Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 62 84
Rank change year-on-year -80 +22 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 873 2,732 2,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.23% 3.86% 3.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.11% 25.95% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 761 2,439 1,755
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £50,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,027 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,250 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% -7.78% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,102 10,529 9,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.05% 14.86% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,031 8,141 6,182
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 £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
North of England -100 206 £33,500 -10.67% 192
Midlands -53 203 £35,000 -6.67% 119
South East -95 182 £42,500 +7.59% 265
South West +9 132 £40,000 +3.23% 88
West Midlands -43 108 £35,000 - 54
East of England -49 107 £42,500 +30.77% 82
Yorkshire -28 98 £30,000 -20.00% 74
East Midlands -37 93 £35,000 -12.50% 54
North West -105 90 £37,500 -13.79% 84
Scotland +10 29 £45,000 +5.88% 42
North East -25 18 £35,000 - 41
Wales -2 15 £38,094 +6.56% 10
Isle of Man +4 1 £34,500 -21.14%
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
1 222 (25.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (15.46%) SharePoint
3 55 (6.30%) IIS
4 9 (1.03%) Apache
5 7 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.34%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.11%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 99 (11.34%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.80%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.34%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 463 (53.04%) Microsoft 365
2 419 (48.00%) Azure
3 136 (15.58%) Entra ID
4 86 (9.85%) AWS
5 38 (4.35%) OneDrive
6 31 (3.55%) SaaS
7 28 (3.21%) IaaS
8 25 (2.86%) PaaS
9 20 (2.29%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.95%) GCP
10 17 (1.95%) Google Workspace
10 17 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.26%) Mimecast
13 9 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (0.92%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 351 (40.21%) Firewall
2 259 (29.67%) DNS
3 223 (25.54%) DHCP
4 157 (17.98%) VPN
5 133 (15.23%) VLAN
6 126 (14.43%) WAN
7 122 (13.97%) LAN
8 95 (10.88%) TCP/IP
9 68 (7.79%) SAN
10 64 (7.33%) VoIP
11 59 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (4.47%) Wireless
13 38 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
14 37 (4.24%) Network Security
15 22 (2.52%) NAS
16 20 (2.29%) SD-WAN
17 17 (1.95%) MPLS
18 15 (1.72%) BGP
18 15 (1.72%) OSPF
18 15 (1.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (12.26%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.80%) GIS
4 6 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.46%) MySQL
6 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.34%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.34%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.23%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.23%) Power BI
7 2 (0.23%) SQL CLR
8 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.11%) MS Access
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.57%) JIRA
2 4 (0.46%) Git
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.11%) GitLab
5 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.11%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Subversion
5 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 269 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 68 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 59 (6.76%) Manufacturing
4 55 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (5.38%) Finance
6 39 (4.47%) Telecoms
7 37 (4.24%) Retail
8 34 (3.89%) Law
8 34 (3.89%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.55%) Legal
10 28 (3.21%) Automotive
11 15 (1.72%) Electronics
12 14 (1.60%) Back Office
13 12 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.15%) Local Government
15 9 (1.03%) Advertising
16 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.92%) Welsh Language
17 7 (0.80%) Aviation
17 7 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (21.19%) IT Support
2 159 (18.21%) Support Engineer
3 145 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 125 (14.32%) Analyst
5 121 (13.86%) IT Engineer
6 92 (10.54%) 2nd Line Support
7 82 (9.39%) Support Analyst
8 78 (8.93%) IT Analyst
9 68 (7.79%) Administrator
10 62 (7.10%) Systems Administrator
11 61 (6.99%) IT Support Analyst
12 60 (6.87%) 3rd Line Support
13 59 (6.76%) Support Technician
14 53 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
15 52 (5.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 49 (5.61%) Technical Support
17 46 (5.27%) IT Technician
17 46 (5.27%) Senior
18 41 (4.70%) Infrastructure Support
19 40 (4.58%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.06%) .NET
2 6 (0.69%) ASP.NET
2 6 (0.69%) CSS
2 6 (0.69%) HTML
2 6 (0.69%) HTML5
2 6 (0.69%) React
2 6 (0.69%) Web Services
2 6 (0.69%) XML
3 5 (0.57%) .NET Framework
3 5 (0.57%) SPFx
4 4 (0.46%) SAML
5 3 (0.34%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.34%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.23%) Dapper ORM
6 2 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.23%) Middleware
6 2 (0.23%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.11%) EDI
7 1 (0.11%) LDAP
7 1 (0.11%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.82%) Driving Licence
2 44 (5.04%) Onboarding
3 41 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 37 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (3.09%) Clustering
7 21 (2.41%) Replication
8 19 (2.18%) CCTV
8 19 (2.18%) IoT
9 18 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (1.72%) PKI
10 15 (1.72%) Smartphone
11 13 (1.49%) FMCG
11 13 (1.49%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.26%) NB-IoT
13 9 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.03%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.92%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 866 (99.20%) Windows
2 180 (20.62%) Linux
3 149 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 98 (11.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 88 (10.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (4.35%) Mac OS
7 32 (3.67%) Android
7 32 (3.67%) Mac OS X
8 24 (2.75%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (2.29%) Apple iOS
10 14 (1.60%) Unix
10 14 (1.60%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.49%) CentOS
12 12 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.80%) Rocky
14 7 (0.80%) VMS
15 6 (0.69%) AIX
16 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (19.70%) Customer Service
3 171 (19.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 168 (19.24%) ITIL
5 119 (13.63%) Cybersecurity
6 93 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (6.99%) Project Delivery
8 58 (6.64%) Mentoring
9 57 (6.53%) Service Delivery
10 56 (6.41%) Project Management
11 52 (5.96%) Incident Management
11 52 (5.96%) Infrastructure Management
12 43 (4.93%) High Availability
12 43 (4.93%) Virtual Environments
13 42 (4.81%) ERP
14 41 (4.70%) Migration
15 39 (4.47%) ITSM
15 39 (4.47%) Server Management
16 36 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (4.01%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 188 (21.53%) PowerShell
2 116 (13.29%) SQL
3 50 (5.73%) Python
4 30 (3.44%) Bash
5 10 (1.15%) C#
6 9 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.80%) Perl
8 6 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.46%) C
9 4 (0.46%) Java
9 4 (0.46%) PHP
10 3 (0.34%) VBScript
11 2 (0.23%) VB
12 1 (0.11%) C++
12 1 (0.11%) Go
12 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 121 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (12.37%) Degree
4 84 (9.62%) DV Cleared
5 69 (7.90%) MCSA
6 65 (7.45%) SC Cleared
7 54 (6.19%) MCSE
8 43 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (4.24%) Azure Certification
10 36 (4.12%) Network+ Certification
11 33 (3.78%) A+ Certification
12 32 (3.67%) CCNA
13 30 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (3.44%) MCP
14 25 (2.86%) CCNP
15 24 (2.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 19 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (2.18%) HND
17 18 (2.06%) HNC
18 17 (1.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.10%) SLA
2 23 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.41%) GDPR
5 9 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.69%) NIST
7 5 (0.57%) QA
8 4 (0.46%) NCSC
9 3 (0.34%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 547 (62.66%) Active Directory
2 246 (28.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 194 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 60 (6.87%) VMware ESXi
5 55 (6.30%) vSphere
6 29 (3.32%) Docker
7 26 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (2.86%) Terminal Services
9 24 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (1.83%) XenApp
11 11 (1.26%) Firmware
12 9 (1.03%) BitLocker
12 9 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.57%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.23%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.11%) NFS
15 1 (0.11%) Samba
15 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 121 (13.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (6.07%) Ansible
3 42 (4.81%) SCCM
4 31 (3.55%) Terraform
5 29 (3.32%) vCenter Server
6 27 (3.09%) Puppet
7 25 (2.86%) Kubernetes
8 14 (1.60%) vMotion
9 13 (1.49%) FortiGate
10 12 (1.37%) SCOM
11 9 (1.03%) AirWatch
12 8 (0.92%) Autotask
12 8 (0.92%) WSUS
13 7 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.80%) PowerCLI
13 7 (0.80%) vRealize
14 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (0.69%) Nagios
14 6 (0.69%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 537 (61.51%) Microsoft
2 327 (37.46%) VMware
3 114 (13.06%) Cisco
4 72 (8.25%) Veeam
5 65 (7.45%) Apple
6 44 (5.04%) Citrix
7 39 (4.47%) HP
8 35 (4.01%) Fortinet
9 33 (3.78%) Meraki
10 31 (3.55%) Google
11 28 (3.21%) Dell
12 25 (2.86%) SonicWALL
13 23 (2.63%) SAP
14 21 (2.41%) Ubiquiti
15 17 (1.95%) ServiceNow
16 15 (1.72%) Aruba
16 15 (1.72%) CheckPoint
16 15 (1.72%) Forcepoint
16 15 (1.72%) Sophos
17 14 (1.60%) Oracle