Server Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Server Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Server Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 661 797
Rank change year-on-year +111 +136 -153
Permanent jobs citing Server Management 376 349 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 316 190 290
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,475
25th Percentile £38,938 £35,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -4.21% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £61,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £70,375 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,666 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.75% +5.10% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Server Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Top 16 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 26 April 2024. 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 +129 360 £50,000 +5.26% 70
UK excluding London +36 330 £45,000 +0.75% 58
Work from Home +99 143 £50,000 +2.04% 23
North of England +53 91 £43,500 +8.75% 11
East of England +38 66 £40,000 -36.00% 4
Midlands +16 62 £50,000 - 22
South East +59 60 £55,000 +19.57% 8
North West +16 45 £48,500 +7.78% 8
London +113 41 £62,500 +5.49% 15
South West -27 40 £50,500 +34.67% 8
West Midlands +17 38 £51,250 +2.50% 19
Yorkshire +97 33 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East Midlands +1 23 £40,000 -23.81% 3
North East -2 13 £42,250 +19.01% 1
Scotland -59 8 £46,000 +64.29% 3
Wales +7 3 £45,000 +0.37% 2

Server Management
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 63 (16.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (10.11%) SharePoint
3 21 (5.59%) IIS
4 17 (4.52%) CMS
5 11 (2.93%) Apache
6 10 (2.66%) Tomcat
6 10 (2.66%) Umbraco
7 7 (1.86%) WordPress
8 4 (1.06%) nginx
9 3 (0.80%) Drupal
9 3 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.80%) Orchard CMS
9 3 (0.80%) WildFly
10 1 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.27%) SAS
10 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.86%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.80%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 183 (48.67%) Azure
2 140 (37.23%) Microsoft 365
3 97 (25.80%) AWS
4 34 (9.04%) Entra ID
5 29 (7.71%) GCP
6 21 (5.59%) SaaS
7 18 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (4.79%) Datadog
8 14 (3.72%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (3.46%) IaaS
10 12 (3.19%) GitHub
10 12 (3.19%) Nutanix
10 12 (3.19%) OCI
10 12 (3.19%) PaaS
11 8 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.13%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.13%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.60%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 85 (22.61%) DNS
2 79 (21.01%) Firewall
3 77 (20.48%) SAN
4 72 (19.15%) DHCP
5 40 (10.64%) WAN
6 33 (8.78%) VPN
7 26 (6.91%) Network Security
8 24 (6.38%) LAN
8 24 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (6.12%) VLAN
10 20 (5.32%) iSCSI
11 17 (4.52%) SD-WAN
12 15 (3.99%) NAS
13 9 (2.39%) VoIP
14 8 (2.13%) Internet
14 8 (2.13%) TCP/IP
15 6 (1.60%) PBX
15 6 (1.60%) Wireless
16 5 (1.33%) IPsec
16 5 (1.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.71%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.85%) MySQL
3 10 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (2.13%) Crystal Reports
4 8 (2.13%) Power BI
5 7 (1.86%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.86%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.80%) OLTP
7 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.53%) phpMyAdmin
8 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 22 (5.85%) Git
2 21 (5.59%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.52%) GitLab
4 8 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.60%) PHPUnit
5 6 (1.60%) RStudio
6 3 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.53%) Grunt
7 2 (0.53%) JIRA
7 2 (0.53%) Subversion
7 2 (0.53%) webpack
8 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 127 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.36%) Finance
3 24 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.19%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.93%) Aerospace
5 11 (2.93%) Aviation
5 11 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (2.93%) Retail
6 8 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.13%) Law
6 8 (2.13%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.13%) Military
7 7 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.86%) Legal
7 7 (1.86%) Local Government
7 7 (1.86%) Police
8 6 (1.60%) Automotive
9 4 (1.06%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.80%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 84 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (13.83%) Lead
3 41 (10.90%) Developer
4 40 (10.64%) IT Engineer
5 39 (10.37%) Senior
6 36 (9.57%) Administrator
7 32 (8.51%) IT Support
8 31 (8.24%) IT Manager
9 29 (7.71%) IT Administrator
10 25 (6.65%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (5.59%) Server Administrator
12 20 (5.32%) Infrastructure Manager
13 19 (5.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (5.05%) Team Leader
14 18 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (4.79%) Support Engineer
15 17 (4.52%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.72%) IT Support Engineer
16 14 (3.72%) Lead DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.04%) HTML
2 32 (8.51%) .NET
2 32 (8.51%) CSS
3 22 (5.85%) Vue
4 19 (5.05%) REST
5 18 (4.79%) jQuery
6 15 (3.99%) ASP.NET
7 12 (3.19%) Laravel
8 11 (2.93%) .NET Core
9 10 (2.66%) HTML5
10 9 (2.39%) Symfony
11 8 (2.13%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.13%) Doctrine
11 8 (2.13%) Entity Framework
11 8 (2.13%) RESTful
11 8 (2.13%) Sass
12 7 (1.86%) Middleware
12 7 (1.86%) Node.js
12 7 (1.86%) React
12 7 (1.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (18.09%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.31%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (7.45%) Management Information System
4 21 (5.59%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.99%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.99%) PMI
6 11 (2.93%) IoT
7 9 (2.39%) Clustering
8 8 (2.13%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.86%) PKI
10 6 (1.60%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.60%) EMC VNX
10 6 (1.60%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.80%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.80%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.80%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.53%) iPad
13 2 (0.53%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 212 (56.38%) Windows
2 146 (38.83%) Windows Server
3 128 (34.04%) Linux
4 35 (9.31%) Windows 10
4 35 (9.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (6.91%) Unix
6 23 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (4.52%) Ubuntu
8 16 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (3.99%) Solaris
10 13 (3.46%) VMS
11 12 (3.19%) Windows XP
12 11 (2.93%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.80%) Android
15 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (29.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (18.35%) ITIL
4 52 (13.83%) Disaster Recovery
5 50 (13.30%) Project Management
6 45 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (10.11%) Computer Science
8 38 (10.11%) Storage Management
9 33 (8.78%) Performance Monitoring
9 33 (8.78%) Proactive Monitoring
10 31 (8.24%) Agile
10 31 (8.24%) Mentoring
11 30 (7.98%) Project Delivery
12 29 (7.71%) Capacity Planning
13 28 (7.45%) Data Centre Operations
13 28 (7.45%) DevOps
14 27 (7.18%) CI/CD
15 26 (6.91%) Collaborative Working
16 24 (6.38%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.96%) PowerShell
2 47 (12.50%) SQL
3 29 (7.71%) JavaScript
4 18 (4.79%) C#
4 18 (4.79%) PHP
5 12 (3.19%) Bash
5 12 (3.19%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.13%) Python
6 8 (2.13%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.86%) R
8 2 (0.53%) Korn
8 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (16.76%) Degree
2 57 (15.16%) Security Cleared
3 46 (12.23%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (5.59%) AWS Certification
5 21 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.59%) MCSE
6 19 (5.05%) CCNA
6 19 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (4.79%) Azure Certification
8 15 (3.99%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.99%) PMI Certification
9 14 (3.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.19%) CCNP
10 12 (3.19%) MCSA
11 7 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.19%) SLA
4 10 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.86%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.86%) DO-254
6 5 (1.33%) GDPR
6 5 (1.33%) SOC 1
6 5 (1.33%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 172 (45.74%) Active Directory
2 79 (21.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (19.68%) Hyper-V
4 37 (9.84%) Docker
5 23 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.86%) pfSense
7 7 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (1.86%) vSphere
8 2 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.53%) Firmware
8 2 (0.53%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 59 (15.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (10.64%) SCCM
3 26 (6.91%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.05%) SCOM
4 19 (5.05%) vCenter Server
5 18 (4.79%) EMC NetWorker
5 18 (4.79%) Terraform
6 15 (3.99%) WSUS
7 14 (3.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (3.72%) Consul
7 14 (3.72%) Puppet
8 13 (3.46%) NetBackup
9 12 (3.19%) Opsgenie
9 12 (3.19%) VxRail
9 12 (3.19%) ZABBIX
10 10 (2.66%) AirWatch
11 9 (2.39%) Ansible
12 6 (1.60%) Nagios
13 3 (0.80%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.80%) Nessus
Vendors
1 194 (51.60%) Microsoft
2 113 (30.05%) VMware
3 56 (14.89%) Cisco
4 51 (13.56%) Dell
5 44 (11.70%) HP
6 43 (11.44%) Citrix
7 37 (9.84%) Veeam
8 34 (9.04%) NetApp
9 22 (5.85%) Oracle
9 22 (5.85%) SolarWinds
9 22 (5.85%) Symantec
10 20 (5.32%) EMC
11 18 (4.79%) Fortinet
12 16 (4.26%) Juniper
13 15 (3.99%) Apple
14 12 (3.19%) 3PAR
14 12 (3.19%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (3.19%) Palo Alto
15 11 (2.93%) Red Hat
16 10 (2.66%) Sophos