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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 444 596
Rank change year-on-year +24 +152 -125
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 570 705 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.67% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.05% 4.23% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 505 537 624
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +15.94% -13.75% -

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 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +48 545 £42,500 +3.66% 109
UK excluding London -14 485 £40,000 +15.94% 96
Work from Home +74 179 £45,000 +5.88% 37
South East 0 151 £51,350 +63.02% 30
North of England +26 103 £35,000 -17.65% 22
South West +5 83 £36,250 -11.59% 9
Midlands +17 81 £35,000 +7.69% 14
London +50 75 £50,000 -14.89% 20
Yorkshire +103 60 £35,000 +8.70% 6
East of England +34 52 £32,500 +12.07% 18
West Midlands +11 42 £37,500 +15.38% 9
East Midlands +9 38 £32,000 -24.71% 5
North West -27 32 £45,000 - 13
North East +1 11 £27,500 -53.19% 3
Wales +12 7 £25,000 -9.09% 2
Scotland -74 7 £36,000 -10.00% 2
Northern Ireland +17 2 £40,000 +23.08% 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
1 140 (24.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (14.91%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.86%) IIS
4 14 (2.46%) Confluence
5 10 (1.75%) WordPress
6 6 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.05%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.18%) Site Server
9 1 (0.18%) uWSGI
Applications
1 88 (15.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 322 (56.49%) Microsoft 365
2 274 (48.07%) Azure
3 101 (17.72%) Entra ID
4 55 (9.65%) OneDrive
5 47 (8.25%) AWS
6 34 (5.96%) Mimecast
7 26 (4.56%) SaaS
8 20 (3.51%) IaaS
9 19 (3.33%) Nutanix
10 18 (3.16%) Azure Storage
11 17 (2.98%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.63%) Google Workspace
13 13 (2.28%) PaaS
14 12 (2.11%) OCI
15 11 (1.93%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (1.23%) PowerApps
18 6 (1.05%) OpenShift
19 5 (0.88%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 204 (35.79%) DNS
2 189 (33.16%) Firewall
3 180 (31.58%) DHCP
4 93 (16.32%) TCP/IP
5 84 (14.74%) VPN
6 81 (14.21%) WAN
7 76 (13.33%) LAN
8 65 (11.40%) SAN
9 61 (10.70%) VLAN
10 56 (9.82%) Wireless
11 51 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (4.91%) VoIP
13 21 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
14 20 (3.51%) Network Security
15 17 (2.98%) Internet
15 17 (2.98%) NAS
16 14 (2.46%) Fibre Channel
17 13 (2.28%) SD-WAN
18 11 (1.93%) iSCSI
18 11 (1.93%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (5.26%) MongoDB
4 19 (3.33%) MySQL
5 9 (1.58%) DB2
6 8 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.05%) InfluxDB
7 6 (1.05%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.88%) Power BI
8 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.70%) UniData
10 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.98%) JIRA
2 8 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.05%) Robot Framework
3 6 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.88%) Git
5 4 (0.70%) MSI
6 3 (0.53%) GitLab
7 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.98%) Finance
3 32 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.68%) Retail
5 18 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (3.16%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.16%) Telecoms
6 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 15 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.11%) Automotive
7 12 (2.11%) Back Office
7 12 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.23%) Aviation
9 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.88%) Banking
10 5 (0.88%) Games
11 4 (0.70%) Law
12 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.53%) Legal
13 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (19.12%) IT Engineer
3 94 (16.49%) IT Support
4 82 (14.39%) Senior
5 81 (14.21%) Support Engineer
6 68 (11.93%) Analyst
7 66 (11.58%) Administrator
8 56 (9.82%) IT Support Engineer
9 41 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (5.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (5.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 30 (5.26%) DBA
12 30 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
13 29 (5.09%) Service Analyst
14 27 (4.74%) DV Cleared DBA
14 27 (4.74%) Lead
14 27 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
15 25 (4.39%) Support Specialist
16 22 (3.86%) Support Analyst
17 21 (3.68%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.16%) ARM Templates
2 13 (2.28%) .NET
3 12 (2.11%) WPF
4 10 (1.75%) LAMP
5 8 (1.40%) LDAP
6 3 (0.53%) SAML
6 3 (0.53%) YAML
7 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.35%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.18%) EDI
8 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.18%) JSON
8 1 (0.18%) Kafka
8 1 (0.18%) Middleware
8 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.18%) Web Services
8 1 (0.18%) WSH
8 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.82%) Driving Licence
2 55 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (6.14%) PKI
4 31 (5.44%) Replication
5 26 (4.56%) Data Centre
6 23 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.51%) Clustering
8 17 (2.98%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.28%) CCTV
10 10 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.40%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.05%) EMC VNX
12 6 (1.05%) Handset
12 6 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.05%) iPad
12 6 (1.05%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.05%) Xbox
Operating Systems
1 542 (95.09%) Windows
2 411 (72.11%) Windows Server 2016
3 410 (71.93%) Windows Server
4 247 (43.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 229 (40.18%) Windows 10
6 114 (20.00%) Linux
7 42 (7.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 40 (7.02%) CentOS
9 32 (5.61%) Windows 7
10 27 (4.74%) Apple iOS
11 19 (3.33%) Windows NT
11 19 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 17 (2.98%) Windows XP
13 15 (2.63%) Mac OS
13 15 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 14 (2.46%) Ubuntu
14 14 (2.46%) VMS
15 11 (1.93%) Android
16 8 (1.40%) Mac OS X
17 6 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (26.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 151 (26.49%) ITIL
3 135 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 69 (12.11%) Mentoring
6 61 (10.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 58 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
8 57 (10.00%) Service Management
9 50 (8.77%) Performance Monitoring
10 48 (8.42%) Project Management
11 47 (8.25%) Time Management
12 43 (7.54%) Change Management
13 42 (7.37%) Storage Management
14 37 (6.49%) Agile
14 37 (6.49%) User Experience
15 35 (6.14%) Server Management
15 35 (6.14%) Service Delivery
16 33 (5.79%) Line Management
17 32 (5.61%) Actionable Insight
18 30 (5.26%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 190 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 76 (13.33%) SQL
3 46 (8.07%) Bash
4 28 (4.91%) C#
5 19 (3.33%) Python
5 19 (3.33%) VB
6 15 (2.63%) VBScript
7 14 (2.46%) Bicep
8 6 (1.05%) Perl
9 2 (0.35%) Java
9 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) C
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) Go
10 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (21.58%) Security Cleared
2 122 (21.40%) Degree
3 76 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 53 (9.30%) SC Cleared
5 46 (8.07%) DBS Check
6 34 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (4.04%) CCNP
9 22 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.68%) CCNA
11 17 (2.98%) HNC
12 15 (2.63%) MCSE
13 14 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 13 (2.28%) Azure Certification
15 11 (1.93%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
16 10 (1.75%) MCSA
17 9 (1.58%) AWS Certification
18 8 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 3 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.30%) SLA
2 20 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.40%) GDPR
5 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) NIST
7 3 (0.53%) PMO
8 2 (0.35%) NCSC
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 377 (66.14%) Active Directory
2 193 (33.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (27.19%) Hyper-V
4 47 (8.25%) vSphere
5 44 (7.72%) Virtual Machines
6 41 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
7 31 (5.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (3.86%) Firmware
9 6 (1.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (1.05%) Docker
9 6 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.88%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.70%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.35%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.18%) NFS
Systems Management
1 124 (21.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (20.00%) SCCM
3 73 (12.81%) WSUS
4 39 (6.84%) SCOM
5 38 (6.67%) vCenter Server
6 26 (4.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 23 (4.04%) Terraform
8 22 (3.86%) Ansible
9 20 (3.51%) Kubernetes
10 19 (3.33%) EMC NetWorker
11 18 (3.16%) NetBackup
12 17 (2.98%) Failover Clustering
13 14 (2.46%) Sysprep
14 13 (2.28%) McAfee ePO
15 10 (1.75%) FortiGate
15 10 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
16 9 (1.58%) Autotask
17 8 (1.40%) SCVMM
17 8 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
18 7 (1.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 458 (80.35%) Microsoft
2 257 (45.09%) VMware
3 83 (14.56%) Cisco
4 69 (12.11%) Veeam
5 56 (9.82%) Apple
6 52 (9.12%) Citrix
7 49 (8.60%) Oracle
8 44 (7.72%) Red Hat
9 43 (7.54%) Sophos
10 41 (7.19%) HP
11 33 (5.79%) Palo Alto
12 32 (5.61%) Aruba
13 29 (5.09%) Meraki
14 26 (4.56%) Dell
15 23 (4.04%) Google
15 23 (4.04%) Juniper
16 20 (3.51%) Barracuda Networks
17 19 (3.33%) 3PAR
17 19 (3.33%) EMC
18 18 (3.16%) Adobe