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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 658 789
Rank change year-on-year +110 +131 -115
Permanent jobs citing Server Management 385 335 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.33% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.35% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 311 180 280
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,475
25th Percentile £38,875 £35,563 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £60,375 £65,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,375 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £44,666 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.99% +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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 10 May 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 10 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 +133 367 £50,000 +8.70% 73
UK excluding London +34 335 £46,000 +2.99% 52
Work from Home +97 157 £50,000 +5.04% 30
North of England +60 95 £43,500 +8.75% 8
Midlands +3 67 £50,000 +12.99% 22
East of England +37 66 £40,000 -36.00% 6
South East +34 55 £59,000 +24.21% 7
North West +18 49 £48,500 +7.78% 5
London +97 44 £61,250 +6.52% 23
West Midlands -2 42 £52,500 +21.04% 18
South West -27 40 £50,500 +34.67% 5
Yorkshire +87 33 £42,500 +13.33% 2
East Midlands +4 24 £40,000 -23.81% 4
North East -8 13 £42,250 +19.01% 1
Scotland -56 9 £53,000 +89.29% 2
Wales +6 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 62 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (9.35%) IIS
2 36 (9.35%) SharePoint
3 25 (6.49%) Apache
4 24 (6.23%) Tomcat
5 16 (4.16%) CMS
6 10 (2.60%) Umbraco
7 6 (1.56%) WordPress
8 4 (1.04%) nginx
9 3 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.78%) Orchard CMS
9 3 (0.78%) WildFly
10 2 (0.52%) Drupal
11 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.26%) SAS
11 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (5.45%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (47.01%) Azure
2 134 (34.81%) Microsoft 365
3 97 (25.19%) AWS
4 35 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 28 (7.27%) GCP
6 19 (4.94%) SaaS
7 18 (4.68%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (4.68%) Datadog
8 16 (4.16%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (3.12%) GitHub
9 12 (3.12%) IaaS
9 12 (3.12%) Nutanix
9 12 (3.12%) OCI
10 11 (2.86%) PaaS
11 8 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.08%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.08%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 83 (21.56%) DNS
2 79 (20.52%) Firewall
3 75 (19.48%) SAN
4 72 (18.70%) DHCP
5 40 (10.39%) WAN
6 30 (7.79%) VPN
7 26 (6.75%) Network Security
8 24 (6.23%) LAN
9 21 (5.45%) VLAN
9 21 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (4.94%) iSCSI
11 17 (4.42%) SD-WAN
12 15 (3.90%) NAS
13 9 (2.34%) VoIP
14 8 (2.08%) Internet
14 8 (2.08%) TCP/IP
15 6 (1.56%) PBX
15 6 (1.56%) Wireless
16 5 (1.30%) WLAN
17 4 (1.04%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.71%) MySQL
2 22 (5.71%) Oracle Database
3 10 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (2.08%) Crystal Reports
4 8 (2.08%) Power BI
5 7 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.78%) OLTP
7 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.52%) phpMyAdmin
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.71%) Git
1 22 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 18 (4.68%) GitLab
3 8 (2.08%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.56%) PHPUnit
4 6 (1.56%) RStudio
5 3 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.52%) Grunt
6 2 (0.52%) JIRA
6 2 (0.52%) Subversion
6 2 (0.52%) webpack
7 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 123 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.40%) Finance
3 26 (6.75%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.45%) Local Government
4 21 (5.45%) Police
5 20 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.86%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.86%) Aviation
6 11 (2.86%) Law
6 11 (2.86%) Retail
7 10 (2.60%) Military
8 8 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.08%) Legal
8 8 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Automotive
11 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.78%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (14.29%) Lead
3 41 (10.65%) Developer
4 40 (10.39%) IT Engineer
5 36 (9.35%) Administrator
6 35 (9.09%) Senior
7 32 (8.31%) IT Support
8 31 (8.05%) IT Manager
9 29 (7.53%) IT Administrator
10 25 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (5.45%) Applications Support
11 21 (5.45%) Server Administrator
12 20 (5.19%) Infrastructure Manager
13 19 (4.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (4.94%) Team Leader
14 18 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 17 (4.42%) Support Engineer
16 16 (4.16%) Lead DevOps
16 16 (4.16%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.83%) .NET
1 34 (8.83%) HTML
2 32 (8.31%) CSS
3 22 (5.71%) Vue
4 21 (5.45%) Web Services
5 19 (4.94%) REST
6 18 (4.68%) jQuery
7 15 (3.90%) ASP.NET
8 12 (3.12%) Laravel
9 11 (2.86%) .NET Core
10 10 (2.60%) HTML5
11 9 (2.34%) Symfony
12 8 (2.08%) .NET Framework
12 8 (2.08%) Doctrine
12 8 (2.08%) Entity Framework
12 8 (2.08%) RESTful
12 8 (2.08%) Sass
13 7 (1.82%) Middleware
13 7 (1.82%) Node.js
13 7 (1.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.88%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 35 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (7.27%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.90%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.90%) PMI
5 11 (2.86%) IoT
6 10 (2.60%) Clustering
7 8 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.82%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.56%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.56%) PKI
9 6 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.30%) EMC VNX
11 4 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.78%) Learning Management System
13 2 (0.52%) iPad
13 2 (0.52%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 223 (57.92%) Windows
2 146 (37.92%) Windows Server
3 139 (36.10%) Linux
4 41 (10.65%) Unix
5 36 (9.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (8.83%) Windows 10
7 29 (7.53%) Solaris
8 24 (6.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (4.42%) Ubuntu
10 15 (3.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (3.12%) VMS
11 12 (3.12%) Windows XP
12 7 (1.82%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.78%) Android
15 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (26.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (17.40%) ITIL
4 51 (13.25%) Project Management
5 50 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (9.61%) Storage Management
9 36 (9.35%) Computer Science
10 33 (8.57%) Performance Monitoring
11 32 (8.31%) Proactive Monitoring
12 31 (8.05%) Agile
12 31 (8.05%) DevOps
12 31 (8.05%) Mentoring
13 28 (7.27%) Capacity Planning
13 28 (7.27%) CI/CD
13 28 (7.27%) Network Architecture
13 28 (7.27%) Project Delivery
14 27 (7.01%) Data Centre Operations
15 26 (6.75%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.58%) PowerShell
2 48 (12.47%) SQL
3 29 (7.53%) JavaScript
4 22 (5.71%) Shell Script
5 18 (4.68%) C#
6 17 (4.42%) PHP
7 12 (3.12%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.60%) Bash
9 9 (2.34%) R
10 7 (1.82%) Python
11 2 (0.52%) Korn
11 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (19.22%) Degree
2 69 (17.92%) Security Cleared
3 42 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 29 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.97%) AWS Certification
6 22 (5.71%) MCSE
7 19 (4.94%) CCNA
7 19 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.42%) Azure Certification
9 16 (4.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (3.90%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.90%) PMI Certification
11 13 (3.38%) MCSA
12 12 (3.12%) CCNP
13 7 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.52%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.23%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.12%) SLA
5 7 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.82%) DO-254
6 5 (1.30%) SOC 1
6 5 (1.30%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.04%) GDPR
8 3 (0.78%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.78%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 165 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 81 (21.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (19.48%) Hyper-V
4 37 (9.61%) Docker
5 23 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.08%) vSphere
9 7 (1.82%) pfSense
9 7 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.78%) Firmware
11 2 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.52%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 56 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (8.57%) SCCM
3 26 (6.75%) Kubernetes
4 21 (5.45%) Terraform
5 19 (4.94%) SCOM
5 19 (4.94%) vCenter Server
6 17 (4.42%) EMC NetWorker
7 16 (4.16%) Consul
7 16 (4.16%) Puppet
8 14 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (3.64%) WSUS
9 13 (3.38%) NetBackup
10 12 (3.12%) Opsgenie
10 12 (3.12%) VxRail
10 12 (3.12%) ZABBIX
11 8 (2.08%) Ansible
12 6 (1.56%) AirWatch
13 5 (1.30%) Backup Exec
13 5 (1.30%) Nagios
14 3 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 204 (52.99%) Microsoft
2 113 (29.35%) VMware
3 55 (14.29%) Cisco
4 46 (11.95%) Dell
5 42 (10.91%) Citrix
6 40 (10.39%) HP
7 38 (9.87%) Veeam
8 37 (9.61%) Oracle
9 34 (8.83%) NetApp
10 21 (5.45%) NEC
11 20 (5.19%) SolarWinds
12 19 (4.94%) EMC
13 18 (4.68%) Fortinet
13 18 (4.68%) Symantec
14 15 (3.90%) Juniper
15 13 (3.38%) Red Hat
16 12 (3.12%) 3PAR
16 12 (3.12%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (3.12%) Palo Alto
17 11 (2.86%) Apple