Windows Server Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 50 44
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 8 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 1.26% 2.27% 1.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.05% 21.82% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 8
10th Percentile - £37,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,125 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £31,000 £54,375 £47,813
90th Percentile - £66,250 £52,125
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.30% +2.96%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 55 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 6.00% 10.40% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 23 39 28
10th Percentile £26,300 £28,075 £25,150
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +7.59% -12.22%
75th Percentile £31,350 £59,375 £47,813
90th Percentile £53,750 £75,050 £54,650
North West median annual salary £40,500 £44,274 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -1.61% +4.65%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Wirral - 6 £30,000 -
Liverpool -14 2 £30,000 -33.33% 6
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
1 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
1 6 (75.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) IT Support
1 8 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Driving Licence
1 6 (75.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft