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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 101 91
Rank change year-on-year -22 -10 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,722 1,387 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.48% 2.83% 2.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.21% 21.84% 21.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 1,126 1,330
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,200 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £38,094 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -10.37% +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 6,571 6,350 9,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.66% 12.98% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,811 4,098 5,892
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -4.26%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -26 1,607 £41,000 +1.71% 594
UK excluding London -8 1,438 £39,000 +2.38% 450
Work from Home -8 395 £42,500 -10.53% 195
South East +4 369 £42,500 +6.25% 130
North of England +26 351 £37,500 +7.14% 92
London -70 256 £55,000 -9.09% 161
Midlands -10 230 £38,000 +8.57% 100
South West -50 212 £37,500 +2.69% 44
East of England -6 194 £37,500 -16.67% 64
North West +45 188 £37,500 -6.25% 52
Yorkshire -16 130 £35,500 +9.23% 26
West Midlands -8 122 £42,500 +16.44% 66
East Midlands -23 108 £32,000 -1.54% 34
Scotland +31 40 £32,500 -37.40% 17
Wales -66 39 £45,000 -21.74% 9
North East -51 33 £42,500 +21.43% 15
Northern Ireland -79 3 £40,000 -27.27% 4

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
1 474 (27.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 326 (18.93%) SharePoint
3 100 (5.81%) IIS
4 33 (1.92%) Confluence
5 27 (1.57%) Apache
6 19 (1.10%) nginx
7 11 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 10 (0.58%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.23%) JBoss
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
9 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.058%) CMS
11 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.058%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.058%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 129 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.058%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (0.17%) Infor LN
2 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
2 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.17%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.058%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.058%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.058%) Primavera
4 1 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,115 (64.75%) Microsoft 365
2 903 (52.44%) Azure
3 548 (31.82%) Entra ID
4 171 (9.93%) AWS
5 120 (6.97%) OneDrive
6 58 (3.37%) SaaS
7 49 (2.85%) IaaS
8 38 (2.21%) Power Platform
9 34 (1.97%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 29 (1.68%) PaaS
11 26 (1.51%) Google Workspace
12 22 (1.28%) GCP
13 21 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.16%) Mimecast
15 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.10%) Nutanix
16 16 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (0.87%) Cloudflare
18 14 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 638 (37.05%) DNS
2 574 (33.33%) Firewall
3 517 (30.02%) DHCP
4 297 (17.25%) VPN
5 262 (15.21%) TCP/IP
6 227 (13.18%) VLAN
7 193 (11.21%) WAN
8 186 (10.80%) LAN
9 148 (8.59%) Wireless
10 140 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
11 119 (6.91%) VoIP
12 73 (4.24%) Network Security
13 68 (3.95%) SAN
14 33 (1.92%) NAS
15 31 (1.80%) SSL
16 30 (1.74%) Internet
17 18 (1.05%) VSAN
18 17 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
19 14 (0.81%) IP Telephony
20 12 (0.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 87 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (1.68%) MySQL
4 20 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (1.10%) Power BI
6 15 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
9 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.12%) KNIME
13 2 (0.12%) Looker
13 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 51 (2.96%) JIRA
2 45 (2.61%) Git
3 18 (1.05%) GitLab
4 14 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Ant
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.12%) Maven
8 2 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.058%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.058%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.058%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
General
1 750 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 222 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (7.55%) Finance
4 71 (4.12%) Manufacturing
5 54 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
6 52 (3.02%) Retail
7 51 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (2.56%) Legal
8 44 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 35 (2.03%) Public Sector
10 31 (1.80%) Law
11 27 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 15 (0.87%) Banking
13 14 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.70%) Advertising
14 12 (0.70%) Games
14 12 (0.70%) Military
15 9 (0.52%) Local Government
16 8 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 515 (29.91%) IT Support
2 424 (24.62%) IT Engineer
3 405 (23.52%) Support Engineer
4 338 (19.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 289 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 222 (12.89%) Senior
7 199 (11.56%) Analyst
8 138 (8.01%) Systems Engineer
9 131 (7.61%) 2nd Line Support
9 131 (7.61%) Support Analyst
10 124 (7.20%) IT Technician
11 114 (6.62%) Support Technician
12 98 (5.69%) IT Support Technician
13 93 (5.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 86 (4.99%) Administrator
15 82 (4.76%) IT Analyst
16 80 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 79 (4.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 71 (4.12%) Lead
19 65 (3.77%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (5.87%) Terraform
2 44 (2.56%) .NET
3 33 (1.92%) HTML
4 29 (1.68%) CSS
5 27 (1.57%) Web Services
6 24 (1.39%) XML
7 20 (1.16%) JSON
7 20 (1.16%) LDAP
8 19 (1.10%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.10%) XMPP
9 17 (0.99%) Regular Expression
10 13 (0.75%) ARM Templates
11 12 (0.70%) Middleware
12 9 (0.52%) SAML
13 7 (0.41%) WinForms
14 6 (0.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
15 5 (0.29%) ASP.NET
15 5 (0.29%) jQuery
16 4 (0.23%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 211 (12.25%) Driving Licence
2 105 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 103 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 94 (5.46%) Data Centre
5 80 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
6 74 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
7 54 (3.14%) Management Information System
8 44 (2.56%) Replication
9 42 (2.44%) Clustering
10 41 (2.38%) PKI
11 38 (2.21%) CCTV
12 36 (2.09%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.74%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
15 18 (1.05%) Cloud Native
15 18 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.05%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
17 13 (0.75%) Operational Technology
18 12 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1,722 (100.00%) Windows
2 421 (24.45%) Linux
3 193 (11.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 166 (9.64%) Windows 10
5 123 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (3.60%) Mac OS
7 58 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 53 (3.08%) Ubuntu
9 39 (2.26%) Android
9 39 (2.26%) Apple iOS
10 37 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (1.51%) CentOS
12 24 (1.39%) VMS
13 15 (0.87%) Unix
14 12 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.46%) Rocky
16 7 (0.41%) Debian
17 5 (0.29%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.17%) Solaris
19 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (35.08%) Problem-Solving
2 445 (25.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 398 (23.11%) Customer Service
4 351 (20.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 342 (19.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 314 (18.23%) Cybersecurity
7 291 (16.90%) ITIL
8 217 (12.60%) Migration
9 188 (10.92%) Service Delivery
10 175 (10.16%) Project Delivery
11 142 (8.25%) Mentoring
12 133 (7.72%) Business Continuity
13 131 (7.61%) Customer Experience
13 131 (7.61%) High Availability
14 129 (7.49%) Root Cause Analysis
15 125 (7.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 111 (6.45%) ITSM
17 100 (5.81%) Infrastructure as Code
18 97 (5.63%) Kalman Filter
19 90 (5.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 341 (19.80%) PowerShell
2 196 (11.38%) SQL
3 89 (5.17%) Python
4 51 (2.96%) Bash
5 41 (2.38%) C#
6 32 (1.86%) Bicep
7 24 (1.39%) VBA
8 18 (1.05%) Ruby
9 16 (0.93%) Java
10 13 (0.75%) JavaScript
11 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.46%) PHP
12 8 (0.46%) VBScript
13 7 (0.41%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.29%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.23%) Perl
15 4 (0.23%) VB
16 2 (0.12%) C
16 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 267 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 185 (10.74%) Degree
3 175 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 173 (10.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 111 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 110 (6.39%) Azure Certification
7 83 (4.82%) CCNA
8 81 (4.70%) DV Cleared
9 75 (4.36%) DBS Check
10 43 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
11 42 (2.44%) CCNP
12 25 (1.45%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.39%) A+ Certification
14 23 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 23 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 22 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 21 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 21 (1.22%) CISSP
16 21 (1.22%) MCSA
16 21 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (11.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 147 (8.54%) SLA
3 81 (4.70%) PCI DSS
4 73 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.79%) GDPR
6 41 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.10%) NIST
8 14 (0.81%) QA
9 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.17%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.17%) COBIT
11 3 (0.17%) RMADS
12 2 (0.12%) GRC
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.058%) COSHH
13 1 (0.058%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.058%) ITGC
13 1 (0.058%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.058%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,120 (65.04%) Active Directory
2 508 (29.50%) Hyper-V
3 485 (28.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 105 (6.10%) vSphere
5 78 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
6 73 (4.24%) Terminal Server
7 67 (3.89%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (2.26%) Docker
9 35 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (1.51%) VMware NSX
11 18 (1.05%) Firmware
12 17 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (0.81%) Squid
14 9 (0.52%) Terminal Services
15 8 (0.46%) BitLocker
15 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.35%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 3 (0.17%) Xen
17 3 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 385 (22.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (5.05%) Ansible
3 63 (3.66%) Kubernetes
4 54 (3.14%) SCCM
5 40 (2.32%) FortiGate
6 34 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 29 (1.68%) vCenter Server
8 26 (1.51%) WSUS
9 25 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
10 20 (1.16%) SCOM
11 18 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (0.99%) ZABBIX
13 16 (0.93%) Puppet
14 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (0.87%) VxRail
15 13 (0.75%) Nagios
15 13 (0.75%) Progress Chef
16 12 (0.70%) Nessus
16 12 (0.70%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,338 (77.70%) Microsoft
2 709 (41.17%) VMware
3 233 (13.53%) Veeam
4 190 (11.03%) Cisco
5 108 (6.27%) SolarWinds
5 108 (6.27%) Splunk
6 75 (4.36%) Nimble Storage
7 74 (4.30%) SonicWALL
8 73 (4.24%) Brocade
9 72 (4.18%) Tanium
10 71 (4.12%) Meraki
11 67 (3.89%) Apple
12 66 (3.83%) Citrix
13 56 (3.25%) Fortinet
14 55 (3.19%) Red Hat
15 46 (2.67%) Google
16 44 (2.56%) Sophos
17 39 (2.26%) Oracle
18 38 (2.21%) HP
19 37 (2.15%) ServiceNow