Server Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Server Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Server Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 619 587
Rank change year-on-year +73 -32 +268
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Specialist 1 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.027% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.028% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £38,500 £33,232
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £40,000 £43,545
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -8.14% -13.42%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £55,000 -
UK median annual salary £76,500 £40,000 £43,545
% change year-on-year +91.25% -8.14% -13.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,783 52,749 33,119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 95.20% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 17,482 31,395 24,729
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,536 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Server Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Server Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Server Specialist in the UK excluding London

Server Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Server Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
South East +20 1 £68,000 +70.00%
Server Specialist
UK

Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Server Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Server Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management

Server Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script