Windows Server Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 110 69
Rank change year-on-year -99 -41 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 82 218 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.05% 2.11% 4.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.66% 18.05% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 66 199 283
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £25,270
25th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -7.45% +25.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £58,125 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,231 1,208 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.77% 11.68% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 342 888 734
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £74,926 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North West.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester -3 43 £37,500 -14.29% 62
Merseyside +27 15 £33,500 -25.56% 15
Cheshire -20 11 £42,500 - 30
Lancashire -88 9 £42,500 +13.33% 23
Cumbria -78 4 £38,500 -14.44% 9
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 29 (35.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (18.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.98%) IIS
4 1 (1.22%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.22%) CMS
4 1 (1.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 57 (69.51%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (51.22%) Azure
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Copilot
4 7 (8.54%) AWS
4 7 (8.54%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.88%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.66%) Cloudflare
7 2 (2.44%) GitHub
7 2 (2.44%) Nutanix
7 2 (2.44%) SaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.22%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 31 (37.80%) Firewall
2 30 (36.59%) DNS
3 20 (24.39%) DHCP
4 16 (19.51%) WAN
5 10 (12.20%) VPN
6 9 (10.98%) LAN
7 6 (7.32%) MPLS
7 6 (7.32%) VoIP
8 5 (6.10%) Internet
8 5 (6.10%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (6.10%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.10%) VLAN
9 4 (4.88%) IPv4
10 3 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.44%) DMZ
11 2 (2.44%) Wireless
12 1 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (1.22%) IPv6
12 1 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.44%) Data Hub
2 2 (2.44%) MySQL
2 2 (2.44%) SQL CLR
3 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Git
1 1 (1.22%) Jaeger
1 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 37 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 18 (21.95%) Manufacturing
3 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.76%) Automotive
4 6 (7.32%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Retail
5 5 (6.10%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.44%) Back Office
7 2 (2.44%) Games
7 2 (2.44%) Local Government
8 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (31.71%) IT Support
2 13 (15.85%) Analyst
2 13 (15.85%) Support Engineer
2 13 (15.85%) Technical Support
3 12 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) IT Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) IT Engineer
4 10 (12.20%) Support Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Technical Engineer
6 8 (9.76%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (9.76%) Technical Support Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) Help Desk Support
7 7 (8.54%) Junior
7 7 (8.54%) Senior
8 6 (7.32%) Junior Support Engineer
8 6 (7.32%) Junior Technical Engineer
8 6 (7.32%) Junior Technical Support
8 6 (7.32%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) .NET
1 2 (2.44%) .NET Core
1 2 (2.44%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.44%) Dapper ORM
1 2 (2.44%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.22%) Loki
2 1 (1.22%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (9.76%) FMCG
2 8 (9.76%) Private Cloud
3 7 (8.54%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.10%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.66%) Clustering
7 2 (2.44%) EPoS
7 2 (2.44%) Replication
7 2 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) PKI
8 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (25.61%) Linux
3 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (13.41%) Windows 10
5 6 (7.32%) Mac OS
6 5 (6.10%) Unix
6 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.88%) CentOS
7 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.66%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.44%) Debian
9 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.22%) Android
10 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.80%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (30.49%) ITIL
3 18 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (20.73%) Customer Service
5 10 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (10.98%) ERP
6 9 (10.98%) ITSM
6 9 (10.98%) User Experience
7 8 (9.76%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (7.32%) Customer Experience
9 6 (7.32%) Incident Management
9 6 (7.32%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.32%) Service Management
10 5 (6.10%) Change Management
10 5 (6.10%) Network Management
10 5 (6.10%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.85%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.88%) SQL
3 2 (2.44%) C#
3 2 (2.44%) Python
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) Go
4 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) VB
4 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (13.41%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (6.10%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (6.10%) MCSA
4 4 (4.88%) MCSE
5 3 (3.66%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.66%) ACSP
5 3 (3.66%) CCNA
5 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.66%) Degree
5 3 (3.66%) HP AIS
5 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.44%) CISM
6 2 (2.44%) CISSP
6 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.88%) NCSC
3 3 (3.66%) NIST
3 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.66%) SLA
4 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.22%) QA
5 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (48.78%) Active Directory
2 19 (23.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (21.95%) Hyper-V
4 9 (10.98%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (7.32%) vSphere
6 5 (6.10%) Terminal Services
7 3 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (2.44%) VMware NSX
9 1 (1.22%) BitLocker
9 1 (1.22%) Docker
9 1 (1.22%) Firmware
9 1 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (1.22%) NFS
9 1 (1.22%) RHEV
9 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.32%) Proxmox
2 6 (7.32%) SCCM
3 3 (3.66%) Autotask
4 2 (2.44%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.22%) Ansible
5 1 (1.22%) cPanel
5 1 (1.22%) Grafana
5 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (67.07%) Microsoft
2 41 (50.00%) VMware
3 22 (26.83%) Veeam
4 21 (25.61%) Cisco
5 5 (6.10%) Apple
5 5 (6.10%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.88%) Meraki
7 3 (3.66%) Acronis
7 3 (3.66%) HP
7 3 (3.66%) Kaseya
7 3 (3.66%) Sage
7 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.66%) SonicWALL
7 3 (3.66%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.44%) Aruba
8 2 (2.44%) Datto
8 2 (2.44%) MobileIron
8 2 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.22%) ConnectWise
9 1 (1.22%) ESET