Windows Server Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Windows Server
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Windows Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 1.69% 1.30% 4.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.00% 40.00% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £46,500 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +61.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £48,750
90th Percentile - £58,500 -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -36.36% +29.41%

All Operating Systems
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 16.95% 3.25% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £24,988 - -
25th Percentile £28,531 £26,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,375 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% -5.26% +58.33%
75th Percentile £42,531 £47,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £46,263 £54,800 £70,000
Lancashire median annual salary £38,000 £42,754 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.12% -9.99% +46.15%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Preston

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware