Windows Server Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 91 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -57 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 249 273 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.40% 3.05% 5.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.70% 18.58% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 207 161 480
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £44,200
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +7.47% +21.10%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £54,867
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,775
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -

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 899 1,469 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.68% 16.40% 18.08%
Number of salaries quoted 739 884 1,374
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,738 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £57,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley +5 80 £37,500 -21.05% 32
Hampshire -9 78 £45,000 - 30
Kent +24 42 £37,500 - 8
Surrey +26 35 £37,500 -31.82% 9
Buckinghamshire -3 30 £36,000 -30.10% 12
Berkshire -15 27 £49,000 +8.89% 15
Oxfordshire +30 23 £41,500 -26.55% 5
West Sussex +6 11 £32,500 -13.33% 2
East Sussex +8 3 £26,000 -11.86% 2
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (17.27%) SharePoint
2 40 (16.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.41%) IIS
4 3 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.20%) WinCC
5 2 (0.80%) CMS
5 2 (0.80%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.80%) WordPress
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (10.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) CATIA
2 3 (1.20%) Siemens NX
2 3 (1.20%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (1.20%) Windchill
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 141 (56.63%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (51.00%) Azure
3 39 (15.66%) Entra ID
4 21 (8.43%) AWS
5 12 (4.82%) Google Workspace
6 11 (4.42%) GCP
7 9 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.81%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.01%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.61%) SaaS
11 2 (0.80%) IaaS
12 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.40%) PaaS
12 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 92 (36.95%) DNS
2 87 (34.94%) DHCP
3 78 (31.33%) Firewall
4 57 (22.89%) TCP/IP
5 43 (17.27%) VPN
6 39 (15.66%) VLAN
7 23 (9.24%) SAN
8 20 (8.03%) LAN
8 20 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (7.63%) WAN
10 17 (6.83%) VoIP
11 10 (4.02%) Wireless
12 5 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.20%) Modbus
13 3 (1.20%) NetScaler
14 2 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.80%) SSL
14 2 (0.80%) VSAN
15 1 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.41%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.20%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.40%) FileMaker
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 109 (43.78%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.63%) Finance
3 10 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.61%) Retail
5 8 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.81%) Law
6 7 (2.81%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.01%) Back Office
8 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.61%) German Language
9 3 (1.20%) Military
10 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.80%) Local Government
10 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.40%) Advertising
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 83 (33.33%) IT Support
2 48 (19.28%) Support Engineer
3 47 (18.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (18.47%) 2nd Line Support
5 45 (18.07%) 3rd Line Support
6 37 (14.86%) IT Engineer
7 32 (12.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (10.04%) Support Technician
9 22 (8.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 20 (8.03%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 16 (6.43%) Senior
11 16 (6.43%) Technical Support
12 15 (6.02%) IT Technician
13 13 (5.22%) Analyst
14 11 (4.42%) 3rd Line Technical Support
14 11 (4.42%) Consultant
15 10 (4.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 10 (4.02%) IT Consultant
15 10 (4.02%) IT Support Technician
15 10 (4.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.80%) Web Services
2 1 (0.40%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.23%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.62%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.01%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.01%) EPoS
6 5 (2.01%) Replication
6 5 (2.01%) Social Media
7 4 (1.61%) Clustering
7 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.20%) SCADA
9 2 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.80%) PKI
9 2 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 249 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (17.67%) Windows 10
3 30 (12.05%) Linux
4 19 (7.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (5.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.61%) Android
8 8 (3.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.40%) Unix
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (30.52%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (28.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 50 (20.08%) Customer Service
4 41 (16.47%) Mentoring
5 34 (13.65%) ITIL
6 27 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (10.84%) ITSM
7 25 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (8.03%) Business Continuity
8 20 (8.03%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (6.02%) Coaching
9 15 (6.02%) DevOps
10 14 (5.62%) Agile
10 14 (5.62%) Performance Tuning
11 13 (5.22%) Security Operations
11 13 (5.22%) Service Delivery
12 11 (4.42%) Identity Management
13 10 (4.02%) Client Onboarding
13 10 (4.02%) Knowledge Transfer
14 9 (3.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.46%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.43%) SQL
3 10 (4.02%) Python
4 4 (1.61%) Bash
5 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.40%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 37 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.84%) DV Cleared
3 18 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.22%) Degree
4 13 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.02%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.41%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.01%) MCSE
8 3 (1.20%) MCP
8 3 (1.20%) MCSA
8 3 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.80%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.40%) RHCE
10 1 (0.40%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.40%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.02%) SLA
2 10 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.81%) GDPR
4 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.61%) QA
6 3 (1.20%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.80%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 185 (74.30%) Active Directory
2 80 (32.13%) Hyper-V
3 53 (21.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (8.03%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.21%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.61%) vSphere
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.80%) Docker
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.40%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (28.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (12.05%) SCCM
3 26 (10.44%) vCenter Server
4 10 (4.02%) SCOM
5 6 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.01%) SmoothWall
6 5 (2.01%) vRealize
7 4 (1.61%) WSUS
8 3 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.20%) Nessus
9 2 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.80%) SCSM
9 2 (0.80%) Terraform
9 2 (0.80%) VxRail
10 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.40%) Ansible
10 1 (0.40%) Avamar
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 138 (55.42%) Microsoft
2 107 (42.97%) VMware
3 36 (14.46%) Veeam
4 25 (10.04%) Cisco
5 20 (8.03%) SolarWinds
6 18 (7.23%) NetApp
7 16 (6.43%) Meraki
8 14 (5.62%) Citrix
9 13 (5.22%) 3PAR
10 12 (4.82%) Google
11 9 (3.61%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.81%) Dell
13 6 (2.41%) HP
13 6 (2.41%) Palo Alto
14 5 (2.01%) CheckPoint
14 5 (2.01%) McAfee
15 4 (1.61%) Adobe
15 4 (1.61%) Apple
15 4 (1.61%) Dell Compellent
15 4 (1.61%) Nimble Storage