Windows Server Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 66 133
Rank change year-on-year -30 +67 -29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,973 2,542 4,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.60% 4.33% 2.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.59% 24.76% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 2,157 3,369
10th Percentile £28,325 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year - +0.56% +6.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,850 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +6.67%

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 9,138 10,268 23,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.02% 17.49% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,222 7,645 14,459
10th Percentile £28,333 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £72,399
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

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 26 October 2024. 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 -26 1,838 £45,000 - 597
UK excluding London -27 1,484 £42,500 +6.25% 524
Work from Home -24 626 £47,500 -5.00% 237
London -54 461 £65,000 +8.33% 114
South East -47 357 £45,000 +5.88% 127
North of England -24 319 £42,000 +9.09% 115
Midlands -24 307 £40,000 -11.11% 99
South West 0 196 £42,500 +13.33% 79
West Midlands -24 194 £42,500 - 46
East of England -17 180 £46,125 +28.13% 69
North West -32 149 £40,000 -15.79% 62
Yorkshire -16 123 £45,000 +30.43% 41
East Midlands -25 113 £33,250 -33.49% 53
Scotland -46 77 £42,500 -9.77% 41
North East -15 47 £36,000 -10.00% 15
Wales +37 40 £41,250 -0.84% 10
Northern Ireland +13 8 £52,500 +40.00% 4

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 454 (23.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 317 (16.07%) SharePoint
3 71 (3.60%) IIS
4 13 (0.66%) SharePoint 2010
4 13 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
5 10 (0.51%) Apache
5 10 (0.51%) Confluence
6 6 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.20%) nginx
8 4 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.051%) CMS
11 1 (0.051%) SAS
Applications
1 190 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
2 13 (0.66%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 7 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.25%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.10%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.051%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.051%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.051%) MetaTrader
7 1 (0.051%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.051%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.051%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,000 (50.68%) Microsoft 365
2 984 (49.87%) Azure
3 339 (17.18%) Entra ID
4 251 (12.72%) AWS
5 79 (4.00%) IaaS
6 72 (3.65%) SaaS
7 70 (3.55%) OneDrive
8 58 (2.94%) GCP
9 50 (2.53%) PaaS
10 43 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (2.03%) Mimecast
12 39 (1.98%) Power Platform
13 35 (1.77%) Google Workspace
14 31 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
15 25 (1.27%) Nutanix
16 21 (1.06%) WhatsApp
17 17 (0.86%) Azure AKS
17 17 (0.86%) GitHub
18 15 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (0.76%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 558 (28.28%) Firewall
2 473 (23.97%) DNS
3 367 (18.60%) DHCP
4 258 (13.08%) LAN
5 243 (12.32%) WAN
6 229 (11.61%) VPN
7 213 (10.80%) TCP/IP
8 163 (8.26%) SAN
9 154 (7.81%) VLAN
10 103 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
11 93 (4.71%) VoIP
11 93 (4.71%) Wireless
12 78 (3.95%) NAS
13 75 (3.80%) Network Security
14 57 (2.89%) Internet
14 57 (2.89%) WLAN
15 43 (2.18%) SSL
16 35 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
17 31 (1.57%) BGP
18 28 (1.42%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (12.57%) SQL Server
2 51 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
3 40 (2.03%) MySQL
4 36 (1.82%) DB2
5 31 (1.57%) Power BI
6 26 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.91%) Oracle Database
10 14 (0.71%) MariaDB
11 12 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.30%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.20%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.20%) UniData
16 3 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
17 2 (0.10%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 34 (1.72%) JIRA
2 32 (1.62%) Git
3 31 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.96%) GitLab
5 13 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.25%) eggPlant
9 3 (0.15%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.10%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.10%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.10%) Subversion
10 2 (0.10%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.051%) GoCD
11 1 (0.051%) MSI
11 1 (0.051%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.051%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 593 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 272 (13.79%) Finance
3 185 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (4.05%) Law
5 79 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 67 (3.40%) Banking
7 65 (3.29%) Retail
8 60 (3.04%) Legal
9 58 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 57 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 48 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 43 (2.18%) Military
13 41 (2.08%) Automotive
14 34 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.12%) Investment Banking
17 21 (1.06%) Marketing
18 19 (0.96%) Advertising
19 17 (0.86%) Aerospace
19 17 (0.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 387 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 263 (13.33%) Support Engineer
3 240 (12.16%) IT Support
4 226 (11.45%) Analyst
5 208 (10.54%) IT Engineer
6 146 (7.40%) Senior
7 142 (7.20%) 2nd Line Support
8 125 (6.34%) Lead
9 111 (5.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 109 (5.52%) Administrator
11 100 (5.07%) Support Analyst
12 91 (4.61%) IT Analyst
13 90 (4.56%) IT Technician
13 90 (4.56%) Systems Engineer
14 84 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 82 (4.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 80 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
17 76 (3.85%) Systems Administrator
18 72 (3.65%) Windows Engineer
19 67 (3.40%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.03%) .NET
2 24 (1.22%) ASP.NET
3 21 (1.06%) HTML
4 17 (0.86%) YAML
5 16 (0.81%) LDAP
6 13 (0.66%) ADO
6 13 (0.66%) ARM Templates
6 13 (0.66%) REST
7 11 (0.56%) Web Services
8 10 (0.51%) 802.1X
9 9 (0.46%) Node.js
9 9 (0.46%) XML
10 8 (0.41%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (0.30%) XML Messaging
12 5 (0.25%) SAML
13 4 (0.20%) XMPP
14 3 (0.15%) Middleware
14 3 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
14 3 (0.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 114 (5.78%) Data Centre
2 92 (4.66%) Driving Licence
3 88 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 86 (4.36%) Management Information System
5 73 (3.70%) Clustering
6 58 (2.94%) PKI
7 44 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 43 (2.18%) Replication
9 34 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
10 30 (1.52%) Private Cloud
11 29 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 25 (1.27%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.27%) Smartphone
13 23 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
14 19 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
15 16 (0.81%) Client/Server
15 16 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (0.81%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1,970 (99.85%) Windows
2 436 (22.10%) Linux
3 328 (16.62%) Windows 10
4 233 (11.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 230 (11.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 168 (8.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 62 (3.14%) Unix
8 57 (2.89%) Android
8 57 (2.89%) Ubuntu
9 54 (2.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 46 (2.33%) Mac OS
11 34 (1.72%) Apple iOS
11 34 (1.72%) Mac OS X
11 34 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 31 (1.57%) Windows 7
13 26 (1.32%) CentOS
14 13 (0.66%) Debian
15 10 (0.51%) VMS
15 10 (0.51%) Windows NT
15 10 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (23.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 387 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
3 298 (15.10%) ITIL
4 265 (13.43%) Customer Service
5 203 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
6 162 (8.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 157 (7.96%) DevOps
8 156 (7.91%) Mentoring
9 120 (6.08%) Service Management
10 111 (5.63%) Migration
10 111 (5.63%) Project Management
11 106 (5.37%) Incident Management
12 99 (5.02%) Agile
13 96 (4.87%) Service Delivery
14 86 (4.36%) Computer Science
15 82 (4.16%) Project Delivery
16 79 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 76 (3.85%) Change Management
18 70 (3.55%) Server Management
19 69 (3.50%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 396 (20.07%) PowerShell
2 297 (15.05%) SQL
3 122 (6.18%) Python
4 85 (4.31%) Bash
5 30 (1.52%) T-SQL
6 25 (1.27%) C#
7 24 (1.22%) VB
8 20 (1.01%) Java
9 15 (0.76%) VBScript
10 14 (0.71%) JavaScript
10 14 (0.71%) Perl
11 13 (0.66%) PHP
11 13 (0.66%) Ruby
11 13 (0.66%) VBA
12 12 (0.61%) Bicep
12 12 (0.61%) Korn
13 10 (0.51%) C++
14 9 (0.46%) RPG
14 9 (0.46%) RPG IV
15 7 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 282 (14.29%) Degree
2 252 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 209 (10.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 150 (7.60%) SC Cleared
5 107 (5.42%) DV Cleared
6 95 (4.82%) Azure Certification
7 67 (3.40%) MCSE
8 66 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
9 65 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (3.04%) CCNA
11 41 (2.08%) DBS Check
12 39 (1.98%) MCSA
13 30 (1.52%) CCNP
14 28 (1.42%) HND
14 28 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 25 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
16 24 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 22 (1.12%) A+ Certification
17 22 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
17 22 (1.12%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (6.99%) SLA
2 65 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 58 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (1.82%) GDPR
5 30 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 24 (1.22%) NIST
7 18 (0.91%) QA
8 17 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.81%) ITGC
10 11 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.51%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.51%) PMO
12 8 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.15%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.15%) IASME
14 3 (0.15%) NCSC
15 2 (0.10%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1,139 (57.73%) Active Directory
2 588 (29.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 415 (21.03%) Hyper-V
4 118 (5.98%) VMware ESXi
5 103 (5.22%) vSphere
6 81 (4.11%) Virtual Machines
7 59 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 59 (2.99%) XenApp
8 57 (2.89%) Docker
9 52 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
10 49 (2.48%) XenDesktop
11 35 (1.77%) Firmware
12 30 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 23 (1.17%) VMware NSX
14 12 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
15 11 (0.56%) Terminal Services
16 7 (0.35%) NFS
16 7 (0.35%) OpenSSH
16 7 (0.35%) vCloud
17 5 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 256 (12.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 193 (9.78%) SCCM
3 106 (5.37%) Ansible
4 93 (4.71%) Terraform
5 89 (4.51%) vCenter Server
6 84 (4.26%) WSUS
7 63 (3.19%) Kubernetes
8 44 (2.23%) SCOM
9 42 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 40 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
11 22 (1.12%) Puppet
12 21 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
12 21 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
13 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
14 19 (0.96%) Grafana
14 19 (0.96%) Nagios
15 16 (0.81%) Backup Exec
16 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 12 (0.61%) Prometheus
17 12 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,102 (55.85%) Microsoft
2 822 (41.66%) VMware
3 251 (12.72%) Cisco
4 187 (9.48%) Citrix
5 130 (6.59%) Veeam
6 103 (5.22%) Apple
7 83 (4.21%) HP
8 82 (4.16%) Google
9 79 (4.00%) Dell
10 61 (3.09%) Red Hat
11 55 (2.79%) Oracle
12 51 (2.58%) Meraki
13 49 (2.48%) Fortinet
14 45 (2.28%) SolarWinds
15 43 (2.18%) Palo Alto
16 35 (1.77%) Ubiquiti
17 33 (1.67%) Aruba
18 31 (1.57%) IBM
18 31 (1.57%) Splunk
19 30 (1.52%) Commvault