Windows Server 2019 Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 422 453
Rank change year-on-year -77 +31 +137
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 188 571 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.58% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.86% 4.04% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 164 506 536
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,125 £59,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,750 £40,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +17.65% -15.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2019 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Top 15 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 30 April 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 -73 180 £42,500 - 64
UK excluding London -58 135 £38,750 -3.13% 56
Work from Home +78 69 £45,000 - 24
London +82 53 £60,000 +20.00% 9
Midlands +23 42 £35,000 - 16
North of England +20 39 £40,000 +14.29% 12
West Midlands +44 35 £36,250 -3.33% 5
North West +31 30 £42,500 -5.56% 9
South East -7 28 £37,500 -26.97% 12
East of England +15 10 £42,500 +30.77% 8
South West +42 9 £55,000 +51.72% 9
Scotland +129 8 £40,000 +11.11%
East Midlands +18 7 £32,500 +1.56% 10
Yorkshire +17 7 £32,500 -7.14%
North East +43 2 £35,000 +27.27% 3

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 73 (38.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (13.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.13%) IIS
4 3 (1.60%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (1.60%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 47 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 104 (55.32%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (54.26%) Azure
3 39 (20.74%) Entra ID
4 20 (10.64%) AWS
5 18 (9.57%) Google Workspace
6 11 (5.85%) IaaS
6 11 (5.85%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.32%) SaaS
8 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (3.19%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.66%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.66%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.66%) PaaS
11 4 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.13%) GCP
12 3 (1.60%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.06%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 87 (46.28%) Firewall
2 70 (37.23%) DNS
3 68 (36.17%) DHCP
4 49 (26.06%) WAN
5 48 (25.53%) LAN
6 47 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 40 (21.28%) VLAN
8 29 (15.43%) VPN
9 16 (8.51%) BGP
9 16 (8.51%) OSPF
9 16 (8.51%) SAN
9 16 (8.51%) WLAN
10 13 (6.91%) VoIP
11 11 (5.85%) SD-WAN
11 11 (5.85%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (3.19%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (3.19%) Multicast
12 6 (3.19%) NAS
12 6 (3.19%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.19%) DB2
3 5 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Subversion
2 3 (1.60%) Postman
2 3 (1.60%) TortoiseSVN
3 2 (1.06%) Git
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 60 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.02%) Retail
3 24 (12.77%) Finance
4 19 (10.11%) Automotive
5 14 (7.45%) Law
6 12 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 10 (5.32%) Banking
8 9 (4.79%) Legal
9 7 (3.72%) Back Office
10 6 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.60%) Electronics
12 3 (1.60%) Games
12 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (25.00%) Analyst
2 38 (20.21%) Support Engineer
3 33 (17.55%) IT Engineer
4 31 (16.49%) IT Support
5 29 (15.43%) Support Analyst
6 28 (14.89%) IT Analyst
7 25 (13.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 24 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (12.23%) IT Support Analyst
10 21 (11.17%) 3rd Line Support
10 21 (11.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 20 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (7.98%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 15 (7.98%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
13 14 (7.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 13 (6.91%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 13 (6.91%) Technical Support
15 12 (6.38%) Senior
16 10 (5.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.13%) SAML
2 2 (1.06%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.49%) Replication
2 23 (12.23%) Management Information System
3 16 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 16 (8.51%) Smartphone
4 11 (5.85%) Driving Licence
4 11 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.26%) FMCG
6 6 (3.19%) CCTV
6 6 (3.19%) Clustering
6 6 (3.19%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.66%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.60%) iPhone
9 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.06%) PKI
10 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.53%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.53%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 183 (97.34%) Windows
2 150 (79.79%) Windows Server
3 122 (64.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 73 (38.83%) Windows 10
5 43 (22.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (20.74%) Linux
7 23 (12.23%) Mac OS X
8 18 (9.57%) Ubuntu
9 11 (5.85%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (3.72%) Mac OS
11 4 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (2.13%) Unix
12 3 (1.60%) Android
13 2 (1.06%) Debian
13 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.53%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (17.55%) ITIL
2 32 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
3 30 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (13.83%) High Availability
5 20 (10.64%) Computer Science
5 20 (10.64%) Incident Management
5 20 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
5 20 (10.64%) Mentoring
5 20 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (9.57%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (8.51%) Business Case
7 16 (8.51%) Customer Service
7 16 (8.51%) DevOps
7 16 (8.51%) Migration
7 16 (8.51%) Project Delivery
7 16 (8.51%) Systems Engineering
8 15 (7.98%) ITSM
9 14 (7.45%) Data Security
9 14 (7.45%) Network Design
9 14 (7.45%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (47.34%) PowerShell
2 39 (20.74%) SQL
3 4 (2.13%) Python
4 1 (0.53%) Bash
4 1 (0.53%) C
4 1 (0.53%) C#
4 1 (0.53%) C++
4 1 (0.53%) Java
4 1 (0.53%) VB
4 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (25.53%) Degree
2 43 (22.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (14.36%) MCSE
4 20 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (10.11%) HND
6 18 (9.57%) HNC
7 12 (6.38%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.32%) SC Cleared
9 9 (4.79%) Azure Certification
9 9 (4.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (3.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.60%) MCSA
12 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.06%) MCP
13 1 (0.53%) Dell Certification
13 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.70%) SLA
2 7 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.19%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.66%) GDPR
5 4 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.60%) PMO
6 3 (1.60%) QA
7 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.06%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.06%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.06%) NIST
8 1 (0.53%) NCSC
8 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 134 (71.28%) Active Directory
2 59 (31.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (27.13%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.45%) XenApp
5 13 (6.91%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.38%) DFS Replication
7 11 (5.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.79%) vSphere
9 8 (4.26%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.53%) Firmware
13 1 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 53 (28.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (14.36%) SCCM
3 15 (7.98%) NetBackup
4 14 (7.45%) SCOM
5 11 (5.85%) Terraform
6 10 (5.32%) Ansible
7 4 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.13%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.60%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.60%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.06%) Autotask
9 2 (1.06%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.06%) SCSM
9 2 (1.06%) WSUS
10 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.53%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.53%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 133 (70.74%) Microsoft
2 78 (41.49%) VMware
3 52 (27.66%) Cisco
4 20 (10.64%) Dell
4 20 (10.64%) ServiceNow
5 19 (10.11%) Meraki
5 19 (10.11%) Veeam
6 18 (9.57%) Google
7 17 (9.04%) Apple
7 17 (9.04%) CheckPoint
7 17 (9.04%) Citrix
7 17 (9.04%) SonicWALL
8 16 (8.51%) Fortinet
8 16 (8.51%) Ubiquiti
9 15 (7.98%) SolarWinds
10 10 (5.32%) EMC
11 9 (4.79%) Progress
11 9 (4.79%) Riverbed
12 6 (3.19%) SAP
12 6 (3.19%) Trend Micro