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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 109 75
Rank change year-on-year -11 -34 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,525 1,306 3,386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.89% 3.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.13% 19.73% 24.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 1,110 2,890
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £54,688 £54,875 £53,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 5,837 6,621 13,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.14% 14.64% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,386 4,326 10,697
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -13 1,430 £40,000 - 310
UK excluding London +20 1,248 £37,500 - 299
North of England +27 328 £37,500 +11.94% 71
South East +24 327 £40,000 - 100
Work from Home -18 296 £42,500 +1.19% 113
London -65 250 £53,750 -6.52% 54
South West -10 206 £37,500 -6.25% 37
North West +57 179 £35,000 -3.45% 40
East of England +10 165 £36,500 -17.98% 32
Midlands -46 152 £33,000 -5.71% 49
Yorkshire -29 120 £35,500 +18.33% 22
East Midlands -33 79 £31,000 -11.43% 25
West Midlands -37 72 £42,500 +21.43% 24
Wales -20 41 £41,250 +8.28% 9
North East -32 29 £42,500 +21.43% 11
Scotland +14 21 £27,000 -32.50% 5
Northern Ireland -27 8 - - 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
1 408 (26.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 275 (18.03%) SharePoint
3 63 (4.13%) IIS
4 29 (1.90%) Confluence
5 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.46%) WordPress
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.26%) JBoss
8 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 2 (0.13%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) Site Server
9 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.066%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.066%) CMS
10 1 (0.066%) Drupal
10 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.066%) nginx
10 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
Applications
1 165 (10.82%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.26%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.066%) Magento
5 1 (0.066%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 967 (63.41%) Microsoft 365
2 848 (55.61%) Azure
3 410 (26.89%) Entra ID
4 166 (10.89%) AWS
5 107 (7.02%) OneDrive
6 62 (4.07%) SaaS
7 53 (3.48%) IaaS
8 43 (2.82%) Google Workspace
9 37 (2.43%) PaaS
10 36 (2.36%) Nutanix
10 36 (2.36%) Power Platform
11 21 (1.38%) Mimecast
12 20 (1.31%) GCP
13 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (0.98%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.98%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.92%) GitHub
16 13 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
17 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 577 (37.84%) DNS
2 479 (31.41%) DHCP
3 476 (31.21%) Firewall
4 244 (16.00%) VPN
5 220 (14.43%) TCP/IP
6 205 (13.44%) WAN
7 190 (12.46%) LAN
8 167 (10.95%) VLAN
9 128 (8.39%) Wi-Fi
10 106 (6.95%) VoIP
11 101 (6.62%) Wireless
12 75 (4.92%) SAN
13 49 (3.21%) Network Security
14 34 (2.23%) NAS
15 30 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
16 20 (1.31%) Internet
16 20 (1.31%) SD-WAN
17 17 (1.11%) SSL
18 15 (0.98%) VSAN
19 13 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 94 (6.16%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (1.64%) MySQL
4 21 (1.38%) Power BI
5 20 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.20%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.13%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.13%) Looker
13 2 (0.13%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 53 (3.48%) JIRA
2 49 (3.21%) Git
3 25 (1.64%) GitLab
4 12 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.13%) Subversion
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.066%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.066%) Gatling
9 1 (0.066%) JMeter
9 1 (0.066%) Vagrant
General
1 675 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 189 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 114 (7.48%) Finance
4 82 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
5 62 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
6 48 (3.15%) Retail
7 47 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 33 (2.16%) Law
9 33 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.77%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.70%) Banking
12 21 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.38%) Legal
13 14 (0.92%) Local Government
14 12 (0.79%) Games
14 12 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.72%) Back Office
16 9 (0.59%) Advertising
17 7 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 526 (34.49%) IT Support
2 387 (25.38%) IT Engineer
3 371 (24.33%) Support Engineer
4 319 (20.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 208 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 188 (12.33%) Senior
7 166 (10.89%) IT Technician
8 152 (9.97%) Analyst
9 145 (9.51%) Support Technician
10 133 (8.72%) 2nd Line Support
11 126 (8.26%) IT Support Technician
11 126 (8.26%) Systems Engineer
12 104 (6.82%) Support Analyst
13 98 (6.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 88 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 66 (4.33%) Lead
16 65 (4.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 60 (3.93%) IT Analyst
18 53 (3.48%) 3rd Line Support
19 52 (3.41%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.03%) .NET
2 26 (1.70%) HTML
3 24 (1.57%) XMPP
4 23 (1.51%) LDAP
5 22 (1.44%) Regular Expression
6 20 (1.31%) CSS
7 14 (0.92%) JSON
7 14 (0.92%) Web Services
8 13 (0.85%) ARM Templates
9 12 (0.79%) XML
10 11 (0.72%) Middleware
11 10 (0.66%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.39%) JSON Schema
12 6 (0.39%) Keycloak
13 5 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.33%) FreeSWITCH
13 5 (0.33%) REST
13 5 (0.33%) SAML
14 4 (0.26%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 183 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 112 (7.34%) Hybrid Cloud
3 92 (6.03%) Data Centre
4 84 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
5 81 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
6 72 (4.72%) Onboarding
7 47 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 46 (3.02%) PKI
9 39 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 34 (2.23%) Replication
11 29 (1.90%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.84%) Clustering
13 19 (1.25%) CCTV
14 17 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
16 11 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.72%) Fat Client
16 11 (0.72%) IoT
16 11 (0.72%) Thin Client
16 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1,525 (100.00%) Windows
2 350 (22.95%) Linux
3 209 (13.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 175 (11.48%) Windows 10
5 136 (8.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 72 (4.72%) Mac OS
7 62 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 57 (3.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 48 (3.15%) Apple iOS
10 36 (2.36%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.90%) Android
12 24 (1.57%) CentOS
13 22 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (1.38%) VMS
15 9 (0.59%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.52%) Unix
17 7 (0.46%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.33%) Debian
19 4 (0.26%) CoreOS
20 1 (0.066%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
2 391 (25.64%) Customer Service
3 298 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 270 (17.70%) ITIL
5 264 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
6 258 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 238 (15.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 169 (11.08%) Service Delivery
9 145 (9.51%) Migration
10 138 (9.05%) Mentoring
11 126 (8.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 114 (7.48%) High Availability
13 109 (7.15%) Project Delivery
14 104 (6.82%) Customer Experience
15 100 (6.56%) Business Continuity
16 99 (6.49%) ITSM
17 98 (6.43%) Root Cause Analysis
18 94 (6.16%) Kalman Filter
19 86 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
20 83 (5.44%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 305 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 169 (11.08%) SQL
3 86 (5.64%) Python
4 38 (2.49%) Bash
5 26 (1.70%) C#
6 21 (1.38%) VBA
7 16 (1.05%) Bicep
8 13 (0.85%) Java
9 12 (0.79%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.72%) PHP
11 9 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.46%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.46%) VBScript
13 6 (0.39%) VB
14 3 (0.20%) Go
15 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.13%) Ruby
16 1 (0.066%) ABAP
16 1 (0.066%) Korn
Qualifications
1 258 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 152 (9.97%) Degree
3 148 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 128 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.84%) DV Cleared
6 80 (5.25%) DBS Check
7 76 (4.98%) Azure Certification
8 65 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
9 53 (3.48%) CCNA
10 29 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.51%) A+ Certification
12 21 (1.38%) CCNP
12 21 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 20 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 17 (1.11%) AWS Certification
15 17 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.05%) MCSE
17 14 (0.92%) MCSA
18 11 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 137 (8.98%) SLA
3 82 (5.38%) PCI DSS
4 76 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.23%) GDPR
6 30 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (1.57%) NIST
8 7 (0.46%) QA
9 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.20%) COBIT
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.13%) RMADS
12 1 (0.066%) COSHH
12 1 (0.066%) DICOM
12 1 (0.066%) HL7
12 1 (0.066%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.066%) ITGC
12 1 (0.066%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,052 (68.98%) Active Directory
2 424 (27.80%) Hyper-V
3 420 (27.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 116 (7.61%) vSphere
5 75 (4.92%) Terminal Server
6 45 (2.95%) VMware ESXi
7 44 (2.89%) Docker
8 38 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
9 27 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (1.70%) VMware NSX
11 11 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.59%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.52%) Squid
14 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.39%) Firmware
16 5 (0.33%) BitLocker
16 5 (0.33%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
18 3 (0.20%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 271 (17.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (5.97%) Terraform
3 81 (5.31%) Ansible
4 69 (4.52%) Kubernetes
5 45 (2.95%) SCCM
6 38 (2.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 35 (2.30%) vCenter Server
8 32 (2.10%) FortiGate
9 27 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
10 24 (1.57%) WSUS
11 22 (1.44%) Autotask
11 22 (1.44%) VxRail
12 18 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
13 16 (1.05%) Nagios
14 15 (0.98%) Packer
14 15 (0.98%) ZABBIX
15 14 (0.92%) Grafana
16 13 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
16 13 (0.85%) SCOM
17 10 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,151 (75.48%) Microsoft
2 631 (41.38%) VMware
3 174 (11.41%) Veeam
4 138 (9.05%) Cisco
5 117 (7.67%) Splunk
6 103 (6.75%) SolarWinds
7 91 (5.97%) Nimble Storage
8 73 (4.79%) Brocade
9 72 (4.72%) Tanium
10 58 (3.80%) Meraki
11 55 (3.61%) Google
12 54 (3.54%) Apple
13 53 (3.48%) Red Hat
14 51 (3.34%) Citrix
15 48 (3.15%) HP
16 47 (3.08%) Dell
17 36 (2.36%) ServiceNow
18 35 (2.30%) Sophos
19 34 (2.23%) Oracle
20 32 (2.10%) McAfee