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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 93 64
Rank change year-on-year -35 -29 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,360 1,299 3,608
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 3.12% 3.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.03% 20.48% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,124 3,217
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,000 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,700 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% -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 5,433 6,344 13,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.31% 15.26% 14.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,971 4,377 11,026
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £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 £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -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 17 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 17 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 -25 1,248 £40,000 -5.88% 351
UK excluding London -24 1,056 £37,500 -6.25% 320
Work from Home -38 312 £42,500 -3.41% 119
North of England -3 288 £35,000 - 79
South East +9 269 £40,000 -11.11% 93
London -65 262 £52,500 -12.50% 72
South West -16 171 £32,500 -18.75% 45
North West +21 149 £35,000 -9.09% 41
Midlands -71 136 £32,500 -7.14% 48
East of England -25 117 £41,000 -3.53% 40
Yorkshire -31 115 £34,000 +13.33% 28
East Midlands -55 76 £29,313 -16.25% 27
West Midlands -62 59 £40,000 +6.67% 21
Scotland -29 33 £37,500 -6.25% 17
Wales -13 28 £45,900 +20.49% 7
North East -35 24 £45,000 +26.76% 12
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 3

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
1 366 (26.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 237 (17.43%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.79%) IIS
4 19 (1.40%) Confluence
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) Apache
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.074%) Drupal
10 1 (0.074%) JBoss
10 1 (0.074%) nginx
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 170 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) CATIA
3 3 (0.22%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.22%) Windchill
4 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
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 9 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.29%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.29%) Primavera
4 3 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.22%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.074%) Magento
5 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.074%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 847 (62.28%) Microsoft 365
2 768 (56.47%) Azure
3 346 (25.44%) Entra ID
4 151 (11.10%) AWS
5 105 (7.72%) OneDrive
6 67 (4.93%) Google Workspace
7 59 (4.34%) SaaS
8 46 (3.38%) IaaS
9 45 (3.31%) Nutanix
10 32 (2.35%) PaaS
11 24 (1.76%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.47%) GCP
13 16 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (1.10%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (0.88%) Mimecast
18 11 (0.81%) GitHub
19 10 (0.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 559 (41.10%) DNS
2 503 (36.99%) DHCP
3 406 (29.85%) Firewall
4 234 (17.21%) VPN
5 216 (15.88%) TCP/IP
6 211 (15.51%) WAN
7 188 (13.82%) LAN
8 146 (10.74%) VLAN
9 120 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
10 84 (6.18%) Wireless
11 81 (5.96%) VoIP
12 58 (4.26%) SAN
13 49 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
14 39 (2.87%) Network Security
15 36 (2.65%) SD-WAN
16 24 (1.76%) NAS
17 20 (1.47%) Internet
18 15 (1.10%) VSAN
18 15 (1.10%) WLAN
19 13 (0.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.12%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (1.25%) Power BI
4 16 (1.18%) MySQL
5 15 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.59%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.59%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.074%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.074%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.074%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 46 (3.38%) JIRA
2 42 (3.09%) Git
3 15 (1.10%) GitLab
4 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.29%) Subversion
9 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.074%) Gatling
11 1 (0.074%) JMeter
11 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.074%) Vagrant
General
1 576 (42.35%) Social Skills
2 154 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (9.26%) Finance
4 79 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (3.46%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.31%) Retail
8 42 (3.09%) Law
9 38 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (2.21%) Banking
11 24 (1.76%) Public Sector
12 21 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.10%) Games
14 13 (0.96%) Legal
15 12 (0.88%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.81%) Back Office
17 10 (0.74%) Advertising
18 9 (0.66%) Front Office
18 9 (0.66%) Marketing
19 8 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 469 (34.49%) IT Support
2 351 (25.81%) Support Engineer
3 347 (25.51%) IT Engineer
4 297 (21.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 190 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 171 (12.57%) Senior
7 168 (12.35%) 2nd Line Support
8 126 (9.26%) IT Technician
9 119 (8.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 112 (8.24%) Analyst
11 111 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 109 (8.01%) Support Technician
13 92 (6.76%) Systems Engineer
14 87 (6.40%) IT Support Technician
15 85 (6.25%) Support Analyst
16 71 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support
17 58 (4.26%) Lead
18 56 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
19 54 (3.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
20 53 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.91%) .NET
2 12 (0.88%) LDAP
3 11 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
3 11 (0.81%) XMPP
4 9 (0.66%) HTML
4 9 (0.66%) Regular Expression
5 7 (0.51%) ARM Templates
5 7 (0.51%) CSS
5 7 (0.51%) Web Services
6 6 (0.44%) Middleware
6 6 (0.44%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.37%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.37%) JSON
7 5 (0.37%) Kafka
7 5 (0.37%) REST
8 4 (0.29%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.29%) ADO
8 4 (0.29%) OAuth
8 4 (0.29%) OpenID
8 4 (0.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (12.79%) Driving Licence
2 83 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.15%) Data Centre
3 70 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 43 (3.16%) Replication
8 26 (1.91%) PKI
9 23 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.32%) CCTV
12 16 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.03%) Clustering
13 14 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.96%) iPad
15 12 (0.88%) CMDB
16 11 (0.81%) Fat Client
16 11 (0.81%) Thin Client
17 10 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1,360 (100.00%) Windows
2 285 (20.96%) Linux
3 191 (14.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 186 (13.68%) Windows 10
5 108 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (4.26%) Apple iOS
6 58 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (4.12%) Mac OS
8 42 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 39 (2.87%) Android
10 30 (2.21%) Ubuntu
11 17 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
12 16 (1.18%) CentOS
12 16 (1.18%) Unix
13 12 (0.88%) Windows 7
14 10 (0.74%) Windows 8
15 7 (0.51%) VMS
16 6 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.37%) Debian
18 3 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 363 (26.69%) Customer Service
3 312 (22.94%) ITIL
4 248 (18.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 184 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
6 165 (12.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 162 (11.91%) Service Delivery
8 146 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 143 (10.51%) Mentoring
10 126 (9.26%) Migration
11 119 (8.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 103 (7.57%) ITSM
13 91 (6.69%) Customer Experience
14 83 (6.10%) Change Management
14 83 (6.10%) DevOps
14 83 (6.10%) High Availability
15 82 (6.03%) Business Continuity
16 80 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
17 79 (5.81%) Root Cause Analysis
18 78 (5.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (20.96%) PowerShell
2 139 (10.22%) SQL
3 70 (5.15%) Python
4 33 (2.43%) Bash
5 12 (0.88%) Bicep
5 12 (0.88%) C#
6 11 (0.81%) VB.NET
7 9 (0.66%) VBA
8 7 (0.51%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.51%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.51%) VB
9 6 (0.44%) PHP
10 5 (0.37%) Java
10 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.15%) Go
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) VBScript
12 1 (0.074%) Delphi
12 1 (0.074%) Korn
12 1 (0.074%) Perl
Qualifications
1 218 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 136 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 110 (8.09%) Degree
4 96 (7.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 80 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 66 (4.85%) DBS Check
7 52 (3.82%) Azure Certification
8 38 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
10 30 (2.21%) CCNA
11 19 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 18 (1.32%) A+ Certification
13 17 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (1.25%) MCSE
14 15 (1.10%) CCNP
15 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 12 (0.88%) MCSA
17 10 (0.74%) HNC
17 10 (0.74%) HND
18 9 (0.66%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (8.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 109 (8.01%) SLA
3 76 (5.59%) PCI DSS
4 59 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.47%) GDPR
5 20 (1.47%) NIST
6 13 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.44%) QA
8 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.074%) ITGC
11 1 (0.074%) RMADS
System Software
1 951 (69.93%) Active Directory
2 358 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 337 (24.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 81 (5.96%) vSphere
5 67 (4.93%) Terminal Server
6 43 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.65%) Docker
8 29 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
10 21 (1.54%) VMware NSX
11 14 (1.03%) Firmware
12 12 (0.88%) Terminal Services
13 10 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
14 8 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.37%) XenApp
17 4 (0.29%) BitLocker
18 3 (0.22%) vCloud
19 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
19 2 (0.15%) Squid
Systems Management
1 244 (17.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (5.96%) Terraform
3 64 (4.71%) Ansible
4 52 (3.82%) Kubernetes
5 49 (3.60%) SCCM
6 42 (3.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 37 (2.72%) vCenter Server
8 23 (1.69%) Autotask
8 23 (1.69%) WSUS
9 20 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (1.32%) FortiGate
12 17 (1.25%) SCOM
13 16 (1.18%) VxRail
14 12 (0.88%) Grafana
15 11 (0.81%) Nagios
16 10 (0.74%) vRealize
17 9 (0.66%) Backup Exec
17 9 (0.66%) Puppet
18 7 (0.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 912 (67.06%) Microsoft
2 540 (39.71%) VMware
3 135 (9.93%) Veeam
4 111 (8.16%) Cisco
5 96 (7.06%) Splunk
6 94 (6.91%) SolarWinds
7 92 (6.76%) Nimble Storage
8 69 (5.07%) Google
9 64 (4.71%) Brocade
9 64 (4.71%) Tanium
10 58 (4.26%) Dell
11 53 (3.90%) Citrix
12 51 (3.75%) Apple
13 49 (3.60%) HP
14 36 (2.65%) Red Hat
15 35 (2.57%) ServiceNow
16 34 (2.50%) Meraki
17 28 (2.06%) Dell Compellent
17 28 (2.06%) McAfee
18 26 (1.91%) Oracle