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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 86 123
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 -54
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 265 228 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.01% 3.66% 2.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.74% 18.67% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 227 191 220
10th Percentile £29,150 £28,000 £23,225
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.43% +22.14%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £58,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +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 1,494 1,221 1,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.99% 19.62% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 791 1,146
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £33,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -4.80% +17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol +30 69 £37,000 -17.78% 6
Gloucestershire +23 69 £37,500 +3.45% 12
Wiltshire -10 50 £51,000 +20.00% 12
Dorset -20 38 £37,000 -1.33% 5
Devon -1 19 £43,103 +14.94% 5
Somerset +4 12 £30,500 -29.07% 7
Cornwall -14 7 £28,500 -30.91% 2
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 80 (30.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (19.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.40%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (3.40%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (2.26%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.13%) Apache
5 3 (1.13%) GlassFish
5 3 (1.13%) IIS
5 3 (1.13%) JBoss
5 3 (1.13%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (6.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 142 (53.58%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (43.77%) Azure
3 53 (20.00%) AWS
4 35 (13.21%) Entra ID
5 24 (9.06%) GCP
5 24 (9.06%) OneDrive
6 16 (6.04%) SaaS
7 13 (4.91%) IaaS
8 8 (3.02%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.26%) PaaS
10 4 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.13%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.75%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.75%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.55%) Firewall
2 49 (18.49%) WAN
3 46 (17.36%) LAN
4 39 (14.72%) DNS
5 38 (14.34%) DHCP
6 36 (13.58%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.06%) Wireless
8 23 (8.68%) SAN
9 20 (7.55%) VPN
10 18 (6.79%) Internet
11 14 (5.28%) NAS
12 13 (4.91%) Skype
13 11 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (3.02%) Softphone
14 8 (3.02%) VLAN
15 7 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (2.64%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.64%) VoIP
16 6 (2.26%) VSAN
16 6 (2.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.42%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.75%) MySQL
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (4.91%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (1.51%) JIRA
3 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.42%) Finance
3 16 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.28%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.91%) Banking
5 13 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.02%) Electronics
8 6 (2.26%) Military
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 5 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.51%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.51%) Automotive
11 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.38%) Advertising
12 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (30.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (18.11%) Support Engineer
3 41 (15.47%) IT Engineer
4 38 (14.34%) IT Support
5 33 (12.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 33 (12.45%) Analyst
6 31 (11.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 26 (9.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 24 (9.06%) Senior
9 20 (7.55%) Wintel Engineer
10 18 (6.79%) Support Analyst
11 17 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (6.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support
13 13 (4.91%) Project Engineer
14 11 (4.15%) IT Analyst
15 10 (3.77%) Consultant
15 10 (3.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 10 (3.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.77%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.13%) LDAP
1 3 (1.13%) SAML
2 2 (0.75%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) Web Services
3 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.83%) Data Centre
2 29 (10.94%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.42%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.91%) PKI
5 9 (3.40%) Clustering
6 8 (3.02%) Replication
7 6 (2.26%) Fat Client
7 6 (2.26%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.51%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.13%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.75%) BYOD
10 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.75%) EMC VNX
10 2 (0.75%) Smartcard
10 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 264 (99.62%) Windows
2 61 (23.02%) Linux
3 48 (18.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 46 (17.36%) Windows 10
5 30 (11.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (9.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.64%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.89%) VMS
9 5 (1.89%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.51%) Unix
11 3 (1.13%) AIX
11 3 (1.13%) Solaris
11 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.75%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.75%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (19.25%) ITIL
3 40 (15.09%) Customer Service
4 33 (12.45%) Service Delivery
5 32 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (7.17%) Incident Management
6 19 (7.17%) Server Building
7 17 (6.42%) Change Management
7 17 (6.42%) Information Security
8 15 (5.66%) Migration
8 15 (5.66%) Project Management
8 15 (5.66%) Server Management
9 14 (5.28%) Mentoring
9 14 (5.28%) Mobile Device Management
10 13 (4.91%) Server Virtualisation
11 12 (4.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (4.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (4.53%) Line Management
12 11 (4.15%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (4.15%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.36%) SQL
2 42 (15.85%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.02%) Python
4 6 (2.26%) C#
4 6 (2.26%) Java
5 5 (1.89%) Bash
6 2 (0.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.38%) Bicep
7 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (22.26%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.74%) SC Cleared
3 40 (15.09%) Degree
4 26 (9.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (6.04%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.66%) DBS Check
6 15 (5.66%) MCSE
7 13 (4.91%) CCNA
7 13 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (4.53%) MCITP
9 5 (1.89%) CCNP
9 5 (1.89%) MCSA
10 4 (1.51%) GIAC
10 4 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.13%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.19%) SLA
2 16 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 164 (61.89%) Active Directory
2 120 (45.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (31.32%) Hyper-V
4 26 (9.81%) vSphere
5 20 (7.55%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (7.17%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (5.66%) XenDesktop
8 10 (3.77%) XenApp
9 8 (3.02%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.51%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (1.13%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.13%) vCloud
11 3 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.75%) Docker
12 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.38%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.38%) Firmware
13 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 45 (16.98%) SCCM
2 34 (12.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.77%) vCenter Server
4 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (3.02%) WSUS
5 6 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 5 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.89%) SCOM
7 4 (1.51%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.51%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.13%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.13%) Nagios
8 3 (1.13%) Oracle Statspack
8 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.13%) vRealize
9 2 (0.75%) Ansible
9 2 (0.75%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.75%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 164 (61.89%) Microsoft
2 149 (56.23%) VMware
3 59 (22.26%) Cisco
4 52 (19.62%) HP
5 25 (9.43%) Google
6 21 (7.92%) Veeam
7 20 (7.55%) Oracle
7 20 (7.55%) Red Hat
8 19 (7.17%) Citrix
8 19 (7.17%) Symantec
9 16 (6.04%) Dell
10 10 (3.77%) Aruba
10 10 (3.77%) Meraki
11 9 (3.40%) SolarWinds
12 8 (3.02%) Sophos
13 5 (1.89%) ServiceNow
14 4 (1.51%) Apple
14 4 (1.51%) SonicWALL
15 3 (1.13%) NGA Human Resources
15 3 (1.13%) Northgate