Windows Server Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Surrey

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 52 77
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 71 48 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.12% 4.09% 2.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.79% 19.43% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 66 43 40
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,250 £26,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -20.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £57,813
90th Percentile £73,125 £50,000 £59,625
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.05% +8.75%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 193 247 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 8.49% 21.06% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 169 186 222
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £44,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £79,875
South East median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +17.50% -17.53% +7.78%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Surrey

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Surrey

Windows Server
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 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
Woking -3 15 £55,000 -5.98% 1
Guildford - 10 £32,500 - 4
Redhill +12 9 £38,500 +2.67% 5
Godalming -5 6 £30,000 -40.00%
Oxted - 3 £40,000 -
Caterham +1 2 £32,500 -20.73% 1
Warlingham 0 2 £32,500 -20.73%
Camberley -2 2 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Chertsey - 2 £47,500 -
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Haslemere - 1 £37,500 -
Epsom - 1 £75,000 -
Weybridge - 1 - - 1
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (73.24%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (49.30%) Entra ID
3 33 (46.48%) Azure
4 9 (12.68%) AWS
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Stack
5 2 (2.82%) GCP
5 2 (2.82%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.82%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.41%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (35.21%) Firewall
2 23 (32.39%) TCP/IP
3 9 (12.68%) VLAN
4 8 (11.27%) LAN
4 8 (11.27%) WAN
5 6 (8.45%) DHCP
5 6 (8.45%) DNS
5 6 (8.45%) Wireless
6 4 (5.63%) Asterisk PBX
6 4 (5.63%) VoIP
6 4 (5.63%) VPN
7 3 (4.23%) LTE
7 3 (4.23%) VSAT
8 2 (2.82%) SAN
8 2 (2.82%) VSAN
8 2 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.41%) Network Security
9 1 (1.41%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) GitLab
2 1 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 41 (57.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.27%) Military
3 5 (7.04%) Retail
4 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Electronics
5 3 (4.23%) Legal
5 3 (4.23%) Local Government
6 2 (2.82%) Finance
6 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (29.58%) IT Support
2 17 (23.94%) Support Engineer
3 15 (21.13%) IT Engineer
4 13 (18.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (16.90%) Analyst
6 9 (12.68%) Support Analyst
7 8 (11.27%) Field Engineer
7 8 (11.27%) Field Service Engineer
7 8 (11.27%) Service Desk Engineer
8 7 (9.86%) IT Analyst
8 7 (9.86%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (8.45%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (7.04%) Lead
10 5 (7.04%) Support Team Leader
10 5 (7.04%) Team Leader
11 4 (5.63%) Desktop Engineer
11 4 (5.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.58%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (5.63%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.63%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.82%) Clustering
4 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) CMDB
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 71 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (23.94%) Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.41%) CentOS
4 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.99%) Customer Service
2 20 (28.17%) ITIL
3 16 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (19.72%) ITSM
5 10 (14.08%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (12.68%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (11.27%) Mentoring
7 8 (11.27%) Proactive Monitoring
7 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
8 7 (9.86%) Business Continuity
8 7 (9.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (9.86%) High Availability
8 7 (9.86%) Proactive Maintenance
8 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.04%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (7.04%) Information Security
9 5 (7.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (5.63%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.04%) Python
3 4 (5.63%) Bash
3 4 (5.63%) Perl
4 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Security Cleared
2 20 (28.17%) SC Cleared
3 18 (25.35%) Degree
4 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
5 9 (12.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (7.04%) CCNA
6 5 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (7.04%) HNC
6 5 (7.04%) HND
7 4 (5.63%) CEH
7 4 (5.63%) CISM
7 4 (5.63%) CISSP
7 4 (5.63%) GIAC
7 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) SLA
2 7 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.63%) GDPR
3 4 (5.63%) NIST
4 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (43.66%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (12.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.63%) Firmware
4 4 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.82%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.82%) vSphere
6 1 (1.41%) Docker
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (28.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.82%) SCCM
3 2 (2.82%) Terraform
3 2 (2.82%) vCenter Server
3 2 (2.82%) VxRail
4 1 (1.41%) Argo
4 1 (1.41%) Autotask
Vendors
1 49 (69.01%) Microsoft
2 19 (26.76%) VMware
3 12 (16.90%) ServiceNow
4 9 (12.68%) Veeam
5 7 (9.86%) Cisco
6 4 (5.63%) Citrix
6 4 (5.63%) New Relic
6 4 (5.63%) Qualys
6 4 (5.63%) Splunk
7 3 (4.23%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.23%) Zerto
8 2 (2.82%) Dell
8 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.41%) EMC
9 1 (1.41%) Juniper
9 1 (1.41%) Meraki