Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2019 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 349 533 475
Rank change year-on-year +184 -58 -27
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 448 673 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.55% 0.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.95% 3.31% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 386 571 662
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £29,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,210 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.90% -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2019 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,056 20,329 22,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.32% 16.63% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,010 13,652 16,244
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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 +186 428 £42,250 -0.59% 119
UK excluding London +155 369 £39,000 -2.50% 98
Work from Home +221 177 £47,500 +5.56% 43
South East +160 134 £52,500 +50.00% 52
South West +112 79 £35,000 -17.65% 3
North of England +133 74 £34,500 -8.00% 18
London +148 71 £53,500 -2.73% 24
Midlands +88 53 £39,000 -2.50% 11
Yorkshire +107 40 £32,250 +15.18% 10
West Midlands +94 35 £42,500 +8.97% 7
North West +96 33 £42,500 - 8
East of England +89 17 £35,000 -12.50% 8
East Midlands +39 17 £29,000 -35.56% 4
Scotland +39 10 £47,103 -0.84% 8
Wales +9 8 £33,750 -25.00%
Northern Ireland +14 2 £43,000 +6.83%
North East +34 1 £60,000 +37.14% 1

Windows Server 2019
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 45 (10.04%) MS Exchange
2 43 (9.60%) SharePoint
3 27 (6.03%) IIS
4 7 (1.56%) Apache
4 7 (1.56%) nginx
5 4 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.89%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.67%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.45%) WordPress
8 1 (0.22%) Confluence
8 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.22%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.22%) uWSGI
Applications
1 44 (9.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 267 (59.60%) Microsoft 365
2 244 (54.46%) Azure
3 75 (16.74%) Entra ID
4 54 (12.05%) AWS
5 23 (5.13%) Mimecast
5 23 (5.13%) OneDrive
6 18 (4.02%) Nutanix
7 16 (3.57%) SaaS
8 14 (3.13%) Azure Storage
9 13 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.79%) IaaS
10 8 (1.79%) Rubrik
11 7 (1.56%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.12%) OCI
13 4 (0.89%) PaaS
14 3 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.67%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 189 (42.19%) DNS
2 178 (39.73%) DHCP
3 154 (34.38%) Firewall
4 94 (20.98%) WAN
5 80 (17.86%) LAN
6 73 (16.29%) Wireless
7 72 (16.07%) VPN
8 60 (13.39%) TCP/IP
9 58 (12.95%) VLAN
10 49 (10.94%) SAN
11 34 (7.59%) Remote Desktop
11 34 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (5.13%) SD-WAN
13 22 (4.91%) VoIP
14 15 (3.35%) Internet
15 13 (2.90%) Network Security
16 12 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (2.68%) NetScaler
16 12 (2.68%) VSAN
17 11 (2.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.05%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
2 28 (6.25%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.68%) MySQL
4 8 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.34%) Power BI
6 4 (0.89%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.67%) GIS
7 3 (0.67%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.67%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.23%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.79%) Git
2 8 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.79%) JIRA
3 5 (1.12%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.89%) MSI
5 2 (0.45%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.22%) git-flow
General
1 138 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.73%) Finance
3 31 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.02%) Law
6 16 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (2.90%) Legal
7 13 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.12%) Automotive
11 4 (0.89%) Publishing
12 3 (0.67%) Back Office
12 3 (0.67%) French Language
12 3 (0.67%) Retail
13 2 (0.45%) German Language
13 2 (0.45%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.22%) Banking
14 1 (0.22%) Front Office
14 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 125 (27.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 90 (20.09%) IT Engineer
3 88 (19.64%) Senior
4 81 (18.08%) Support Engineer
5 64 (14.29%) IT Support
6 53 (11.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 48 (10.71%) Administrator
8 43 (9.60%) Analyst
9 41 (9.15%) 3rd Line Support
10 38 (8.48%) IT Support Engineer
11 35 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 34 (7.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 33 (7.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 29 (6.47%) 2nd Line Support
15 27 (6.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.80%) Infrastructure Support
16 26 (5.80%) Support Specialist
17 23 (5.13%) DBA
18 22 (4.91%) Infrastructure Specialist
19 21 (4.69%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.90%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.56%) JSON
3 5 (1.12%) LAPP Stack
3 5 (1.12%) Web Services
4 4 (0.89%) Middleware
4 4 (0.89%) XML
5 3 (0.67%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.67%) LDAP
5 3 (0.67%) ServiceStack
5 3 (0.67%) WSH
6 2 (0.45%) .NET
6 2 (0.45%) LAMP
7 1 (0.22%) ADO
7 1 (0.22%) EDI
7 1 (0.22%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.81%) Driving Licence
2 27 (6.03%) PKI
3 26 (5.80%) Clustering
4 19 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.01%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.34%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (0.89%) Replication
10 3 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.45%) CCTV
11 2 (0.45%) FMCG
11 2 (0.45%) Life Science
11 2 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.45%) Wiki
12 1 (0.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 443 (98.88%) Windows
2 347 (77.46%) Windows Server
3 328 (73.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 206 (45.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 169 (37.72%) Windows 10
6 71 (15.85%) Linux
7 37 (8.26%) CentOS
8 25 (5.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 23 (5.13%) Windows Server 2003
10 18 (4.02%) Windows NT
11 15 (3.35%) Mac OS X
12 13 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (2.23%) Ubuntu
14 9 (2.01%) Windows XP
15 8 (1.79%) Windows 7
16 7 (1.56%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.89%) Data ONTAP
17 4 (0.89%) Unix
18 3 (0.67%) VMS
18 3 (0.67%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (33.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 115 (25.67%) ITIL
3 99 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (18.53%) Customer Service
5 54 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 52 (11.61%) Service Management
7 46 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (9.38%) Mentoring
9 34 (7.59%) User Experience
10 32 (7.14%) Performance Monitoring
11 30 (6.70%) Storage Management
12 26 (5.80%) Migration
13 25 (5.58%) Actionable Insight
13 25 (5.58%) Capacity Management
14 24 (5.36%) Agile
15 23 (5.13%) Database Tuning
15 23 (5.13%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 22 (4.91%) DevOps
17 21 (4.69%) Computer Science
18 20 (4.46%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (27.68%) PowerShell
2 61 (13.62%) SQL
3 50 (11.16%) Bash
4 30 (6.70%) Python
5 14 (3.13%) VBScript
6 13 (2.90%) C#
7 12 (2.68%) Bicep
8 11 (2.46%) VB
9 8 (1.79%) Perl
10 6 (1.34%) PHP
11 3 (0.67%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.45%) C
12 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 120 (26.79%) Security Cleared
2 80 (17.86%) Degree
3 62 (13.84%) DV Cleared
4 55 (12.28%) SC Cleared
5 39 (8.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (5.58%) Azure Certification
8 22 (4.91%) CCNA
9 21 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (4.69%) MCSE
10 20 (4.46%) DBS Check
11 18 (4.02%) CCNP
11 18 (4.02%) MCP
12 13 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (2.46%) MCSA
14 6 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.89%) CCA
15 4 (0.89%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.89%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.94%) SLA
2 41 (9.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.56%) NCSC
7 6 (1.34%) QA
8 5 (1.12%) GDPR
9 4 (0.89%) NIST
10 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 322 (71.88%) Active Directory
2 164 (36.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (29.02%) Hyper-V
4 37 (8.26%) vSphere
5 36 (8.04%) Firmware
6 35 (7.81%) VMware ESXi
7 33 (7.37%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (5.80%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (3.35%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (2.23%) VMware NSX
11 9 (2.01%) XenApp
12 8 (1.79%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.22%) Docker
16 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (17.63%) SCCM
3 47 (10.49%) SCOM
4 39 (8.71%) WSUS
5 32 (7.14%) FortiGate
5 32 (7.14%) Terraform
6 24 (5.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 23 (5.13%) vCenter Server
8 21 (4.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 20 (4.46%) Ansible
10 16 (3.57%) Failover Clustering
10 16 (3.57%) Nessus
11 15 (3.35%) Sysprep
12 12 (2.68%) Kubernetes
13 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (1.34%) Backup Exec
14 6 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (1.34%) SCSM
14 6 (1.34%) ZABBIX
15 5 (1.12%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 336 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 228 (50.89%) VMware
3 122 (27.23%) Cisco
4 50 (11.16%) Veeam
5 46 (10.27%) Citrix
6 37 (8.26%) Red Hat
7 34 (7.59%) HP
8 33 (7.37%) Meraki
9 31 (6.92%) Aruba
9 31 (6.92%) Dell
10 28 (6.25%) Oracle
11 21 (4.69%) Sophos
12 20 (4.46%) Fortinet
13 19 (4.24%) Palo Alto
14 18 (4.02%) Commvault
15 17 (3.79%) Barracuda Networks
16 15 (3.35%) Google
17 14 (3.13%) 3PAR
17 14 (3.13%) ESET
17 14 (3.13%) Kaseya