Server Management Job Trends

Server Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Server Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 516 574
Rank change year-on-year -84 +58 +77
Permanent jobs citing Server Management 148 159 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.32% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.36% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 104 129 267
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,344 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.76% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £44,720 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.81% -0.62% +5.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Server Management 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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Server Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Server Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Server Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Server Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Server Management

Server Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Management over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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 -96 127 £55,000 +22.22% 56
UK excluding London -94 108 £50,000 +11.81% 52
Work from Home -29 31 £45,000 -5.26% 21
London -29 29 £55,000 +10.00% 26
South East -43 29 £67,500 +17.39% 23
North of England -40 23 £50,000 +25.00% 4
East of England -14 22 £59,450 +3.39% 3
North West -12 14 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Midlands -40 14 £42,500 +6.25% 5
South West -65 10 £28,000 -41.05% 10
East Midlands -20 9 £40,000 +14.29% 3
Scotland +19 5 £50,000 +33.33% 2
West Midlands -42 5 £50,594 +26.49% 2
North East -53 5 £50,000 +75.44% 1
Yorkshire -39 4 £57,500 +91.67% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
Wales -54 1 £35,000 -41.67% 3

Server Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 38 (25.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (24.32%) SharePoint
3 14 (9.46%) IIS
4 8 (5.41%) SAS
5 4 (2.70%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 66 (44.59%) Azure
2 57 (38.51%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (29.73%) AWS
4 38 (25.68%) Entra ID
5 18 (12.16%) Nutanix
6 10 (6.76%) GCP
6 10 (6.76%) Google Workspace
6 10 (6.76%) SaaS
7 9 (6.08%) Serverless
8 8 (5.41%) Mimecast
9 7 (4.73%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (2.03%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.35%) GitHub
12 2 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.68%) Cohesity
13 1 (0.68%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (43.24%) Firewall
2 47 (31.76%) DNS
3 32 (21.62%) DHCP
4 24 (16.22%) VLAN
5 18 (12.16%) Network Security
6 16 (10.81%) SAN
6 16 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (10.14%) TCP/IP
8 14 (9.46%) VPN
9 12 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (7.43%) LAN
10 11 (7.43%) WAN
11 9 (6.08%) Internet
12 6 (4.05%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (4.05%) iSCSI
12 6 (4.05%) Wireless
13 5 (3.38%) NAS
13 5 (3.38%) VoIP
14 4 (2.70%) Cisco Wireless
14 4 (2.70%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.41%) Big Data
3 5 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.70%) Power BI
5 1 (0.68%) MySQL
5 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) GitLab
2 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 61 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 8 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
2 8 (5.41%) Manufacturing
3 4 (2.70%) Finance
3 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.70%) Retail
4 2 (1.35%) Banking
4 2 (1.35%) Law
5 1 (0.68%) Local Government
5 1 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (27.70%) Support Engineer
2 35 (23.65%) IT Support
3 33 (22.30%) IT Engineer
4 29 (19.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 26 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (14.19%) Architect
7 12 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) Applications Architect
7 12 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) Security Architect
7 12 (8.11%) Senior
8 11 (7.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 11 (7.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (7.43%) IT Manager
9 9 (6.08%) Lead
9 9 (6.08%) Technical Leader
10 8 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (5.41%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.14%) LDAP
2 12 (8.11%) Regular Expression
2 12 (8.11%) XMPP
3 8 (5.41%) Middleware
4 3 (2.03%) Web Services
5 1 (0.68%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.68%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Public Cloud
2 14 (9.46%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (8.78%) Data Centre
4 12 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.41%) Clustering
5 8 (5.41%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (4.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 5 (3.38%) Robotics
8 4 (2.70%) Digital Signage
8 4 (2.70%) Educational Technology
9 3 (2.03%) CMDB
9 3 (2.03%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.03%) Replication
9 3 (2.03%) Social Media
10 2 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.68%) IoT
11 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (63.51%) Windows
2 66 (44.59%) Windows Server
3 38 (25.68%) Linux
4 16 (10.81%) Mac OS
5 13 (8.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (4.73%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.03%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.38%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (27.70%) Storage Management
3 40 (27.03%) Disaster Recovery
4 37 (25.00%) ITIL
5 30 (20.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (18.92%) Business Continuity
7 26 (17.57%) Change Management
8 25 (16.89%) High Availability
9 19 (12.84%) Computer Science
10 15 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.14%) ITSM
11 14 (9.46%) Coaching
11 14 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (9.46%) DevOps
12 13 (8.78%) Data Protection
12 13 (8.78%) Project Delivery
12 13 (8.78%) SIEM
13 12 (8.11%) Architectural Design
13 12 (8.11%) Knowledge Transfer
13 12 (8.11%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.54%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.86%) SQL
3 5 (3.38%) Python
4 4 (2.70%) Ruby
5 2 (1.35%) Bash
6 1 (0.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (22.30%) Degree
2 16 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (9.46%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.78%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.43%) DBS Check
6 9 (6.08%) CCNA
6 9 (6.08%) Master's Degree
6 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.05%) Dell Certification
8 4 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (2.70%) MCSE
9 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.03%) CCNP
9 3 (2.03%) MCSA
9 3 (2.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.68%) HND
10 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) SLA
2 8 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.05%) PMO
4 4 (2.70%) GDPR
4 4 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.03%) COBIT
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 81 (54.73%) Active Directory
2 50 (33.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (32.43%) Hyper-V
4 20 (13.51%) vSphere
5 4 (2.70%) Docker
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.03%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.68%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.78%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (6.76%) Autotask
4 9 (6.08%) VxRail
5 6 (4.05%) Avamar
5 6 (4.05%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (4.05%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (4.05%) EMC VPLEX
6 5 (3.38%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.38%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.38%) Terraform
7 4 (2.70%) WSUS
8 3 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.35%) Ansible
9 2 (1.35%) Podman
9 2 (1.35%) Puppet
10 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (58.78%) Microsoft
2 72 (48.65%) VMware
3 35 (23.65%) HP
4 29 (19.59%) Cisco
5 28 (18.92%) Veeam
6 24 (16.22%) Dell
7 19 (12.84%) Meraki
7 19 (12.84%) Nimble Storage
8 18 (12.16%) SonicWALL
9 14 (9.46%) Red Hat
10 13 (8.78%) Ubiquiti
11 12 (8.11%) Dell Compellent
11 12 (8.11%) McAfee
12 10 (6.76%) Aruba
12 10 (6.76%) Datto
12 10 (6.76%) Google
13 8 (5.41%) Apple
13 8 (5.41%) Isilon
13 8 (5.41%) NetApp
14 6 (4.05%) 3PAR