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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 115 110
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 79 42 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.35% 1.97% 2.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.47% 9.66% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 61 40 100
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,475 £23,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,496 £52,813
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -12.79% -8.02%

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 251 435 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.29% 20.39% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 196 239 525
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -7.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,840 £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 27 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 27 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
Bolton - 4 £50,000 - 1
Salford - 4 £50,000 - 2
Altrincham - 3 £40,000 - 1
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 (22.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.19%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.80%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 55 (69.62%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (64.56%) Azure
3 21 (26.58%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (6.33%) AWS
6 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.06%) SaaS
7 3 (3.80%) IaaS
7 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.53%) GitHub
8 2 (2.53%) iPaaS
8 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.53%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.27%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (45.57%) Firewall
2 28 (35.44%) DNS
3 27 (34.18%) DHCP
4 22 (27.85%) VLAN
5 15 (18.99%) VPN
6 11 (13.92%) SAN
7 10 (12.66%) TCP/IP
8 8 (10.13%) VoIP
9 5 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (5.06%) LAN
10 4 (5.06%) Network Security
10 4 (5.06%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (5.06%) WAN
11 3 (3.80%) SNMP
12 2 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (1.27%) DKIM
13 1 (1.27%) DMARC
13 1 (1.27%) FTP
13 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
13 1 (1.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.53%) Looker
2 2 (2.53%) Power BI
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.66%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.80%) Finance
5 2 (2.53%) Legal
5 2 (2.53%) Marketing
5 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (40.51%) IT Support
2 16 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (18.99%) IT Engineer
3 15 (18.99%) IT Support Engineer
3 15 (18.99%) Support Engineer
4 14 (17.72%) Analyst
4 14 (17.72%) IT Support Technician
4 14 (17.72%) IT Technician
4 14 (17.72%) Support Technician
5 8 (10.13%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Lead
5 8 (10.13%) Senior
6 7 (8.86%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (8.86%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 7 (8.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (6.33%) Problem Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) Middleware
1 2 (2.53%) SAML
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.39%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.06%) CCTV
3 4 (5.06%) Clustering
3 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Social Media
5 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.53%) Replication
6 1 (1.27%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 79 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (12.66%) Windows 10
3 9 (11.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (7.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.80%) Linux
5 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.80%) VMS
6 1 (1.27%) CentOS
6 1 (1.27%) CoreOS
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.71%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (35.44%) Customer Service
3 26 (32.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 22 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (24.05%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (24.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (18.99%) ITIL
7 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (15.19%) Information Security
9 11 (13.92%) Business Continuity
9 11 (13.92%) Service Delivery
10 10 (12.66%) Process Improvement
11 9 (11.39%) High Availability
12 8 (10.13%) BCP
12 8 (10.13%) Business Continuity Planning
12 8 (10.13%) Storage Management
12 8 (10.13%) Time Management
13 7 (8.86%) Root Cause Analysis
14 6 (7.59%) Configuration Management
14 6 (7.59%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) SQL
2 9 (11.39%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.86%) Python
4 4 (5.06%) Bicep
5 1 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (16.46%) Degree
3 11 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 11 (13.92%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.66%) Azure Certification
5 8 (10.13%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (8.86%) MCSA
7 6 (7.59%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (6.33%) DBS Check
9 4 (5.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.80%) CCNA
10 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.27%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (7.59%) SLA
3 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (56.96%) Active Directory
2 18 (22.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (11.39%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.27%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.27%) vSphere
6 1 (1.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (12.66%) Autotask
3 7 (8.86%) FortiGate
4 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (7.59%) Terraform
5 3 (3.80%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.27%) cPanel
6 1 (1.27%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.27%) Plesk
6 1 (1.27%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (74.68%) Microsoft
2 24 (30.38%) VMware
3 6 (7.59%) Cisco
4 5 (6.33%) Meraki
4 5 (6.33%) SonicWALL
5 4 (5.06%) Apple
5 4 (5.06%) Sophos
6 3 (3.80%) iManage
6 3 (3.80%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (3.80%) Veeam
7 2 (2.53%) Aderant
7 2 (2.53%) Google
7 2 (2.53%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.53%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.53%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.27%) Adobe
8 1 (1.27%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.27%) McAfee
8 1 (1.27%) NETGEAR
8 1 (1.27%) Red Hat