Windows Server Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 87 103
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 -42
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 308 243 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.32% 3.57% 3.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.91% 19.06% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 297 194 233
10th Percentile £28,300 £25,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,000 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.74% +4.71% -

All Operating Systems
South West

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,629 1,275 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.57% 18.72% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 745 1,205
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,875 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 9 May 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 9 May 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
Gloucestershire +30 109 £40,000 +11.11% 12
Bristol +8 67 £37,500 -6.25% 13
Wiltshire -6 48 £49,000 +22.50% 21
Dorset -21 35 £37,000 -4.52% 6
Devon -3 29 £40,000 +6.67% 5
Somerset +5 12 £33,500 -39.09% 10
Cornwall -19 7 £30,000 -9.09%
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 84 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (20.13%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.27%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.27%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (1.95%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.97%) Apache
5 3 (0.97%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.97%) IIS
5 3 (0.97%) JBoss
5 3 (0.97%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 15 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (51.95%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (44.48%) Azure
3 51 (16.56%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.64%) AWS
5 41 (13.31%) OneDrive
6 22 (7.14%) GCP
7 13 (4.22%) Nutanix
8 7 (2.27%) IaaS
9 5 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.62%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.62%) PaaS
10 4 (1.30%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.97%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.32%) Sage Pay
13 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 74 (24.03%) Firewall
2 68 (22.08%) DNS
3 58 (18.83%) DHCP
4 57 (18.51%) LAN
5 56 (18.18%) WAN
6 49 (15.91%) TCP/IP
7 39 (12.66%) Wireless
8 36 (11.69%) VPN
9 16 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (4.87%) SAN
11 14 (4.55%) Internet
12 13 (4.22%) VoIP
13 12 (3.90%) VLAN
13 12 (3.90%) VSAN
14 11 (3.57%) IPsec
14 11 (3.57%) NAS
15 10 (3.25%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (2.27%) Skype
16 7 (2.27%) Unified Communications
16 7 (2.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.95%) MySQL
3 4 (1.30%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.97%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.32%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 2 (0.65%) JIRA
1 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.32%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) Log4Net
2 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.79%) Public Sector
3 18 (5.84%) Manufacturing
4 15 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.92%) Retail
7 8 (2.60%) Electronics
8 6 (1.95%) Finance
8 6 (1.95%) Law
9 5 (1.62%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.30%) Automotive
10 4 (1.30%) Legal
10 4 (1.30%) Military
11 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.65%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 64 (20.78%) IT Engineer
3 62 (20.13%) Support Engineer
4 49 (15.91%) Senior
5 41 (13.31%) IT Support
6 37 (12.01%) Analyst
7 32 (10.39%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (8.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 26 (8.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 26 (8.44%) Wintel Engineer
9 23 (7.47%) Field Engineer
9 23 (7.47%) Senior Wintel Engineer
10 21 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (6.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 20 (6.49%) Consultant
12 14 (4.55%) Field Service Engineer
12 14 (4.55%) Project Engineer
13 13 (4.22%) Support Analyst
14 11 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.97%) LDAP
1 3 (0.97%) SAML
2 2 (0.65%) .NET
2 2 (0.65%) HTML
2 2 (0.65%) JSON
2 2 (0.65%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.32%) Ajax
3 1 (0.32%) Angular 2
3 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.32%) CSS
3 1 (0.32%) HTML5
3 1 (0.32%) Ninject
3 1 (0.32%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (0.32%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
3 1 (0.32%) WinForms
3 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.34%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (7.47%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.27%) Replication
5 6 (1.95%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.62%) EMC VNX
6 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.30%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.30%) PKI
8 3 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.65%) BYOD
9 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.65%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.32%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.32%) Life Science
10 1 (0.32%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.32%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 308 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (17.53%) Windows Server 2016
3 50 (16.23%) Linux
4 47 (15.26%) Windows 10
5 41 (13.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (9.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.27%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.62%) Solaris
9 5 (1.62%) VMS
10 4 (1.30%) AIX
10 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.30%) Unix
10 4 (1.30%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.65%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 53 (17.21%) ITIL
4 35 (11.36%) Incident Management
4 35 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (7.47%) Change Management
6 19 (6.17%) Mobile Device Management
6 19 (6.17%) Service Delivery
7 18 (5.84%) Mentoring
8 17 (5.52%) Migration
8 17 (5.52%) Server Management
9 16 (5.19%) Service Management
10 15 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (4.55%) ITSM
12 13 (4.22%) Line Management
12 13 (4.22%) Requirements Gathering
13 12 (3.90%) Project Delivery
13 12 (3.90%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 75 (24.35%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.12%) SQL
3 20 (6.49%) Python
4 15 (4.87%) Bash
5 7 (2.27%) Java
6 6 (1.95%) C#
7 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 50 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 43 (13.96%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.12%) Degree
5 22 (7.14%) DBS Check
6 20 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.22%) CCNA
7 13 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.90%) MCITP
8 12 (3.90%) MCSE
9 10 (3.25%) A+ Certification
10 8 (2.60%) GIAC
11 5 (1.62%) CCNP
12 4 (1.30%) CEH
12 4 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.65%) GSEC
14 2 (0.65%) MCDST
14 2 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.12%) SLA
2 7 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.97%) GDPR
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 219 (71.10%) Active Directory
2 122 (39.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (32.47%) Hyper-V
4 25 (8.12%) vSphere
5 23 (7.47%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (5.52%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (5.19%) XenDesktop
8 11 (3.57%) XenApp
9 5 (1.62%) Docker
9 5 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.30%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.65%) Firmware
12 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (20.45%) SCCM
2 51 (16.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.22%) vCenter Server
4 8 (2.60%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (2.60%) SCVMM
4 8 (2.60%) WSUS
5 5 (1.62%) Ansible
5 5 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.62%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.62%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.62%) Nagios
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle Statspack
6 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.32%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 179 (58.12%) Microsoft
2 160 (51.95%) VMware
3 56 (18.18%) Cisco
4 45 (14.61%) HP
5 28 (9.09%) Citrix
6 24 (7.79%) Google
7 22 (7.14%) Veeam
8 21 (6.82%) Red Hat
9 15 (4.87%) Dell
9 15 (4.87%) Symantec
10 12 (3.90%) Aruba
10 12 (3.90%) SolarWinds
11 11 (3.57%) Meraki
12 10 (3.25%) ServiceNow
13 9 (2.92%) Sophos
14 8 (2.60%) McAfee
15 6 (1.95%) Aderant
15 6 (1.95%) iManage
15 6 (1.95%) Oracle
16 5 (1.62%) EMC