Windows Server Job Trends in Portsmouth

Microsoft Windows Server
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +54
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 6 18 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 1.85% 6.10% 8.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.29% 25.35% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 20
10th Percentile - £29,400 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,375 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -9.09% +35.38%
75th Percentile £45,000 £44,688 £52,875
90th Percentile £47,625 £46,750 £60,400
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year - +22.45% -5.16%

All Operating Systems
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 71 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.25% 24.07% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6 49 48
10th Percentile - £26,850 £32,600
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -7.61% -2.31%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £47,625 £82,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -13.64% +23.87% -1.33%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Portsmouth

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 3 (50.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (33.33%) IT Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) EPoS
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft