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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 95 71
Rank change year-on-year -38 -24 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,351 1,298 3,494
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.51% 3.07% 3.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.06% 20.03% 25.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 1,115 3,107
10th Percentile £27,450 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,313 £32,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,094 £38,000
% change year-on-year -1.56% +0.25% -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 5,390 6,479 13,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.02% 15.31% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,932 4,380 10,876
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -32 1,243 £40,000 -5.88% 303
UK excluding London -21 1,056 £37,500 -1.56% 293
Work from Home -49 295 £42,500 -1.16% 106
North of England -5 280 £35,000 +2.56% 58
South East +8 277 £40,000 -11.11% 101
London -65 262 £52,500 -12.50% 57
South West -22 166 £32,500 -18.75% 52
North West +22 146 £35,000 -9.09% 23
Midlands -67 142 £32,500 -7.14% 32
East of England -19 113 £40,000 -5.88% 33
Yorkshire -40 113 £34,000 +13.33% 24
East Midlands -52 80 £29,000 -17.14% 20
West Midlands -67 61 £40,000 +8.11% 12
Scotland -16 34 £34,500 -13.75% 10
Wales -13 30 £45,000 +18.13% 9
North East -40 21 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 10

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
1 345 (25.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 235 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.18%) IIS
4 22 (1.63%) Confluence
5 9 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.22%) Apache
7 3 (0.22%) WordPress
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.074%) CMS
9 1 (0.074%) Drupal
9 1 (0.074%) nginx
9 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 168 (12.44%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.15%) CATIA
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 3 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.074%) Magento
6 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.074%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 829 (61.36%) Microsoft 365
2 740 (54.77%) Azure
3 344 (25.46%) Entra ID
4 157 (11.62%) AWS
5 105 (7.77%) OneDrive
6 64 (4.74%) Google Workspace
7 62 (4.59%) SaaS
8 46 (3.40%) Nutanix
9 44 (3.26%) IaaS
10 31 (2.29%) PaaS
11 26 (1.92%) Power Platform
12 18 (1.33%) GCP
13 15 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (1.11%) PowerApps
14 13 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (0.89%) GitHub
15 12 (0.89%) Mimecast
16 9 (0.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 543 (40.19%) DNS
2 477 (35.31%) DHCP
3 398 (29.46%) Firewall
4 229 (16.95%) VPN
5 213 (15.77%) WAN
6 203 (15.03%) TCP/IP
7 193 (14.29%) LAN
8 137 (10.14%) VLAN
9 113 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
10 88 (6.51%) Wireless
11 78 (5.77%) VoIP
12 65 (4.81%) SAN
13 47 (3.48%) Remote Desktop
14 40 (2.96%) Network Security
15 33 (2.44%) SD-WAN
16 28 (2.07%) NAS
17 20 (1.48%) Internet
18 17 (1.26%) WLAN
19 15 (1.11%) IPsec
20 14 (1.04%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 72 (5.33%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (1.48%) MySQL
4 18 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.26%) Power BI
6 13 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.074%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.074%) InterSystems Cache
12 1 (0.074%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.074%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (3.55%) JIRA
2 43 (3.18%) Git
3 18 (1.33%) GitLab
4 12 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (0.67%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.30%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.074%) Gatling
10 1 (0.074%) JMeter
10 1 (0.074%) Vagrant
General
1 558 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 152 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (9.25%) Finance
4 77 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 49 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.48%) Retail
8 40 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.89%) Law
10 30 (2.22%) Banking
11 25 (1.85%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.11%) Games
14 14 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 13 (0.96%) Legal
16 10 (0.74%) Advertising
16 10 (0.74%) Back Office
17 9 (0.67%) Front Office
17 9 (0.67%) Marketing
18 8 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 465 (34.42%) IT Support
2 346 (25.61%) IT Engineer
2 346 (25.61%) Support Engineer
3 295 (21.84%) IT Support Engineer
4 190 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 166 (12.29%) Senior
6 159 (11.77%) 2nd Line Support
7 127 (9.40%) IT Technician
8 118 (8.73%) Analyst
9 111 (8.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 111 (8.22%) Support Technician
10 103 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 89 (6.59%) IT Support Technician
11 89 (6.59%) Support Analyst
12 84 (6.22%) Systems Engineer
13 70 (5.18%) 3rd Line Support
14 64 (4.74%) Lead
15 56 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
15 56 (4.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 51 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.85%) .NET
2 15 (1.11%) LDAP
2 15 (1.11%) XMPP
3 14 (1.04%) HTML
3 14 (1.04%) Regular Expression
4 12 (0.89%) CSS
5 11 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (0.59%) Web Services
7 7 (0.52%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.52%) JSON
8 6 (0.44%) Middleware
9 5 (0.37%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (0.37%) Kafka
9 5 (0.37%) REST
9 5 (0.37%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (0.30%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.30%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.30%) OpenID
10 4 (0.30%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 172 (12.73%) Driving Licence
2 87 (6.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.18%) Data Centre
3 70 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.33%) Public Cloud
7 39 (2.89%) Replication
8 29 (2.15%) PKI
9 26 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.26%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.18%) CCTV
11 16 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
13 13 (0.96%) Clustering
14 12 (0.89%) Fat Client
14 12 (0.89%) iPad
14 12 (0.89%) Thin Client
15 11 (0.81%) Social Media
16 10 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,351 (100.00%) Windows
2 279 (20.65%) Linux
3 183 (13.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 175 (12.95%) Windows 10
5 103 (7.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (4.22%) Mac OS
8 56 (4.15%) Apple iOS
9 48 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 37 (2.74%) Android
11 30 (2.22%) Ubuntu
12 22 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (1.11%) CentOS
13 15 (1.11%) Unix
14 11 (0.81%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.67%) VMS
15 9 (0.67%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.37%) Debian
17 4 (0.30%) Solaris
18 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (32.72%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (24.80%) Customer Service
3 294 (21.76%) ITIL
4 256 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 187 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
6 170 (12.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 159 (11.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (11.32%) Service Delivery
9 128 (9.47%) Mentoring
10 114 (8.44%) Migration
11 113 (8.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 95 (7.03%) ITSM
13 90 (6.66%) High Availability
14 86 (6.37%) Business Continuity
15 85 (6.29%) Customer Experience
16 84 (6.22%) Change Management
16 84 (6.22%) Root Cause Analysis
17 81 (6.00%) DevOps
18 74 (5.48%) Kalman Filter
19 71 (5.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 276 (20.43%) PowerShell
2 143 (10.58%) SQL
3 73 (5.40%) Python
4 30 (2.22%) Bash
5 14 (1.04%) C#
6 13 (0.96%) Bicep
7 12 (0.89%) VB.NET
8 11 (0.81%) VBA
9 9 (0.67%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.52%) Java
10 7 (0.52%) PHP
10 7 (0.52%) VB
11 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.37%) VBScript
12 2 (0.15%) Go
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.074%) Delphi
13 1 (0.074%) Korn
13 1 (0.074%) Perl
Qualifications
1 217 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 127 (9.40%) SC Cleared
3 107 (7.92%) Degree
4 97 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (6.44%) DV Cleared
6 70 (5.18%) DBS Check
7 51 (3.77%) Azure Certification
8 42 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.37%) CCNA
10 29 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (1.41%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.26%) MCSE
13 16 (1.18%) CCNP
14 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 10 (0.74%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.74%) HNC
15 10 (0.74%) HND
15 10 (0.74%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.36%) SLA
2 110 (8.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (5.11%) PCI DSS
4 63 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.63%) GDPR
6 19 (1.41%) NIST
7 16 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.44%) QA
9 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.22%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.074%) COBIT
12 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.074%) ITGC
12 1 (0.074%) RMADS
System Software
1 931 (68.91%) Active Directory
2 335 (24.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 332 (24.57%) Hyper-V
4 87 (6.44%) vSphere
5 59 (4.37%) Terminal Server
6 44 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.66%) Docker
8 31 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (1.70%) VMware NSX
11 13 (0.96%) Terminal Services
12 12 (0.89%) Firmware
13 9 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.30%) Squid
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) XenApp
18 1 (0.074%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 230 (17.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (6.07%) Terraform
3 70 (5.18%) Ansible
4 53 (3.92%) Kubernetes
5 46 (3.40%) SCCM
6 41 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 36 (2.66%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.78%) WSUS
9 21 (1.55%) Autotask
10 19 (1.41%) FortiGate
10 19 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (1.33%) SCOM
11 18 (1.33%) VxRail
12 11 (0.81%) Grafana
12 11 (0.81%) Nagios
12 11 (0.81%) Progress Chef
12 11 (0.81%) Puppet
13 10 (0.74%) Packer
13 10 (0.74%) vRealize
Vendors
1 911 (67.43%) Microsoft
2 536 (39.67%) VMware
3 128 (9.47%) Veeam
4 114 (8.44%) Cisco
5 89 (6.59%) SolarWinds
5 89 (6.59%) Splunk
6 84 (6.22%) Nimble Storage
7 66 (4.89%) Google
8 60 (4.44%) Dell
9 56 (4.15%) Brocade
9 56 (4.15%) Tanium
10 52 (3.85%) HP
11 50 (3.70%) Apple
12 49 (3.63%) Citrix
13 41 (3.03%) Red Hat
14 37 (2.74%) Meraki
15 33 (2.44%) ServiceNow
16 32 (2.37%) Oracle
17 30 (2.22%) McAfee
18 28 (2.07%) Dell Compellent