Server Support
UK

The median Server Support salary in the UK is £34,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 921 1204
Rank change year-on-year +31 +283 -334
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Support 20 58 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.056% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.061% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 20 54 32
10th Percentile - £24,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £27,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.55% -11.29% -8.82%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,125
90th Percentile £41,500 £43,923 £52,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +21.82% -8.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Server Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Server Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Server Support in the UK

Server Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Server Support in the UK

Server Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Support over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Support in the UK

Server Support
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 Support within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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 +65 20 £34,250 +24.55% 5
UK excluding London -46 17 £33,500 +21.82% 5
Midlands +13 10 £30,000 - 2
Work from Home +64 8 £35,000 -12.50% 1
West Midlands +26 8 £30,000 -24.84%
South East +5 4 £38,750 +40.91% 2
London +124 3 £35,000 -12.50%
East Midlands -15 2 £35,000 +27.27% 2
East of England - 2 £34,250 - 1
North of England +37 1 £32,000 +16.36% 2
North West +15 1 £32,000 +16.36% 1

Server Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Server Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) Windows
1 17 (85.00%) Windows Server
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (50.00%) Azure
5 9 (45.00%) Entra ID
5 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
5 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
7 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
9 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
11 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
11 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (15.00%) Citrix
11 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
11 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (15.00%) Linux
11 3 (15.00%) Legal
12 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (10.00%) Degree
12 2 (10.00%) Computer Science

Server Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.00%) Apache
3 1 (5.00%) CMS
3 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (50.00%) Azure
3 9 (45.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) DNS
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
1 2 (10.00%) VSAN
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
2 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) VLAN
2 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) MariaDB
1 2 (10.00%) MySQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.00%) Legal
2 2 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Police
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
1 17 (85.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (15.00%) Linux
4 2 (10.00%) Debian
4 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) DevOps
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (10.00%) Open Source
5 2 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Service Management
5 2 (10.00%) Tech Ops
6 1 (5.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (5.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.00%) Migration
6 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.00%) CCNA
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.00%) cPanel
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) iManage
3 2 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco