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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 75 54
Rank change year-on-year -15 -21 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 222 282 384
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.10% 3.05% 4.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.99% 24.54% 32.51%
Number of salaries quoted 195 146 337
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £26,380
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,281 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +7.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,460 £57,500 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 694 1,149 1,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.58% 12.42% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 557 580 972
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £44,263
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -3.98% +1.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 -1 103 £45,000 +5.88% 28
Yorkshire -16 94 £32,500 -13.33% 28
North East -7 25 £35,000 -12.50% 8
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 72 (32.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (19.82%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.70%) IIS
4 3 (1.35%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.90%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (67.12%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (50.00%) Azure
3 41 (18.47%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.21%) IaaS
5 12 (5.41%) AWS
5 12 (5.41%) SaaS
6 8 (3.60%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.70%) PaaS
8 5 (2.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.90%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.45%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 87 (39.19%) Firewall
2 59 (26.58%) DNS
2 59 (26.58%) VPN
3 57 (25.68%) DHCP
4 55 (24.77%) VLAN
5 45 (20.27%) TCP/IP
6 43 (19.37%) WAN
7 40 (18.02%) LAN
8 28 (12.61%) VoIP
9 16 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (7.21%) Wireless
10 12 (5.41%) SAN
11 9 (4.05%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (4.05%) SSL
12 8 (3.60%) DMZ
13 5 (2.25%) Internet
13 5 (2.25%) STUN
14 4 (1.80%) WLAN
15 3 (1.35%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.90%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.15%) MySQL
3 3 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.35%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Git
General
1 91 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.32%) Manufacturing
3 15 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (3.60%) Finance
4 8 (3.60%) Retail
5 7 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.15%) Law
5 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.25%) Advertising
6 5 (2.25%) Legal
6 5 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.80%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.80%) Automotive
7 4 (1.80%) Marketing
8 2 (0.90%) German Language
8 2 (0.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (40.54%) IT Support
2 57 (25.68%) Support Engineer
3 45 (20.27%) IT Engineer
4 40 (18.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (12.61%) Senior
6 26 (11.71%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (11.71%) Analyst
6 26 (11.71%) Support Technician
7 23 (10.36%) IT Analyst
8 20 (9.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (9.01%) Technical Support
9 19 (8.56%) IT Support Analyst
9 19 (8.56%) Support Analyst
10 18 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
11 16 (7.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) Senior IT Support
13 12 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
13 12 (5.41%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.41%) .NET
2 5 (2.25%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (1.80%) Node.js
4 3 (1.35%) Itk
4 3 (1.35%) SAP Basis
4 3 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.35%) SAPUI5
5 2 (0.90%) Middleware
6 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.45%) JSON
6 1 (0.45%) REST
6 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.12%) Driving Licence
2 18 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.50%) Replication
5 9 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.15%) iPad
7 7 (3.15%) SCADA
8 6 (2.70%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.25%) LIMS
10 4 (1.80%) NHS
11 3 (1.35%) Clustering
11 3 (1.35%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.35%) FMCG
11 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.45%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 222 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (19.82%) Linux
3 32 (14.41%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.95%) Android
4 11 (4.95%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.25%) Debian
6 4 (1.80%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.80%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.80%) Windows 8
6 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.35%) SUSE
7 3 (1.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.90%) Unix
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.13%) ITIL
2 54 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (22.52%) Customer Service
4 32 (14.41%) Service Delivery
5 30 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (11.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 25 (11.26%) Service Management
9 19 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (8.56%) Patch Management
10 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
11 17 (7.66%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (7.66%) Migration
12 15 (6.76%) Coaching
13 14 (6.31%) Server Management
14 12 (5.41%) Roadmaps
15 11 (4.95%) DevOps
15 11 (4.95%) Incident Management
15 11 (4.95%) Project Delivery
16 10 (4.50%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.16%) SQL
2 26 (11.71%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.05%) Python
4 6 (2.70%) VBA
5 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.35%) PHP
5 3 (1.35%) Tcl
6 2 (0.90%) Bash
6 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.45%) C#
7 1 (0.45%) Delphi
7 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (7.66%) SC Cleared
1 17 (7.66%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.41%) CCNA
2 12 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (4.95%) DBS Check
3 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.95%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (4.05%) Degree
5 8 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (3.15%) A+ Certification
7 6 (2.70%) MCSA
8 3 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.35%) HNC
8 3 (1.35%) HND
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CEH
9 1 (0.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.70%) SLA
4 5 (2.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (2.25%) GxP
4 5 (2.25%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 137 (61.71%) Active Directory
2 63 (28.38%) Hyper-V
3 47 (21.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.25%) Docker
4 5 (2.25%) Firmware
4 5 (2.25%) Kamailio
5 3 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.35%) vSphere
6 2 (0.90%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (15.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.50%) Terraform
3 9 (4.05%) Autotask
4 6 (2.70%) Ansible
5 5 (2.25%) SCCM
6 4 (1.80%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.90%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.90%) Plesk
8 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.45%) Puppet
8 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (64.41%) Microsoft
2 68 (30.63%) VMware
3 17 (7.66%) Cisco
4 15 (6.76%) Apple
4 15 (6.76%) Google
5 14 (6.31%) Citrix
6 11 (4.95%) Sage
7 10 (4.50%) Freshdesk
8 9 (4.05%) Veeam
9 7 (3.15%) Datto
9 7 (3.15%) SonicWALL
10 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.80%) ESET
12 3 (1.35%) Dell
12 3 (1.35%) SAP
12 3 (1.35%) Siemens
12 3 (1.35%) Sophos
13 2 (0.90%) Adobe
13 2 (0.90%) BMC
13 2 (0.90%) HP