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 22 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 414 448
Rank change year-on-year -76 +34 +125
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 196 578 715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.59% 0.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.95% 4.11% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 173 514 542
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,250 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +3.05% +2.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £59,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -10.26%

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 6,653 14,066 16,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 14.48% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,519 10,924 11,410
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,753 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,306 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £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 22 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 22 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 -74 188 £42,500 - 76
UK excluding London -45 138 £40,000 - 51
Work from Home +55 70 £45,000 -5.26% 27
London +85 58 £57,750 +15.50% 25
North of England +20 42 £41,250 +10.00% 17
Midlands +25 40 £35,000 - 10
West Midlands +44 34 £35,000 -10.26%
North West +17 32 £42,500 -5.56% 11
South East -9 28 £37,500 -26.97% 11
South West +42 11 £50,000 +37.93% 7
East of England +9 10 £42,500 +30.77% 5
Scotland +125 8 £40,000 +11.11% 1
Yorkshire +19 8 £32,500 -7.14% 3
East Midlands +28 6 £38,750 +27.05% 10
North East +41 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 75 (38.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.55%) IIS
4 3 (1.53%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.51%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 48 (24.49%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 108 (55.10%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (54.59%) Azure
3 41 (20.92%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.73%) AWS
5 21 (10.71%) Google Workspace
6 11 (5.61%) IaaS
6 11 (5.61%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.59%) SaaS
8 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.04%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.04%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.04%) PaaS
10 3 (1.53%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.53%) GCP
11 2 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.02%) GitHub
11 2 (1.02%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 89 (45.41%) Firewall
2 73 (37.24%) DNS
3 70 (35.71%) DHCP
4 51 (26.02%) LAN
5 50 (25.51%) WAN
6 46 (23.47%) TCP/IP
7 41 (20.92%) VLAN
8 30 (15.31%) VPN
9 17 (8.67%) BGP
9 17 (8.67%) OSPF
9 17 (8.67%) SAN
9 17 (8.67%) WLAN
10 14 (7.14%) VoIP
11 11 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (5.10%) SD-WAN
13 7 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (3.06%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (3.06%) Multicast
14 6 (3.06%) NAS
15 5 (2.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.06%) DB2
3 5 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Subversion
2 3 (1.53%) Postman
2 3 (1.53%) TortoiseSVN
3 2 (1.02%) Git
4 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 64 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.84%) Retail
3 25 (12.76%) Finance
4 20 (10.20%) Automotive
5 14 (7.14%) Law
6 13 (6.63%) Manufacturing
7 10 (5.10%) Banking
7 10 (5.10%) Legal
8 7 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.06%) Back Office
10 4 (2.04%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.04%) Electronics
10 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.53%) Games
11 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.51%) Front Office
13 1 (0.51%) Marketing
13 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (23.98%) Analyst
2 39 (19.90%) Support Engineer
3 35 (17.86%) IT Engineer
4 31 (15.82%) IT Support
5 29 (14.80%) Support Analyst
6 28 (14.29%) IT Analyst
7 25 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (12.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 23 (11.73%) IT Support Analyst
10 22 (11.22%) 3rd Line Support
10 22 (11.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (7.65%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 15 (7.65%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
13 14 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 13 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 13 (6.63%) Senior
14 13 (6.63%) Technical Support
15 11 (5.61%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.04%) SAML
2 2 (1.02%) REST
3 1 (0.51%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.31%) Replication
2 25 (12.76%) Management Information System
3 17 (8.67%) Smartphone
4 16 (8.16%) Onboarding
5 12 (6.12%) Driving Licence
6 9 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (4.08%) FMCG
8 6 (3.06%) CCTV
8 6 (3.06%) Clustering
8 6 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.06%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (2.55%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.53%) iPhone
10 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.02%) PKI
11 2 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 189 (96.43%) Windows
2 152 (77.55%) Windows Server
3 125 (63.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 77 (39.29%) Windows 10
5 46 (23.47%) Linux
5 46 (23.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (12.24%) Mac OS X
7 20 (10.20%) Ubuntu
8 11 (5.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (4.08%) Mac OS
10 7 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.55%) Unix
12 3 (1.53%) Android
13 2 (1.02%) Debian
14 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.51%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (18.37%) ITIL
2 33 (16.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 32 (16.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (13.78%) High Availability
5 22 (11.22%) Computer Science
6 21 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 21 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 21 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.20%) Infrastructure Management
8 19 (9.69%) Performance Tuning
9 18 (9.18%) Customer Service
10 17 (8.67%) Business Case
10 17 (8.67%) Migration
10 17 (8.67%) Systems Engineering
11 16 (8.16%) ITSM
11 16 (8.16%) Network Design
12 15 (7.65%) DevOps
13 14 (7.14%) Data Security
13 14 (7.14%) Project Delivery
13 14 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (45.92%) PowerShell
2 42 (21.43%) SQL
3 4 (2.04%) Python
4 3 (1.53%) Java
5 2 (1.02%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) C
6 1 (0.51%) C#
6 1 (0.51%) C++
6 1 (0.51%) Korn
6 1 (0.51%) VB
6 1 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 52 (26.53%) Degree
2 43 (21.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (13.27%) MCSE
4 22 (11.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (10.20%) HND
6 19 (9.69%) HNC
7 11 (5.61%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.61%) Security Cleared
8 8 (4.08%) Azure Certification
8 8 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (3.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.53%) MCSA
11 2 (1.02%) CCIE
11 2 (1.02%) CCNP
11 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.02%) Dell Certification
11 2 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.51%) CCNA
12 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.69%) SLA
2 8 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.06%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.55%) GDPR
5 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.04%) PMO
6 3 (1.53%) QA
7 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.02%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.02%) NIST
8 1 (0.51%) NCSC
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 141 (71.94%) Active Directory
2 58 (29.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (27.04%) Hyper-V
4 15 (7.65%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (7.65%) XenApp
5 12 (6.12%) DFS Replication
6 11 (5.61%) vSphere
7 10 (5.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.59%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (1.02%) BitLocker
10 2 (1.02%) Docker
11 1 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.51%) Firmware
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 55 (28.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (12.24%) SCCM
3 14 (7.14%) NetBackup
4 11 (5.61%) SCOM
4 11 (5.61%) Terraform
5 9 (4.59%) Ansible
6 4 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.04%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (2.04%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.04%) WSUS
7 3 (1.53%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.53%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.02%) Autotask
8 2 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.51%) Nessus
9 1 (0.51%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.51%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.51%) WMI
Vendors
1 139 (70.92%) Microsoft
2 78 (39.80%) VMware
3 54 (27.55%) Cisco
4 24 (12.24%) Dell
5 21 (10.71%) Google
6 20 (10.20%) ServiceNow
7 19 (9.69%) Citrix
7 19 (9.69%) Veeam
8 18 (9.18%) Apple
8 18 (9.18%) Meraki
9 17 (8.67%) CheckPoint
9 17 (8.67%) Fortinet
9 17 (8.67%) SonicWALL
9 17 (8.67%) Ubiquiti
10 14 (7.14%) SolarWinds
11 9 (4.59%) EMC
11 9 (4.59%) Progress
11 9 (4.59%) Riverbed
12 8 (4.08%) Red Hat
13 7 (3.57%) SAP