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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 104 74
Rank change year-on-year -15 -30 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,615 1,440 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.63% 2.93% 3.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.46% 20.82% 23.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 1,241 2,699
10th Percentile £27,125 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £38,094 £37,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% +1.58% -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 6,104 6,916 13,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.18% 14.08% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,617 4,613 10,210
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,500
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 £81,250 £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 16 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 16 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 -16 1,503 £40,000 - 348
UK excluding London +7 1,335 £38,000 -0.25% 340
South East +24 354 £42,500 +6.25% 130
North of England +30 329 £37,500 +11.94% 84
Work from Home -22 326 £42,500 - 136
London -88 250 £55,000 -0.90% 53
South West -15 223 £33,500 -15.72% 30
North West +58 179 £35,000 -6.67% 46
East of England +12 174 £35,000 -22.22% 38
Midlands -38 170 £33,500 -4.29% 46
Yorkshire -33 121 £35,500 +18.33% 24
East Midlands -32 92 £31,000 -11.43% 20
West Midlands -49 77 £40,750 +16.43% 26
Wales -28 47 £41,250 -28.26% 7
Scotland +27 32 £32,500 -18.75% 13
North East -48 29 £42,500 +21.43% 17
Northern Ireland -53 6 - - 11

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
1 448 (27.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 284 (17.59%) SharePoint
3 73 (4.52%) IIS
4 31 (1.92%) Confluence
5 12 (0.74%) Apache
6 8 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.50%) WordPress
7 7 (0.43%) nginx
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.25%) JBoss
8 4 (0.25%) SAS
8 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.12%) Site Server
10 1 (0.062%) CMS
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 163 (10.09%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.062%) 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 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.062%) Magento
6 1 (0.062%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,052 (65.14%) Microsoft 365
2 897 (55.54%) Azure
3 444 (27.49%) Entra ID
4 178 (11.02%) AWS
5 104 (6.44%) OneDrive
6 61 (3.78%) SaaS
7 52 (3.22%) IaaS
8 38 (2.35%) PaaS
9 37 (2.29%) Power Platform
10 33 (2.04%) Google Workspace
11 30 (1.86%) Nutanix
12 21 (1.30%) GCP
12 21 (1.30%) Mimecast
13 20 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.93%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (0.80%) GitHub
17 12 (0.74%) Cloudflare
17 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 624 (38.64%) DNS
2 516 (31.95%) Firewall
3 511 (31.64%) DHCP
4 254 (15.73%) VPN
5 242 (14.98%) TCP/IP
6 206 (12.76%) WAN
7 193 (11.95%) LAN
8 188 (11.64%) VLAN
9 128 (7.93%) Wi-Fi
10 127 (7.86%) Wireless
11 112 (6.93%) VoIP
12 71 (4.40%) SAN
13 50 (3.10%) Network Security
14 35 (2.17%) NAS
15 26 (1.61%) Internet
16 24 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
17 20 (1.24%) SD-WAN
18 17 (1.05%) SSL
19 14 (0.87%) VSAN
20 13 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (10.65%) SQL Server
2 109 (6.75%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.49%) MySQL
4 21 (1.30%) Power BI
5 17 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.68%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
10 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.12%) KNIME
14 2 (0.12%) Looker
14 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 58 (3.59%) JIRA
2 46 (2.85%) Git
3 25 (1.55%) GitLab
4 14 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.56%) 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 (0.062%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.062%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.062%) Gatling
9 1 (0.062%) JMeter
9 1 (0.062%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.062%) Postman
9 1 (0.062%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.062%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.062%) Vagrant
General
1 704 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 209 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (7.24%) Finance
4 83 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (3.16%) Retail
7 44 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 42 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 38 (2.35%) Law
10 37 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.86%) Legal
11 30 (1.86%) Public Sector
12 25 (1.55%) Banking
13 18 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 14 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (0.87%) Local Government
15 12 (0.74%) Games
16 10 (0.62%) Military
17 9 (0.56%) Advertising
18 7 (0.43%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 549 (33.99%) IT Support
2 410 (25.39%) IT Engineer
3 397 (24.58%) Support Engineer
4 338 (20.93%) IT Support Engineer
5 214 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 194 (12.01%) Senior
7 174 (10.77%) Analyst
8 160 (9.91%) IT Technician
9 149 (9.23%) Systems Engineer
10 143 (8.85%) Support Technician
11 134 (8.30%) 2nd Line Support
12 124 (7.68%) IT Support Technician
12 124 (7.68%) Support Analyst
13 91 (5.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 81 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 77 (4.77%) IT Analyst
16 66 (4.09%) Lead
17 63 (3.90%) IT Support Analyst
18 61 (3.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 59 (3.65%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.23%) .NET
2 31 (1.92%) HTML
3 25 (1.55%) CSS
3 25 (1.55%) LDAP
3 25 (1.55%) XMPP
4 23 (1.42%) Regular Expression
5 22 (1.36%) Web Services
6 18 (1.11%) XML
7 16 (0.99%) .NET Framework
8 15 (0.93%) JSON
9 14 (0.87%) ARM Templates
10 12 (0.74%) Middleware
11 7 (0.43%) JSON Schema
12 6 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.37%) Keycloak
13 5 (0.31%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.31%) FreeSWITCH
13 5 (0.31%) REST
13 5 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 195 (12.07%) Driving Licence
2 109 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 97 (6.01%) Legacy Systems
4 95 (5.88%) Data Centre
5 87 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
6 77 (4.77%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.03%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.97%) PKI
9 37 (2.29%) Clustering
10 36 (2.23%) Replication
11 33 (2.04%) Public Cloud
12 28 (1.73%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.18%) CCTV
13 19 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
15 13 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.74%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.68%) IoT
17 11 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,615 (100.00%) Windows
2 385 (23.84%) Linux
3 230 (14.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 170 (10.53%) Windows 10
5 135 (8.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 68 (4.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 67 (4.15%) Mac OS
8 49 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 43 (2.66%) Apple iOS
10 41 (2.54%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.80%) Android
12 26 (1.61%) CentOS
13 21 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
14 20 (1.24%) VMS
15 9 (0.56%) 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
1 559 (34.61%) Problem-Solving
2 421 (26.07%) Customer Service
3 315 (19.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 289 (17.89%) ITIL
5 286 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 276 (17.09%) Cybersecurity
7 254 (15.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 184 (11.39%) Service Delivery
9 175 (10.84%) Migration
10 141 (8.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 139 (8.61%) Mentoring
12 134 (8.30%) Customer Experience
13 130 (8.05%) Project Delivery
14 122 (7.55%) High Availability
15 110 (6.81%) Kalman Filter
16 106 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
17 105 (6.50%) ITSM
18 103 (6.38%) Business Continuity
19 99 (6.13%) Web Filtering
20 98 (6.07%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 315 (19.50%) PowerShell
2 187 (11.58%) SQL
3 90 (5.57%) Python
4 41 (2.54%) Bash
5 34 (2.11%) C#
6 24 (1.49%) VBA
7 19 (1.18%) Bicep
8 15 (0.93%) Java
9 13 (0.80%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.68%) PHP
11 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.43%) VBScript
13 6 (0.37%) VB
14 5 (0.31%) Ruby
15 3 (0.19%) Go
15 3 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.12%) C
17 1 (0.062%) C++
Qualifications
1 277 (17.15%) Security Cleared
2 170 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.66%) Degree
4 133 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 88 (5.45%) Azure Certification
7 80 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
8 79 (4.89%) DBS Check
9 64 (3.96%) CCNA
10 28 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
11 24 (1.49%) CCNP
12 21 (1.30%) A+ Certification
12 21 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.18%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
16 16 (0.99%) MCSA
16 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 15 (0.93%) MCSE
18 14 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (11.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 140 (8.67%) SLA
3 97 (6.01%) PCI DSS
4 73 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.04%) GDPR
6 30 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (1.24%) NIST
8 6 (0.37%) QA
9 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.19%) COBIT
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) RMADS
11 1 (0.062%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.062%) COSHH
11 1 (0.062%) DICOM
11 1 (0.062%) HL7
11 1 (0.062%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.062%) ITGC
11 1 (0.062%) NCSC
11 1 (0.062%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,103 (68.30%) Active Directory
2 467 (28.92%) Hyper-V
3 432 (26.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 111 (6.87%) vSphere
5 91 (5.63%) Terminal Server
6 51 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
7 46 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
8 44 (2.72%) Docker
9 25 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.55%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.68%) Squid
10 11 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.56%) Terminal Services
12 7 (0.43%) Firmware
12 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.37%) BitLocker
13 6 (0.37%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.19%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 299 (18.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (5.63%) Terraform
3 87 (5.39%) Ansible
4 69 (4.27%) Kubernetes
5 39 (2.41%) SCCM
6 32 (1.98%) FortiGate
7 30 (1.86%) vCenter Server
8 29 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 27 (1.67%) WSUS
10 25 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
11 22 (1.36%) Autotask
12 21 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
13 20 (1.24%) VxRail
14 18 (1.11%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.05%) SCOM
16 15 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
16 15 (0.93%) Nagios
16 15 (0.93%) Packer
17 14 (0.87%) Grafana
18 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,232 (76.28%) Microsoft
2 655 (40.56%) VMware
3 201 (12.45%) Veeam
4 151 (9.35%) Cisco
5 132 (8.17%) Splunk
6 121 (7.49%) SolarWinds
7 101 (6.25%) Nimble Storage
8 89 (5.51%) Brocade
9 88 (5.45%) Tanium
10 60 (3.72%) Meraki
11 57 (3.53%) Red Hat
12 51 (3.16%) Apple
12 51 (3.16%) Citrix
13 47 (2.91%) Google
14 46 (2.85%) HP
15 43 (2.66%) ServiceNow
16 41 (2.54%) Dell
17 39 (2.41%) Sophos
18 35 (2.17%) Oracle
19 34 (2.11%) SonicWALL