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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 106 131
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 -43
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 82 54 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.18% 2.17% 1.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.61% 12.22% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 57 51 50
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £25,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -11.90% -31.43%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,125 £59,221
90th Percentile £61,750 £63,750 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +1.35% -8.64% -20.59%

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 297 442 504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.28% 17.80% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 211 254 326
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% -15.97%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £71,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,384 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% -5.81% -12.74%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +22 6 £43,750 +41.13%
Salford - 4 £50,000 - 2
Altrincham +5 2 £40,000 -39.62% 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 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.63%) IIS
3 10 (12.20%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.22%) HCL Domino
4 1 (1.22%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 55 (67.07%) Azure
2 45 (54.88%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (21.95%) Entra ID
4 16 (19.51%) AWS
5 6 (7.32%) SaaS
6 5 (6.10%) IaaS
6 5 (6.10%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.66%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.66%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.44%) GitHub
9 2 (2.44%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.44%) PaaS
9 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.22%) ChatGPT
10 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (50.00%) DNS
2 37 (45.12%) DHCP
3 36 (43.90%) Firewall
4 24 (29.27%) TCP/IP
5 19 (23.17%) VLAN
6 16 (19.51%) VoIP
7 14 (17.07%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (15.85%) SAN
9 12 (14.63%) VPN
10 9 (10.98%) Network Security
10 9 (10.98%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (9.76%) WAN
12 7 (8.54%) LAN
13 4 (4.88%) VSAN
14 3 (3.66%) DKIM
14 3 (3.66%) DMARC
14 3 (3.66%) PBX
14 3 (3.66%) SNMP
14 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
15 2 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.44%) Looker
2 2 (2.44%) Power BI
3 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Git
General
1 32 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.88%) Legal
7 3 (3.66%) Finance
7 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.22%) Games
8 1 (1.22%) Law
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (28.05%) IT Support
2 18 (21.95%) Analyst
2 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (19.51%) IT Support Technician
3 16 (19.51%) IT Technician
3 16 (19.51%) Support Technician
4 12 (14.63%) Support Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Lead
6 7 (8.54%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Administrator
8 5 (6.10%) Problem Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Senior
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) IT Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) Middleware
2 3 (3.66%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.51%) Driving Licence
2 9 (10.98%) CCTV
2 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.76%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.32%) Social Media
5 5 (6.10%) Replication
6 4 (4.88%) Clustering
6 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (17.07%) Windows 10
3 11 (13.41%) Linux
4 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (9.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.10%) VMS
7 3 (3.66%) CentOS
7 3 (3.66%) CoreOS
7 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.22%) Android
8 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (1.22%) SUSE
8 1 (1.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.68%) Disaster Recovery
2 33 (40.24%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (30.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (28.05%) Customer Service
5 22 (26.83%) High Availability
5 22 (26.83%) ITIL
6 20 (24.39%) Business Continuity
7 18 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (21.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 12 (14.63%) Time Management
9 11 (13.41%) Server Management
9 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
10 9 (10.98%) Change Management
10 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (9.76%) BCP
11 8 (9.76%) Business Continuity Planning
11 8 (9.76%) Information Security
11 8 (9.76%) Server Building
11 8 (9.76%) Server Monitoring
11 8 (9.76%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.61%) PowerShell
2 18 (21.95%) SQL
3 9 (10.98%) Python
4 8 (9.76%) Bicep
5 4 (4.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (32.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (13.41%) Azure Certification
3 9 (10.98%) Degree
3 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.76%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (8.54%) DBS Check
5 7 (8.54%) MCSA
6 5 (6.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (3.66%) CCNA
7 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.22%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.22%) PMP
9 1 (1.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) SLA
2 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 52 (63.41%) Active Directory
2 35 (42.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (28.05%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.54%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (7.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (4.88%) vSphere
7 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (1.22%) Firmware
8 1 (1.22%) MetaFrame
8 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) FortiGate
2 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.32%) Autotask
3 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.66%) Ansible
5 3 (3.66%) cPanel
5 3 (3.66%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.66%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (3.66%) Plesk
5 3 (3.66%) SCVMM
5 3 (3.66%) Terraform
6 2 (2.44%) SCCM
6 2 (2.44%) WSUS
7 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 67 (81.71%) Microsoft
2 48 (58.54%) VMware
3 12 (14.63%) SonicWALL
4 9 (10.98%) Sophos
5 7 (8.54%) Veeam
6 6 (7.32%) Cisco
7 5 (6.10%) Apple
8 4 (4.88%) Google
8 4 (4.88%) iManage
8 4 (4.88%) Meraki
8 4 (4.88%) WatchGuard
9 3 (3.66%) Acronis
9 3 (3.66%) Aderant
9 3 (3.66%) Adobe
9 3 (3.66%) Autodesk
9 3 (3.66%) McAfee
9 3 (3.66%) NETGEAR
9 3 (3.66%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.66%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.66%) Ubiquiti