Windows Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 73 83
Rank change year-on-year -84 +10 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 231 603 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.94% 2.94% 4.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.85% 26.00% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 210 509 497
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £43,438 £50,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,798 2,319 2,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.10% 11.29% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 759 1,729 1,422
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -4.49% +4.71%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 June 2025. 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 -22 118 £30,000 -20.00% 131
North West -78 94 £35,000 -15.66% 209
North East -21 19 £35,000 +1.45% 39
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 65 (28.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (17.32%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.76%) IIS
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.87%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 134 (58.01%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (45.02%) Azure
3 30 (12.99%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.36%) AWS
5 10 (4.33%) SaaS
6 9 (3.90%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.73%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.73%) IaaS
8 4 (1.73%) PaaS
9 3 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.30%) GitHub
10 2 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.43%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 71 (30.74%) Firewall
2 68 (29.44%) DNS
3 55 (23.81%) DHCP
4 33 (14.29%) VPN
5 30 (12.99%) VoIP
6 23 (9.96%) TCP/IP
7 21 (9.09%) LAN
7 21 (9.09%) Wireless
8 20 (8.66%) WAN
9 16 (6.93%) VLAN
10 11 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (3.03%) SAN
12 6 (2.60%) Internet
12 6 (2.60%) MPLS
12 6 (2.60%) NAS
12 6 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.73%) IPv4
15 3 (1.30%) WLAN
16 2 (0.87%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.30%) Data Hub
2 3 (1.30%) MySQL
2 3 (1.30%) SQL CLR
3 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.43%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Git
1 2 (0.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 105 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 20 (8.66%) Telecoms
4 15 (6.49%) Law
5 11 (4.76%) Finance
5 11 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.46%) Automotive
7 8 (3.46%) Retail
8 7 (3.03%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.30%) Back Office
11 2 (0.87%) Games
11 2 (0.87%) Local Government
11 2 (0.87%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.43%) Legal
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (30.30%) IT Support
2 61 (26.41%) Analyst
3 43 (18.61%) IT Analyst
4 41 (17.75%) Support Analyst
5 33 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 31 (13.42%) IT Support Analyst
7 25 (10.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (9.52%) Support Engineer
9 20 (8.66%) IT Engineer
10 19 (8.23%) 1st Line Support
11 17 (7.36%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 17 (7.36%) Desktop Support
11 17 (7.36%) Support Technician
12 15 (6.49%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 15 (6.49%) Technical Support
13 14 (6.06%) Help Desk Analyst
14 13 (5.63%) Help Desk Support
14 13 (5.63%) Senior
15 12 (5.19%) Service Analyst
15 12 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.73%) .NET
2 3 (1.30%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.30%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.30%) Dapper ORM
2 3 (1.30%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.43%) Loki
3 1 (0.43%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.33%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.90%) FMCG
3 9 (3.90%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.16%) EPoS
7 4 (1.73%) Clustering
7 4 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.73%) Life Science
8 3 (1.30%) CCTV
8 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.30%) Replication
8 3 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.43%) PKI
9 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.43%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 231 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (22.94%) Linux
2 53 (22.94%) Windows 10
3 18 (7.79%) Android
3 18 (7.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (4.76%) Mac OS X
4 11 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.90%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.03%) Unix
7 5 (2.16%) CentOS
8 4 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.87%) Debian
10 1 (0.43%) AIX
10 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.43%) Solaris
10 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (25.54%) Customer Service
3 48 (20.78%) ITIL
4 40 (17.32%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (14.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (10.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (8.66%) Incident Management
8 19 (8.23%) Service Delivery
9 18 (7.79%) Process Improvement
10 17 (7.36%) Mentoring
11 16 (6.93%) User Experience
12 14 (6.06%) ERP
13 11 (4.76%) Patch Management
13 11 (4.76%) Virtual Environments
14 10 (4.33%) Change Management
14 10 (4.33%) Collaborative Culture
14 10 (4.33%) Containerisation
14 10 (4.33%) ITSM
15 9 (3.90%) Project Delivery
15 9 (3.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.15%) SQL
2 32 (13.85%) PowerShell
3 22 (9.52%) Python
4 4 (1.73%) Bash
5 3 (1.30%) C#
6 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.43%) Go
7 1 (0.43%) Perl
7 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.43%) VB
7 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (13.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (11.26%) Degree
3 22 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.49%) MCSA
6 13 (5.63%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (4.76%) CCNP
8 7 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (3.03%) MCSE
9 6 (2.60%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.60%) CCNA
9 6 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.73%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (1.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.87%) CISSP
12 2 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.09%) SLA
2 9 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.60%) NCSC
4 5 (2.16%) NIST
5 3 (1.30%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.30%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.87%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 141 (61.04%) Active Directory
2 51 (22.08%) Hyper-V
2 51 (22.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.90%) vSphere
6 5 (2.16%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.87%) Docker
8 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.43%) NFS
9 1 (0.43%) RHEV
9 1 (0.43%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (10.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.76%) SCCM
3 9 (3.90%) Ansible
4 6 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (2.60%) Proxmox
4 6 (2.60%) SCOM
4 6 (2.60%) WSUS
5 5 (2.16%) AirWatch
6 4 (1.73%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.30%) Autotask
7 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.30%) Terraform
7 3 (1.30%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.43%) cPanel
8 1 (0.43%) Grafana
8 1 (0.43%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 147 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 86 (37.23%) VMware
3 44 (19.05%) Cisco
4 27 (11.69%) Veeam
5 20 (8.66%) Apple
6 10 (4.33%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.03%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.60%) Oracle
8 6 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.60%) Sophos
9 5 (2.16%) Citrix
9 5 (2.16%) Datto
9 5 (2.16%) Meraki
9 5 (2.16%) MobileIron
9 5 (2.16%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (1.30%) Kaseya
10 3 (1.30%) NetApp
10 3 (1.30%) Sage
10 3 (1.30%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.30%) WatchGuard