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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 88 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 -30 +50
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,424 1,872 2,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.45% 3.24% 4.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.84% 21.97% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 1,158 2,105
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,313 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £56,806 £59,313 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +1.19% +5.00%

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 5,115 8,520 8,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.78% 14.74% 17.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,835 5,004 7,012
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,498 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,307 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.73% +5.13% -

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 15 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 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 15 December 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 -4 1,318 £40,000 -11.11% 523
UK excluding London -11 1,106 £38,000 -10.59% 514
Work from Home -35 326 £45,249 -6.70% 191
South East +12 278 £40,000 -11.11% 179
London -46 261 £57,500 -11.54% 91
South West +12 237 £37,500 -11.76% 65
North of England -20 227 £39,250 -5.42% 124
East of England +7 167 £43,607 -3.10% 58
Midlands -27 151 £31,500 -21.25% 62
Yorkshire -17 109 £32,500 -16.13% 46
East Midlands -4 98 £27,500 -21.43% 23
North West -11 91 £43,000 +1.18% 72
West Midlands -52 53 £42,000 -1.18% 38
Wales -3 27 £57,500 +43.75% 12
North East -14 27 £35,000 -12.50% 9
Scotland -39 25 £38,000 -5.00% 26
Northern Ireland -2 8 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

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
1 468 (32.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 255 (17.91%) SharePoint
3 71 (4.99%) IIS
4 16 (1.12%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.70%) Apache Solr
5 10 (0.70%) Confluence
5 10 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
6 9 (0.63%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.49%) WinCC
8 6 (0.42%) CMS
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.21%) Apache
10 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) ArchestrA
12 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 95 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.42%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) CATIA
6 3 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.14%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.35%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.070%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.070%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.070%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 927 (65.10%) Microsoft 365
2 882 (61.94%) Azure
3 348 (24.44%) Entra ID
4 143 (10.04%) AWS
5 76 (5.34%) OneDrive
6 66 (4.63%) SaaS
7 53 (3.72%) IaaS
8 41 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (2.88%) PaaS
9 37 (2.60%) Google Workspace
10 32 (2.25%) Power Platform
11 30 (2.11%) GCP
12 27 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (1.62%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (1.47%) Nutanix
16 16 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (0.91%) GitHub
17 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (0.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 580 (40.73%) DNS
2 548 (38.48%) DHCP
3 458 (32.16%) Firewall
4 234 (16.43%) TCP/IP
5 228 (16.01%) VPN
6 197 (13.83%) VLAN
7 189 (13.27%) WAN
8 172 (12.08%) LAN
9 106 (7.44%) VoIP
9 106 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
10 72 (5.06%) SAN
11 67 (4.71%) Wireless
12 51 (3.58%) Remote Desktop
13 43 (3.02%) Internet
14 38 (2.67%) SD-WAN
15 33 (2.32%) Network Security
16 23 (1.62%) SSL
17 18 (1.26%) Kerberos
18 17 (1.19%) IP Telephony
19 16 (1.12%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (8.01%) SQL Server
2 109 (7.65%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (1.97%) MySQL
4 13 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 11 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.63%) DTS
6 9 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.28%) MS Access
10 4 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.21%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.21%) Power BI
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.070%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.070%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 39 (2.74%) Git
2 24 (1.69%) JIRA
3 10 (0.70%) GitLab
3 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.28%) Toad
6 3 (0.21%) Subversion
6 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
General
1 626 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 142 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (7.87%) Finance
4 70 (4.92%) Manufacturing
5 62 (4.35%) Law
6 46 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (3.16%) Legal
8 41 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 35 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 34 (2.39%) Retail
11 33 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.19%) Advertising
14 13 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.77%) Automotive
15 11 (0.77%) Front Office
15 11 (0.77%) Marketing
16 10 (0.70%) Banking
17 8 (0.56%) Games
17 8 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 396 (27.81%) IT Support
2 321 (22.54%) Support Engineer
3 261 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 247 (17.35%) IT Engineer
5 196 (13.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 157 (11.03%) 2nd Line Support
7 145 (10.18%) Analyst
8 144 (10.11%) Senior
8 144 (10.11%) Systems Engineer
9 130 (9.13%) 3rd Line Support
10 114 (8.01%) Support Analyst
11 95 (6.67%) Technical Support
12 84 (5.90%) Cloud Engineer
13 81 (5.69%) Support Technician
14 75 (5.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 70 (4.92%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 61 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
17 58 (4.07%) 1st Line Support
18 54 (3.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 54 (3.79%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.90%) .NET
2 18 (1.26%) LDAP
3 10 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (0.70%) Node.js
4 7 (0.49%) HTML
5 6 (0.42%) ARM Templates
5 6 (0.42%) CSS
6 5 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.35%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.35%) Kafka
6 5 (0.35%) YAML
7 4 (0.28%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.28%) FIDO
7 4 (0.28%) Middleware
7 4 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (0.28%) RESTful
7 4 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.21%) EDI
8 3 (0.21%) SAML
8 3 (0.21%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 173 (12.15%) Driving Licence
2 99 (6.95%) Legacy Systems
3 74 (5.20%) Onboarding
4 65 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 50 (3.51%) Data Centre
6 47 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
7 41 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (2.39%) Replication
9 33 (2.32%) Clustering
9 33 (2.32%) PKI
10 25 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.54%) CCTV
12 20 (1.40%) CMDB
12 20 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.33%) iPad
14 17 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
15 14 (0.98%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.98%) SCADA
16 13 (0.91%) Hedge funds
17 9 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1,424 (100.00%) Windows
2 288 (20.22%) Linux
3 181 (12.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 173 (12.15%) Windows 10
5 144 (10.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 68 (4.78%) Mac OS
7 49 (3.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 40 (2.81%) Android
9 29 (2.04%) Apple iOS
10 25 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (0.91%) Unix
13 8 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.49%) Debian
14 7 (0.49%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.42%) Rocky
15 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.35%) Solaris
16 5 (0.35%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (33.15%) Problem-Solving
2 377 (26.47%) Customer Service
3 327 (22.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 282 (19.80%) ITIL
5 203 (14.26%) Migration
6 176 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
7 164 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 148 (10.39%) Mentoring
9 146 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 131 (9.20%) Service Delivery
11 115 (8.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 98 (6.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 97 (6.81%) Customer Experience
13 97 (6.81%) Kalman Filter
14 94 (6.60%) Web Filtering
15 93 (6.53%) Service Management
16 92 (6.46%) Email Filtering
17 90 (6.32%) ITSM
18 81 (5.69%) DevOps
19 78 (5.48%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 329 (23.10%) PowerShell
2 132 (9.27%) SQL
3 64 (4.49%) Python
4 25 (1.76%) Bash
5 24 (1.69%) VB
6 18 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.84%) C#
7 12 (0.84%) VBA
8 11 (0.77%) PHP
9 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.49%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.49%) VBScript
11 6 (0.42%) Bicep
11 6 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.21%) Tcl
13 2 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 1 (0.070%) Delphi
14 1 (0.070%) Go
14 1 (0.070%) Java
Qualifications
1 198 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 154 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 122 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 105 (7.37%) Degree
5 55 (3.86%) Azure Certification
6 53 (3.72%) DV Cleared
7 52 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 45 (3.16%) CCNA
9 36 (2.53%) DBS Check
10 34 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
11 31 (2.18%) MCP
11 31 (2.18%) MCSA
12 27 (1.90%) MCSE
13 25 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 23 (1.62%) AWS Certification
15 20 (1.40%) A+ Certification
16 19 (1.33%) CCNP
17 13 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
18 11 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
19 8 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (10.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 97 (6.81%) PCI DSS
3 83 (5.83%) SLA
4 55 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.23%) GDPR
6 17 (1.19%) QA
7 16 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (0.70%) NIST
9 7 (0.49%) GxP
9 7 (0.49%) IEC 61508
10 6 (0.42%) GRC
11 5 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.35%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) NCSC
14 1 (0.070%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.070%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.070%) ITGC
System Software
1 1,010 (70.93%) Active Directory
2 433 (30.41%) Hyper-V
3 321 (22.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 93 (6.53%) Terminal Server
5 57 (4.00%) vSphere
6 48 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
7 46 (3.23%) Docker
8 43 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
10 17 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.05%) Firmware
12 9 (0.63%) XenApp
13 8 (0.56%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.56%) vCloud
13 8 (0.56%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.35%) Kamailio
14 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.28%) ISA Server
15 4 (0.28%) NFS
16 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 349 (24.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (5.62%) SCCM
3 59 (4.14%) Terraform
4 56 (3.93%) Kubernetes
5 50 (3.51%) Ansible
6 40 (2.81%) vCenter Server
7 39 (2.74%) WSUS
8 31 (2.18%) Autotask
9 24 (1.69%) SCOM
10 22 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (0.98%) Puppet
11 14 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (0.91%) Nagios
13 11 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
13 11 (0.77%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.63%) Prometheus
15 7 (0.49%) FortiGate
15 7 (0.49%) PaperCut
16 6 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 978 (68.68%) Microsoft
2 549 (38.55%) VMware
3 176 (12.36%) Veeam
4 133 (9.34%) Cisco
5 129 (9.06%) SolarWinds
6 102 (7.16%) Nimble Storage
7 97 (6.81%) Tanium
8 94 (6.60%) Splunk
9 88 (6.18%) Brocade
10 59 (4.14%) Google
11 58 (4.07%) Apple
12 54 (3.79%) Citrix
13 38 (2.67%) Dell
14 36 (2.53%) Datto
14 36 (2.53%) Oracle
15 35 (2.46%) Red Hat
16 33 (2.32%) Meraki
17 29 (2.04%) HP
18 27 (1.90%) ServiceNow
19 26 (1.83%) SonicWALL