Windows Server Jobs in Sheffield

Microsoft Windows Server
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 53 16
Rank change year-on-year +25 -37 +52
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Windows Server 20 22 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.00% 2.34% 12.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.77% 29.73% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17 20 58
10th Percentile - £29,000 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,244 £27,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +33.33% +25.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £37,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - £38,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £37,000 £46,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year -19.57% +33.33% +15.38%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 65 74 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.25% 7.86% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 60 58 116
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,375 £21,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,081 £24,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £32,350
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +42.19% -23.88%
75th Percentile £49,000 £56,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,375 £48,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +41.54% -20.73%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Sheffield

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Sheffield over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Sheffield

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (45.00%) Azure
3 8 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
1 5 (25.00%) VPN
2 4 (20.00%) VoIP
3 2 (10.00%) NAS
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
1 5 (25.00%) Lead
1 5 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.00%) Administrator
3 3 (15.00%) Head of IT
3 3 (15.00%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Storage Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Infrastructure
5 1 (5.00%) Head of IT Infrastructure
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) NetBackup Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) SAN Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) SAN Storage Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Storage Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Digital Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 3 (15.00%) Major Incident Management
5 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (10.00%) Change Management
6 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.00%) Agile
7 1 (5.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) CCNP
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.00%) HP ASE
1 1 (5.00%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 8 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) NetApp OnCommand
1 1 (5.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.00%) Puppet
1 1 (5.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) NetApp
5 1 (5.00%) Brocade
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Commvault
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) EMC
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) Pure Storage
5 1 (5.00%) Veritas