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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 105 87
Rank change year-on-year -24 -18 -20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,706 1,390 2,120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 2.82% 2.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.94% 22.04% 21.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 1,125 1,289
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,312 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -10.42% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,867 £57,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £38,094 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -10.37% +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 6,577 6,306 9,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.60% 12.79% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,782 4,048 5,768
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £46,750
% change year-on-year +10.89% -18.02% -0.53%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -25 1,592 £41,500 +3.75% 646
UK excluding London -7 1,420 £39,000 +2.38% 483
Work from Home +1 396 £42,500 -5.56% 232
South East 0 370 £42,500 +6.25% 128
North of England +28 335 £37,500 +7.14% 110
London -51 259 £55,000 -8.33% 166
Midlands 0 235 £38,000 +8.57% 94
South West -56 208 £38,000 +6.93% 46
East of England -6 191 £37,000 -17.78% 67
North West +42 173 £37,500 -7.41% 60
Yorkshire -7 129 £35,500 +9.23% 37
West Midlands +5 127 £42,500 +21.43% 61
East Midlands -26 108 £31,000 -4.62% 32
Scotland +32 40 £32,500 -27.30% 25
Wales -53 38 £45,000 -21.74% 12
North East -54 33 £42,500 +21.43% 14
Northern Ireland -85 3 £40,000 -27.27% 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
1 480 (28.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 325 (19.05%) SharePoint
3 99 (5.80%) IIS
4 31 (1.82%) Confluence
5 27 (1.58%) Apache
6 19 (1.11%) nginx
7 13 (0.76%) Skype for Business
8 10 (0.59%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.23%) JBoss
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
9 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.12%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.059%) CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.059%) Moodle
12 1 (0.059%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 126 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.059%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.059%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (0.18%) Infor LN
2 3 (0.18%) Infor M3
2 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.18%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.059%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.059%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.059%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,113 (65.24%) Microsoft 365
2 904 (52.99%) Azure
3 562 (32.94%) Entra ID
4 171 (10.02%) AWS
5 121 (7.09%) OneDrive
6 55 (3.22%) SaaS
7 46 (2.70%) IaaS
8 37 (2.17%) Power Platform
9 33 (1.93%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 29 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (1.47%) PaaS
12 22 (1.29%) Mimecast
13 21 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.23%) GCP
13 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
14 19 (1.11%) Nutanix
15 17 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (0.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 642 (37.63%) DNS
2 575 (33.70%) Firewall
3 519 (30.42%) DHCP
4 301 (17.64%) VPN
5 264 (15.47%) TCP/IP
6 232 (13.60%) VLAN
7 192 (11.25%) WAN
8 186 (10.90%) LAN
9 138 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
10 137 (8.03%) Wireless
11 118 (6.92%) VoIP
12 75 (4.40%) Network Security
13 66 (3.87%) SAN
14 31 (1.82%) NAS
14 31 (1.82%) SSL
15 30 (1.76%) Internet
16 18 (1.06%) VSAN
17 16 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
18 14 (0.82%) IP Telephony
18 14 (0.82%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (11.25%) SQL Server
2 87 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (1.64%) MySQL
4 21 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (1.06%) Power BI
6 15 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.47%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.12%) KNIME
14 2 (0.12%) Looker
14 2 (0.12%) Power Query
14 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 1 (0.059%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 50 (2.93%) JIRA
2 42 (2.46%) Git
3 17 (1.00%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Ant
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.12%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.12%) Maven
8 2 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.059%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.059%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.059%) Flyway
9 1 (0.059%) TeamCity
General
1 739 (43.32%) Social Skills
2 218 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (8.03%) Finance
4 71 (4.16%) Manufacturing
5 53 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (2.99%) Retail
7 50 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 43 (2.52%) Legal
10 34 (1.99%) Public Sector
11 31 (1.82%) Law
12 29 (1.70%) Aerospace
13 14 (0.82%) Banking
14 13 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (0.76%) Military
15 12 (0.70%) Games
16 10 (0.59%) Local Government
17 9 (0.53%) Advertising
17 9 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 511 (29.95%) IT Support
2 424 (24.85%) IT Engineer
3 402 (23.56%) Support Engineer
4 336 (19.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 291 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 212 (12.43%) Senior
7 200 (11.72%) Analyst
8 137 (8.03%) Systems Engineer
9 132 (7.74%) Support Analyst
10 124 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support
11 107 (6.27%) Support Technician
12 106 (6.21%) IT Technician
13 93 (5.45%) IT Support Technician
14 89 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 89 (5.22%) Administrator
15 83 (4.87%) IT Analyst
16 81 (4.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 75 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 68 (3.99%) Lead
19 66 (3.87%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.80%) Terraform
2 44 (2.58%) .NET
3 33 (1.93%) HTML
4 29 (1.70%) CSS
5 27 (1.58%) Web Services
6 24 (1.41%) XML
7 20 (1.17%) JSON
8 19 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 18 (1.06%) LDAP
10 16 (0.94%) XMPP
11 15 (0.88%) Regular Expression
12 13 (0.76%) ARM Templates
13 12 (0.70%) Middleware
14 9 (0.53%) SAML
15 8 (0.47%) WinForms
16 7 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
17 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
17 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
18 5 (0.29%) ASP.NET
18 5 (0.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 214 (12.54%) Driving Licence
2 106 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 102 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 81 (4.75%) Data Centre
5 80 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
6 73 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
7 52 (3.05%) Management Information System
8 44 (2.58%) PKI
8 44 (2.58%) Replication
9 42 (2.46%) Clustering
10 38 (2.23%) CCTV
11 37 (2.17%) Security Posture
12 29 (1.70%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
14 19 (1.11%) Cloud Native
14 19 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (0.88%) Private Cloud
16 13 (0.76%) Operational Technology
17 12 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1,706 (100.00%) Windows
2 409 (23.97%) Linux
3 192 (11.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 168 (9.85%) Windows 10
5 121 (7.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (3.58%) Mac OS
7 56 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 48 (2.81%) Ubuntu
9 37 (2.17%) Android
10 35 (2.05%) Apple iOS
10 35 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (1.47%) CentOS
12 24 (1.41%) VMS
13 15 (0.88%) Unix
14 10 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.47%) Rocky
16 7 (0.41%) Debian
17 5 (0.29%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.18%) Solaris
19 1 (0.059%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (35.40%) Problem-Solving
2 450 (26.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 385 (22.57%) Customer Service
4 349 (20.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 348 (20.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 317 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
7 290 (17.00%) ITIL
8 223 (13.07%) Migration
9 179 (10.49%) Project Delivery
10 174 (10.20%) Service Delivery
11 140 (8.21%) Mentoring
12 133 (7.80%) Business Continuity
12 133 (7.80%) High Availability
12 133 (7.80%) Root Cause Analysis
13 132 (7.74%) Customer Experience
14 124 (7.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 108 (6.33%) ITSM
16 102 (5.98%) Infrastructure as Code
17 97 (5.69%) Kalman Filter
18 94 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 336 (19.70%) PowerShell
2 195 (11.43%) SQL
3 83 (4.87%) Python
4 50 (2.93%) Bash
5 41 (2.40%) C#
6 34 (1.99%) Bicep
7 24 (1.41%) VBA
8 21 (1.23%) Ruby
9 15 (0.88%) Java
10 13 (0.76%) JavaScript
11 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.47%) PHP
12 8 (0.47%) VBScript
13 7 (0.41%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.29%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.23%) Perl
15 4 (0.23%) VB
16 2 (0.12%) C
16 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.059%) Go
Qualifications
1 266 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 185 (10.84%) Degree
3 179 (10.49%) SC Cleared
4 171 (10.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 114 (6.68%) Cisco Certification
6 106 (6.21%) Azure Certification
7 84 (4.92%) CCNA
8 78 (4.57%) DV Cleared
9 61 (3.58%) DBS Check
10 44 (2.58%) CCNP
11 41 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
12 26 (1.52%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 23 (1.35%) CISSP
14 23 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
15 22 (1.29%) A+ Certification
15 22 (1.29%) MCSA
16 21 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 21 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 20 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (11.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 141 (8.26%) SLA
3 81 (4.75%) PCI DSS
4 72 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.75%) GDPR
6 41 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.06%) NIST
8 15 (0.88%) QA
9 5 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.18%) COBIT
10 3 (0.18%) GRC
10 3 (0.18%) RMADS
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.059%) DICOM
12 1 (0.059%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.059%) HL7
12 1 (0.059%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.059%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,118 (65.53%) Active Directory
2 511 (29.95%) Hyper-V
3 469 (27.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 105 (6.15%) vSphere
5 80 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
6 73 (4.28%) Terminal Server
7 67 (3.93%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (2.29%) Docker
9 34 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (1.52%) VMware NSX
11 20 (1.17%) Firmware
12 18 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (0.82%) Squid
14 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 7 (0.41%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.35%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.23%) XenApp
18 3 (0.18%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 391 (22.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (4.81%) Ansible
3 60 (3.52%) Kubernetes
4 57 (3.34%) SCCM
5 41 (2.40%) FortiGate
6 34 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (1.58%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
8 25 (1.47%) WSUS
9 20 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.11%) SCOM
11 17 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.00%) Puppet
11 17 (1.00%) ZABBIX
12 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
12 15 (0.88%) VxRail
13 14 (0.82%) Progress Chef
14 12 (0.70%) Nagios
14 12 (0.70%) Nessus
15 11 (0.64%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1,323 (77.55%) Microsoft
2 692 (40.56%) VMware
3 233 (13.66%) Veeam
4 194 (11.37%) Cisco
5 110 (6.45%) SolarWinds
6 105 (6.15%) Splunk
7 75 (4.40%) Meraki
7 75 (4.40%) Nimble Storage
8 74 (4.34%) SonicWALL
9 73 (4.28%) Brocade
10 72 (4.22%) Citrix
10 72 (4.22%) Tanium
11 66 (3.87%) Apple
12 58 (3.40%) Fortinet
13 51 (2.99%) Red Hat
14 49 (2.87%) Google
15 43 (2.52%) Sophos
16 38 (2.23%) Oracle
16 38 (2.23%) WatchGuard
17 37 (2.17%) HP