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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 86 58
Rank change year-on-year -6 -28 +63
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,471 1,978 2,464
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.79% 2.95% 4.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.73% 22.44% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,178 1,156 2,171
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,188 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,563 £59,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -9.41% +3.66% +2.50%

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 5,304 8,813 9,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.08% 13.16% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,959 5,090 7,454
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +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 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 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 18 November 2025. 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 0 1,380 £40,000 -11.11% 680
UK excluding London -7 1,139 £38,500 -9.41% 570
Work from Home -40 327 £45,497 -6.19% 253
South East 0 285 £40,000 -11.11% 223
London -37 274 £55,750 -14.23% 195
South West +31 251 £36,500 -14.12% 75
North of England -9 235 £37,000 -9.76% 90
East of England +6 186 £47,500 +3.26% 57
Midlands -11 152 £35,000 -12.50% 88
Yorkshire -1 109 £32,500 -25.52% 31
North West -3 97 £40,500 +0.62% 53
East Midlands +9 93 £30,000 -7.69% 38
West Midlands -32 59 £42,000 -2.33% 50
North East -8 29 £35,000 -4.76% 6
Wales -1 27 £70,000 +75.00% 11
Scotland -56 17 £37,500 - 32
Northern Ireland -2 4 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

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
1 507 (34.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 249 (16.93%) SharePoint
3 76 (5.17%) IIS
4 18 (1.22%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.88%) Apache Solr
5 13 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
6 9 (0.61%) CMS
6 9 (0.61%) Confluence
7 7 (0.48%) WinCC
8 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.20%) Apache
10 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) ArchestrA
12 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 88 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.41%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.20%) CATIA
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.20%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 1 (0.068%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.41%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.34%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 1000
5 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.068%) Eikon
7 1 (0.068%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.068%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.068%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 954 (64.85%) Microsoft 365
2 953 (64.79%) Azure
3 355 (24.13%) Entra ID
4 144 (9.79%) AWS
5 77 (5.23%) SaaS
6 72 (4.89%) OneDrive
7 68 (4.62%) IaaS
8 50 (3.40%) PaaS
9 46 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 36 (2.45%) Power Platform
11 30 (2.04%) Google Workspace
12 29 (1.97%) GCP
13 27 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 26 (1.77%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.56%) GitHub
16 20 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
18 17 (1.16%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.95%) Mimecast
20 13 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 565 (38.41%) DNS
2 527 (35.83%) DHCP
3 489 (33.24%) Firewall
4 237 (16.11%) TCP/IP
5 224 (15.23%) VPN
6 202 (13.73%) VLAN
7 200 (13.60%) WAN
8 182 (12.37%) LAN
9 110 (7.48%) VoIP
10 109 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
11 89 (6.05%) SAN
12 68 (4.62%) Wireless
13 41 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
14 40 (2.72%) SD-WAN
15 37 (2.52%) Internet
16 27 (1.84%) Network Security
17 21 (1.43%) IP Telephony
17 21 (1.43%) SSL
18 18 (1.22%) Kerberos
18 18 (1.22%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.59%) SQL Server
2 112 (7.61%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (2.04%) MySQL
4 14 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.68%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (0.61%) DTS
8 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (0.48%) Data Hub
9 7 (0.48%) SQL CLR
10 6 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.41%) Power BI
11 4 (0.27%) MS Access
11 4 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.20%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (2.65%) Git
2 19 (1.29%) JIRA
3 11 (0.75%) GitLab
4 9 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.27%) Toad
8 3 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.068%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.068%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.068%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.068%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 656 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 143 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (7.21%) Finance
4 75 (5.10%) Manufacturing
5 61 (4.15%) Law
6 47 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (3.20%) Telecoms
7 46 (3.13%) Legal
8 45 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 38 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 36 (2.45%) Retail
11 18 (1.22%) Advertising
12 17 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.09%) Marketing
14 15 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (0.95%) Automotive
16 11 (0.75%) Back Office
16 11 (0.75%) Banking
17 9 (0.61%) Billing
18 8 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 387 (26.31%) IT Support
2 323 (21.96%) Support Engineer
3 283 (19.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 225 (15.30%) IT Engineer
5 175 (11.90%) Analyst
6 170 (11.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 150 (10.20%) Senior
8 147 (9.99%) Systems Engineer
9 145 (9.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 142 (9.65%) 3rd Line Support
11 132 (8.97%) Support Analyst
12 107 (7.27%) Technical Support
13 80 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
14 77 (5.23%) Support Technician
15 74 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
16 72 (4.89%) Infrastructure Support
17 70 (4.76%) IT Analyst
18 66 (4.49%) 1st Line Support
19 63 (4.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 60 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.18%) .NET
2 21 (1.43%) LDAP
3 10 (0.68%) HTML
3 10 (0.68%) Node.js
4 9 (0.61%) CSS
5 8 (0.54%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.54%) .NET Framework
6 7 (0.48%) Dapper ORM
6 7 (0.48%) Entity Framework
7 6 (0.41%) 802.1X
7 6 (0.41%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.41%) SAML
8 5 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.34%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.34%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (0.34%) YAML
9 4 (0.27%) FIDO
9 4 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.27%) RESTful
9 4 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 176 (11.96%) Driving Licence
2 99 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
3 76 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 60 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 58 (3.94%) Data Centre
6 56 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.65%) PKI
8 32 (2.18%) Replication
9 31 (2.11%) Clustering
10 28 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.43%) CCTV
12 18 (1.22%) CMDB
13 16 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.02%) Hedge funds
15 14 (0.95%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.88%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.82%) Private Cloud
17 12 (0.82%) SCADA
17 12 (0.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,471 (100.00%) Windows
2 312 (21.21%) Linux
3 187 (12.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 172 (11.69%) Windows 10
5 170 (11.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 87 (5.91%) Mac OS
7 51 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 38 (2.58%) Android
9 31 (2.11%) Apple iOS
10 29 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (1.63%) Unix
12 15 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.61%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.54%) Debian
14 8 (0.54%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.54%) Rocky
15 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.41%) CentOS
16 6 (0.41%) Solaris
16 6 (0.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (33.24%) Problem-Solving
2 381 (25.90%) Customer Service
3 356 (24.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 287 (19.51%) ITIL
5 210 (14.28%) Migration
6 183 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
7 157 (10.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 154 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (9.93%) Mentoring
10 119 (8.09%) Service Delivery
11 109 (7.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 101 (6.87%) Kalman Filter
13 100 (6.80%) Web Filtering
14 93 (6.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 92 (6.25%) Customer Experience
16 91 (6.19%) Email Filtering
17 89 (6.05%) Service Management
18 82 (5.57%) Incident Management
19 81 (5.51%) DevOps
20 80 (5.44%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 346 (23.52%) PowerShell
2 135 (9.18%) SQL
3 68 (4.62%) Python
4 25 (1.70%) Bash
4 25 (1.70%) JavaScript
5 24 (1.63%) VB
6 22 (1.50%) C#
7 14 (0.95%) VBA
8 10 (0.68%) PHP
9 9 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.48%) VB.NET
11 7 (0.48%) VBScript
12 6 (0.41%) Bicep
13 3 (0.20%) Tcl
14 2 (0.14%) Go
14 2 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.068%) Java
15 1 (0.068%) Perl
15 1 (0.068%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 187 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 150 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 140 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 118 (8.02%) Degree
5 67 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (4.42%) Azure Certification
7 58 (3.94%) CCNA
8 45 (3.06%) DV Cleared
8 45 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
9 39 (2.65%) MCSA
10 38 (2.58%) MCP
11 32 (2.18%) DBS Check
11 32 (2.18%) MCSE
12 29 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 26 (1.77%) A+ Certification
14 25 (1.70%) AWS Certification
15 23 (1.56%) CCNP
16 16 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
18 10 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (10.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 90 (6.12%) PCI DSS
3 84 (5.71%) SLA
4 58 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (3.40%) GDPR
6 24 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.29%) QA
8 11 (0.75%) NIST
9 7 (0.48%) GxP
9 7 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 5 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (0.34%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.27%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) ITGC
11 4 (0.27%) NCSC
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.068%) DICOM
14 1 (0.068%) HL7
System Software
1 1,045 (71.04%) Active Directory
2 462 (31.41%) Hyper-V
3 356 (24.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 93 (6.32%) Terminal Server
5 59 (4.01%) vSphere
6 55 (3.74%) VMware ESXi
7 47 (3.20%) Docker
8 43 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
10 20 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (0.95%) XenApp
12 11 (0.75%) Firmware
13 9 (0.61%) Terminal Services
14 8 (0.54%) vCloud
15 7 (0.48%) NFS
16 6 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 5 (0.34%) Kamailio
17 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.27%) ISA Server
18 4 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 383 (26.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 99 (6.73%) SCCM
3 60 (4.08%) Kubernetes
4 53 (3.60%) Terraform
5 52 (3.54%) Ansible
6 37 (2.52%) vCenter Server
7 35 (2.38%) WSUS
8 34 (2.31%) Autotask
9 26 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 25 (1.70%) SCOM
11 17 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (1.02%) Backup Exec
13 14 (0.95%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.88%) Nagios
14 13 (0.88%) Prometheus
14 13 (0.88%) Puppet
15 12 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
15 12 (0.82%) ZABBIX
16 11 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.48%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,063 (72.26%) Microsoft
2 584 (39.70%) VMware
3 200 (13.60%) Veeam
4 158 (10.74%) Cisco
5 129 (8.77%) SolarWinds
6 97 (6.59%) Nimble Storage
6 97 (6.59%) Tanium
7 96 (6.53%) Splunk
8 88 (5.98%) Brocade
9 64 (4.35%) Apple
10 58 (3.94%) Google
11 56 (3.81%) Citrix
12 41 (2.79%) Datto
12 41 (2.79%) Oracle
13 39 (2.65%) Meraki
14 37 (2.52%) ServiceNow
15 35 (2.38%) Red Hat
16 34 (2.31%) Dell
17 31 (2.11%) Sophos
18 29 (1.97%) SonicWALL