Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 84 68
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,810 2,357 3,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.01% 3.81% 4.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.56% 23.11% 20.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,512 1,820 2,738
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,625 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,579 10,198 14,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.10% 16.50% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,222 6,430 9,397
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +32 793 £40,000 +14.29% 148
North of England +27 621 £37,500 -6.25% 126
Midlands +45 544 £37,500 -3.23% 120
South West +20 321 £41,206 +3.02% 58
West Midlands +30 310 £35,000 -12.50% 82
East of England +18 298 £32,500 -18.75% 74
Yorkshire +67 285 £37,500 - 43
East Midlands +39 229 £40,000 +6.67% 38
North West -32 228 £43,500 -3.33% 66
Scotland -32 154 £42,500 -22.73% 37
North East +21 108 £35,000 -14.63% 20
Wales +31 62 £34,000 -9.33% 13
Isle of Man -6 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -1 6 £37,314 +14.81% 6
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
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
1 635 (22.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 411 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 78 (2.78%) IIS
4 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 19 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
5 16 (0.57%) CMS
6 14 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.32%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.21%) WordPress
11 5 (0.18%) Apache
11 5 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
11 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (0.14%) TWiki
13 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.11%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 324 (11.53%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
6 2 (0.071%) CATIA
6 2 (0.071%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.036%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.036%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 13 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.071%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.071%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.036%) Magento
5 1 (0.036%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.036%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,688 (60.07%) Microsoft 365
2 1,316 (46.83%) Azure
3 483 (17.19%) Entra ID
4 300 (10.68%) AWS
5 217 (7.72%) OneDrive
6 75 (2.67%) SaaS
7 72 (2.56%) IaaS
8 70 (2.49%) GCP
9 56 (1.99%) Mimecast
10 48 (1.71%) PaaS
11 46 (1.64%) Power Platform
12 45 (1.60%) Google Workspace
13 39 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
14 33 (1.17%) Nutanix
15 30 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
17 24 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
17 24 (0.85%) GitHub
18 18 (0.64%) Power Automate
18 18 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 857 (30.50%) Firewall
2 676 (24.06%) DNS
3 574 (20.43%) DHCP
4 336 (11.96%) WAN
5 332 (11.81%) TCP/IP
6 329 (11.71%) VPN
7 298 (10.60%) LAN
8 263 (9.36%) SAN
9 201 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
10 190 (6.76%) VLAN
11 184 (6.55%) VoIP
12 151 (5.37%) Wireless
13 101 (3.59%) NAS
14 71 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
15 68 (2.42%) Internet
16 57 (2.03%) Network Security
17 50 (1.78%) SD-WAN
18 35 (1.25%) WLAN
19 34 (1.21%) MPLS
20 31 (1.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (9.96%) SQL Server
2 67 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (1.35%) MySQL
4 30 (1.07%) Power BI
5 29 (1.03%) DB2
6 10 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 10 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.21%) Big Data
8 6 (0.21%) Redis
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.14%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.14%) UniData
11 3 (0.11%) InterSystems Cache
11 3 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 41 (1.46%) JIRA
2 25 (0.89%) Git
3 19 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 8 (0.28%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.21%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.21%) GitLab
6 6 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.14%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.14%) Hudson
8 4 (0.14%) MSI
8 4 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.071%) Selenium
11 1 (0.036%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.036%) Log4Net
General
1 858 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 193 (6.87%) Finance
3 173 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (3.81%) Law
4 107 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
5 106 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 99 (3.52%) Retail
7 87 (3.10%) Manufacturing
8 70 (2.49%) Public Sector
9 66 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 58 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (1.99%) Legal
12 34 (1.21%) Marketing
13 32 (1.14%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.75%) Games
15 19 (0.68%) Electronics
16 17 (0.60%) Advertising
16 17 (0.60%) Automotive
17 15 (0.53%) Military
17 15 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 570 (20.28%) IT Support
2 538 (19.15%) Support Engineer
3 523 (18.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 505 (17.97%) IT Engineer
5 313 (11.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 311 (11.07%) Senior
7 290 (10.32%) Analyst
8 221 (7.86%) 2nd Line Support
9 208 (7.40%) IT Technician
10 154 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support
11 145 (5.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 144 (5.12%) Support Technician
13 125 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 123 (4.38%) IT Manager
14 123 (4.38%) Lead
15 122 (4.34%) IT Support Technician
16 113 (4.02%) Administrator
17 109 (3.88%) IT Analyst
18 108 (3.84%) Support Analyst
19 105 (3.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.07%) .NET
2 18 (0.64%) ARM Templates
3 15 (0.53%) HTML
4 12 (0.43%) JSON
5 11 (0.39%) .NET Core
5 11 (0.39%) REST
6 9 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 9 (0.32%) LDAP
6 9 (0.32%) React
7 8 (0.28%) CSS
8 7 (0.25%) ASP.NET
8 7 (0.25%) Web Services
9 6 (0.21%) AWS CDK
9 6 (0.21%) jQuery
9 6 (0.21%) LAMP
9 6 (0.21%) XML
10 5 (0.18%) Blazor
10 5 (0.18%) EDI
10 5 (0.18%) Node.js
11 4 (0.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 214 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 203 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 120 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (4.02%) Replication
5 104 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 83 (2.95%) Clustering
7 80 (2.85%) PKI
8 65 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 46 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 33 (1.17%) CMDB
10 33 (1.17%) Operational Technology
11 30 (1.07%) Client/Server
12 27 (0.96%) NHS
13 20 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (0.64%) SCADA
15 17 (0.60%) Cyberattack
15 17 (0.60%) Fat Client
15 17 (0.60%) Thin Client
16 15 (0.53%) iPad
16 15 (0.53%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2,808 (99.93%) Windows
2 523 (18.61%) Windows 10
3 465 (16.55%) Linux
4 381 (13.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 354 (12.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 315 (11.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 121 (4.31%) Windows 7
8 93 (3.31%) Windows 8
9 82 (2.92%) Windows Server 2008
10 61 (2.17%) Apple iOS
11 59 (2.10%) Mac OS
12 53 (1.89%) Unix
13 52 (1.85%) Android
14 49 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 39 (1.39%) CentOS
16 36 (1.28%) Ubuntu
17 32 (1.14%) Windows Server 2003
18 28 (1.00%) VMS
19 22 (0.78%) Windows XP
20 19 (0.68%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (24.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 574 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 542 (19.29%) ITIL
4 479 (17.05%) Customer Service
5 324 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
6 190 (6.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 179 (6.37%) Mentoring
8 136 (4.84%) DevOps
9 135 (4.80%) Migration
9 135 (4.80%) Project Management
9 135 (4.80%) Service Management
10 134 (4.77%) Agile
10 134 (4.77%) Project Delivery
11 126 (4.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 122 (4.34%) Server Management
13 117 (4.16%) Incident Management
14 109 (3.88%) Service Delivery
15 105 (3.74%) Change Management
16 104 (3.70%) Time Management
17 88 (3.13%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 483 (17.19%) PowerShell
2 314 (11.17%) SQL
3 100 (3.56%) Python
4 50 (1.78%) Bash
5 46 (1.64%) C#
6 40 (1.42%) VBScript
7 38 (1.35%) VB
8 29 (1.03%) Java
9 25 (0.89%) JavaScript
10 16 (0.57%) Bicep
11 11 (0.39%) Delphi
12 10 (0.36%) ActionScript
13 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.21%) C++
15 6 (0.21%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.18%) VBA
17 2 (0.071%) Go
17 2 (0.071%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.036%) R
Qualifications
1 341 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 334 (11.89%) Degree
3 247 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 225 (8.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 195 (6.94%) DV Cleared
6 137 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
7 128 (4.56%) CCNA
8 84 (2.99%) DBS Check
9 76 (2.70%) MCSE
10 67 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 56 (1.99%) A+ Certification
12 55 (1.96%) MCSA
13 45 (1.60%) Azure Certification
14 38 (1.35%) MCP
15 30 (1.07%) AWS Certification
15 30 (1.07%) CCNP
15 30 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
16 26 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 24 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
17 24 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (7.86%) SLA
2 70 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 66 (2.35%) GDPR
4 44 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.57%) NIST
6 13 (0.46%) ITGC
6 13 (0.46%) PMO
7 10 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.21%) QA
9 5 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.11%) GRC
11 3 (0.11%) NCSC
12 2 (0.071%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.071%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.071%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.036%) GxP
13 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.036%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1,807 (64.31%) Active Directory
2 814 (28.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 790 (28.11%) Hyper-V
4 166 (5.91%) VMware ESXi
5 159 (5.66%) vSphere
6 125 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
7 75 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 71 (2.53%) XenApp
9 64 (2.28%) XenDesktop
10 52 (1.85%) Docker
11 50 (1.78%) VirtualBox
12 33 (1.17%) Firmware
12 33 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
13 26 (0.93%) Terminal Services
14 22 (0.78%) VMware NSX
15 17 (0.60%) pfSense
16 16 (0.57%) NFS
17 13 (0.46%) VMware Server
18 10 (0.36%) OpenSSH
19 8 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 415 (14.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 293 (10.43%) SCCM
3 119 (4.23%) vCenter Server
4 109 (3.88%) WSUS
5 103 (3.67%) SCOM
6 66 (2.35%) Ansible
7 64 (2.28%) Kubernetes
8 56 (1.99%) Terraform
9 42 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 39 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
11 38 (1.35%) FortiGate
12 31 (1.10%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 23 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
13 23 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
13 23 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
14 22 (0.78%) Grafana
14 22 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
15 19 (0.68%) ZABBIX
16 18 (0.64%) Autotask
17 16 (0.57%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,686 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1,234 (43.91%) VMware
3 334 (11.89%) Cisco
4 273 (9.72%) Citrix
5 252 (8.97%) Veeam
6 141 (5.02%) HP
7 122 (4.34%) Dell
8 109 (3.88%) Apple
9 102 (3.63%) Meraki
10 97 (3.45%) Sophos
11 81 (2.88%) Google
12 60 (2.14%) Red Hat
13 59 (2.10%) NetApp
14 56 (1.99%) Aruba
15 48 (1.71%) Oracle
16 46 (1.64%) Fortinet
17 42 (1.49%) Datto
18 41 (1.46%) SolarWinds
19 38 (1.35%) IBM
20 37 (1.32%) EMC