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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 879 904
Rank change year-on-year +219 +25 +185
Permanent jobs citing Server Building 49 33 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.032% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.038% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 36 30 46
10th Percentile - £26,050 £33,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,125 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -29.17% +23.08%
75th Percentile £44,063 £47,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,625 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% +9.38%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -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 30 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 30 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 +175 49 £40,000 -5.88% 95
UK excluding London +208 41 £40,000 +6.67% 98
Work from Home +139 27 £37,500 -16.67% 9
South East +97 18 £40,000 +6.67% 27
Midlands +98 15 £37,500 +7.14% 17
West Midlands +70 15 £37,500 +7.14% 10
London +116 8 £70,000 +27.27% 5
North of England +53 4 £70,000 +55.56% 20
East of England +50 4 £42,500 - 20
Yorkshire +61 2 £75,000 +130.77% 7
North West +9 2 £53,750 +19.44% 11

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 16 (32.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.16%) Apache
2 4 (8.16%) IIS
3 1 (2.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.04%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) AWS
2 6 (12.24%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.12%) Mimecast
3 3 (6.12%) Nutanix
4 2 (4.08%) Azure
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.61%) SAN
2 14 (28.57%) NAS
3 6 (12.24%) Firewall
3 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
4 5 (10.20%) DNS
4 5 (10.20%) IP Telephony
4 5 (10.20%) SNMP
5 2 (4.08%) DHCP
5 2 (4.08%) SMTP
5 2 (4.08%) VPN
6 1 (2.04%) IMAP
6 1 (2.04%) IPv4
6 1 (2.04%) LAN
6 1 (2.04%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.04%) Skype
6 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.12%) Finance
3 2 (4.08%) Advertising
3 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (55.10%) IT Support
2 20 (40.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (30.61%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (28.57%) Infrastructure Support
5 13 (26.53%) IT Engineer
5 13 (26.53%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (24.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (24.49%) Support Engineer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior
7 5 (10.20%) Unix Support
8 4 (8.16%) Linux Support
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Linux Support
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Unix Support
9 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (6.12%) Server Engineer
9 3 (6.12%) Server Support
10 2 (4.08%) Linux Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Clustering
2 6 (12.24%) Blackberry
3 4 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (55.10%) Windows
2 15 (30.61%) Linux
3 13 (26.53%) Windows Server
4 6 (12.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (12.24%) Unix
5 1 (2.04%) Debian
5 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (48.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (38.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (24.49%) Computer Science
4 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (24.49%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (24.49%) Patch Management
4 12 (24.49%) Virtual Environments
5 11 (22.45%) Antivirus Management
5 11 (22.45%) High Availability
5 11 (22.45%) IT Strategy
5 11 (22.45%) Web Filtering
6 9 (18.37%) ITIL
7 8 (16.33%) Change Control
8 7 (14.29%) DevOps
8 7 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (12.24%) Security Patching
9 6 (12.24%) Server Patching
10 5 (10.20%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.24%) Python
2 6 (12.24%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (40.82%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.53%) DV Cleared
3 12 (24.49%) Degree
3 12 (24.49%) HND
4 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (8.16%) AWS Certification
7 4 (8.16%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.04%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (48.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (46.94%) Active Directory
3 10 (20.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (12.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (4.08%) Firmware
5 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (22.45%) Ansible
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.04%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 28 (57.14%) VMware
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 6 (12.24%) Veeam
4 6 (12.24%) Veritas
5 5 (10.20%) McAfee
6 4 (8.16%) Symantec
7 3 (6.12%) Cisco
7 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.12%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.04%) Citrix
8 1 (2.04%) NetApp