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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 103 75
Rank change year-on-year -15 -28 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,630 1,427 3,204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.65% 2.90% 3.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.43% 20.62% 23.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,228 2,724
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,344 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,750 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% - -6.25%

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 6,168 6,921 13,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.25% 14.06% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,639 4,610 10,277
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -8 1,520 £40,000 - 353
UK excluding London +9 1,347 £37,750 +0.67% 332
South East +30 364 £42,500 +6.25% 130
North of England +26 335 £37,500 +11.94% 82
Work from Home -32 331 £42,500 - 135
London -76 254 £55,000 -1.79% 66
South West -13 222 £33,500 -16.25% 29
North West +49 181 £35,000 -6.67% 42
East of England +9 175 £35,000 -22.22% 31
Midlands -45 168 £33,500 -4.29% 45
Yorkshire -31 125 £35,500 +18.33% 28
East Midlands -30 91 £31,000 -11.43% 19
West Midlands -39 76 £42,250 +20.71% 26
Wales -20 46 £41,250 -28.26% 6
Scotland +23 31 £32,500 -18.75% 11
North East -47 29 £42,500 +21.43% 16
Northern Ireland -54 6 - - 14

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
1 446 (27.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 289 (17.73%) SharePoint
3 72 (4.42%) IIS
4 30 (1.84%) Confluence
5 11 (0.67%) Apache
6 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.49%) WordPress
8 6 (0.37%) nginx
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) JBoss
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.12%) Site Server
11 1 (0.061%) CMS
11 1 (0.061%) Drupal
11 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 166 (10.18%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.25%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.25%) Primavera
4 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.061%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.061%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (64.72%) Microsoft 365
2 904 (55.46%) Azure
3 446 (27.36%) Entra ID
4 178 (10.92%) AWS
5 106 (6.50%) OneDrive
6 63 (3.87%) SaaS
7 52 (3.19%) IaaS
8 39 (2.39%) PaaS
9 36 (2.21%) Power Platform
10 34 (2.09%) Google Workspace
11 29 (1.78%) Nutanix
12 21 (1.29%) GCP
13 20 (1.23%) Mimecast
14 19 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.92%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (0.80%) GitHub
18 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
19 11 (0.67%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 620 (38.04%) DNS
2 525 (32.21%) Firewall
3 507 (31.10%) DHCP
4 259 (15.89%) VPN
5 242 (14.85%) TCP/IP
6 212 (13.01%) WAN
7 200 (12.27%) LAN
8 195 (11.96%) VLAN
9 134 (8.22%) Wi-Fi
10 125 (7.67%) Wireless
11 111 (6.81%) VoIP
12 73 (4.48%) SAN
13 52 (3.19%) Network Security
14 37 (2.27%) NAS
15 25 (1.53%) Internet
16 24 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
17 19 (1.17%) SD-WAN
18 17 (1.04%) SSL
19 14 (0.86%) VSAN
19 14 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (10.67%) SQL Server
2 103 (6.32%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (1.53%) MySQL
4 20 (1.23%) Power BI
5 17 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
8 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.12%) KNIME
12 2 (0.12%) Looker
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 56 (3.44%) JIRA
2 48 (2.94%) Git
3 25 (1.53%) GitLab
4 14 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Subversion
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.061%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.061%) Gatling
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.061%) Postman
9 1 (0.061%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.061%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.061%) Vagrant
General
1 707 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 202 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (7.61%) Finance
4 86 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 53 (3.25%) Retail
7 45 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (2.64%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.27%) Law
9 37 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 31 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 29 (1.78%) Legal
12 26 (1.60%) Banking
13 19 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 14 (0.86%) Local Government
15 13 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.74%) Games
17 10 (0.61%) Military
18 9 (0.55%) Advertising
19 8 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 558 (34.23%) IT Support
2 413 (25.34%) IT Engineer
3 401 (24.60%) Support Engineer
4 341 (20.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 216 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 194 (11.90%) Senior
7 174 (10.67%) Analyst
8 163 (10.00%) IT Technician
9 146 (8.96%) Support Technician
10 140 (8.59%) 2nd Line Support
10 140 (8.59%) Systems Engineer
11 127 (7.79%) IT Support Technician
12 124 (7.61%) Support Analyst
13 96 (5.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 86 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 76 (4.66%) IT Analyst
16 68 (4.17%) Lead
17 62 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support
17 62 (3.80%) IT Support Analyst
18 61 (3.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.27%) .NET
2 31 (1.90%) HTML
3 25 (1.53%) CSS
3 25 (1.53%) XMPP
4 24 (1.47%) LDAP
5 23 (1.41%) Regular Expression
6 22 (1.35%) Web Services
7 18 (1.10%) XML
8 16 (0.98%) .NET Framework
9 15 (0.92%) JSON
10 14 (0.86%) ARM Templates
11 12 (0.74%) Middleware
12 7 (0.43%) JSON Schema
13 6 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (0.37%) Keycloak
13 6 (0.37%) SAML
14 5 (0.31%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
14 5 (0.31%) FreeSWITCH
14 5 (0.31%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 199 (12.21%) Driving Licence
2 108 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 96 (5.89%) Data Centre
4 92 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
5 89 (5.46%) Legacy Systems
6 78 (4.79%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.94%) PKI
9 38 (2.33%) Replication
10 37 (2.27%) Clustering
11 33 (2.02%) Public Cloud
12 29 (1.78%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.17%) CCTV
13 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
15 14 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.74%) IoT
17 11 (0.67%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,630 (100.00%) Windows
2 377 (23.13%) Linux
3 226 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 169 (10.37%) Windows 10
5 136 (8.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 70 (4.29%) Mac OS
7 67 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 50 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 44 (2.70%) Apple iOS
10 41 (2.52%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.78%) Android
12 26 (1.60%) CentOS
13 22 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (1.29%) VMS
15 9 (0.55%) Windows 7
16 7 (0.43%) Debian
16 7 (0.43%) Unix
16 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.31%) Rocky
18 4 (0.25%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (34.36%) Problem-Solving
2 417 (25.58%) Customer Service
3 313 (19.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 293 (17.98%) ITIL
5 283 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 282 (17.30%) Cybersecurity
7 252 (15.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 182 (11.17%) Service Delivery
9 166 (10.18%) Migration
10 142 (8.71%) Mentoring
11 133 (8.16%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 131 (8.04%) Project Delivery
13 125 (7.67%) Customer Experience
14 122 (7.48%) High Availability
15 109 (6.69%) Root Cause Analysis
16 103 (6.32%) Business Continuity
16 103 (6.32%) ITSM
16 103 (6.32%) Kalman Filter
17 91 (5.58%) Email Filtering
17 91 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 323 (19.82%) PowerShell
2 187 (11.47%) SQL
3 90 (5.52%) Python
4 42 (2.58%) Bash
5 34 (2.09%) C#
6 23 (1.41%) VBA
7 19 (1.17%) Bicep
8 14 (0.86%) Java
9 13 (0.80%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.67%) PHP
11 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.49%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.43%) VBScript
14 6 (0.37%) VB
15 5 (0.31%) Ruby
16 3 (0.18%) Go
17 2 (0.12%) C
17 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.061%) Perl
Qualifications
1 277 (16.99%) Security Cleared
2 164 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 158 (9.69%) Degree
4 140 (8.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 93 (5.71%) DV Cleared
6 88 (5.40%) Azure Certification
7 80 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
7 80 (4.91%) DBS Check
8 65 (3.99%) CCNA
9 30 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
10 25 (1.53%) CCNP
11 21 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.23%) A+ Certification
13 19 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
15 17 (1.04%) MCSA
16 16 (0.98%) MCSE
16 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 15 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (10.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 143 (8.77%) SLA
3 89 (5.46%) PCI DSS
4 74 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.15%) GDPR
6 31 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (1.23%) NIST
8 7 (0.43%) QA
9 4 (0.25%) 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%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.061%) HL7
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.061%) ITGC
12 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,106 (67.85%) Active Directory
2 462 (28.34%) Hyper-V
3 434 (26.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 113 (6.93%) vSphere
5 83 (5.09%) Terminal Server
6 51 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
7 45 (2.76%) Docker
8 44 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
9 27 (1.66%) VMware NSX
10 25 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
11 11 (0.67%) Squid
11 11 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.55%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.49%) Firmware
14 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.37%) VMware Server
16 5 (0.31%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
18 3 (0.18%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 296 (18.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (5.64%) Terraform
3 88 (5.40%) Ansible
4 70 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 40 (2.45%) SCCM
6 34 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 32 (1.96%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 27 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.66%) WSUS
10 22 (1.35%) Autotask
11 21 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
12 20 (1.23%) VxRail
13 18 (1.10%) ZABBIX
14 16 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
14 16 (0.98%) Nagios
14 16 (0.98%) SCOM
15 15 (0.92%) Packer
16 14 (0.86%) Grafana
17 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,238 (75.95%) Microsoft
2 655 (40.18%) VMware
3 195 (11.96%) Veeam
4 150 (9.20%) Cisco
5 124 (7.61%) Splunk
6 112 (6.87%) SolarWinds
7 93 (5.71%) Nimble Storage
8 81 (4.97%) Brocade
9 80 (4.91%) Tanium
10 60 (3.68%) Meraki
11 56 (3.44%) Red Hat
12 52 (3.19%) Apple
13 51 (3.13%) Citrix
14 48 (2.94%) Google
15 47 (2.88%) HP
16 42 (2.58%) Dell
17 41 (2.52%) ServiceNow
18 39 (2.39%) Sophos
19 35 (2.15%) Fortinet
20 34 (2.09%) SonicWALL