Windows Server 2019 Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 133 207
Rank change year-on-year -92 +74 -38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 10 36 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.11% 1.04% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.34% 6.79% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 35 30
10th Percentile £39,500 £29,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,375 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £80,000 £60,918
England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year -6.67% +13.21% -0.63%

All Operating Systems
South West

Windows Server 2019 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 749 530 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.21% 15.24% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 472 343 953
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -22.11% -1.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £71,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,355 £48,500
% change year-on-year +8.81% -14.73% -7.62%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South West over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the South West

Windows Server 2019
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Somerset -34 4 £50,000 +5.26%
Gloucestershire -54 3 £53,750 -32.81%
Dorset -9 2 - -
Devon - 1 £32,500 - 2
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) AWS
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) DHCP
1 7 (70.00%) DNS
1 7 (70.00%) LAN
1 7 (70.00%) WAN
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
3 5 (50.00%) VLAN
3 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (40.00%) DMZ
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
4 4 (40.00%) Wireshark
5 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (20.00%) VSAN
7 1 (10.00%) Internet
7 1 (10.00%) VoIP
7 1 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) IT Support
1 4 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) ICT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (20.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (20.00%) CentOS
4 2 (20.00%) CoreOS
4 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (10.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Network Management
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Logistics
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
5 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) CCNA
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (40.00%) MCSA
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Iperf
2 2 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (20.00%) SCVMM
3 1 (10.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco
4 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (40.00%) Ruckus Wireless
4 4 (40.00%) SonicWALL
5 2 (20.00%) McAfee
5 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (10.00%) Apple
6 1 (10.00%) Google
6 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (10.00%) Veeam