Server Engineer
UK
The median Server Engineer salary in the UK is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 667 | 817 | 805 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +150 | -12 | +246 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer | 44 | 78 | 174 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.079% | 0.079% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.087% | 0.083% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33 | 78 | 157 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,170 | £32,500 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,750 | £43,227 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.78% | -17.66% | +2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £60,000 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £102,500 | £71,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -6.25% | -4.19% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Server Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Server Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Server Engineer.
Server Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Server Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| England | +107 | 33 | £50,000 | +15.67% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +161 | 26 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 25 | £50,000 | +15.67% | 11 |
| London | +98 | 17 | £58,750 | -9.62% | 10 |
| Wales | - | 8 | £38,094 | - | |
| South East | +77 | 5 | £46,000 | +31.43% | 7 |
| Midlands | +59 | 5 | £40,000 | -7.47% | 2 |
| North of England | +48 | 5 | £50,000 | +18.34% | |
| East Midlands | +32 | 5 | £40,000 | - | |
| North West | +7 | 4 | £65,000 | +38.30% | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £62,500 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 1 | £35,000 | +12.90% | |
| East of England | +42 | 1 | £42,000 | +20.43% |
Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Server Engineer in the job title.
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Server Engineer Skill Set
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:
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