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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 509 468
Rank change year-on-year -9 -41 +197
Permanent jobs citing Server Management 127 214 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.39% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.43% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 76 151 192
10th Percentile £31,250 - £30,050
25th Percentile £35,997 £32,500 £41,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £59,875
90th Percentile £66,213 £86,250 £81,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,652 £43,500
% change year-on-year +0.78% +2.65% -3.33%

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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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 -23 108 £47,500 - 78
UK excluding London +1 107 £45,000 +0.78% 80
Work from Home +39 39 £37,000 -50.67% 10
Midlands +1 33 £32,500 -7.14% 15
East Midlands -18 26 £32,500 -7.14% 6
North of England +10 24 £45,000 -11.33% 24
North West +27 18 £60,000 -9.43% 10
South East +7 18 £57,062 +14.12% 14
South West +12 13 £42,750 +14.00% 8
London +21 11 £65,000 -20.00% 6
East of England +24 7 £57,500 +22.34% 12
West Midlands +15 7 £25,000 -47.37% 9
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Yorkshire -3 5 £45,000 -16.67% 13
Scotland +4 4 £37,500 +15.38% 7
Wales +8 1 £60,000 +14.29% 1
North East +5 1 - - 1

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 20 (15.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (14.17%) SharePoint
3 13 (10.24%) IIS
4 9 (7.09%) Skype for Business
5 6 (4.72%) CMS
6 3 (2.36%) Apache Solr
7 2 (1.57%) WordPress
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 74 (58.27%) Azure
2 57 (44.88%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (21.26%) AWS
4 22 (17.32%) Entra ID
5 13 (10.24%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (8.66%) Nutanix
7 10 (7.87%) GCP
8 9 (7.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (6.30%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.36%) Cloudflare
10 3 (2.36%) Google Drive
10 3 (2.36%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.79%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (28.35%) DNS
2 35 (27.56%) DHCP
3 31 (24.41%) Firewall
4 15 (11.81%) VLAN
5 11 (8.66%) TCP/IP
6 10 (7.87%) Internet
6 10 (7.87%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (7.09%) Skype
7 9 (7.09%) VoIP
7 9 (7.09%) VPN
8 8 (6.30%) Wireless
9 6 (4.72%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (4.72%) IPsec
9 6 (4.72%) LAN
9 6 (4.72%) Network Security
9 6 (4.72%) WAN
10 3 (2.36%) PuTTY
10 3 (2.36%) STUN
10 3 (2.36%) VoLTE
10 3 (2.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.17%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.09%) DTS
3 6 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (3.94%) Power BI
5 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.36%) MySQL
6 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Git
2 4 (3.15%) Maven
3 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.79%) JIRA
4 1 (0.79%) JUnit
4 1 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (55.12%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.75%) Finance
3 16 (12.60%) Manufacturing
4 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.87%) Retail
6 8 (6.30%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.72%) Marketing
8 5 (3.94%) Electronics
8 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.15%) Law
9 4 (3.15%) Legal
9 4 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.57%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.79%) Back Office
11 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (17.32%) IT Support
2 19 (14.96%) Support Engineer
3 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (13.39%) IT Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Senior
6 14 (11.02%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (11.02%) IT Manager
7 12 (9.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (8.66%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (8.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (7.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 10 (7.87%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (7.09%) Support Manager
11 7 (5.51%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 7 (5.51%) Field Engineer
11 7 (5.51%) IT Support Manager
11 7 (5.51%) IT Technician
11 7 (5.51%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) .NET
2 3 (2.36%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (2.36%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.36%) Node.js
2 3 (2.36%) RAML
2 3 (2.36%) REST
2 3 (2.36%) SOAP
2 3 (2.36%) Web Services
3 2 (1.57%) CSS
4 1 (0.79%) EDI
4 1 (0.79%) HTML
4 1 (0.79%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.79%) Middleware
4 1 (0.79%) OSGi
4 1 (0.79%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.79%) Sass
4 1 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.45%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.87%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (7.87%) Public Cloud
3 9 (7.09%) CMDB
3 9 (7.09%) iPad
3 9 (7.09%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (6.30%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.30%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.51%) Clustering
6 6 (4.72%) PMI
7 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.15%) FMCG
7 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.36%) NHS
8 3 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 79 (62.20%) Windows
2 69 (54.33%) Windows Server
3 29 (22.83%) Linux
4 15 (11.81%) Mac OS
5 9 (7.09%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.57%) Android
8 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.57%) VMS
9 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.35%) ITIL
2 33 (25.98%) Mentoring
3 27 (21.26%) Customer Service
4 25 (19.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 25 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (18.11%) Coaching
5 23 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (14.96%) DevOps
7 18 (14.17%) Project Delivery
8 17 (13.39%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (11.81%) Business Continuity
9 15 (11.81%) Storage Management
10 14 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (11.02%) ITSM
11 13 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (10.24%) Computer Science
12 12 (9.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 11 (8.66%) Change Management
13 11 (8.66%) Containerisation
13 11 (8.66%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.20%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.30%) VBA
3 7 (5.51%) SQL
4 4 (3.15%) Java
4 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.15%) Python
5 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.57%) VB
6 1 (0.79%) Bash
6 1 (0.79%) C#
6 1 (0.79%) Ruby
6 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (19.69%) Degree
2 20 (15.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (8.66%) CCNA
5 11 (8.66%) MCSE
6 10 (7.87%) MCSA
7 9 (7.09%) CCA
7 9 (7.09%) Citrix Certification
7 9 (7.09%) MCP
8 8 (6.30%) DBS Check
9 7 (5.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (4.72%) ACMT
10 6 (4.72%) PMI Certification
10 6 (4.72%) Security Cleared
11 5 (3.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.36%) CCNP
13 2 (1.57%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.11%) SLA
2 7 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (48.03%) Active Directory
2 54 (42.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (26.77%) Hyper-V
4 15 (11.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (7.87%) Docker
6 9 (7.09%) Firmware
7 7 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (5.51%) vSphere
8 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (12.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.81%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.09%) Nagios
3 9 (7.09%) ZABBIX
4 7 (5.51%) vCenter Server
5 6 (4.72%) Ansible
5 6 (4.72%) Autotask
5 6 (4.72%) WSUS
6 5 (3.94%) Terraform
7 4 (3.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.79%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.79%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.79%) Puppet
9 1 (0.79%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 76 (59.84%) Microsoft
2 68 (53.54%) VMware
3 23 (18.11%) Cisco
4 22 (17.32%) Citrix
5 15 (11.81%) Apple
6 12 (9.45%) Google
6 12 (9.45%) HP
7 11 (8.66%) Dell
8 10 (7.87%) Dell Compellent
8 10 (7.87%) Nimble Storage
8 10 (7.87%) Red Hat
9 9 (7.09%) BMC
9 9 (7.09%) Darktrace
9 9 (7.09%) Oracle
9 9 (7.09%) Proofpoint
9 9 (7.09%) SolarWinds
9 9 (7.09%) Tanium
9 9 (7.09%) Trend Micro
10 7 (5.51%) Rackspace
10 7 (5.51%) Veeam