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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 62 86
Rank change year-on-year -87 +24 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 827 2,717 2,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.13% 3.70% 3.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.68% 25.68% 22.84%
Number of salaries quoted 716 2,413 1,711
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,038 £29,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,920 £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 4,957 10,580 9,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.78% 14.42% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 8,148 6,062
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 27 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 27 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 -116 192 £33,500 -10.67% 284
South East -99 187 £42,000 +6.33% 416
Midlands -59 186 £35,000 -6.67% 209
South West +12 123 £40,000 +5.26% 170
East of England -49 105 £44,000 +35.38% 187
West Midlands -36 100 £35,000 - 96
Yorkshire -32 97 £30,000 -16.67% 101
East Midlands -40 84 £35,000 -12.50% 95
North West -107 80 £37,500 -13.79% 137
Scotland +5 23 £50,000 +17.65% 93
North East -19 15 £33,500 -4.29% 50
Wales +1 12 £38,094 +12.04% 27
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
1 212 (25.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (16.32%) SharePoint
3 53 (6.41%) IIS
4 9 (1.09%) Apache
5 8 (0.97%) 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 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (2.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.85%) 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
1 438 (52.96%) Microsoft 365
2 412 (49.82%) Azure
3 138 (16.69%) Entra ID
4 81 (9.79%) AWS
5 39 (4.72%) OneDrive
6 29 (3.51%) SaaS
7 28 (3.39%) IaaS
8 22 (2.66%) PaaS
9 20 (2.42%) Power Platform
10 19 (2.30%) PowerApps
11 16 (1.93%) Google Workspace
12 12 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (1.33%) Mimecast
14 10 (1.21%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.97%) GCP
16 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 333 (40.27%) Firewall
2 240 (29.02%) DNS
3 205 (24.79%) DHCP
4 139 (16.81%) VPN
5 124 (14.99%) VLAN
6 123 (14.87%) WAN
7 116 (14.03%) LAN
8 87 (10.52%) TCP/IP
9 68 (8.22%) SAN
10 62 (7.50%) VoIP
11 55 (6.65%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (4.59%) Wireless
13 36 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (3.99%) Network Security
15 21 (2.54%) NAS
16 20 (2.42%) SD-WAN
17 17 (2.06%) MPLS
18 14 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
18 14 (1.69%) WLAN
19 13 (1.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.85%) GIS
4 6 (0.73%) 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
7 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Git
2 3 (0.36%) JIRA
3 2 (0.24%) Subversion
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) Log4Net
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 269 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 68 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 55 (6.65%) Manufacturing
4 46 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.44%) Finance
6 36 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 33 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.87%) Retail
9 30 (3.63%) Legal
10 28 (3.39%) Law
11 24 (2.90%) Automotive
12 16 (1.93%) Back Office
13 15 (1.81%) Electronics
14 13 (1.57%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.21%) Local Government
17 9 (1.09%) Advertising
18 8 (0.97%) Welsh Language
19 7 (0.85%) Aviation
19 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (22.97%) IT Support
2 157 (18.98%) Support Engineer
3 130 (15.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 125 (15.11%) Analyst
5 111 (13.42%) IT Engineer
6 91 (11.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 88 (10.64%) Support Analyst
8 78 (9.43%) IT Analyst
9 64 (7.74%) IT Support Analyst
10 63 (7.62%) Administrator
11 59 (7.13%) 3rd Line Support
12 58 (7.01%) Support Technician
13 57 (6.89%) Systems Administrator
14 53 (6.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 52 (6.29%) IT Support Engineer
16 49 (5.93%) Infrastructure Support
17 46 (5.56%) Technical Support
18 38 (4.59%) Senior
19 36 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 36 (4.35%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.54%) .NET
2 7 (0.85%) .NET Framework
2 7 (0.85%) ASP.NET
2 7 (0.85%) HTML
3 6 (0.73%) CSS
3 6 (0.73%) SAML
4 5 (0.60%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.60%) Entity Framework
4 5 (0.60%) HTML5
4 5 (0.60%) XML
5 4 (0.48%) Dapper ORM
5 4 (0.48%) React
5 4 (0.48%) SPFx
5 4 (0.48%) Web Services
6 2 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.24%) Middleware
6 2 (0.24%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.12%) Angular 2
7 1 (0.12%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.19%) Driving Licence
2 45 (5.44%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.87%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.66%) Clustering
7 21 (2.54%) Replication
8 20 (2.42%) PKI
9 19 (2.30%) CCTV
9 19 (2.30%) IoT
10 18 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.69%) Smartphone
12 13 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 11 (1.33%) FMCG
13 11 (1.33%) NB-IoT
14 10 (1.21%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.09%) Security Posture
16 8 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 826 (99.88%) Windows
2 163 (19.71%) Linux
3 141 (17.05%) Windows 10
4 95 (11.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 80 (9.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (5.08%) Mac OS
7 34 (4.11%) Android
8 28 (3.39%) Mac OS X
9 23 (2.78%) Apple iOS
9 23 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (2.42%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.81%) Windows 7
12 12 (1.45%) CentOS
13 10 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (1.21%) Unix
14 7 (0.85%) Rocky
14 7 (0.85%) VMS
14 7 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.36%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (19.95%) ITIL
3 163 (19.71%) Customer Service
4 158 (19.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 113 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
6 84 (10.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (7.38%) Project Delivery
8 55 (6.65%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.05%) ERP
9 50 (6.05%) Incident Management
10 49 (5.93%) Service Delivery
11 47 (5.68%) Infrastructure Management
12 45 (5.44%) Project Management
13 44 (5.32%) Migration
14 43 (5.20%) Virtual Environments
15 38 (4.59%) High Availability
16 35 (4.23%) ITSM
16 35 (4.23%) Server Management
16 35 (4.23%) Time Management
17 34 (4.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 179 (21.64%) PowerShell
2 112 (13.54%) SQL
3 47 (5.68%) Python
4 29 (3.51%) Bash
5 12 (1.45%) C#
6 9 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.85%) Perl
8 4 (0.48%) PHP
8 4 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.36%) VBScript
10 2 (0.24%) Java
10 2 (0.24%) VB.NET
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
1 128 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 120 (14.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 98 (11.85%) Degree
4 80 (9.67%) DV Cleared
5 68 (8.22%) MCSA
5 68 (8.22%) SC Cleared
6 52 (6.29%) MCSE
7 45 (5.44%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (4.35%) Azure Certification
9 35 (4.23%) A+ Certification
10 34 (4.11%) CCNA
10 34 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
11 31 (3.75%) MCP
12 27 (3.26%) CCNP
13 25 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (2.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (2.06%) DBS Check
16 17 (2.06%) HND
17 16 (1.93%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.13%) SLA
2 25 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.42%) GDPR
5 8 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.85%) NIST
6 7 (0.85%) 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
1 521 (63.00%) Active Directory
2 235 (28.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 176 (21.28%) Hyper-V
4 66 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
5 46 (5.56%) vSphere
6 29 (3.51%) Docker
7 27 (3.26%) Terminal Services
8 25 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 24 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
10 17 (2.06%) XenApp
11 11 (1.33%) Firmware
12 9 (1.09%) BitLocker
12 9 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.12%) NFS
16 1 (0.12%) Samba
16 1 (0.12%) Squid
16 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 129 (15.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (6.41%) Ansible
3 40 (4.84%) SCCM
4 28 (3.39%) Terraform
5 27 (3.26%) Puppet
6 26 (3.14%) vCenter Server
7 20 (2.42%) Kubernetes
8 14 (1.69%) vMotion
9 13 (1.57%) FortiGate
9 13 (1.57%) SCOM
10 11 (1.33%) AirWatch
11 8 (0.97%) Autotask
11 8 (0.97%) Proxmox
11 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.85%) PowerCLI
12 7 (0.85%) vRealize
12 7 (0.85%) WSUS
13 6 (0.73%) Nagios
14 5 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 524 (63.36%) Microsoft
2 317 (38.33%) VMware
3 106 (12.82%) Cisco
4 68 (8.22%) Apple
4 68 (8.22%) Veeam
5 43 (5.20%) Citrix
6 36 (4.35%) HP
7 34 (4.11%) Meraki
8 33 (3.99%) Fortinet
9 26 (3.14%) Google
10 24 (2.90%) SonicWALL
11 23 (2.78%) Dell
12 21 (2.54%) SAP
13 19 (2.30%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (1.93%) Forcepoint
14 16 (1.93%) ServiceNow
14 16 (1.93%) Sophos
15 15 (1.81%) Aruba
15 15 (1.81%) CheckPoint
16 13 (1.57%) NetApp