Server Building Jobs

Server Building
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Server Building skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Server Building over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 860 927
Rank change year-on-year +218 +67 +119
Permanent jobs citing Server Building 50 36 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.037% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.043% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 38 34 52
10th Percentile - £26,925 £31,325
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% -32.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,375 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year +6.67% -9.09% +3.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Server Building falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Server Building
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Server Building as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Server Building.

Salary trend for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Building over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Server Building in the UK

Server Building
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Building within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +189 49 £42,000 -1.18% 10
UK excluding London +219 39 £40,000 +6.67% 8
Work from Home +212 26 £37,500 -16.67% 5
South East +116 18 £40,000 +6.67% 5
Midlands +91 12 £37,500 +7.14% 1
West Midlands +59 12 £37,500 +7.14% 1
London +114 10 £70,000 +27.27%
East of England +61 5 £42,500 +30.77%
North of England +86 4 £70,000 +55.56%
Yorkshire +77 2 £75,000 +130.77%
North West +32 2 £53,750 +19.44%

Server Building
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) Apache
2 3 (6.00%) IIS
3 2 (4.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (4.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) AWS
2 6 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (10.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.00%) Mimecast
4 3 (6.00%) Nutanix
5 2 (4.00%) Cohesity
6 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.00%) SAN
2 10 (20.00%) NAS
3 6 (12.00%) Firewall
3 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.00%) DNS
5 2 (4.00%) DHCP
5 2 (4.00%) IMAP
5 2 (4.00%) Skype
5 2 (4.00%) SMTP
5 2 (4.00%) VPN
6 1 (2.00%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.00%) IPv4
6 1 (2.00%) LAN
6 1 (2.00%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.00%) SNMP
6 1 (2.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 5 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Advertising
3 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) IT Support
2 15 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 9 (18.00%) IT Engineer
5 9 (18.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (18.00%) Support Engineer
6 8 (16.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 8 (16.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (16.00%) Server Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Build Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Senior
7 6 (12.00%) Server Build Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Unix Support
9 4 (8.00%) Linux Support
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Linux Support
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Unix Support
10 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Server Support
11 2 (4.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Clustering
2 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (62.00%) Windows
2 20 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (22.00%) Linux
4 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (12.00%) Unix
6 1 (2.00%) Debian
6 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (46.00%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (18.00%) Change Control
4 9 (18.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (18.00%) ITIL
4 9 (18.00%) Patch Management
5 8 (16.00%) Kalman Filter
5 8 (16.00%) Virtual Environments
6 7 (14.00%) Antivirus Management
6 7 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (14.00%) High Availability
6 7 (14.00%) IT Strategy
6 7 (14.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (14.00%) Web Filtering
7 6 (12.00%) DevOps
7 6 (12.00%) Security Patching
7 6 (12.00%) Server Patching
8 5 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.00%) Python
2 6 (12.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (42.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) DV Cleared
3 9 (18.00%) Degree
4 8 (16.00%) HND
5 4 (8.00%) AWS Certification
5 4 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (44.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 12 (24.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (12.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (4.00%) Firmware
6 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) Ansible
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.00%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) VMware
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.00%) Red Hat
4 6 (12.00%) Veritas
5 4 (8.00%) Symantec
6 3 (6.00%) Cisco
6 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.00%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.00%) Citrix
7 2 (4.00%) NetApp
7 2 (4.00%) Veeam
8 1 (2.00%) Dell
8 1 (2.00%) Google
8 1 (2.00%) Intel
8 1 (2.00%) McAfee