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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 100 88
Rank change year-on-year -18 -12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,650 1,493 2,374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 3.01% 2.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.07% 21.39% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 1,283 1,932
10th Percentile £27,525 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,500 £38,094 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.69% -4.77% -

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 6,328 6,981 10,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.11% 14.07% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,766 4,667 7,619
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,100 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,591 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.13% -14.24% -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -19 1,532 £41,500 +3.75% 383
UK excluding London 0 1,380 £39,500 +3.69% 341
South East +6 366 £42,500 +6.25% 123
Work from Home -19 351 £42,500 - 150
North of England +18 346 £37,500 +11.94% 77
London -87 242 £55,000 -5.17% 77
South West -23 223 £36,250 -9.38% 39
North West +57 185 £35,000 -5.41% 49
Midlands -38 183 £37,500 +7.14% 56
East of England -9 172 £36,500 -18.89% 36
Yorkshire -36 125 £35,500 +18.33% 16
East Midlands -19 97 £32,500 -7.14% 25
West Midlands -42 86 £42,500 +21.43% 31
Wales -27 47 £40,000 -30.43% 8
Scotland +24 36 £32,500 -18.75% 9
North East -42 36 £42,500 +21.43% 14
Northern Ireland -70 7 £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
1 443 (26.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 286 (17.33%) SharePoint
3 79 (4.79%) IIS
4 34 (2.06%) Confluence
5 21 (1.27%) Apache
6 15 (0.91%) nginx
7 10 (0.61%) WordPress
8 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.36%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.24%) JBoss
9 4 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) Site Server
11 1 (0.061%) CMS
11 1 (0.061%) Drupal
11 1 (0.061%) HCL Domino
11 1 (0.061%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 152 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.24%) Exchequer
2 4 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (0.24%) Primavera
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.12%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.12%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.061%) Magento
5 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,060 (64.24%) Microsoft 365
2 905 (54.85%) Azure
3 466 (28.24%) Entra ID
4 187 (11.33%) AWS
5 103 (6.24%) OneDrive
6 64 (3.88%) SaaS
7 49 (2.97%) IaaS
8 38 (2.30%) Power Platform
9 34 (2.06%) PaaS
10 32 (1.94%) Nutanix
11 26 (1.58%) Google Workspace
12 25 (1.52%) GCP
13 24 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (1.27%) Mimecast
16 17 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
17 15 (0.91%) Cloudflare
17 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.79%) GitHub
19 12 (0.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 623 (37.76%) DNS
2 531 (32.18%) Firewall
3 504 (30.55%) DHCP
4 258 (15.64%) VPN
5 251 (15.21%) TCP/IP
6 207 (12.55%) WAN
7 195 (11.82%) LAN
8 192 (11.64%) VLAN
9 128 (7.76%) Wireless
10 127 (7.70%) Wi-Fi
11 114 (6.91%) VoIP
12 72 (4.36%) SAN
13 59 (3.58%) Network Security
14 37 (2.24%) NAS
15 28 (1.70%) Internet
16 24 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
16 24 (1.45%) SSL
17 17 (1.03%) VSAN
18 16 (0.97%) SD-WAN
19 15 (0.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 98 (5.94%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (1.52%) MySQL
4 20 (1.21%) Power BI
5 17 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
11 7 (0.42%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
15 2 (0.12%) Looker
15 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 57 (3.45%) JIRA
2 52 (3.15%) Git
3 23 (1.39%) GitLab
4 14 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Ivy
9 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.061%) Gatling
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) Maven
9 1 (0.061%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.061%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.061%) Subversion
9 1 (0.061%) Vagrant
General
1 718 (43.52%) Social Skills
2 215 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (7.64%) Finance
4 68 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
5 61 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 57 (3.45%) Retail
7 55 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 42 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (2.36%) Legal
11 36 (2.18%) Law
12 32 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 24 (1.45%) Banking
14 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.73%) Local Government
17 11 (0.67%) Military
18 10 (0.61%) Advertising
18 10 (0.61%) Games
19 8 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 518 (31.39%) IT Support
2 396 (24.00%) IT Engineer
3 381 (23.09%) Support Engineer
4 323 (19.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 242 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 197 (11.94%) Senior
7 188 (11.39%) Analyst
8 152 (9.21%) IT Technician
9 143 (8.67%) Systems Engineer
10 132 (8.00%) Support Technician
11 131 (7.94%) Support Analyst
12 130 (7.88%) 2nd Line Support
13 115 (6.97%) IT Support Technician
14 84 (5.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 82 (4.97%) IT Analyst
16 73 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 70 (4.24%) Lead
18 67 (4.06%) Administrator
18 67 (4.06%) IT Support Analyst
19 66 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.36%) .NET
2 33 (2.00%) HTML
3 29 (1.76%) Web Services
4 27 (1.64%) CSS
5 26 (1.58%) XMPP
6 25 (1.52%) LDAP
7 23 (1.39%) Regular Expression
8 20 (1.21%) XML
9 18 (1.09%) .NET Framework
10 15 (0.91%) JSON
11 14 (0.85%) ARM Templates
12 12 (0.73%) Middleware
13 7 (0.42%) JSON Schema
13 7 (0.42%) SAML
14 5 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
14 5 (0.30%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
14 5 (0.30%) Keycloak
14 5 (0.30%) REST
15 4 (0.24%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 202 (12.24%) Driving Licence
2 113 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 98 (5.94%) Data Centre
4 91 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 89 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
6 82 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.21%) Management Information System
8 47 (2.85%) Replication
9 44 (2.67%) PKI
10 41 (2.48%) Clustering
11 35 (2.12%) Public Cloud
12 30 (1.82%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.52%) CCTV
14 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Storage
15 15 (0.91%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.85%) Private Cloud
17 13 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
18 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
19 11 (0.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,650 (100.00%) Windows
2 404 (24.48%) Linux
3 207 (12.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 157 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 126 (7.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 68 (4.12%) Mac OS
7 67 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 48 (2.91%) Ubuntu
9 40 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 39 (2.36%) Apple iOS
11 33 (2.00%) Android
12 28 (1.70%) CentOS
13 19 (1.15%) VMS
14 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.30%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.30%) Debian
15 5 (0.30%) Unix
15 5 (0.30%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.24%) Rocky
16 4 (0.24%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
2 406 (24.61%) Customer Service
3 354 (21.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 322 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 294 (17.82%) ITIL
6 284 (17.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 281 (17.03%) Cybersecurity
8 187 (11.33%) Service Delivery
9 177 (10.73%) Migration
10 146 (8.85%) High Availability
11 144 (8.73%) Mentoring
11 144 (8.73%) Project Delivery
12 138 (8.36%) Customer Experience
13 135 (8.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 120 (7.27%) Business Continuity
15 119 (7.21%) Root Cause Analysis
16 115 (6.97%) ITSM
17 107 (6.48%) Kalman Filter
18 96 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
19 92 (5.58%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 325 (19.70%) PowerShell
2 189 (11.45%) SQL
3 99 (6.00%) Python
4 49 (2.97%) Bash
5 37 (2.24%) C#
6 25 (1.52%) Bicep
7 24 (1.45%) VBA
8 16 (0.97%) Java
9 12 (0.73%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.67%) PHP
11 10 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.55%) Ruby
13 7 (0.42%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.42%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.42%) VBScript
14 4 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.18%) VB
16 2 (0.12%) C
16 2 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 275 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 175 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 160 (9.70%) Degree
4 145 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 99 (6.00%) Azure Certification
6 91 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
7 89 (5.39%) DV Cleared
8 80 (4.85%) DBS Check
9 72 (4.36%) CCNA
10 30 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
11 27 (1.64%) CCNP
12 24 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 22 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 21 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.09%) A+ Certification
16 17 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (0.91%) MCSA
17 15 (0.91%) MCSE
18 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (10.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 156 (9.45%) SLA
3 88 (5.33%) PCI DSS
4 78 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.48%) GDPR
6 31 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (1.27%) NIST
8 8 (0.48%) QA
9 5 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.18%) COBIT
10 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.18%) RMADS
11 2 (0.12%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.061%) COSHH
12 1 (0.061%) DICOM
12 1 (0.061%) GRC
12 1 (0.061%) HL7
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.061%) ITGC
12 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,101 (66.73%) Active Directory
2 484 (29.33%) Hyper-V
3 457 (27.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 109 (6.61%) vSphere
5 82 (4.97%) Terminal Server
6 59 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
7 56 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
8 49 (2.97%) Docker
9 27 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (1.52%) VMware NSX
11 14 (0.85%) Squid
12 12 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (0.61%) Firmware
14 9 (0.55%) Terminal Services
15 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.36%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.36%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 4 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
18 3 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 323 (19.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (6.36%) Terraform
3 93 (5.64%) Ansible
4 72 (4.36%) Kubernetes
5 41 (2.48%) SCCM
6 36 (2.18%) FortiGate
7 32 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
8 24 (1.45%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.45%) WSUS
9 21 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.15%) ZABBIX
11 18 (1.09%) VxRail
12 17 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (1.03%) Nagios
12 17 (1.03%) SCOM
13 16 (0.97%) Autotask
14 15 (0.91%) Grafana
14 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (0.91%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,265 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 678 (41.09%) VMware
3 216 (13.09%) Veeam
4 169 (10.24%) Cisco
5 127 (7.70%) Splunk
6 112 (6.79%) SolarWinds
7 93 (5.64%) Nimble Storage
8 81 (4.91%) Brocade
9 80 (4.85%) Tanium
10 61 (3.70%) Meraki
11 60 (3.64%) Red Hat
12 53 (3.21%) Apple
12 53 (3.21%) Citrix
13 47 (2.85%) HP
13 47 (2.85%) ServiceNow
14 45 (2.73%) SonicWALL
15 44 (2.67%) Sophos
16 43 (2.61%) Google
17 42 (2.55%) Fortinet
18 41 (2.48%) Dell