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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 99 71
Rank change year-on-year -36 -28 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,329 1,288 3,500
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 3.03% 3.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.86% 19.87% 25.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 1,110 3,111
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,875 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,094 £38,000
% change year-on-year -1.56% +0.25% -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 5,345 6,483 13,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.92% 15.25% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,893 4,396 10,912
10th Percentile £27,639 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,237 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% -4.71% -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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -33 1,220 £40,000 -5.88% 335
UK excluding London -22 1,039 £37,500 -1.56% 295
Work from Home -44 290 £42,500 - 110
North of England -8 280 £35,000 +3.70% 66
South East +15 271 £40,000 -11.11% 104
London -61 258 £55,000 -8.33% 78
South West -24 159 £32,500 -18.75% 45
North West +22 145 £35,000 -9.09% 29
Midlands -74 138 £32,500 -7.14% 40
Yorkshire -38 113 £34,000 +13.33% 30
East of England -12 111 £40,000 -5.88% 30
East Midlands -44 80 £29,000 -17.14% 23
West Midlands -67 57 £40,000 +14.29% 17
Scotland -14 35 £31,500 -30.00% 9
Wales -10 32 £45,000 +18.13% 8
North East -31 22 £45,000 +28.57% 9
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 2

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
1 326 (24.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 231 (17.38%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.31%) IIS
4 21 (1.58%) Confluence
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.075%) Drupal
9 1 (0.075%) nginx
9 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 166 (12.49%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.15%) CATIA
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.075%) Magento
6 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.075%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 808 (60.80%) Microsoft 365
2 722 (54.33%) Azure
3 339 (25.51%) Entra ID
4 153 (11.51%) AWS
5 102 (7.67%) OneDrive
6 61 (4.59%) Google Workspace
7 60 (4.51%) SaaS
8 45 (3.39%) Nutanix
9 44 (3.31%) IaaS
10 31 (2.33%) PaaS
11 26 (1.96%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.28%) GCP
13 15 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (1.13%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (0.90%) GitHub
17 11 (0.83%) Mimecast
18 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 528 (39.73%) DNS
2 458 (34.46%) DHCP
3 392 (29.50%) Firewall
4 228 (17.16%) VPN
5 207 (15.58%) WAN
6 198 (14.90%) TCP/IP
7 187 (14.07%) LAN
8 131 (9.86%) VLAN
9 108 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
10 86 (6.47%) Wireless
11 78 (5.87%) VoIP
12 68 (5.12%) SAN
13 42 (3.16%) Remote Desktop
14 39 (2.93%) Network Security
15 31 (2.33%) NAS
16 29 (2.18%) SD-WAN
17 21 (1.58%) Internet
18 18 (1.35%) WLAN
19 15 (1.13%) IPsec
20 14 (1.05%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.66%) MySQL
4 19 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.28%) Power BI
6 12 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.075%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.075%) Redis
13 1 (0.075%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.075%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (3.46%) JIRA
2 44 (3.31%) Git
3 17 (1.28%) GitLab
4 11 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.30%) Subversion
9 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.075%) Gatling
11 1 (0.075%) JMeter
11 1 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 543 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 145 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (9.33%) Finance
4 74 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
5 48 (3.61%) Retail
6 47 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 41 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (2.78%) Law
9 29 (2.18%) Banking
10 25 (1.88%) Public Sector
11 19 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.05%) Games
13 13 (0.98%) Legal
14 10 (0.75%) Advertising
14 10 (0.75%) Back Office
15 9 (0.68%) Front Office
15 9 (0.68%) Local Government
15 9 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 452 (34.01%) IT Support
2 336 (25.28%) Support Engineer
3 335 (25.21%) IT Engineer
4 285 (21.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 187 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 168 (12.64%) Senior
7 152 (11.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 127 (9.56%) IT Technician
9 116 (8.73%) Analyst
10 110 (8.28%) Support Technician
11 105 (7.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 97 (7.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 89 (6.70%) IT Support Technician
14 86 (6.47%) Support Analyst
15 75 (5.64%) Systems Engineer
16 69 (5.19%) 3rd Line Support
17 63 (4.74%) Lead
18 56 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
18 56 (4.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 50 (3.76%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.88%) .NET
2 17 (1.28%) XMPP
3 16 (1.20%) LDAP
3 16 (1.20%) Regular Expression
4 15 (1.13%) HTML
5 13 (0.98%) CSS
6 10 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (0.60%) JSON
7 8 (0.60%) Web Services
8 7 (0.53%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.45%) REST
10 5 (0.38%) FreeSWITCH
10 5 (0.38%) Middleware
10 5 (0.38%) OAuth
10 5 (0.38%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.38%) OpenID
10 5 (0.38%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.38%) SAML
11 4 (0.30%) ADO
11 4 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 164 (12.34%) Driving Licence
2 87 (6.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (5.12%) Data Centre
5 53 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 51 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
7 44 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 39 (2.93%) Replication
9 31 (2.33%) PKI
10 26 (1.96%) Management Information System
11 17 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.13%) CCTV
14 14 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
15 13 (0.98%) Clustering
16 12 (0.90%) Fat Client
16 12 (0.90%) iPad
16 12 (0.90%) Thin Client
17 11 (0.83%) Social Media
18 10 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,329 (100.00%) Windows
2 275 (20.69%) Linux
3 172 (12.94%) Windows 10
4 168 (12.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 97 (7.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 59 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (4.21%) Apple iOS
7 56 (4.21%) Mac OS
8 51 (3.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 37 (2.78%) Android
10 30 (2.26%) Ubuntu
11 22 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (1.13%) CentOS
13 14 (1.05%) Unix
14 12 (0.90%) VMS
15 10 (0.75%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.60%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.38%) Debian
18 3 (0.23%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (31.83%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (24.23%) Customer Service
3 285 (21.44%) ITIL
4 255 (19.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 187 (14.07%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (12.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 163 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 150 (11.29%) Service Delivery
9 123 (9.26%) Mentoring
10 105 (7.90%) Migration
11 104 (7.83%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 92 (6.92%) ITSM
13 90 (6.77%) High Availability
14 86 (6.47%) Root Cause Analysis
15 84 (6.32%) Change Management
16 83 (6.25%) Business Continuity
17 77 (5.79%) Customer Experience
17 77 (5.79%) DevOps
18 71 (5.34%) Incident Management
18 71 (5.34%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 273 (20.54%) PowerShell
2 142 (10.68%) SQL
3 72 (5.42%) Python
4 29 (2.18%) Bash
5 14 (1.05%) C#
6 13 (0.98%) Bicep
7 12 (0.90%) VB.NET
8 10 (0.75%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.75%) VBA
9 8 (0.60%) PHP
9 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.53%) Java
11 6 (0.45%) VB
12 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.38%) VBScript
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.075%) Delphi
14 1 (0.075%) Korn
14 1 (0.075%) Perl
Qualifications
1 213 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 120 (9.03%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.20%) Degree
4 97 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (6.47%) DV Cleared
6 70 (5.27%) DBS Check
7 50 (3.76%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.41%) CCNA
10 29 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
11 20 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 19 (1.43%) A+ Certification
13 18 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (1.28%) CCNP
14 17 (1.28%) MCSE
15 12 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 11 (0.83%) HNC
16 11 (0.83%) HND
17 10 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.50%) SLA
2 102 (7.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 63 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (4.59%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.73%) GDPR
6 19 (1.43%) NIST
7 17 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.45%) QA
9 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) COBIT
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.075%) ITGC
13 1 (0.075%) RMADS
System Software
1 907 (68.25%) Active Directory
2 334 (25.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 320 (24.08%) Hyper-V
4 91 (6.85%) vSphere
5 51 (3.84%) Terminal Server
6 44 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
7 35 (2.63%) Docker
8 30 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (1.73%) VMware NSX
11 13 (0.98%) Terminal Services
12 11 (0.83%) Firmware
13 8 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.30%) Squid
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) VMware Server
18 1 (0.075%) iptables
Systems Management
1 224 (16.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (6.32%) Terraform
3 69 (5.19%) Ansible
4 52 (3.91%) Kubernetes
5 44 (3.31%) SCCM
6 41 (3.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 36 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.88%) WSUS
9 20 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.43%) Autotask
10 19 (1.43%) FortiGate
10 19 (1.43%) VxRail
11 18 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (1.28%) SCOM
13 11 (0.83%) Grafana
13 11 (0.83%) Nagios
13 11 (0.83%) Puppet
14 10 (0.75%) Packer
14 10 (0.75%) Progress Chef
14 10 (0.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 892 (67.12%) Microsoft
2 526 (39.58%) VMware
3 118 (8.88%) Veeam
4 113 (8.50%) Cisco
5 81 (6.09%) SolarWinds
5 81 (6.09%) Splunk
6 75 (5.64%) Nimble Storage
7 63 (4.74%) Google
8 60 (4.51%) Dell
9 53 (3.99%) HP
10 50 (3.76%) Apple
11 48 (3.61%) Brocade
11 48 (3.61%) Citrix
11 48 (3.61%) Tanium
12 43 (3.24%) Red Hat
13 38 (2.86%) Meraki
14 33 (2.48%) ServiceNow
15 31 (2.33%) McAfee
16 30 (2.26%) Oracle
17 27 (2.03%) Dell Compellent