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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 96 62
Rank change year-on-year -16 -34 +39
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,346 1,295 3,538
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 3.19% 3.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.06% 21.55% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 1,106 3,161
10th Percentile £27,625 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% -1.42%

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 5,372 6,010 13,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.92% 14.81% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,949 4,311 10,709
10th Percentile £27,161 £27,750 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -17 1,245 £40,000 -6.43% 381
UK excluding London -12 1,040 £37,500 -6.25% 344
Work from Home -25 327 £42,000 -6.67% 121
North of England -1 284 £35,000 - 91
South East +11 277 £38,000 -17.39% 111
London -56 267 £52,500 -12.50% 76
South West -1 174 £33,000 -17.50% 43
North West +19 140 £35,000 -17.65% 59
Midlands -55 129 £33,000 -12.00% 48
Yorkshire -27 117 £33,500 +11.67% 26
East of England -19 108 £41,000 -3.53% 39
East Midlands -45 74 £29,500 -15.71% 21
West Midlands -52 54 £44,000 +17.33% 27
Scotland -38 31 £37,500 -6.25% 11
North East -23 27 £45,000 +28.57% 8
Wales -5 23 £40,000 -23.08% 7
Northern Ireland -22 14 - - 1

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
1 391 (29.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 241 (17.90%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.38%) IIS
4 12 (0.89%) Confluence
5 8 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.22%) WordPress
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.074%) Drupal
10 1 (0.074%) nginx
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 160 (11.89%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.30%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.22%) CATIA
4 3 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.22%) Windchill
5 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.30%) Primavera
3 4 (0.30%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.074%) Magento
6 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 863 (64.12%) Microsoft 365
2 793 (58.92%) Azure
3 347 (25.78%) Entra ID
4 146 (10.85%) AWS
5 102 (7.58%) OneDrive
6 70 (5.20%) Google Workspace
7 59 (4.38%) SaaS
8 44 (3.27%) IaaS
9 42 (3.12%) Nutanix
10 30 (2.23%) PaaS
11 20 (1.49%) GCP
11 20 (1.49%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (0.97%) Mimecast
16 11 (0.82%) PowerApps
17 10 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (0.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 563 (41.83%) DNS
2 520 (38.63%) DHCP
3 429 (31.87%) Firewall
4 245 (18.20%) VPN
5 228 (16.94%) TCP/IP
6 199 (14.78%) WAN
7 179 (13.30%) LAN
8 165 (12.26%) VLAN
9 118 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
10 86 (6.39%) VoIP
11 78 (5.79%) Wireless
12 54 (4.01%) Remote Desktop
13 52 (3.86%) SAN
14 41 (3.05%) Network Security
15 37 (2.75%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.56%) Internet
17 17 (1.26%) NAS
18 15 (1.11%) WLAN
19 14 (1.04%) VSAN
20 13 (0.97%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.40%) SQL Server
2 88 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (1.19%) MySQL
3 16 (1.19%) Relational Database
4 14 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.04%) Power BI
5 8 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.22%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.074%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.074%) Redis
9 1 (0.074%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (3.05%) Git
2 40 (2.97%) JIRA
3 14 (1.04%) GitLab
4 10 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.30%) Subversion
9 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.074%) Gatling
11 1 (0.074%) JMeter
11 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.074%) Vagrant
General
1 581 (43.16%) Social Skills
2 151 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
3 118 (8.77%) Finance
4 77 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (3.49%) Retail
7 43 (3.19%) Law
8 39 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 27 (2.01%) Banking
10 26 (1.93%) Telecoms
11 25 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.19%) Games
13 14 (1.04%) Public Sector
14 13 (0.97%) Legal
15 10 (0.74%) Advertising
15 10 (0.74%) Back Office
16 9 (0.67%) Front Office
16 9 (0.67%) Local Government
16 9 (0.67%) Marketing
17 8 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 460 (34.18%) IT Support
2 358 (26.60%) Support Engineer
3 331 (24.59%) IT Engineer
4 288 (21.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 188 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 168 (12.48%) Senior
7 167 (12.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 124 (9.21%) IT Technician
9 120 (8.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 114 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 114 (8.47%) Support Technician
11 100 (7.43%) Analyst
12 97 (7.21%) Systems Engineer
13 88 (6.54%) IT Support Technician
14 76 (5.65%) 3rd Line Support
15 75 (5.57%) Support Analyst
16 57 (4.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 54 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
18 49 (3.64%) Infrastructure Support
18 49 (3.64%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.93%) .NET
2 11 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (0.74%) LDAP
4 9 (0.67%) XMPP
5 7 (0.52%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.45%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.45%) Middleware
6 6 (0.45%) Node.js
6 6 (0.45%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.37%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.37%) HTML
7 5 (0.37%) Kafka
7 5 (0.37%) REST
7 5 (0.37%) Web Services
8 4 (0.30%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.30%) FIDO
8 4 (0.30%) OAuth
8 4 (0.30%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.30%) OpenID
8 4 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 184 (13.67%) Driving Licence
2 76 (5.65%) Legacy Systems
3 73 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
5 59 (4.38%) Data Centre
6 56 (4.16%) Onboarding
7 43 (3.19%) Replication
8 41 (3.05%) Public Cloud
9 27 (2.01%) PKI
10 21 (1.56%) CCTV
10 21 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.19%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.04%) Clustering
12 14 (1.04%) iPad
12 14 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 14 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
13 12 (0.89%) CMDB
14 10 (0.74%) Fat Client
14 10 (0.74%) Social Media
14 10 (0.74%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,346 (100.00%) Windows
2 282 (20.95%) Linux
3 197 (14.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 190 (14.12%) Windows 10
5 110 (8.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 59 (4.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (4.16%) Mac OS
8 52 (3.86%) Apple iOS
9 39 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 37 (2.75%) Android
11 23 (1.71%) Ubuntu
12 15 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 14 (1.04%) CentOS
14 13 (0.97%) Windows 7
15 12 (0.89%) Unix
15 12 (0.89%) Windows 8
16 9 (0.67%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.37%) Debian
17 5 (0.37%) VMS
18 3 (0.22%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
2 372 (27.64%) Customer Service
3 323 (24.00%) ITIL
4 249 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 184 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (12.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 161 (11.96%) Service Delivery
8 153 (11.37%) Mentoring
9 138 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 134 (9.96%) Migration
11 124 (9.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 105 (7.80%) ITSM
13 94 (6.98%) Customer Experience
14 89 (6.61%) Kalman Filter
15 85 (6.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 83 (6.17%) Email Filtering
16 83 (6.17%) Service Management
17 82 (6.09%) Web Filtering
18 81 (6.02%) Change Management
19 80 (5.94%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 290 (21.55%) PowerShell
2 127 (9.44%) SQL
3 72 (5.35%) Python
4 36 (2.67%) Bash
5 11 (0.82%) VB.NET
6 10 (0.74%) C#
7 9 (0.67%) Bicep
7 9 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.67%) PHP
8 7 (0.52%) VBA
9 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.45%) VB
10 3 (0.22%) Java
11 2 (0.15%) Go
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) Perl
12 1 (0.074%) Delphi
12 1 (0.074%) Korn
12 1 (0.074%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 215 (15.97%) Security Cleared
2 141 (10.48%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 103 (7.65%) Degree
5 70 (5.20%) DV Cleared
6 60 (4.46%) DBS Check
7 50 (3.71%) Azure Certification
8 39 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (2.45%) Network+ Certification
10 31 (2.30%) CCNA
11 21 (1.56%) MCSE
12 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 19 (1.41%) MCSA
14 17 (1.26%) CCNP
15 15 (1.11%) A+ Certification
16 14 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.82%) AWS Certification
18 10 (0.74%) HND
18 10 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
19 9 (0.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 107 (7.95%) SLA
3 85 (6.32%) PCI DSS
4 52 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.56%) NIST
6 20 (1.49%) GDPR
7 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.45%) 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%) NCSC
12 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 960 (71.32%) Active Directory
2 392 (29.12%) Hyper-V
3 332 (24.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 77 (5.72%) vSphere
5 75 (5.57%) Terminal Server
6 39 (2.90%) Docker
6 39 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
9 16 (1.19%) Firmware
9 16 (1.19%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
11 9 (0.67%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.52%) XenApp
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.45%) vCloud
15 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 1 (0.074%) iptables
Systems Management
1 265 (19.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (4.98%) Terraform
3 54 (4.01%) Ansible
4 52 (3.86%) SCCM
5 47 (3.49%) Kubernetes
6 39 (2.90%) vCenter Server
7 38 (2.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 27 (2.01%) Autotask
9 22 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
10 20 (1.49%) WSUS
11 18 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
12 16 (1.19%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.11%) VxRail
14 13 (0.97%) SCOM
15 12 (0.89%) Puppet
16 11 (0.82%) Grafana
17 10 (0.74%) Nagios
18 9 (0.67%) Backup Exec
18 9 (0.67%) vRealize
19 7 (0.52%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 894 (66.42%) Microsoft
2 556 (41.31%) VMware
3 149 (11.07%) Veeam
4 114 (8.47%) Cisco
5 105 (7.80%) SolarWinds
6 100 (7.43%) Nimble Storage
7 99 (7.36%) Splunk
8 73 (5.42%) Google
9 72 (5.35%) Brocade
9 72 (5.35%) Tanium
10 64 (4.75%) Citrix
11 56 (4.16%) Dell
12 54 (4.01%) Apple
13 47 (3.49%) HP
14 39 (2.90%) Meraki
15 33 (2.45%) ServiceNow
16 31 (2.30%) Red Hat
17 28 (2.08%) Dell Compellent
18 25 (1.86%) Fortinet
18 25 (1.86%) Palo Alto