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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 94 66
Rank change year-on-year -36 -28 +34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,354 1,318 3,545
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.54% 3.14% 3.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.98% 20.15% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 1,137 3,159
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £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 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% +1.32% -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 5,420 6,541 13,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.17% 15.60% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,958 4,444 10,916
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,629 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +8.06% -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 22 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 22 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 -29 1,244 £40,000 -5.88% 323
UK excluding London -25 1,054 £37,500 -2.60% 305
Work from Home -44 304 £42,500 - 125
North of England -9 282 £35,000 +3.70% 66
South East +9 276 £40,000 -11.11% 94
London -64 263 £52,500 -12.50% 67
South West -19 166 £32,500 -18.75% 43
North West +19 144 £35,000 -9.09% 31
Midlands -74 138 £32,500 -7.14% 48
Yorkshire -35 116 £34,000 +13.33% 24
East of England -31 115 £41,000 -3.53% 33
East Midlands -53 77 £29,625 -15.36% 25
West Midlands -62 60 £40,000 +6.67% 22
Scotland -16 34 £37,500 -6.25% 17
Wales -5 29 £45,000 +18.13% 5
North East -41 22 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 12

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
1 349 (25.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 238 (17.58%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.10%) IIS
4 21 (1.55%) 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 (0.30%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) Apache
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.074%) Drupal
10 1 (0.074%) nginx
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 171 (12.63%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) CATIA
3 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.22%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.22%) Windchill
4 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.30%) 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
1 834 (61.60%) Microsoft 365
2 750 (55.39%) Azure
3 348 (25.70%) Entra ID
4 157 (11.60%) AWS
5 105 (7.75%) OneDrive
6 64 (4.73%) Google Workspace
7 59 (4.36%) SaaS
8 45 (3.32%) Nutanix
9 44 (3.25%) IaaS
10 31 (2.29%) PaaS
11 26 (1.92%) Power Platform
12 19 (1.40%) GCP
13 16 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (0.96%) Mimecast
17 11 (0.81%) GitHub
18 9 (0.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 550 (40.62%) DNS
2 488 (36.04%) DHCP
3 401 (29.62%) Firewall
4 233 (17.21%) VPN
5 211 (15.58%) TCP/IP
5 211 (15.58%) WAN
6 190 (14.03%) LAN
7 142 (10.49%) VLAN
8 116 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
9 86 (6.35%) Wireless
10 77 (5.69%) VoIP
11 62 (4.58%) SAN
12 47 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
13 41 (3.03%) Network Security
14 34 (2.51%) SD-WAN
15 27 (1.99%) NAS
16 20 (1.48%) Internet
17 17 (1.26%) WLAN
18 15 (1.11%) IPsec
19 14 (1.03%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 72 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (1.33%) MySQL
4 17 (1.26%) Power BI
5 16 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.66%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.074%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.074%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.074%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 48 (3.55%) JIRA
2 42 (3.10%) Git
3 16 (1.18%) GitLab
4 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
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%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.074%) Vagrant
General
1 564 (41.65%) Social Skills
2 152 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (9.23%) Finance
4 77 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
6 48 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 46 (3.40%) Retail
8 41 (3.03%) Law
9 39 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (2.14%) Banking
11 24 (1.77%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.11%) Games
14 13 (0.96%) Aerospace
15 12 (0.89%) Legal
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
1 464 (34.27%) IT Support
2 347 (25.63%) Support Engineer
3 343 (25.33%) IT Engineer
4 293 (21.64%) IT Support Engineer
5 191 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 168 (12.41%) Senior
7 163 (12.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 128 (9.45%) IT Technician
9 113 (8.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 113 (8.35%) Analyst
10 111 (8.20%) Support Technician
11 105 (7.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 89 (6.57%) IT Support Technician
13 86 (6.35%) Support Analyst
14 84 (6.20%) Systems Engineer
15 72 (5.32%) 3rd Line Support
16 62 (4.58%) Lead
17 56 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
17 56 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 54 (3.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.92%) .NET
2 14 (1.03%) LDAP
3 13 (0.96%) HTML
3 13 (0.96%) XMPP
4 12 (0.89%) Regular Expression
5 11 (0.81%) 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
8 6 (0.44%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.37%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (0.37%) Kafka
9 5 (0.37%) REST
10 4 (0.30%) FIDO
10 4 (0.30%) JSON Schema
10 4 (0.30%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.30%) OpenID
10 4 (0.30%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 170 (12.56%) Driving Licence
2 85 (6.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 69 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 55 (4.06%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.32%) Public Cloud
7 42 (3.10%) Replication
8 29 (2.14%) PKI
9 23 (1.70%) Management Information System
10 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.18%) CCTV
13 14 (1.03%) Clustering
13 14 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.96%) Fat Client
14 13 (0.96%) Thin Client
15 12 (0.89%) iPad
16 11 (0.81%) Social Media
17 10 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,354 (100.00%) Windows
2 278 (20.53%) Linux
3 182 (13.44%) Windows 10
3 182 (13.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 106 (7.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 59 (4.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 56 (4.14%) Apple iOS
6 56 (4.14%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 37 (2.73%) Android
9 30 (2.22%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 15 (1.11%) CentOS
11 15 (1.11%) Unix
12 11 (0.81%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.66%) VMS
13 9 (0.66%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.37%) Debian
15 4 (0.30%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (33.23%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (25.41%) Customer Service
3 303 (22.38%) ITIL
4 255 (18.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 185 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (12.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 159 (11.74%) Service Delivery
8 156 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 134 (9.90%) Mentoring
10 115 (8.49%) Migration
11 112 (8.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 101 (7.46%) ITSM
13 89 (6.57%) High Availability
14 86 (6.35%) Business Continuity
15 84 (6.20%) Change Management
15 84 (6.20%) Customer Experience
16 82 (6.06%) DevOps
16 82 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
17 74 (5.47%) Kalman Filter
17 74 (5.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 143 (10.56%) SQL
3 74 (5.47%) Python
4 31 (2.29%) Bash
5 14 (1.03%) C#
6 12 (0.89%) Bicep
6 12 (0.89%) VB.NET
7 11 (0.81%) VBA
8 9 (0.66%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.52%) PHP
9 7 (0.52%) VB
10 6 (0.44%) Java
11 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.30%) VBScript
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.074%) Delphi
14 1 (0.074%) Korn
14 1 (0.074%) Perl
Qualifications
1 215 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 128 (9.45%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.05%) Degree
4 93 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 85 (6.28%) DV Cleared
6 67 (4.95%) DBS Check
7 51 (3.77%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
10 31 (2.29%) CCNA
11 21 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.48%) A+ Certification
13 17 (1.26%) CCNP
13 17 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.18%) MCSE
15 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 11 (0.81%) MCSA
17 10 (0.74%) AWS Certification
17 10 (0.74%) HNC
17 10 (0.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (8.20%) SLA
2 110 (8.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (5.10%) PCI DSS
4 63 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.62%) GDPR
6 20 (1.48%) NIST
7 15 (1.11%) 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%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.074%) ITGC
12 1 (0.074%) RMADS
System Software
1 938 (69.28%) Active Directory
2 340 (25.11%) Hyper-V
3 336 (24.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (6.35%) vSphere
5 59 (4.36%) Terminal Server
6 44 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.66%) Docker
8 29 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
10 22 (1.62%) VMware NSX
11 14 (1.03%) Firmware
12 13 (0.96%) Terminal Services
13 9 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.30%) XenApp
17 3 (0.22%) Squid
18 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
19 1 (0.074%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 237 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (6.06%) Terraform
3 66 (4.87%) Ansible
4 52 (3.84%) Kubernetes
5 48 (3.55%) SCCM
6 42 (3.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 36 (2.66%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.77%) WSUS
9 21 (1.55%) Autotask
10 19 (1.40%) FortiGate
10 19 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (1.33%) SCOM
12 17 (1.26%) VxRail
13 12 (0.89%) Nagios
14 11 (0.81%) Grafana
15 10 (0.74%) vRealize
16 9 (0.66%) Backup Exec
16 9 (0.66%) Puppet
17 8 (0.59%) Packer
Vendors
1 909 (67.13%) Microsoft
2 534 (39.44%) VMware
3 128 (9.45%) Veeam
4 113 (8.35%) Cisco
5 89 (6.57%) Splunk
6 87 (6.43%) SolarWinds
7 84 (6.20%) Nimble Storage
8 66 (4.87%) Google
9 60 (4.43%) Dell
10 56 (4.14%) Brocade
10 56 (4.14%) Tanium
11 51 (3.77%) Citrix
11 51 (3.77%) HP
12 49 (3.62%) Apple
13 37 (2.73%) Meraki
13 37 (2.73%) Red Hat
14 35 (2.58%) ServiceNow
15 29 (2.14%) McAfee
15 29 (2.14%) Oracle
16 28 (2.07%) Dell Compellent