Windows Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 45 76
Rank change year-on-year -80 +31 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 185 796 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.19% 4.77% 3.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 27.60% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 153 731 461
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £30,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,850 £59,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% +3.53%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,110 2,884 2,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.11% 17.28% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 837 2,332 2,004
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,760 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,350 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £46,323 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hampshire -16 74 £55,000 +46.67% 30
Thames Valley -62 62 £45,000 +7.14% 55
Berkshire -38 28 £38,500 -23.00% 30
Buckinghamshire +7 24 £51,250 +58.91% 12
Surrey +14 21 £41,250 -17.50% 15
Kent +9 18 £33,500 -16.25% 13
Oxfordshire -16 10 £41,500 -2.35% 19
Sussex +6 4 £72,500 +107.14% 6
East Sussex -8 4 £29,500 -34.44% 4
West Sussex -3 2 £37,500 +25.00% 12
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 39 (21.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (14.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.32%) IIS
4 6 (3.24%) Apache
5 4 (2.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.54%) nginx
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.16%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (38.38%) Azure
2 70 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (16.76%) AWS
4 25 (13.51%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.95%) GCP
6 10 (5.41%) Power Automate
7 7 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.78%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.78%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.70%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.08%) IaaS
9 2 (1.08%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.08%) SaaS
10 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 72 (38.92%) Firewall
2 54 (29.19%) DNS
3 45 (24.32%) DHCP
4 28 (15.14%) VPN
5 24 (12.97%) TCP/IP
6 20 (10.81%) Network Security
7 18 (9.73%) SAN
7 18 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (8.65%) VLAN
9 12 (6.49%) WAN
10 11 (5.95%) LAN
10 11 (5.95%) NAS
10 11 (5.95%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (4.86%) 5G
11 9 (4.86%) Bluetooth
11 9 (4.86%) LTE
12 8 (4.32%) VoIP
13 7 (3.78%) SMTP
13 7 (3.78%) VSAN
14 4 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.08%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) GitLab
1 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.54%) JIRA
General
1 37 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (6.49%) Electronics
3 12 (6.49%) Manufacturing
4 11 (5.95%) Back Office
5 9 (4.86%) Retail
6 6 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.70%) Local Government
8 4 (2.16%) Automotive
9 3 (1.62%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.62%) Finance
9 3 (1.62%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (22.70%) Support Engineer
2 35 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (10.81%) Technical Support
4 19 (10.27%) IT Engineer
5 18 (9.73%) IT Support
6 15 (8.11%) Designer
7 14 (7.57%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (7.03%) Analyst
8 13 (7.03%) Lead
9 12 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (6.49%) Technical Support Engineer
10 10 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (5.41%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.86%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.86%) Server Engineer
12 8 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (4.32%) Desktop Support
12 8 (4.32%) IT Analyst
13 7 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support
13 7 (3.78%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.78%) .NET
1 7 (3.78%) ASP.NET
1 7 (3.78%) CSS
1 7 (3.78%) HTML
1 7 (3.78%) HTML5
1 7 (3.78%) React
1 7 (3.78%) SPFx
1 7 (3.78%) XML
2 2 (1.08%) SAML
3 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.11%) Clustering
2 12 (6.49%) Replication
3 11 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.41%) PKI
5 9 (4.86%) IoT
5 9 (4.86%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.86%) NB-IoT
5 9 (4.86%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.78%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.24%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.24%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.62%) CCTV
10 3 (1.62%) FMCG
10 3 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.54%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 185 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (21.08%) Linux
3 26 (14.05%) Windows 10
4 18 (9.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (7.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (6.49%) Mac OS
7 11 (5.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.62%) Android
8 3 (1.62%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.08%) CentOS
9 2 (1.08%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.54%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.54%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (27.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (16.76%) Customer Service
4 24 (12.97%) Project Management
5 19 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (10.27%) Project Delivery
6 18 (9.73%) High Availability
7 17 (9.19%) Incident Management
8 15 (8.11%) ITIL
9 14 (7.57%) Virtual Environments
10 13 (7.03%) Service Delivery
10 13 (7.03%) Service Management
11 12 (6.49%) Change Control
11 12 (6.49%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (5.95%) Information Security
12 11 (5.95%) Project Planning
12 11 (5.95%) Server Virtualisation
12 11 (5.95%) Strategic Thinking
13 10 (5.41%) Server Building
13 10 (5.41%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 51 (27.57%) PowerShell
2 18 (9.73%) SQL
3 16 (8.65%) Python
4 12 (6.49%) Bash
5 7 (3.78%) C#
5 7 (3.78%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.78%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (30.27%) Security Cleared
2 42 (22.70%) DV Cleared
3 31 (16.76%) Degree
4 24 (12.97%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (4.86%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.32%) MCSA
7 8 (4.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (3.78%) MCSE
9 4 (2.16%) CCNA
9 4 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.16%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.62%) HND
10 3 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.62%) MCP
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.08%) CCNP
11 2 (1.08%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.32%) SLA
2 7 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 93 (50.27%) Active Directory
2 76 (41.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (31.89%) Hyper-V
4 30 (16.22%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (12.43%) vSphere
6 14 (7.57%) Docker
7 10 (5.41%) Terminal Services
8 7 (3.78%) BitLocker
8 7 (3.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.62%) Terminal Server
11 2 (1.08%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.54%) Squid
12 1 (0.54%) XenApp
12 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (12.97%) Ansible
1 24 (12.97%) vCenter Server
2 20 (10.81%) Puppet
3 18 (9.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (8.11%) Terraform
5 14 (7.57%) SCCM
6 13 (7.03%) Kubernetes
7 12 (6.49%) vMotion
8 8 (4.32%) FortiGate
9 6 (3.24%) PowerCLI
9 6 (3.24%) vRealize
10 5 (2.70%) Nagios
10 5 (2.70%) WSUS
10 5 (2.70%) ZABBIX
11 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 3 (1.62%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (1.08%) ZENworks
14 1 (0.54%) Nessus
14 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 106 (57.30%) Microsoft
2 92 (49.73%) VMware
3 23 (12.43%) Veeam
4 18 (9.73%) Cisco
5 16 (8.65%) Citrix
6 15 (8.11%) Forcepoint
7 14 (7.57%) HP
8 11 (5.95%) Google
8 11 (5.95%) SAP
9 9 (4.86%) Apple
10 8 (4.32%) Fortinet
10 8 (4.32%) Sophos
11 7 (3.78%) Aruba
12 6 (3.24%) Symantec
13 5 (2.70%) Oracle
13 5 (2.70%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (2.16%) Meraki
14 4 (2.16%) Sage
15 3 (1.62%) arcserve
15 3 (1.62%) Trend Micro