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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 222 235
Rank change year-on-year -51 +13 +82
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 10 44 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.080% 0.56% 0.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.30% 4.20% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10 35 89
10th Percentile £30,300 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £44,300 - £53,750
England median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% +7.78%

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 771 1,047 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.13% 13.26% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 608 509 1,486
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,500 £57,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,450 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.20% +10.42% -9.52%

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 February 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 February 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
North West -13 5 £31,000 -29.14% 4
Yorkshire -33 5 £33,500 -10.67% 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
4 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) DHCP
1 9 (90.00%) DNS
2 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 7 (70.00%) WAN
3 6 (60.00%) Firewall
4 5 (50.00%) VLAN
4 5 (50.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) VoIP
5 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (10.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) IT Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) IT Support
2 7 (70.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Field Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Project Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (60.00%) Mac OS
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (10.00%) CentOS
5 1 (10.00%) CoreOS
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Presales
3 4 (40.00%) Time Management
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) RBAC
6 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCNA
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (10.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Google
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) Datto
4 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (20.00%) SonicWALL
4 2 (20.00%) Veeam
4 2 (20.00%) WatchGuard
5 1 (10.00%) Apple
5 1 (10.00%) Aruba
5 1 (10.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) McAfee
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat