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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 62 80
Rank change year-on-year -99 +18 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 205 616 706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.78% 3.52% 4.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.61% 27.41% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 187 531 541
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -7.41% +7.28%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,125 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% +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 1,765 2,247 2,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.35% 12.85% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 719 1,756 1,508
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £57,948
90th Percentile £73,886 £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 14 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 14 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 -23 98 £30,000 -20.00% 69
North West -99 90 £38,500 -11.49% 81
North East -25 17 £33,750 -3.57% 37
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 57 (27.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (15.12%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.49%) CMS
4 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 123 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (38.54%) Azure
3 26 (12.68%) Entra ID
4 17 (8.29%) AWS
5 8 (3.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.44%) SaaS
7 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.46%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.46%) GCP
7 3 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.98%) Azure Stack
8 2 (0.98%) Datadog
8 2 (0.98%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 68 (33.17%) Firewall
2 51 (24.88%) DNS
3 40 (19.51%) DHCP
4 29 (14.15%) VoIP
5 28 (13.66%) VPN
6 26 (12.68%) LAN
7 21 (10.24%) WAN
8 16 (7.80%) Wireless
9 11 (5.37%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (4.39%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.39%) VLAN
11 6 (2.93%) Internet
11 6 (2.93%) IPv4
11 6 (2.93%) MPLS
11 6 (2.93%) NAS
11 6 (2.93%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (2.93%) SAN
11 6 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.98%) DMZ
13 1 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.98%) MySQL
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.49%) DB2
3 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.49%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (42.44%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.22%) Telecoms
3 21 (10.24%) Manufacturing
4 20 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.32%) Law
6 12 (5.85%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.39%) Automotive
7 9 (4.39%) Finance
8 8 (3.90%) Retail
9 5 (2.44%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Games
11 2 (0.98%) Local Government
11 2 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Back Office
12 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (26.34%) Analyst
2 52 (25.37%) IT Support
3 38 (18.54%) IT Analyst
4 34 (16.59%) Support Analyst
5 30 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (12.68%) IT Support Analyst
7 24 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (10.73%) IT Engineer
9 21 (10.24%) Support Engineer
10 18 (8.78%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 17 (8.29%) Desktop Support
12 16 (7.80%) Support Technician
13 15 (7.32%) IT Technician
14 14 (6.83%) Senior
14 14 (6.83%) Technical Support
15 13 (6.34%) 1st Line Support
15 13 (6.34%) Administrator
16 11 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support
16 11 (5.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (5.37%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.98%) .NET
2 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.49%) Dapper ORM
2 1 (0.49%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.49%) Loki
2 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.90%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.90%) FMCG
3 8 (3.90%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.95%) Life Science
6 3 (1.46%) CCTV
6 3 (1.46%) Clustering
6 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) Replication
7 2 (0.98%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.98%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.49%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.49%) PKI
8 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.49%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.49%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 205 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (26.34%) Windows 10
3 47 (22.93%) Linux
4 18 (8.78%) Android
5 17 (8.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (7.32%) Mac OS X
7 10 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.90%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.90%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (3.41%) Unix
9 7 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.95%) CentOS
12 2 (0.98%) Debian
13 1 (0.49%) AIX
13 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.49%) Solaris
13 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (34.63%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (28.29%) Customer Service
3 49 (23.90%) ITIL
4 35 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (10.73%) Service Delivery
8 16 (7.80%) Incident Management
9 15 (7.32%) Mentoring
10 13 (6.34%) User Experience
11 12 (5.85%) Process Improvement
12 11 (5.37%) Infrastructure Management
12 11 (5.37%) ITSM
13 10 (4.88%) Business Continuity
13 10 (4.88%) Change Management
13 10 (4.88%) Patch Management
13 10 (4.88%) Project Delivery
13 10 (4.88%) Server Management
14 8 (3.90%) Collaborative Culture
14 8 (3.90%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.63%) SQL
2 25 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.29%) Python
4 4 (1.95%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) C#
5 1 (0.49%) Go
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) Perl
5 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.49%) VB
5 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (12.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (11.22%) Degree
3 18 (8.78%) MCSA
4 16 (7.80%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 15 (7.32%) Security Cleared
6 11 (5.37%) CCNP
6 11 (5.37%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (3.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (2.93%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (2.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.93%) MCSE
9 5 (2.44%) ACSP
9 5 (2.44%) CCNA
9 5 (2.44%) HP AIS
10 4 (1.95%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.46%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.24%) SLA
2 12 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.95%) NCSC
4 4 (1.95%) QA
5 3 (1.46%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.46%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.46%) NIST
5 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) GDPR
6 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 119 (58.05%) Active Directory
2 45 (21.95%) Hyper-V
2 45 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.83%) vSphere
4 11 (5.37%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.93%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.46%) Firmware
7 3 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.98%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.49%) Docker
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.49%) NFS
9 1 (0.49%) RHEV
9 1 (0.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 11 (5.37%) SCCM
2 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.93%) Proxmox
4 5 (2.44%) AirWatch
4 5 (2.44%) Ansible
5 4 (1.95%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.46%) Autotask
6 3 (1.46%) Terraform
7 2 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.98%) SCOM
7 2 (0.98%) WSUS
8 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.49%) cPanel
8 1 (0.49%) Grafana
8 1 (0.49%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.49%) Puppet
8 1 (0.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 114 (55.61%) Microsoft
2 77 (37.56%) VMware
3 36 (17.56%) Cisco
4 27 (13.17%) Veeam
5 24 (11.71%) Apple
6 8 (3.90%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.93%) HP
7 6 (2.93%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.95%) Meraki
8 4 (1.95%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.46%) Acronis
9 3 (1.46%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.46%) Kaseya
9 3 (1.46%) Sage
9 3 (1.46%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.98%) Aruba
10 2 (0.98%) Citrix
10 2 (0.98%) NetApp
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle
11 1 (0.49%) CyberArk