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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 110 74
Rank change year-on-year -10 -36 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,483 1,285 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.87% 3.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.07% 19.51% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 1,092 2,929
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% +0.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £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 5,689 6,586 14,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.07% 14.73% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,272 4,273 10,797
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -9 1,390 £40,000 -1.84% 291
UK excluding London +18 1,208 £37,500 - 293
North of England +23 320 £37,500 +11.94% 63
South East +32 314 £40,000 - 90
Work from Home -22 290 £42,500 +1.19% 106
London -79 249 £53,750 -6.52% 48
South West -10 207 £37,500 -6.25% 43
North West +65 176 £35,000 -3.45% 37
East of England +6 155 £36,500 -17.05% 30
Midlands -52 143 £32,500 -7.14% 44
Yorkshire -28 117 £35,500 +18.33% 18
East Midlands -38 74 £30,000 -14.29% 24
West Midlands -53 68 £42,500 +21.43% 20
Wales -21 39 £42,500 +11.57% 9
North East -39 27 £42,500 +21.43% 9
Scotland +18 22 £27,000 -32.50% 3
Northern Ireland -25 8 - - 20

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
1 392 (26.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 257 (17.33%) SharePoint
3 60 (4.05%) IIS
4 27 (1.82%) Confluence
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.47%) WordPress
7 4 (0.27%) Apache
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.20%) JBoss
9 2 (0.13%) Site Server
10 1 (0.067%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.067%) CMS
10 1 (0.067%) Drupal
10 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.067%) nginx
10 1 (0.067%) SAS
10 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
Applications
1 161 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.27%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.067%) Magento
5 1 (0.067%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 931 (62.78%) Microsoft 365
2 835 (56.30%) Azure
3 387 (26.10%) Entra ID
4 162 (10.92%) AWS
5 99 (6.68%) OneDrive
6 61 (4.11%) SaaS
7 53 (3.57%) IaaS
8 47 (3.17%) Google Workspace
9 38 (2.56%) PaaS
10 36 (2.43%) Nutanix
11 33 (2.23%) Power Platform
12 19 (1.28%) GCP
13 18 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (1.01%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (0.94%) GitHub
17 13 (0.88%) Power Automate
18 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 564 (38.03%) DNS
2 469 (31.63%) DHCP
3 450 (30.34%) Firewall
4 235 (15.85%) VPN
5 209 (14.09%) TCP/IP
6 200 (13.49%) WAN
7 184 (12.41%) LAN
8 149 (10.05%) VLAN
9 118 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
10 99 (6.68%) VoIP
11 90 (6.07%) Wireless
12 75 (5.06%) SAN
13 42 (2.83%) Network Security
14 33 (2.23%) NAS
15 32 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
16 21 (1.42%) SD-WAN
17 18 (1.21%) Internet
18 15 (1.01%) SSL
18 15 (1.01%) VSAN
19 12 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (10.38%) SQL Server
2 102 (6.88%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.62%) MySQL
4 20 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.28%) Power BI
6 14 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.74%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.13%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.13%) Looker
12 2 (0.13%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.13%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.067%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (3.30%) Git
2 48 (3.24%) JIRA
3 25 (1.69%) GitLab
4 12 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.13%) Subversion
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.067%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.067%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.067%) Gatling
9 1 (0.067%) JMeter
9 1 (0.067%) Vagrant
General
1 650 (43.83%) Social Skills
2 193 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
3 114 (7.69%) Finance
4 79 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
5 58 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (3.17%) Retail
7 46 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (2.29%) Law
8 34 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 29 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.75%) Banking
11 24 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 21 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.28%) Legal
14 13 (0.88%) Local Government
15 12 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.74%) Back Office
17 10 (0.67%) Games
18 9 (0.61%) Advertising
19 7 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 505 (34.05%) IT Support
2 370 (24.95%) IT Engineer
3 355 (23.94%) Support Engineer
4 305 (20.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 199 (13.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 177 (11.94%) Senior
7 161 (10.86%) IT Technician
8 148 (9.98%) Analyst
9 138 (9.31%) Support Technician
10 133 (8.97%) 2nd Line Support
11 126 (8.50%) Systems Engineer
12 120 (8.09%) IT Support Technician
13 101 (6.81%) Support Analyst
14 98 (6.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 88 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 64 (4.32%) Lead
17 62 (4.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 58 (3.91%) IT Analyst
19 51 (3.44%) Architect
20 48 (3.24%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.02%) .NET
2 26 (1.75%) HTML
3 24 (1.62%) XMPP
4 23 (1.55%) LDAP
5 22 (1.48%) Regular Expression
6 20 (1.35%) CSS
7 14 (0.94%) JSON
8 13 (0.88%) ARM Templates
8 13 (0.88%) Web Services
9 12 (0.81%) XML
10 10 (0.67%) .NET Framework
10 10 (0.67%) Middleware
11 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.40%) JSON Schema
11 6 (0.40%) Keycloak
12 5 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.34%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (0.34%) REST
12 5 (0.34%) SAML
13 4 (0.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 177 (11.94%) Driving Licence
2 105 (7.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 88 (5.93%) Data Centre
4 87 (5.87%) Legacy Systems
5 79 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (4.25%) Onboarding
7 45 (3.03%) Management Information System
8 41 (2.76%) PKI
9 39 (2.63%) Public Cloud
10 35 (2.36%) Replication
11 25 (1.69%) Clustering
11 25 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.15%) CCTV
13 16 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
14 15 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
16 11 (0.74%) EPoS
16 11 (0.74%) Private Cloud
17 10 (0.67%) IoT
17 10 (0.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,483 (100.00%) Windows
2 352 (23.74%) Linux
3 215 (14.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 166 (11.19%) Windows 10
5 136 (9.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 71 (4.79%) Mac OS
7 62 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 59 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
9 50 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 36 (2.43%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.96%) Android
12 24 (1.62%) CentOS
13 23 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 20 (1.35%) VMS
15 9 (0.61%) Unix
15 9 (0.61%) Windows 7
16 7 (0.47%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.34%) Debian
18 4 (0.27%) CoreOS
19 1 (0.067%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (34.46%) Problem-Solving
2 388 (26.16%) Customer Service
3 286 (19.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 264 (17.80%) ITIL
5 246 (16.59%) Cybersecurity
6 239 (16.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 221 (14.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 164 (11.06%) Service Delivery
9 147 (9.91%) Migration
10 131 (8.83%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 129 (8.70%) Mentoring
12 110 (7.42%) Customer Experience
12 110 (7.42%) High Availability
13 102 (6.88%) Kalman Filter
14 101 (6.81%) Project Delivery
15 98 (6.61%) ITSM
16 94 (6.34%) Business Continuity
17 91 (6.14%) Email Filtering
17 91 (6.14%) Root Cause Analysis
18 90 (6.07%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 294 (19.82%) PowerShell
2 163 (10.99%) SQL
3 85 (5.73%) Python
4 37 (2.49%) Bash
5 24 (1.62%) C#
6 20 (1.35%) VBA
7 16 (1.08%) Bicep
8 13 (0.88%) Java
9 11 (0.74%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.74%) PHP
10 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.47%) VB.NET
11 7 (0.47%) VBScript
12 6 (0.40%) VB
13 3 (0.20%) Go
14 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.067%) ABAP
15 1 (0.067%) Korn
15 1 (0.067%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 265 (17.87%) Security Cleared
2 158 (10.65%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.84%) Degree
4 122 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 88 (5.93%) DV Cleared
6 78 (5.26%) DBS Check
7 74 (4.99%) Azure Certification
8 59 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
9 49 (3.30%) CCNA
10 30 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.55%) A+ Certification
12 21 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.21%) CCNP
15 17 (1.15%) AWS Certification
15 17 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.08%) MCSE
16 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 12 (0.81%) MCSA
18 11 (0.74%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (10.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 134 (9.04%) SLA
3 90 (6.07%) PCI DSS
4 75 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (2.02%) GDPR
6 29 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (1.62%) NIST
8 7 (0.47%) QA
9 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.20%) COBIT
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.13%) RMADS
12 1 (0.067%) DICOM
12 1 (0.067%) HL7
12 1 (0.067%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.067%) ITGC
12 1 (0.067%) NCSC
12 1 (0.067%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,017 (68.58%) Active Directory
2 407 (27.44%) Hyper-V
3 400 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 113 (7.62%) vSphere
5 83 (5.60%) Terminal Server
6 44 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
7 43 (2.90%) Docker
8 33 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (1.69%) VMware NSX
11 11 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.61%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.54%) Squid
14 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.40%) Firmware
16 5 (0.34%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
18 3 (0.20%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 259 (17.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.34%) Terraform
3 80 (5.39%) Ansible
4 67 (4.52%) Kubernetes
5 45 (3.03%) SCCM
6 39 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 35 (2.36%) vCenter Server
8 29 (1.96%) FortiGate
9 27 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
10 24 (1.62%) WSUS
11 22 (1.48%) Autotask
12 20 (1.35%) VxRail
13 19 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
14 16 (1.08%) Nagios
15 15 (1.01%) Packer
15 15 (1.01%) ZABBIX
16 13 (0.88%) Grafana
17 12 (0.81%) SCOM
18 10 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
19 9 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,108 (74.71%) Microsoft
2 620 (41.81%) VMware
3 177 (11.94%) Veeam
4 130 (8.77%) Cisco
5 123 (8.29%) Splunk
6 111 (7.48%) SolarWinds
7 99 (6.68%) Nimble Storage
8 81 (5.46%) Brocade
9 80 (5.39%) Tanium
10 59 (3.98%) Google
11 55 (3.71%) Meraki
12 53 (3.57%) Red Hat
13 52 (3.51%) Apple
14 51 (3.44%) Citrix
15 46 (3.10%) Dell
15 46 (3.10%) HP
16 36 (2.43%) ServiceNow
17 33 (2.23%) Oracle
18 32 (2.16%) McAfee
19 30 (2.02%) Sophos