Windows Server Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 81 84
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 +37
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 130 311 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.65% 2.89% 3.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.84% 17.86% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 97 279 186
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -3.61%
75th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £52,188
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £63,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 503 1,741 1,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.11% 16.18% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 320 1,285 738
10th Percentile £28,725 £27,500 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South West over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Somerset +34 27 £40,000 +31.15% 31
Dorset +28 26 £32,500 -12.16% 17
Wiltshire +28 25 £50,000 - 27
Gloucestershire -7 19 £80,000 +113.33% 31
Bristol +1 16 £42,250 +14.19% 45
Devon +14 11 £32,500 -16.13% 15
Cornwall +10 5 £31,500 +7.69%
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 26 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (10.77%) SharePoint
3 13 (10.00%) IIS
4 1 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.77%) CMS
4 1 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.77%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (11.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (57.69%) Azure
3 28 (21.54%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.23%) AWS
5 9 (6.92%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.85%) IaaS
7 4 (3.08%) SaaS
8 3 (2.31%) Azure Stack
8 3 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.31%) PaaS
9 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.54%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.54%) Serverless
10 1 (0.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.77%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 61 (46.92%) Firewall
2 42 (32.31%) VLAN
3 33 (25.38%) DNS
4 30 (23.08%) DHCP
5 29 (22.31%) Wi-Fi
6 28 (21.54%) VoIP
6 28 (21.54%) WAN
7 25 (19.23%) LAN
7 25 (19.23%) VPN
8 19 (14.62%) SAN
9 10 (7.69%) ADSL
9 10 (7.69%) MPLS
10 7 (5.38%) IPsec
11 5 (3.85%) SD-WAN
11 5 (3.85%) TCP/IP
12 3 (2.31%) DMZ
12 3 (2.31%) Internet
12 3 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (2.31%) Wireshark
13 2 (1.54%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.85%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.54%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.54%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Git
1 1 (0.77%) JIRA
1 1 (0.77%) Log4Net
1 1 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (0.77%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (0.77%) Subversion
1 1 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 15 (11.54%) Legal
4 8 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.62%) Advertising
5 6 (4.62%) Aerospace
5 6 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.85%) Finance
7 4 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.31%) Automotive
8 3 (2.31%) Aviation
8 3 (2.31%) Local Government
9 2 (1.54%) Law
9 2 (1.54%) Marketing
9 2 (1.54%) Military
9 2 (1.54%) Police
10 1 (0.77%) Electronics
10 1 (0.77%) Games
10 1 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (33.85%) IT Support
2 29 (22.31%) Analyst
2 29 (22.31%) Support Engineer
3 27 (20.77%) Support Analyst
4 26 (20.00%) IT Engineer
5 25 (19.23%) Administrator
5 25 (19.23%) Systems Administrator
6 20 (15.38%) IT Analyst
6 20 (15.38%) IT Support Analyst
7 19 (14.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (13.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (11.54%) Coordinator
9 15 (11.54%) Help Desk Coordinator
10 14 (10.77%) Wintel Administrator
10 14 (10.77%) Wintel Systems Administrator
11 13 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
11 13 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (9.23%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 10 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 9 (6.92%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) .NET
2 2 (1.54%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.54%) JSON
2 2 (1.54%) LDAP
2 2 (1.54%) Middleware
2 2 (1.54%) XML
3 1 (0.77%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.77%) Ajax
3 1 (0.77%) Angular 2
3 1 (0.77%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.77%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.77%) FHIR
3 1 (0.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.77%) HTML5
3 1 (0.77%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.77%) Ninject
3 1 (0.77%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Driving Licence
2 15 (11.54%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (8.46%) CCTV
4 6 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.85%) Smartphone
6 4 (3.08%) e-Learning
6 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.31%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.54%) BYOD
8 2 (1.54%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.54%) PKI
9 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.77%) Clustering
9 1 (0.77%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.77%) PACS
9 1 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (24.62%) Linux
3 15 (11.54%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.08%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.31%) Rocky
8 1 (0.77%) Android
8 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.77%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (23.85%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (23.08%) ITIL
4 24 (18.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (16.92%) Time Management
6 17 (13.08%) ERP
7 15 (11.54%) Customer Service
7 15 (11.54%) Virtual Environments
8 14 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.92%) Business Continuity
9 9 (6.92%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (6.15%) Project Delivery
11 7 (5.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (5.38%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.38%) Migration
12 6 (4.62%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (4.62%) Mentoring
12 6 (4.62%) Service Management
13 5 (3.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.77%) PowerShell
2 26 (20.00%) SQL
3 8 (6.15%) Python
4 4 (3.08%) Bash
4 4 (3.08%) Perl
4 4 (3.08%) PHP
5 3 (2.31%) VB
6 2 (1.54%) C#
6 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.77%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.77%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.15%) DV Cleared
3 14 (10.77%) A+ Certification
3 14 (10.77%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (8.46%) Degree
5 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.15%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (5.38%) MCP
8 6 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 6 (4.62%) CCNA
8 6 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.62%) MCSA
9 3 (2.31%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.31%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.54%) CCNP
10 2 (1.54%) CISSP
11 1 (0.77%) MCSE
11 1 (0.77%) SANS
11 1 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.08%) SLA
2 3 (2.31%) GDPR
3 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.77%) DICOM
4 1 (0.77%) HL7
4 1 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (62.31%) Active Directory
2 40 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 14 (10.77%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.08%) Docker
6 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.54%) vSphere
7 1 (0.77%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.62%) Ansible
2 6 (4.62%) Terraform
3 3 (2.31%) Iperf
3 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.31%) SmoothWall
4 2 (1.54%) SCCM
4 2 (1.54%) WSUS
5 1 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 70 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 49 (37.69%) VMware
3 13 (10.00%) Veeam
4 10 (7.69%) Cisco
5 7 (5.38%) Google
6 5 (3.85%) Apple
6 5 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.85%) LexisNexis
7 4 (3.08%) Aruba
7 4 (3.08%) HP
8 3 (2.31%) Cognizant
8 3 (2.31%) Dell
8 3 (2.31%) EMC
8 3 (2.31%) Oracle
8 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.31%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (2.31%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.54%) Citrix
9 2 (1.54%) NetApp
10 1 (0.77%) Salesforce