Windows Server Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 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 116 70 103
Rank change year-on-year -46 +33 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,299 3,525 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.49% 3.58% 3.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.73% 24.96% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 3,123 2,742
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,094 £38,000 £39,641
% change year-on-year +0.25% -4.14% -0.90%

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 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
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 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 -43 1,242 £42,500 - 616
UK excluding London -58 889 £38,094 +0.25% 486
Work from Home -36 389 £42,500 -9.77% 297
London -6 387 £60,000 - 159
Midlands -43 209 £35,000 -6.67% 90
North of England -82 205 £34,500 -8.00% 136
South East -79 185 £45,000 +12.50% 140
South West +6 136 £40,000 -2.93% 57
West Midlands -47 116 £35,000 - 40
East of England -37 111 £42,250 +30.00% 45
Yorkshire -25 98 £30,000 -20.00% 44
East Midlands -26 91 £35,000 -12.50% 49
North West -71 87 £38,500 -11.49% 75
Scotland +19 30 £40,000 -5.88% 21
North East -14 20 £35,000 - 21
Wales -4 14 £38,094 +12.04% 7
Isle of Man +5 1 £34,500 -21.14%

Windows Server
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
1 343 (26.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 222 (17.09%) SharePoint
3 66 (5.08%) IIS
4 13 (1.00%) Apache
5 11 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.54%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.46%) nginx
8 6 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.38%) CMS
9 5 (0.38%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.23%) WordPress
11 2 (0.15%) Confluence
11 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2003
12 1 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.077%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.077%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.077%) Umbraco
Applications
1 150 (11.55%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (0.69%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.54%) SAP Business One
4 6 (0.46%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.46%) Temenos T24
5 5 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.077%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 706 (54.35%) Microsoft 365
2 675 (51.96%) Azure
3 223 (17.17%) Entra ID
4 169 (13.01%) AWS
5 81 (6.24%) OneDrive
6 56 (4.31%) IaaS
7 54 (4.16%) SaaS
8 48 (3.70%) PaaS
9 41 (3.16%) Mimecast
10 35 (2.69%) GCP
11 30 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.23%) Google Workspace
13 26 (2.00%) Power Platform
14 22 (1.69%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (1.23%) Azure AKS
18 14 (1.08%) Nutanix
19 12 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 470 (36.18%) Firewall
2 371 (28.56%) DNS
3 310 (23.86%) DHCP
4 216 (16.63%) VPN
5 185 (14.24%) LAN
6 184 (14.16%) WAN
7 181 (13.93%) VLAN
8 160 (12.32%) TCP/IP
9 93 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (6.24%) SAN
11 78 (6.00%) VoIP
12 65 (5.00%) Network Security
12 65 (5.00%) Wireless
13 46 (3.54%) Remote Desktop
14 28 (2.16%) NAS
14 28 (2.16%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
16 19 (1.46%) IPv4
17 18 (1.39%) BGP
17 18 (1.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.55%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.54%) GIS
4 6 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (0.38%) MySQL
5 5 (0.38%) SAP BW
5 5 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.31%) Data Hub
6 4 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.31%) SQL CLR
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.23%) Power BI
8 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.15%) MS Access
8 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (1.46%) Git
1 19 (1.46%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.23%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.077%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.077%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.077%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.077%) Subversion
6 1 (0.077%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 418 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 181 (13.93%) Finance
3 98 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (4.39%) Manufacturing
6 53 (4.08%) Law
7 46 (3.54%) Banking
7 46 (3.54%) Legal
7 46 (3.54%) Retail
8 41 (3.16%) Telecoms
9 31 (2.39%) Automotive
10 30 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.69%) Back Office
12 14 (1.08%) Electronics
13 13 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.85%) Advertising
15 8 (0.62%) Local Government
15 8 (0.62%) Marketing
15 8 (0.62%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 241 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 218 (16.78%) IT Support
2 218 (16.78%) Support Engineer
3 172 (13.24%) Analyst
4 168 (12.93%) IT Engineer
5 112 (8.62%) 2nd Line Support
6 109 (8.39%) Senior
7 102 (7.85%) Support Analyst
8 91 (7.01%) IT Analyst
9 87 (6.70%) Administrator
10 72 (5.54%) IT Support Analyst
11 70 (5.39%) IT Support Engineer
12 69 (5.31%) 3rd Line Support
13 68 (5.23%) Systems Administrator
14 67 (5.16%) Lead
15 63 (4.85%) Support Technician
16 61 (4.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 61 (4.70%) IT Technician
16 61 (4.70%) Technical Support
17 49 (3.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.62%) .NET
2 16 (1.23%) Web Services
3 14 (1.08%) SAML
4 12 (0.92%) HTML
5 10 (0.77%) CSS
5 10 (0.77%) XML
6 9 (0.69%) ASP.NET
6 9 (0.69%) HTML5
6 9 (0.69%) LDAP
6 9 (0.69%) React
7 8 (0.62%) REST
7 8 (0.62%) SPFx
8 7 (0.54%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.54%) Middleware
9 6 (0.46%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.38%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.38%) Entity Framework
10 5 (0.38%) OAuth
10 5 (0.38%) OpenID
10 5 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.62%) Driving Licence
2 76 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 71 (5.47%) Data Centre
4 56 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.77%) Clustering
7 28 (2.16%) Replication
8 27 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (1.77%) CCTV
10 21 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 19 (1.46%) IoT
11 19 (1.46%) PKI
11 19 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.39%) Smartphone
13 17 (1.31%) Private Cloud
14 14 (1.08%) FMCG
15 13 (1.00%) Operational Technology
16 11 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.85%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,287 (99.08%) Windows
2 282 (21.71%) Linux
3 233 (17.94%) Windows 10
4 155 (11.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 150 (11.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 78 (6.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (3.77%) Android
8 46 (3.54%) Mac OS
9 43 (3.31%) Mac OS X
10 34 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 32 (2.46%) Apple iOS
12 29 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
13 27 (2.08%) Ubuntu
13 27 (2.08%) Unix
14 23 (1.77%) AIX
15 21 (1.62%) Windows 7
16 11 (0.85%) CentOS
17 10 (0.77%) VMS
18 7 (0.54%) Rocky
18 7 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (22.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 256 (19.71%) ITIL
4 245 (18.86%) Customer Service
5 169 (13.01%) Disaster Recovery
6 161 (12.39%) Cybersecurity
7 94 (7.24%) Project Management
8 88 (6.77%) High Availability
9 86 (6.62%) Incident Management
10 80 (6.16%) Migration
11 76 (5.85%) Project Delivery
12 74 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (5.70%) Infrastructure Management
13 73 (5.62%) Service Delivery
14 72 (5.54%) DevOps
15 67 (5.16%) Mentoring
16 63 (4.85%) Patch Management
17 62 (4.77%) ITSM
18 60 (4.62%) Infrastructure as Code
19 59 (4.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 342 (26.33%) PowerShell
2 158 (12.16%) SQL
3 93 (7.16%) Python
4 51 (3.93%) Bash
5 19 (1.46%) C#
6 15 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.54%) Java
9 6 (0.46%) C
9 6 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.38%) Perl
11 4 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.23%) Gremlin
12 3 (0.23%) PHP
12 3 (0.23%) VB
12 3 (0.23%) VBScript
13 2 (0.15%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 2 (0.15%) Go
14 1 (0.077%) R
Qualifications
1 189 (14.55%) Degree
2 170 (13.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 148 (11.39%) Security Cleared
4 101 (7.78%) DV Cleared
5 79 (6.08%) Azure Certification
6 74 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
7 72 (5.54%) MCSA
7 72 (5.54%) SC Cleared
8 62 (4.77%) MCSE
9 53 (4.08%) CCNA
10 52 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 47 (3.62%) Network+ Certification
12 34 (2.62%) A+ Certification
13 32 (2.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 29 (2.23%) MCP
15 27 (2.08%) CCNP
16 24 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
17 21 (1.62%) AWS Certification
17 21 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 20 (1.54%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (9.47%) SLA
2 36 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (2.46%) GDPR
4 29 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.00%) QA
6 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (0.69%) NIST
7 8 (0.62%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.31%) NCSC
9 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.23%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.077%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.077%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.077%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 822 (63.28%) Active Directory
2 376 (28.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 263 (20.25%) Hyper-V
4 104 (8.01%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (5.62%) vSphere
6 41 (3.16%) Docker
6 41 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 41 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (2.08%) XenApp
8 22 (1.69%) Terminal Services
9 17 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.15%) Firmware
11 9 (0.69%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (0.54%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.38%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) Squid
Systems Management
1 223 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 122 (9.39%) SCCM
3 97 (7.47%) Ansible
4 68 (5.23%) Terraform
5 48 (3.70%) Kubernetes
6 46 (3.54%) vCenter Server
7 29 (2.23%) SCOM
8 26 (2.00%) Puppet
9 25 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
10 24 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (1.54%) WSUS
12 18 (1.39%) NetBackup
13 13 (1.00%) Nagios
14 12 (0.92%) AirWatch
14 12 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
14 12 (0.92%) vMotion
15 11 (0.85%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.62%) Autotask
16 8 (0.62%) vRealize
17 7 (0.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 816 (62.82%) Microsoft
2 489 (37.64%) VMware
3 195 (15.01%) Cisco
4 116 (8.93%) Citrix
5 104 (8.01%) Veeam
6 85 (6.54%) Apple
7 64 (4.93%) ServiceNow
8 50 (3.85%) Google
8 50 (3.85%) HP
9 46 (3.54%) Dell
10 45 (3.46%) Fortinet
10 45 (3.46%) Meraki
11 42 (3.23%) Palo Alto
12 39 (3.00%) SolarWinds
13 32 (2.46%) CheckPoint
14 28 (2.16%) SAP
15 27 (2.08%) SonicWALL
16 26 (2.00%) Oracle
17 24 (1.85%) NetApp
18 23 (1.77%) Ubiquiti