Windows Server Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 97 52
Rank change year-on-year -9 -45 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 283 206 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.60% 2.96% 3.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.06% 15.44% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 226 192 546
10th Percentile £27,875 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,750 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -7.95% -5.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £57,875 £53,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -4.01%

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 856 1,334 2,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.85% 19.19% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 655 706 1,761
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,156 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,067 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% -1.02% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,390 £74,258 £67,968
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

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 21 April 2026.

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 21 April 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 +13 147 £35,000 -9.09% 28
Yorkshire -33 113 £34,000 +13.33% 23
North East -36 23 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
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 71 (25.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (15.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.83%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (14.49%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 176 (62.19%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (50.18%) Azure
3 46 (16.25%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.54%) AWS
5 22 (7.77%) Google Workspace
6 11 (3.89%) IaaS
6 11 (3.89%) Nutanix
7 8 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.47%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.12%) Google Docs
9 6 (2.12%) Google Sheets
10 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.41%) SaaS
11 3 (1.06%) PaaS
12 2 (0.71%) GitHub
12 2 (0.71%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 104 (36.75%) DNS
2 98 (34.63%) Firewall
3 97 (34.28%) DHCP
4 59 (20.85%) WAN
5 58 (20.49%) VPN
6 55 (19.43%) VLAN
7 53 (18.73%) TCP/IP
8 50 (17.67%) LAN
9 37 (13.07%) Wireless
10 21 (7.42%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (6.71%) VoIP
12 16 (5.65%) SAN
13 9 (3.18%) SD-WAN
14 8 (2.83%) DMZ
15 7 (2.47%) Network Security
15 7 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (2.12%) IP Telephony
16 6 (2.12%) NAS
17 5 (1.77%) Reverse Proxy
17 5 (1.77%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.77%) MySQL
4 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.12%) JIRA
2 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.35%) Git
General
1 121 (42.76%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.31%) Manufacturing
3 25 (8.83%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.65%) Retail
7 11 (3.89%) Law
8 7 (2.47%) Finance
9 6 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.12%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.77%) Advertising
11 4 (1.41%) Automotive
11 4 (1.41%) Marketing
12 3 (1.06%) Legal
13 2 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 124 (43.82%) IT Support
2 70 (24.73%) Support Engineer
3 66 (23.32%) IT Engineer
4 59 (20.85%) Senior
5 58 (20.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 56 (19.79%) IT Technician
7 39 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (12.72%) 2nd Line Support
8 36 (12.72%) Support Technician
9 31 (10.95%) IT Support Technician
10 30 (10.60%) Senior IT Technician
10 30 (10.60%) Senior Technician
11 24 (8.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (7.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 20 (7.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 18 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support
14 17 (6.01%) Analyst
15 16 (5.65%) 1st Line Support
16 11 (3.89%) IT Analyst
17 10 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.77%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.41%) .NET
3 2 (0.71%) Middleware
4 1 (0.35%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.35%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.84%) Driving Licence
2 35 (12.37%) Data Centre
3 24 (8.48%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (6.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.59%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.77%) Replication
8 4 (1.41%) CCTV
8 4 (1.41%) SCADA
8 4 (1.41%) Social Media
9 3 (1.06%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.71%) iPad
10 2 (0.71%) Life Science
10 2 (0.71%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 283 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (17.31%) Windows 10
3 35 (12.37%) Linux
4 17 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (4.59%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.24%) Mac OS
7 11 (3.89%) Android
7 11 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.18%) Windows 7
8 9 (3.18%) Windows 8
9 6 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.77%) Debian
11 3 (1.06%) Unix
12 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.35%) CentOS
13 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.35%) SUSE
13 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (33.92%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (30.39%) Customer Service
3 80 (28.27%) ITIL
4 59 (20.85%) Service Delivery
5 54 (19.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (14.13%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (14.13%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 37 (13.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 30 (10.60%) Mentoring
9 26 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (7.77%) High Availability
10 22 (7.77%) Incident Management
11 20 (7.07%) ITSM
11 20 (7.07%) Knowledge Transfer
12 19 (6.71%) Coaching
12 19 (6.71%) Service Management
13 18 (6.36%) Server Management
13 18 (6.36%) Time Management
14 17 (6.01%) Proactive Maintenance
15 15 (5.30%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.37%) PowerShell
2 30 (10.60%) SQL
3 9 (3.18%) Python
4 6 (2.12%) Bash
5 3 (1.06%) Bicep
5 3 (1.06%) VBA
6 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.35%) Delphi
7 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (10.95%) DBS Check
2 22 (7.77%) SC Cleared
2 22 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.07%) Degree
4 19 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (6.01%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (5.30%) A+ Certification
7 11 (3.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.47%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.12%) HNC
9 6 (2.12%) HND
9 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.41%) CCNA
10 4 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.41%) MCSA
10 4 (1.41%) NVQ Level 3
11 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.35%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.65%) SLA
2 15 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.77%) GDPR
5 4 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 176 (62.19%) Active Directory
2 84 (29.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (24.73%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.18%) VMware Workstation
5 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.06%) Firmware
7 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.06%) vSphere
8 1 (0.35%) Docker
8 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 43 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (6.01%) Autotask
3 14 (4.95%) Terraform
4 9 (3.18%) FortiGate
4 9 (3.18%) SCCM
5 8 (2.83%) Ansible
6 6 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.41%) VxRail
7 4 (1.41%) WSUS
8 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.71%) Puppet
10 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.35%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 203 (71.73%) Microsoft
2 122 (43.11%) VMware
3 31 (10.95%) Citrix
4 26 (9.19%) Cisco
5 22 (7.77%) Google
6 14 (4.95%) Veeam
7 13 (4.59%) Dell
7 13 (4.59%) Meraki
8 11 (3.89%) HP
9 9 (3.18%) ESET
10 7 (2.47%) Apple
10 7 (2.47%) Dell Compellent
10 7 (2.47%) Nimble Storage
11 6 (2.12%) SonicWALL
12 4 (1.41%) Commvault
12 4 (1.41%) Datto
12 4 (1.41%) Sophos
12 4 (1.41%) Tenable
12 4 (1.41%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (1.41%) Zerto