask
3 6 (8.22%) FortiGate
3 6 (8.22%) Terraform
4 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.37%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.37%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (73.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.40%) VMware
3 6 (8.22%) Cisco
4 5 (6.85%) Meraki
5 4 (5.48%) SonicWALL
5 4 (5.48%) Sophos
6 3 (4.11%) Apple
6 3 (4.11%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (2.74%) iManage
7 2 (2.74%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.74%) Veeam
8 1 (1.37%) Aderant
8 1 (1.37%) Dell
8 1 (1.37%) Google
8 1 (1.37%) McAfee
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.37%) Spotify
8 1 (1.37%) WatchGuard