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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 82 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 -14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 436 511 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.67% 3.94% 4.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.12% 25.93% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 365 436 756
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,325 £31,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £43,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +15.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £56,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +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 1,808 1,971 3,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.09% 15.18% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 1,322 2,371
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,734 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +32 190 £42,500 +19.72% 44
North West -38 181 £41,500 -14.43% 58
North East +14 65 £35,000 -26.32% 18
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 92 (21.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (10.55%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.75%) IIS
4 4 (0.92%) Apache
4 4 (0.92%) CMS
4 4 (0.92%) Confluence
4 4 (0.92%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.23%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 222 (50.92%) Azure
2 219 (50.23%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (21.33%) Entra ID
4 53 (12.16%) AWS
5 48 (11.01%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.67%) Nutanix
7 15 (3.44%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.83%) IaaS
9 7 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.61%) GCP
10 6 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.38%) PaaS
10 6 (1.38%) SaaS
11 5 (1.15%) GitHub
11 5 (1.15%) Rubrik
12 4 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 137 (31.42%) Firewall
2 106 (24.31%) DNS
3 84 (19.27%) DHCP
4 68 (15.60%) LAN
5 62 (14.22%) WAN
6 52 (11.93%) VPN
7 49 (11.24%) SAN
7 49 (11.24%) TCP/IP
8 39 (8.94%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (7.80%) VLAN
10 31 (7.11%) NAS
11 29 (6.65%) VoIP
12 18 (4.13%) Wireless
13 17 (3.90%) WLAN
14 15 (3.44%) Internet
15 11 (2.52%) Network Security
16 10 (2.29%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (1.61%) SSL
18 5 (1.15%) Multicast
19 4 (0.92%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.03%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (2.98%) Power BI
4 6 (1.38%) DB2
5 4 (0.92%) MySQL
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.46%) Informix
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.23%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.23%) Redis
8 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.15%) JIRA
2 3 (0.69%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.69%) Git
2 3 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.86%) Law
3 38 (8.72%) Finance
4 37 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.82%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.44%) Retail
7 14 (3.21%) Marketing
7 14 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.29%) Legal
9 10 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.06%) Military
10 9 (2.06%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.92%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.69%) Advertising
14 2 (0.46%) Electronics
14 2 (0.46%) Games
14 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (20.18%) IT Support
2 69 (15.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 68 (15.60%) Support Engineer
4 57 (13.07%) IT Engineer
5 42 (9.63%) Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 41 (9.40%) Lead
7 40 (9.17%) IT Technician
8 37 (8.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 35 (8.03%) Senior
10 30 (6.88%) Team Leader
11 25 (5.73%) 3rd Line Support
12 24 (5.50%) 2nd Line Support
12 24 (5.50%) Support Technician
13 23 (5.28%) IT Support Technician
14 22 (5.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 22 (5.05%) Technical Support
15 20 (4.59%) Administrator
15 20 (4.59%) IT Manager
16 19 (4.36%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.98%) REST
2 7 (1.61%) .NET
3 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.46%) AWS CDK
3 2 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.23%) Classic ASP
4 1 (0.23%) HTML
4 1 (0.23%) JSON
4 1 (0.23%) Middleware
4 1 (0.23%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.23%) Node.js
4 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.94%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.96%) Data Centre
3 23 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.59%) Clustering
5 13 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.98%) Replication
5 13 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.52%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (2.29%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.29%) PKI
7 10 (2.29%) SCADA
8 8 (1.83%) Cyberattack
8 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.38%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.38%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.15%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.15%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 436 (100.00%) Windows
2 75 (17.20%) Windows 10
3 74 (16.97%) Linux
4 66 (15.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 64 (14.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 55 (12.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (4.82%) Android
8 19 (4.36%) Apple iOS
9 17 (3.90%) Windows 7
10 14 (3.21%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.83%) VMS
13 6 (1.38%) Mac OS
13 6 (1.38%) Unix
14 5 (1.15%) CentOS
14 5 (1.15%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.23%) SUSE
17 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 98 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (19.27%) ITIL
4 79 (18.12%) Customer Service
5 62 (14.22%) Mentoring
6 52 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (9.40%) Migration
8 39 (8.94%) Time Management
9 34 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
10 30 (6.88%) Service Management
11 24 (5.50%) Coaching
11 24 (5.50%) DevOps
11 24 (5.50%) Incident Management
12 23 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (4.59%) Change Management
13 20 (4.59%) Roadmaps
13 20 (4.59%) User Experience
14 19 (4.36%) Preventative Maintenance
15 18 (4.13%) Computer Science
15 18 (4.13%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.35%) PowerShell
2 44 (10.09%) SQL
3 34 (7.80%) Python
4 13 (2.98%) Bash
5 11 (2.52%) VBScript
6 10 (2.29%) Delphi
7 4 (0.92%) VB
8 3 (0.69%) Java
8 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.46%) C#
10 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.23%) Perl
10 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (10.55%) Degree
2 37 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.98%) MCSE
4 9 (2.06%) CCNA
4 9 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.06%) MCSA
5 7 (1.61%) MCP
6 6 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (0.92%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.92%) Security Cleared
8 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.69%) CISSP
9 2 (0.46%) GIAC
9 2 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.23%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (11.24%) SLA
2 7 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.15%) GDPR
3 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.69%) NCSC
4 3 (0.69%) NIST
4 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 252 (57.80%) Active Directory
2 142 (32.57%) Hyper-V
3 112 (25.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (8.03%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (3.67%) vSphere
6 11 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.92%) Docker
7 4 (0.92%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.69%) XenApp
9 2 (0.46%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.46%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.23%) Ceph
10 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) NFS
10 1 (0.23%) Postfix
10 1 (0.23%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 74 (16.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.34%) SCCM
3 25 (5.73%) Ansible
4 22 (5.05%) vCenter Server
5 21 (4.82%) WSUS
6 15 (3.44%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (2.29%) Terraform
8 9 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (2.06%) SCOM
9 8 (1.83%) Autotask
10 7 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 7 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.15%) Grafana
11 5 (1.15%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.92%) IBM BigFix
13 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
14 2 (0.46%) NetBackup
15 1 (0.23%) Backup Exec
15 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 249 (57.11%) Microsoft
2 208 (47.71%) VMware
3 51 (11.70%) Citrix
4 44 (10.09%) Cisco
5 29 (6.65%) Veeam
6 17 (3.90%) Sophos
7 14 (3.21%) Datto
8 11 (2.52%) Dell
8 11 (2.52%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.29%) SAP
10 9 (2.06%) ServiceNow
10 9 (2.06%) SolarWinds
11 8 (1.83%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (1.61%) ConnectWise
12 7 (1.61%) Oracle
13 6 (1.38%) Databricks
13 6 (1.38%) Draytek
13 6 (1.38%) Facebook
13 6 (1.38%) IBM