Windows Server Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 109 75
Rank change year-on-year -7 -34 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,553 1,329 3,331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.86% 3.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.11% 19.84% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 1,144 2,842
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,563
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.25%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 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 5,947 6,698 13,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.18% 14.43% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,470 4,409 10,602
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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 -10 1,452 £40,000 - 296
UK excluding London +21 1,273 £37,500 - 279
South East +24 330 £40,000 - 103
North of England +22 330 £37,500 +11.94% 68
Work from Home -29 299 £42,500 +1.19% 106
London -71 252 £55,000 -4.35% 52
South West -13 206 £36,250 -9.38% 31
North West +61 178 £35,000 -6.67% 36
East of England +17 173 £35,000 -22.22% 30
Midlands -46 159 £33,500 -4.29% 45
Yorkshire -28 123 £35,500 +18.33% 25
East Midlands -29 86 £31,000 -11.43% 20
West Midlands -49 72 £42,500 +21.43% 25
Wales -23 43 £43,750 +14.85% 5
North East -39 29 £42,500 +21.43% 10
Scotland +22 24 £27,000 -32.50% 6
Northern Ireland -23 8 - - 3

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 419 (26.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 278 (17.90%) SharePoint
3 66 (4.25%) IIS
4 30 (1.93%) Confluence
5 9 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.52%) WordPress
7 5 (0.32%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.26%) JBoss
9 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.13%) Site Server
11 1 (0.064%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.064%) CMS
11 1 (0.064%) Drupal
11 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 167 (10.75%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.26%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.064%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.064%) Magento
6 1 (0.064%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 992 (63.88%) Microsoft 365
2 867 (55.83%) Azure
3 421 (27.11%) Entra ID
4 174 (11.20%) AWS
5 108 (6.95%) OneDrive
6 64 (4.12%) SaaS
7 53 (3.41%) IaaS
8 40 (2.58%) Google Workspace
9 38 (2.45%) PaaS
10 37 (2.38%) Nutanix
11 36 (2.32%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.29%) GCP
12 20 (1.29%) Mimecast
13 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (1.09%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.97%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.90%) GitHub
16 13 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
17 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 593 (38.18%) DNS
2 493 (31.75%) Firewall
3 491 (31.62%) DHCP
4 250 (16.10%) VPN
5 228 (14.68%) TCP/IP
6 206 (13.26%) WAN
7 192 (12.36%) LAN
8 175 (11.27%) VLAN
9 132 (8.50%) Wi-Fi
10 110 (7.08%) Wireless
11 106 (6.83%) VoIP
12 75 (4.83%) SAN
13 50 (3.22%) Network Security
14 35 (2.25%) NAS
15 29 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
16 22 (1.42%) Internet
17 19 (1.22%) SD-WAN
18 17 (1.09%) SSL
19 16 (1.03%) VSAN
20 13 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 94 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (1.67%) MySQL
4 21 (1.35%) Power BI
5 20 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.77%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.71%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.58%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.13%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.13%) KNIME
14 2 (0.13%) Looker
14 2 (0.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (3.61%) JIRA
2 49 (3.16%) Git
3 25 (1.61%) GitLab
4 12 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.13%) Subversion
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.064%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.064%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.064%) Gatling
9 1 (0.064%) JMeter
9 1 (0.064%) Vagrant
General
1 688 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 192 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (7.53%) Finance
4 82 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
6 48 (3.09%) Retail
7 46 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 35 (2.25%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.19%) Law
11 28 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 27 (1.74%) Banking
13 22 (1.42%) Legal
14 21 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.90%) Local Government
16 13 (0.84%) Games
16 13 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.64%) Back Office
18 9 (0.58%) Advertising
19 7 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 538 (34.64%) IT Support
2 395 (25.43%) IT Engineer
3 382 (24.60%) Support Engineer
4 327 (21.06%) IT Support Engineer
5 208 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 189 (12.17%) Senior
7 167 (10.75%) IT Technician
8 154 (9.92%) Analyst
9 148 (9.53%) Support Technician
10 133 (8.56%) 2nd Line Support
11 129 (8.31%) IT Support Technician
12 128 (8.24%) Systems Engineer
13 107 (6.89%) Support Analyst
14 97 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 87 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 67 (4.31%) Lead
17 62 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 61 (3.93%) IT Analyst
19 56 (3.61%) 3rd Line Support
20 53 (3.41%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.00%) .NET
2 26 (1.67%) HTML
3 24 (1.55%) LDAP
3 24 (1.55%) XMPP
4 22 (1.42%) Regular Expression
5 20 (1.29%) CSS
6 15 (0.97%) Web Services
7 14 (0.90%) ARM Templates
7 14 (0.90%) JSON
8 12 (0.77%) XML
9 11 (0.71%) Middleware
10 10 (0.64%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.39%) JSON Schema
11 6 (0.39%) Keycloak
11 6 (0.39%) SAML
12 5 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.32%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (0.32%) REST
13 4 (0.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 189 (12.17%) Driving Licence
2 114 (7.34%) Hybrid Cloud
3 93 (5.99%) Data Centre
4 87 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
5 81 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
6 74 (4.76%) Onboarding
7 47 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.03%) PKI
8 39 (2.51%) Public Cloud
9 36 (2.32%) Replication
10 32 (2.06%) Clustering
11 29 (1.87%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.22%) CCTV
13 18 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
15 12 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.71%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.71%) IoT
16 11 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,553 (100.00%) Windows
2 357 (22.99%) Linux
3 213 (13.72%) Windows Server 2016
4 175 (11.27%) Windows 10
5 137 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.70%) Mac OS
7 64 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 54 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 47 (3.03%) Apple iOS
10 37 (2.38%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.87%) Android
12 25 (1.61%) CentOS
13 22 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (1.35%) VMS
15 9 (0.58%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.52%) Unix
17 7 (0.45%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.32%) Debian
19 4 (0.26%) CoreOS
20 2 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (34.32%) Problem-Solving
2 395 (25.43%) Customer Service
3 299 (19.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 280 (18.03%) ITIL
5 270 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
6 267 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (15.97%) Disaster Recovery
8 173 (11.14%) Service Delivery
9 149 (9.59%) Migration
10 146 (9.40%) Mentoring
11 127 (8.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 118 (7.60%) High Availability
12 118 (7.60%) Project Delivery
13 108 (6.95%) Customer Experience
14 103 (6.63%) Business Continuity
15 101 (6.50%) ITSM
15 101 (6.50%) Root Cause Analysis
16 94 (6.05%) Kalman Filter
17 88 (5.67%) Infrastructure as Code
18 86 (5.54%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 315 (20.28%) PowerShell
2 176 (11.33%) SQL
3 88 (5.67%) Python
4 39 (2.51%) Bash
5 26 (1.67%) C#
6 22 (1.42%) VBA
7 17 (1.09%) Bicep
8 14 (0.90%) Java
9 12 (0.77%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.71%) PHP
11 9 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.45%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.45%) VBScript
13 6 (0.39%) VB
14 3 (0.19%) Go
14 3 (0.19%) Ruby
15 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.064%) ABAP
16 1 (0.064%) Korn
Qualifications
1 261 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 153 (9.85%) Degree
3 150 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 134 (8.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.73%) DV Cleared
6 80 (5.15%) Azure Certification
6 80 (5.15%) DBS Check
7 72 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
8 58 (3.73%) CCNA
9 29 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
10 24 (1.55%) A+ Certification
11 23 (1.48%) CCNP
12 21 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 18 (1.16%) AWS Certification
15 17 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.03%) MCSA
16 16 (1.03%) MCSE
17 11 (0.71%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 143 (9.21%) SLA
3 82 (5.28%) PCI DSS
4 76 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.32%) GDPR
6 30 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (1.42%) NIST
8 8 (0.52%) QA
9 5 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.19%) COBIT
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) RMADS
11 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.064%) DICOM
12 1 (0.064%) HL7
12 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.064%) ITGC
12 1 (0.064%) NCSC
12 1 (0.064%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,070 (68.90%) Active Directory
2 434 (27.95%) Hyper-V
3 426 (27.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 116 (7.47%) vSphere
5 75 (4.83%) Terminal Server
6 46 (2.96%) Docker
6 46 (2.96%) VMware ESXi
7 40 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (1.74%) VMware NSX
9 26 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.58%) Squid
11 9 (0.58%) Terminal Services
12 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.39%) Firmware
13 6 (0.39%) VMware Server
14 5 (0.32%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.19%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 275 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (5.86%) Terraform
3 84 (5.41%) Ansible
4 70 (4.51%) Kubernetes
5 42 (2.70%) SCCM
6 37 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 34 (2.19%) vCenter Server
8 32 (2.06%) FortiGate
9 28 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
10 25 (1.61%) WSUS
11 22 (1.42%) Autotask
11 22 (1.42%) VxRail
12 17 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
12 17 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
13 16 (1.03%) Nagios
14 15 (0.97%) Packer
14 15 (0.97%) ZABBIX
15 14 (0.90%) SCOM
16 13 (0.84%) Grafana
17 10 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,176 (75.72%) Microsoft
2 636 (40.95%) VMware
3 176 (11.33%) Veeam
4 142 (9.14%) Cisco
5 116 (7.47%) Splunk
6 103 (6.63%) SolarWinds
7 91 (5.86%) Nimble Storage
8 73 (4.70%) Brocade
9 72 (4.64%) Tanium
10 58 (3.73%) Meraki
11 55 (3.54%) Apple
12 54 (3.48%) Red Hat
13 53 (3.41%) Google
14 51 (3.28%) Citrix
15 50 (3.22%) HP
16 48 (3.09%) Dell
17 38 (2.45%) ServiceNow
18 35 (2.25%) Oracle
18 35 (2.25%) Sophos
19 32 (2.06%) McAfee