Windows Server 2019 Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 277 269
Rank change year-on-year -44 -8 -29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 36 25 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.26% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.11% 1.36% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 61
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.87% -4.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £47,625 £35,375 £46,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,625 -
England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -2.50%

All Operating Systems
North of England

Windows Server 2019 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,156 1,842 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.20% 19.10% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 898 824 1,083
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% -6.59%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,987 £67,500 £66,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -14.43% -7.62%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Yorkshire -17 20 £42,500 +30.77% 2
North West -13 14 £42,500 +26.87% 4
North East - 2 - - 1
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (36.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) HCL Domino
3 1 (2.78%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (80.56%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (72.22%) Azure
3 18 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 7 (19.44%) Mimecast
6 4 (11.11%) IaaS
6 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (8.33%) AWS
7 3 (8.33%) OpenShift
7 3 (8.33%) SaaS
8 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) Firewall
2 13 (36.11%) WAN
3 12 (33.33%) DHCP
3 12 (33.33%) DNS
4 10 (27.78%) LAN
5 8 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (16.67%) Wireless
7 5 (13.89%) SNMP
7 5 (13.89%) VLAN
7 5 (13.89%) VPN
8 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
9 3 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 3 (8.33%) VSAN
10 1 (2.78%) Network Security
10 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
General
1 17 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Legal
4 6 (16.67%) Law
5 4 (11.11%) Advertising
6 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Games
8 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) IT Support
2 12 (33.33%) Analyst
3 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) IT Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Support Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Support Analyst
6 5 (13.89%) Administrator
6 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 5 (13.89%) IT Analyst
6 5 (13.89%) IT Manager
6 5 (13.89%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (11.11%) IT Operations Manager
7 4 (11.11%) Operations Manager
8 3 (8.33%) Support Team Leader
8 3 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) HTML
1 4 (11.11%) JSON
2 2 (5.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Social Media
3 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (86.11%) Windows Server
3 17 (47.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (25.00%) Linux
5 5 (13.89%) Windows 10
6 3 (8.33%) CentOS
6 3 (8.33%) CoreOS
6 3 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.78%) Android
7 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 15 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (36.11%) ITIL
3 13 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (33.33%) Service Management
5 11 (30.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (25.00%) Customer Service
7 7 (19.44%) Business Continuity
7 7 (19.44%) High Availability
7 7 (19.44%) Service Delivery
8 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (16.67%) Information Security
8 6 (16.67%) ITSM
9 5 (13.89%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 5 (13.89%) Identity Management
9 5 (13.89%) Incident Response
9 5 (13.89%) Logistics
9 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
9 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (13.89%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) PowerShell
2 8 (22.22%) SQL
3 3 (8.33%) Bash
3 3 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Azure Certification
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (13.89%) CCNA
2 5 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (58.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (69.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (41.67%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.89%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.33%) DFS Replication
5 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (8.33%) SCVMM
2 3 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (5.56%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.56%) SCCM
4 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (19.44%) iManage
3 7 (19.44%) Veeam
4 5 (13.89%) Cisco
4 5 (13.89%) Meraki
4 5 (13.89%) SolarWinds
5 4 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 3 (8.33%) McAfee
6 3 (8.33%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.56%) Aderant
8 1 (2.78%) Dell