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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 65 76
Rank change year-on-year -106 +11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 192 599 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.66% 3.29% 4.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.85% 26.72% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 173 514 518
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,825 £25,925
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -11.76% +11.84%
75th Percentile £41,500 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -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 1,769 2,242 2,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.26% 12.32% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 675 1,740 1,455
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £54,375 £56,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,968 £71,652
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -35 97 £30,000 -16.67% 57
North West -100 80 £37,500 -13.79% 81
North East -22 15 £33,500 -4.29% 32
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 54 (28.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (17.19%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 113 (58.85%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (41.15%) Azure
3 26 (13.54%) Entra ID
4 13 (6.77%) AWS
5 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.60%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.08%) SaaS
8 3 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.56%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.04%) GitHub
9 2 (1.04%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.52%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 61 (31.77%) Firewall
2 49 (25.52%) DNS
3 37 (19.27%) DHCP
4 28 (14.58%) VPN
5 26 (13.54%) VoIP
6 21 (10.94%) LAN
7 19 (9.90%) WAN
8 16 (8.33%) Wireless
9 12 (6.25%) TCP/IP
10 11 (5.73%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (4.17%) VLAN
12 6 (3.13%) Internet
12 6 (3.13%) MPLS
12 6 (3.13%) NAS
12 6 (3.13%) SAN
13 5 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (1.56%) IPv4
15 2 (1.04%) DMZ
16 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.04%) Data Hub
2 2 (1.04%) MySQL
2 2 (1.04%) SQL CLR
3 1 (0.52%) DB2
3 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (1.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.94%) Telecoms
3 19 (9.90%) Manufacturing
4 18 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.29%) Law
6 11 (5.73%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.21%) Finance
8 8 (4.17%) Automotive
9 6 (3.13%) Retail
10 5 (2.60%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Back Office
12 2 (1.04%) Games
12 2 (1.04%) Local Government
13 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.52%) Legal
13 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 57 (29.69%) IT Support
2 54 (28.13%) Analyst
3 39 (20.31%) IT Analyst
4 36 (18.75%) Support Analyst
5 30 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support
6 28 (14.58%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (9.38%) Support Engineer
8 17 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 17 (8.85%) Desktop Support
9 16 (8.33%) IT Engineer
9 16 (8.33%) Support Technician
10 15 (7.81%) 1st Line Support
10 15 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (6.77%) Technical Support
12 12 (6.25%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 11 (5.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (5.73%) Administrator
13 11 (5.73%) IT Technician
14 10 (5.21%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (5.21%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.04%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.04%) Dapper ORM
2 2 (1.04%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.52%) Loki
3 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.69%) Onboarding
1 9 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.17%) FMCG
2 8 (4.17%) Private Cloud
3 7 (3.65%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.60%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.08%) Life Science
7 3 (1.56%) CCTV
7 3 (1.56%) Clustering
7 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) Replication
8 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.04%) EPoS
8 2 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.52%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.52%) PKI
9 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.52%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 192 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (26.56%) Windows 10
3 42 (21.88%) Linux
4 18 (9.38%) Android
5 14 (7.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (6.77%) Mac OS X
7 8 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 8 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.60%) Unix
9 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.08%) CentOS
11 2 (1.04%) Debian
12 1 (0.52%) AIX
12 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.52%) Solaris
12 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (36.46%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (28.65%) Customer Service
3 45 (23.44%) ITIL
4 35 (18.23%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (10.42%) Service Delivery
7 19 (9.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (7.81%) Incident Management
8 15 (7.81%) Process Improvement
8 15 (7.81%) User Experience
9 14 (7.29%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.21%) Change Management
10 10 (5.21%) ERP
10 10 (5.21%) ITSM
11 9 (4.69%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (4.17%) Customer Experience
12 8 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
12 8 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (4.17%) Patch Management
12 8 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.15%) SQL
2 21 (10.94%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.85%) Python
4 4 (2.08%) Bash
5 2 (1.04%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) Go
6 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.52%) Perl
6 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.52%) VB
6 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (13.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (10.94%) Degree
3 17 (8.85%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.85%) Security Cleared
4 16 (8.33%) MCSA
5 15 (7.81%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.73%) CCNP
7 10 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (3.13%) MCSE
9 4 (2.08%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.08%) CCNA
9 4 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.56%) ACSP
10 3 (1.56%) HP AIS
11 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.04%) CISSP
11 2 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.42%) SLA
2 10 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.60%) NCSC
4 4 (2.08%) NIST
5 3 (1.56%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.56%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.56%) QA
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 112 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 39 (20.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (18.23%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.73%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (5.73%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (4.69%) vSphere
6 6 (3.13%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.56%) Firmware
8 2 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.04%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.52%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.52%) Docker
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.52%) NFS
9 1 (0.52%) RHEV
9 1 (0.52%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.69%) SCCM
3 6 (3.13%) Proxmox
4 5 (2.60%) AirWatch
4 5 (2.60%) Ansible
5 4 (2.08%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.56%) Autotask
6 3 (1.56%) Terraform
7 2 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (1.04%) SCOM
7 2 (1.04%) WSUS
8 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.52%) cPanel
8 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.52%) Grafana
8 1 (0.52%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 113 (58.85%) Microsoft
2 70 (36.46%) VMware
3 33 (17.19%) Cisco
4 23 (11.98%) Veeam
5 22 (11.46%) Apple
6 6 (3.13%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.08%) HP
7 4 (2.08%) Meraki
8 3 (1.56%) Acronis
8 3 (1.56%) Citrix
8 3 (1.56%) Kaseya
8 3 (1.56%) Sage
8 3 (1.56%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.56%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.04%) Aruba
9 2 (1.04%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.04%) NetApp
9 2 (1.04%) Oracle