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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 116 74
Rank change year-on-year -13 -42 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,422 1,226 3,384
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.52% 2.79% 3.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.34% 18.48% 24.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 1,036 2,962
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,178 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.94% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 5,612 6,634 13,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.02% 15.12% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,206 4,172 10,700
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -16 1,319 £40,000 -2.86% 341
UK excluding London +13 1,140 £37,500 - 299
North of England +27 312 £37,500 +11.94% 65
South East +33 290 £40,000 -3.61% 99
Work from Home -19 287 £42,500 +1.19% 123
London -67 254 £55,000 -5.17% 76
South West -13 184 £33,500 -16.25% 50
North West +60 167 £37,500 - 40
Midlands -51 142 £32,500 -7.14% 45
East of England +3 135 £34,875 -20.74% 30
Yorkshire -35 118 £34,000 +13.33% 23
East Midlands -33 78 £29,625 -15.36% 20
West Midlands -61 63 £39,500 +12.86% 25
Wales -13 37 £45,000 +18.13% 10
Scotland +7 29 £31,500 -37.00% 5
North East -32 27 £43,750 +25.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 11 - - 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
1 351 (24.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 250 (17.58%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.01%) IIS
4 25 (1.76%) Confluence
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.35%) WordPress
7 4 (0.28%) Apache
8 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.070%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.070%) CMS
9 1 (0.070%) Drupal
9 1 (0.070%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.070%) nginx
9 1 (0.070%) Site Server
9 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
Applications
1 166 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.28%) Exchequer
2 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.28%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.070%) Magento
4 1 (0.070%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 876 (61.60%) Microsoft 365
2 778 (54.71%) Azure
3 355 (24.96%) Entra ID
4 166 (11.67%) AWS
5 100 (7.03%) OneDrive
6 59 (4.15%) SaaS
7 57 (4.01%) Google Workspace
8 51 (3.59%) IaaS
9 41 (2.88%) Nutanix
10 36 (2.53%) PaaS
11 32 (2.25%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.20%) GCP
13 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (1.05%) Mimecast
13 15 (1.05%) PowerApps
14 13 (0.91%) GitHub
15 12 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.77%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 532 (37.41%) DNS
2 449 (31.58%) DHCP
3 415 (29.18%) Firewall
4 228 (16.03%) VPN
5 201 (14.14%) WAN
6 197 (13.85%) TCP/IP
7 182 (12.80%) LAN
8 138 (9.70%) VLAN
9 118 (8.30%) Wi-Fi
10 93 (6.54%) VoIP
11 81 (5.70%) Wireless
12 68 (4.78%) SAN
13 41 (2.88%) Network Security
13 41 (2.88%) Remote Desktop
14 32 (2.25%) NAS
15 23 (1.62%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.13%) Internet
16 16 (1.13%) VSAN
17 15 (1.05%) WLAN
18 14 (0.98%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (10.62%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (1.83%) MySQL
4 20 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.34%) Power BI
6 12 (0.84%) Oracle Database
6 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 2 (0.14%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.14%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.070%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 50 (3.52%) Git
2 45 (3.16%) JIRA
3 22 (1.55%) GitLab
4 11 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.21%) Subversion
9 2 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.070%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.070%) Carbide.c++
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) JMeter
10 1 (0.070%) Vagrant
General
1 594 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 161 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (8.37%) Finance
4 77 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 49 (3.45%) Retail
7 47 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (2.46%) Law
9 33 (2.32%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.04%) Banking
11 26 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 25 (1.76%) Public Sector
13 22 (1.55%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.48%) Legal
15 11 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.77%) Local Government
16 10 (0.70%) Advertising
16 10 (0.70%) Back Office
16 10 (0.70%) Games
17 8 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 488 (34.32%) IT Support
2 360 (25.32%) IT Engineer
3 339 (23.84%) Support Engineer
4 296 (20.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 190 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 175 (12.31%) Senior
7 154 (10.83%) IT Technician
8 140 (9.85%) Analyst
9 137 (9.63%) 2nd Line Support
10 134 (9.42%) Support Technician
11 113 (7.95%) IT Support Technician
12 98 (6.89%) Support Analyst
13 97 (6.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 94 (6.61%) Systems Engineer
15 89 (6.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 61 (4.29%) Lead
17 60 (4.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 57 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
19 51 (3.59%) 3rd Line Support
19 51 (3.59%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.46%) .NET
2 25 (1.76%) HTML
3 20 (1.41%) XMPP
4 19 (1.34%) CSS
5 18 (1.27%) LDAP
5 18 (1.27%) Regular Expression
6 12 (0.84%) ARM Templates
6 12 (0.84%) JSON
6 12 (0.84%) Web Services
7 9 (0.63%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.56%) XML
9 6 (0.42%) SAML
10 5 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.35%) FreeSWITCH
10 5 (0.35%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.35%) REST
11 4 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.28%) JSON Schema
11 4 (0.28%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 162 (11.39%) Driving Licence
2 102 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 84 (5.91%) Data Centre
4 75 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
6 58 (4.08%) Onboarding
7 46 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 44 (3.09%) Management Information System
9 41 (2.88%) Replication
10 38 (2.67%) PKI
11 24 (1.69%) Clustering
11 24 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.05%) CCTV
14 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
15 11 (0.77%) CMDB
15 11 (0.77%) Private Cloud
16 10 (0.70%) Fat Client
16 10 (0.70%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,422 (100.00%) Windows
2 313 (22.01%) Linux
3 186 (13.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 163 (11.46%) Windows 10
5 129 (9.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 65 (4.57%) Mac OS
7 61 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 57 (4.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 53 (3.73%) Apple iOS
10 37 (2.60%) Android
11 36 (2.53%) Ubuntu
12 24 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (1.55%) CentOS
14 18 (1.27%) VMS
15 13 (0.91%) Unix
16 9 (0.63%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.49%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.35%) Debian
19 4 (0.28%) CoreOS
20 3 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (25.25%) Customer Service
3 273 (19.20%) ITIL
4 266 (18.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 219 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
6 212 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (14.28%) Disaster Recovery
8 156 (10.97%) Service Delivery
9 125 (8.79%) Mentoring
10 113 (7.95%) Migration
11 109 (7.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 106 (7.45%) High Availability
13 100 (7.03%) ITSM
14 93 (6.54%) Root Cause Analysis
15 92 (6.47%) Business Continuity
16 89 (6.26%) Project Delivery
17 86 (6.05%) Customer Experience
18 85 (5.98%) Infrastructure as Code
19 79 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
20 77 (5.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 293 (20.60%) PowerShell
2 159 (11.18%) SQL
3 83 (5.84%) Python
4 33 (2.32%) Bash
5 24 (1.69%) C#
6 19 (1.34%) VBA
7 16 (1.13%) Bicep
8 13 (0.91%) VB.NET
9 12 (0.84%) Java
10 11 (0.77%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.70%) PHP
12 8 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.49%) VBScript
14 6 (0.42%) VB
15 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.14%) Go
16 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.070%) ABAP
17 1 (0.070%) C
17 1 (0.070%) Korn
Qualifications
1 233 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 137 (9.63%) Degree
3 134 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 122 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (6.05%) DV Cleared
6 75 (5.27%) DBS Check
7 67 (4.71%) Azure Certification
8 48 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (2.81%) CCNA
10 31 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.62%) A+ Certification
12 20 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.41%) MCSE
13 18 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.20%) AWS Certification
14 17 (1.20%) CCNP
15 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 12 (0.84%) MCSA
17 11 (0.77%) HNC
17 11 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 124 (8.72%) SLA
3 69 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (4.71%) PCI DSS
5 26 (1.83%) GDPR
6 25 (1.76%) NIST
7 24 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.42%) QA
9 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.21%) COBIT
10 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.14%) GRC
11 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.070%) DICOM
12 1 (0.070%) HL7
12 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.070%) ITGC
12 1 (0.070%) NCSC
12 1 (0.070%) RMADS
System Software
1 968 (68.07%) Active Directory
2 382 (26.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 366 (25.74%) Hyper-V
4 104 (7.31%) vSphere
5 60 (4.22%) Terminal Server
6 43 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
7 39 (2.74%) Docker
8 28 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (1.76%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (0.77%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.56%) Firmware
13 8 (0.56%) Squid
14 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.28%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.21%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 238 (16.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 95 (6.68%) Terraform
3 77 (5.41%) Ansible
4 61 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 49 (3.45%) SCCM
6 42 (2.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 36 (2.53%) vCenter Server
8 27 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (1.62%) Autotask
9 23 (1.62%) FortiGate
9 23 (1.62%) WSUS
10 21 (1.48%) VxRail
11 20 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
12 16 (1.13%) SCOM
13 15 (1.05%) Nagios
13 15 (1.05%) Packer
14 14 (0.98%) ZABBIX
15 11 (0.77%) Grafana
16 10 (0.70%) Puppet
17 9 (0.63%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,023 (71.94%) Microsoft
2 577 (40.58%) VMware
3 153 (10.76%) Veeam
4 121 (8.51%) Cisco
5 97 (6.82%) Splunk
6 89 (6.26%) SolarWinds
7 81 (5.70%) Nimble Storage
8 67 (4.71%) Google
9 57 (4.01%) Brocade
10 56 (3.94%) Tanium
11 55 (3.87%) Apple
11 55 (3.87%) Dell
12 53 (3.73%) Citrix
13 51 (3.59%) HP
14 50 (3.52%) Red Hat
15 49 (3.45%) Meraki
16 33 (2.32%) McAfee
16 33 (2.32%) Oracle
17 30 (2.11%) ServiceNow
18 27 (1.90%) Sophos