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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 121 110
Rank change year-on-year +22 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 74 42 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.28% 1.95% 2.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.20% 9.38% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 57 40 101
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,475 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,496 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £36,250 £43,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -16.67% -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 245 448 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.23% 20.84% 13.98%
Number of salaries quoted 191 252 528
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,434 £72,500
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

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 24 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 24 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 - 2 £38,750 - 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 (22.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 52 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (64.86%) Azure
3 20 (27.03%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (6.76%) AWS
6 4 (5.41%) SaaS
7 3 (4.05%) IaaS
7 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.70%) GitHub
8 2 (2.70%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.35%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.35%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (44.59%) Firewall
2 26 (35.14%) DHCP
2 26 (35.14%) DNS
3 21 (28.38%) VLAN
4 14 (18.92%) VPN
5 11 (14.86%) SAN
6 10 (13.51%) TCP/IP
7 7 (9.46%) VoIP
8 4 (5.41%) LAN
8 4 (5.41%) Network Security
8 4 (5.41%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (5.41%) WAN
8 4 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.70%) SNMP
10 1 (1.35%) FTP
10 1 (1.35%) HTTP
10 1 (1.35%) NAS
10 1 (1.35%) SMTP
10 1 (1.35%) SSL
10 1 (1.35%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.35%) Looker
2 1 (1.35%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Git
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.70%) Finance
4 2 (2.70%) Marketing
4 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (43.24%) IT Support
2 15 (20.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (20.27%) IT Engineer
2 15 (20.27%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (20.27%) Support Engineer
3 14 (18.92%) IT Support Technician
3 14 (18.92%) IT Technician
3 14 (18.92%) Support Technician
4 12 (16.22%) Analyst
5 8 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Lead
6 7 (9.46%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (9.46%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 7 (9.46%) Senior
7 6 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Problem Analyst
9 4 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) .NET
2 1 (1.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.41%) CCTV
3 4 (5.41%) Clustering
3 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.05%) Social Media
5 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.70%) Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (13.51%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (4.05%) Linux
5 3 (4.05%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.70%) VMS
7 1 (1.35%) CentOS
7 1 (1.35%) CoreOS
7 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.19%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (36.49%) Customer Service
3 25 (33.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 21 (28.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (22.97%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (17.57%) ITIL
7 11 (14.86%) Business Continuity
7 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.86%) Information Security
8 10 (13.51%) Service Delivery
9 9 (12.16%) Process Improvement
10 8 (10.81%) BCP
10 8 (10.81%) Business Continuity Planning
10 8 (10.81%) High Availability
10 8 (10.81%) Storage Management
10 8 (10.81%) Time Management
11 7 (9.46%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (8.11%) Configuration Management
12 6 (8.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
1 9 (12.16%) SQL
2 6 (8.11%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) Bicep
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (17.57%) Degree
3 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.81%) Azure Certification
4 8 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (9.46%) MCSA
6 6 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (6.76%) DBS Check
8 4 (5.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (4.05%) CCNA
9 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (8.11%) SLA
3 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (58.11%) Active Directory
2 16 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.46%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (25.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (13.51%) Autotask
3 6 (8.11%) FortiGate
3 6 (8.11%) Terraform
4 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (4.05%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.35%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.35%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (28.38%) VMware
3 6 (8.11%) Cisco
4 5 (6.76%) Meraki
5 4 (5.41%) SonicWALL
5 4 (5.41%) Sophos
6 3 (4.05%) Apple
6 3 (4.05%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (2.70%) iManage
7 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.70%) Veeam
8 1 (1.35%) Aderant
8 1 (1.35%) Dell
8 1 (1.35%) Google
8 1 (1.35%) McAfee
8 1 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.35%) Spotify
8 1 (1.35%) WatchGuard