Windows Server 2019 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 364 344
Rank change year-on-year -90 -20 +56
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 123 493 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.66% 0.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.44% 4.62% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 105 426 397
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.21% -17.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,500 £59,000 £53,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,420
% change year-on-year +6.25% -1.04% +1.05%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,036 10,675 9,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.79% 14.32% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 8,160 5,973
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
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 Windows Server 2019 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Midlands +32 38 £47,500 +48.44% 23
West Midlands +38 31 £47,500 +35.71% 10
South East -21 31 £37,500 -26.97% 39
North of England -28 20 £33,000 -12.00% 13
East of England +9 18 £46,250 +8.82% 15
North West -7 14 £33,500 -25.56% 11
South West +26 9 £55,000 +33.33% 11
Scotland +119 8 £45,957 +27.66% 2
East Midlands +13 7 £47,500 +48.44% 12
Yorkshire +7 6 £32,500 -13.33% 1
Windows Server 2019
UK

Windows Server 2019
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:

Application Platforms
1 50 (40.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (15.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.44%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 26 (21.14%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 77 (62.60%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (50.41%) Azure
3 19 (15.45%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.94%) Google Workspace
5 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (6.50%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.88%) AWS
7 5 (4.07%) Nutanix
7 5 (4.07%) SaaS
8 3 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.44%) IaaS
8 3 (2.44%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.63%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.63%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (56.10%) Firewall
2 30 (24.39%) DNS
3 29 (23.58%) DHCP
4 26 (21.14%) VLAN
5 24 (19.51%) WAN
6 23 (18.70%) TCP/IP
7 21 (17.07%) LAN
8 15 (12.20%) VPN
9 14 (11.38%) SAN
10 11 (8.94%) BGP
10 11 (8.94%) OSPF
10 11 (8.94%) WLAN
11 7 (5.69%) SD-WAN
11 7 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (5.69%) Wireless
12 6 (4.88%) Multicast
13 4 (3.25%) IPsec
13 4 (3.25%) SSL
14 3 (2.44%) MPLS
14 3 (2.44%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.88%) DB2
3 4 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.63%) MySQL
4 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
1 2 (1.63%) Subversion
General
1 50 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.70%) Retail
3 14 (11.38%) Automotive
4 11 (8.94%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.88%) Back Office
6 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.25%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.44%) Electronics
9 2 (1.63%) Law
9 2 (1.63%) Local Government
9 2 (1.63%) Military
9 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Games
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (28.46%) Support Engineer
2 26 (21.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 24 (19.51%) Analyst
4 21 (17.07%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (17.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 21 (17.07%) IT Engineer
4 21 (17.07%) IT Support
5 18 (14.63%) Support Analyst
6 16 (13.01%) IT Analyst
6 16 (13.01%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (12.20%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 15 (12.20%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 14 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (10.57%) Technical Support
10 11 (8.94%) IT Support Analyst
11 10 (8.13%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (8.13%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (7.32%) Administrator
12 9 (7.32%) Senior
13 8 (6.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 14 (11.38%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.76%) Replication
4 11 (8.94%) Smartphone
5 10 (8.13%) Driving Licence
5 10 (8.13%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (6.50%) FMCG
7 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (2.44%) CCTV
8 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.63%) EPoS
9 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.81%) Clustering
10 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 120 (97.56%) Windows
2 98 (79.67%) Windows Server
3 63 (51.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 48 (39.02%) Windows 10
5 22 (17.89%) Linux
6 14 (11.38%) Mac OS X
7 13 (10.57%) Ubuntu
7 13 (10.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (8.94%) Mac OS
9 4 (3.25%) Android
9 4 (3.25%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.63%) Debian
10 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.81%) Unix
11 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (17.07%) ITIL
2 19 (15.45%) Infrastructure Management
3 17 (13.82%) Mentoring
4 16 (13.01%) Data Security
4 16 (13.01%) Network Design
5 15 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (11.38%) Customer Service
7 13 (10.57%) Computer Science
7 13 (10.57%) Performance Tuning
7 13 (10.57%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (10.57%) Virtual Environments
8 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.94%) Business Case
10 10 (8.13%) Patch Management
10 10 (8.13%) Preventative Maintenance
10 10 (8.13%) Project Delivery
11 9 (7.32%) Migration
11 9 (7.32%) Server Management
12 8 (6.50%) Service Management
12 8 (6.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (40.65%) PowerShell
2 26 (21.14%) SQL
3 2 (1.63%) Bash
3 2 (1.63%) Korn
4 1 (0.81%) VB
4 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (25.20%) Degree
1 31 (25.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (11.38%) HND
2 14 (11.38%) MCSE
3 13 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (10.57%) HNC
3 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
4 11 (8.94%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.25%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.44%) MCP
7 3 (2.44%) MCSA
8 2 (1.63%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) SLA
2 5 (4.07%) GDPR
3 4 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (62.60%) Active Directory
2 44 (35.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (26.02%) Hyper-V
4 16 (13.01%) XenApp
5 11 (8.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.44%) vSphere
8 2 (1.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.63%) Docker
8 2 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.81%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.81%) Firmware
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.81%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 33 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.94%) SCCM
3 5 (4.07%) Backup Exec
4 4 (3.25%) Dell DRAC
4 4 (3.25%) SCOM
5 3 (2.44%) Terraform
6 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.63%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.63%) SCOrch
6 2 (1.63%) SCSM
6 2 (1.63%) SmoothWall
6 2 (1.63%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 81 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 48 (39.02%) VMware
3 45 (36.59%) Cisco
4 20 (16.26%) Meraki
5 19 (15.45%) CheckPoint
6 16 (13.01%) Citrix
6 16 (13.01%) SonicWALL
7 14 (11.38%) Apple
8 13 (10.57%) Dell
9 11 (8.94%) Fortinet
9 11 (8.94%) Google
9 11 (8.94%) Ubiquiti
9 11 (8.94%) Veeam
10 9 (7.32%) Progress
11 6 (4.88%) IBM
12 5 (4.07%) MobileIron
13 4 (3.25%) McAfee
13 4 (3.25%) Red Hat
14 3 (2.44%) NetApp
14 3 (2.44%) SAP