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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 62 87
Rank change year-on-year -88 +25 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 832 2,728 2,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.13% 3.69% 3.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 25.65% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 720 2,409 1,692
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £25,875
25th Percentile £30,250 £29,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -
75th Percentile £49,063 £50,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,025 £65,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% +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 4,990 10,636 9,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.80% 14.37% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,897 8,163 6,005
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
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 29 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 29 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 -106 192 £33,500 -10.67% 181
South East -93 189 £41,500 +6.41% 168
Midlands -63 186 £35,000 -6.67% 102
South West +7 122 £40,000 +6.67% 91
East of England -51 110 £44,000 +35.38% 88
West Midlands -49 100 £35,000 - 47
Yorkshire -35 97 £30,000 -16.67% 62
East Midlands -42 84 £35,000 -12.50% 54
North West -100 80 £37,500 -13.79% 91
Scotland +13 22 £50,000 +17.65% 52
North East -22 15 £33,500 -4.29% 32
Wales +1 12 £38,094 +12.04% 11
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
1 215 (25.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 134 (16.11%) SharePoint
3 53 (6.37%) IIS
4 9 (1.08%) Apache
5 8 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.36%) CMS
6 3 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.24%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 90 (10.82%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (2.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.24%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 445 (53.49%) Microsoft 365
2 419 (50.36%) Azure
3 143 (17.19%) Entra ID
4 81 (9.74%) AWS
5 39 (4.69%) OneDrive
6 30 (3.61%) IaaS
6 30 (3.61%) SaaS
7 24 (2.88%) PaaS
8 19 (2.28%) Power Platform
9 18 (2.16%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.92%) Google Workspace
11 12 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.32%) Mimecast
13 10 (1.20%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.96%) GCP
14 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 334 (40.14%) Firewall
2 238 (28.61%) DNS
3 202 (24.28%) DHCP
4 139 (16.71%) VPN
5 123 (14.78%) WAN
6 122 (14.66%) VLAN
7 116 (13.94%) LAN
8 86 (10.34%) TCP/IP
9 69 (8.29%) SAN
10 62 (7.45%) VoIP
11 55 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (4.57%) Wireless
13 37 (4.45%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (3.97%) Network Security
15 21 (2.52%) NAS
16 20 (2.40%) SD-WAN
17 17 (2.04%) MPLS
18 14 (1.68%) Cisco IOS
19 13 (1.56%) IPsec
19 13 (1.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.84%) GIS
4 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.48%) Data Hub
5 4 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.48%) MySQL
5 4 (0.48%) SQL CLR
6 3 (0.36%) Power BI
6 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.12%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Git
1 4 (0.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.12%) GitLab
3 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.12%) Log4Net
3 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 67 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 56 (6.73%) Manufacturing
4 48 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.41%) Finance
6 36 (4.33%) Telecoms
7 34 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.73%) Legal
8 31 (3.73%) Retail
9 29 (3.49%) Law
10 23 (2.76%) Automotive
11 16 (1.92%) Back Office
12 15 (1.80%) Electronics
13 13 (1.56%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.20%) Local Government
16 9 (1.08%) Advertising
17 8 (0.96%) Welsh Language
18 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
19 6 (0.72%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 192 (23.08%) IT Support
2 160 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 131 (15.75%) Analyst
3 131 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 111 (13.34%) IT Engineer
5 90 (10.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 90 (10.82%) Support Analyst
6 79 (9.50%) IT Analyst
7 64 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
8 61 (7.33%) 3rd Line Support
8 61 (7.33%) Administrator
9 57 (6.85%) Support Technician
10 55 (6.61%) Systems Administrator
11 54 (6.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 53 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
13 52 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
14 48 (5.77%) Technical Support
15 38 (4.57%) Senior
16 37 (4.45%) 1st Line Support
16 37 (4.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.52%) .NET
2 7 (0.84%) .NET Framework
3 6 (0.72%) ASP.NET
3 6 (0.72%) HTML
3 6 (0.72%) SAML
4 5 (0.60%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.60%) CSS
4 5 (0.60%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.48%) Dapper ORM
5 4 (0.48%) HTML5
5 4 (0.48%) Web Services
5 4 (0.48%) XML
6 3 (0.36%) React
6 3 (0.36%) SPFx
7 2 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.24%) Middleware
7 2 (0.24%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.12%) Ajax
8 1 (0.12%) JSON
8 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.13%) Driving Licence
2 45 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 34 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.64%) Clustering
7 21 (2.52%) Replication
8 20 (2.40%) PKI
9 19 (2.28%) CCTV
9 19 (2.28%) IoT
10 18 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.56%) Smartphone
12 11 (1.32%) FMCG
12 11 (1.32%) NB-IoT
13 10 (1.20%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.08%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 831 (99.88%) Windows
2 162 (19.47%) Linux
3 141 (16.95%) Windows 10
4 96 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 79 (9.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (5.53%) Mac OS
7 35 (4.21%) Android
8 27 (3.25%) Mac OS X
9 24 (2.88%) Apple iOS
10 23 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 19 (2.28%) Ubuntu
12 16 (1.92%) Windows 7
13 12 (1.44%) CentOS
14 11 (1.32%) Unix
15 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 7 (0.84%) Rocky
16 7 (0.84%) VMS
16 7 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
18 3 (0.36%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (20.19%) ITIL
3 166 (19.95%) Customer Service
4 158 (18.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 114 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
6 84 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
7 60 (7.21%) Project Delivery
8 57 (6.85%) Mentoring
9 51 (6.13%) Service Delivery
10 50 (6.01%) ERP
10 50 (6.01%) Incident Management
11 47 (5.65%) Infrastructure Management
12 44 (5.29%) Migration
13 43 (5.17%) Project Management
13 43 (5.17%) Virtual Environments
14 39 (4.69%) High Availability
15 37 (4.45%) Server Management
16 36 (4.33%) ITSM
17 35 (4.21%) Time Management
18 34 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 180 (21.63%) PowerShell
2 113 (13.58%) SQL
3 47 (5.65%) Python
4 29 (3.49%) Bash
5 12 (1.44%) C#
6 8 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.84%) Perl
8 4 (0.48%) PHP
8 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.36%) VBScript
10 2 (0.24%) Java
10 2 (0.24%) VBA
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Go
11 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 125 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 122 (14.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 100 (12.02%) Degree
4 79 (9.50%) DV Cleared
5 69 (8.29%) MCSA
6 65 (7.81%) SC Cleared
7 52 (6.25%) MCSE
8 45 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (4.33%) A+ Certification
9 36 (4.33%) Azure Certification
10 34 (4.09%) CCNA
10 34 (4.09%) Network+ Certification
11 32 (3.85%) MCP
12 27 (3.25%) CCNP
13 24 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (2.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (2.04%) DBS Check
17 16 (1.92%) HND
18 15 (1.80%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.21%) SLA
2 26 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.52%) GDPR
5 9 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.84%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.60%) NCSC
7 5 (0.60%) QA
8 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 525 (63.10%) Active Directory
2 234 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 182 (21.88%) Hyper-V
4 66 (7.93%) VMware ESXi
5 46 (5.53%) vSphere
6 29 (3.49%) Docker
7 27 (3.25%) Terminal Services
7 27 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
9 17 (2.04%) XenApp
10 11 (1.32%) Firmware
11 9 (1.08%) BitLocker
11 9 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) RHEV
15 1 (0.12%) Samba
15 1 (0.12%) Squid
15 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 133 (15.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (6.25%) Ansible
3 41 (4.93%) SCCM
4 27 (3.25%) Puppet
4 27 (3.25%) Terraform
5 25 (3.00%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.40%) Kubernetes
7 14 (1.68%) vMotion
8 13 (1.56%) FortiGate
8 13 (1.56%) SCOM
9 11 (1.32%) AirWatch
10 8 (0.96%) Autotask
10 8 (0.96%) Proxmox
10 8 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.84%) PowerCLI
11 7 (0.84%) vRealize
12 6 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.72%) Nagios
12 6 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 532 (63.94%) Microsoft
2 316 (37.98%) VMware
3 104 (12.50%) Cisco
4 69 (8.29%) Apple
4 69 (8.29%) Veeam
5 43 (5.17%) Citrix
6 36 (4.33%) HP
7 34 (4.09%) Meraki
8 32 (3.85%) Fortinet
9 26 (3.13%) Google
10 24 (2.88%) SonicWALL
11 22 (2.64%) Dell
12 21 (2.52%) SAP
13 18 (2.16%) Ubiquiti
14 17 (2.04%) ServiceNow
14 17 (2.04%) Sophos
15 16 (1.92%) Forcepoint
16 15 (1.80%) Aruba
16 15 (1.80%) CheckPoint
17 13 (1.56%) Palo Alto