Windows Server Jobs in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 40 60 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 4.79% 7.19% 5.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.61% 36.36% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39 53 17
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,550
25th Percentile £26,563 £25,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +16.07%
75th Percentile £44,375 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,250
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 66 165 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.90% 19.78% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 46 140 60
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,475 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,406 £24,792 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -31.58% +46.15%
75th Percentile £42,595 £52,500 £57,813
90th Percentile £52,500 £53,875 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% -11.11% +5.88%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Northamptonshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Windows Server in Northamptonshire

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Northamptonshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Northampton -12 28 £32,500 - 11
Wellingborough - 2 £50,000 -
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 23 (57.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (32.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (15.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (47.50%) Azure
2 16 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) Cloudflare
4 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) DHCP
1 13 (32.50%) DNS
1 13 (32.50%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (27.50%) Firewall
3 7 (17.50%) Ethernet
4 6 (15.00%) SAN
5 3 (7.50%) VPN
6 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.50%) 5G
7 1 (2.50%) Bluetooth
7 1 (2.50%) LTE
7 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Support Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Active Directory Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Active Directory Support
4 6 (15.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support Technician
4 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Technician
4 6 (15.00%) Support Technician
5 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (12.50%) First Line Help Desk Support
5 5 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
5 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Server Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Storage Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Storage Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.50%) IoT
3 1 (2.50%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (25.00%) Linux
3 7 (17.50%) CentOS
3 7 (17.50%) Rocky
3 7 (17.50%) Ubuntu
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
3 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 4 (10.00%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (5.00%) Time Management
7 1 (2.50%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (2.50%) Line Management
7 1 (2.50%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (2.50%) Project Management
7 1 (2.50%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.50%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.50%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (2.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
2 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) CCNA
1 4 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) MCP
2 2 (5.00%) MCSA
2 2 (5.00%) MCSE
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (22.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (17.50%) vSphere
6 6 (15.00%) Terminal Services
7 2 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Ansible
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.50%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.50%) Puppet
3 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (32.50%) VMware
3 7 (17.50%) Meraki
4 6 (15.00%) Dell
4 6 (15.00%) HP
4 6 (15.00%) NetApp
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco
6 2 (5.00%) arcserve
6 2 (5.00%) Google
6 2 (5.00%) Imperva