Windows Server Job Trends in Norfolk

Microsoft Windows Server
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Norfolk requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 6 33 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Norfolk 2.56% 11.83% 10.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.15% 50.00% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 14
10th Percentile £31,338 £28,000 £26,325
25th Percentile £32,781 £29,000 £28,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,625 £32,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% -8.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £39,031 £34,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £39,613 £36,800 -
East of England median annual salary £43,085 £45,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +25.00% -15.29%

All Operating Systems
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13 66 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 5.56% 23.66% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 25
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £25,150
25th Percentile £28,915 £28,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,184 £32,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +1.59% +34.04%
75th Percentile £35,281 £34,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £37,288 £54,175 -
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -11.11%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Norfolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 11 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
Norwich -6 6 £36,625 +14.45% 4
Windows Server
East of England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) IMAP
1 6 (100.00%) POP3
1 6 (100.00%) SMTP
1 6 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) EIGRP
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 5 (83.33%) OSPF
2 5 (83.33%) VLAN
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Wireless
2 5 (83.33%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Time Management
2 5 (83.33%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 5 (83.33%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds