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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 114 74
Rank change year-on-year -21 -40 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,364 1,181 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 2.77% 3.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.73% 18.06% 24.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 996 2,973
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,656 £75,000 £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 5,516 6,539 13,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.95% 15.34% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,088 4,065 10,665
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,250 £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 £68,750 £66,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -24 1,260 £40,000 -3.61% 320
UK excluding London +11 1,083 £37,500 - 291
North of England +16 287 £35,250 +6.42% 70
South East +27 284 £41,000 -3.53% 82
Work from Home -25 269 £42,500 +1.19% 116
London -67 254 £57,500 -4.17% 64
South West -15 178 £36,500 -8.75% 41
North West +50 149 £37,500 +3.45% 42
Midlands -61 134 £32,500 -7.14% 49
East of England -1 121 £35,750 -18.75% 31
Yorkshire -20 114 £34,000 +13.33% 23
East Midlands -38 75 £29,625 -15.36% 24
West Midlands -71 58 £41,000 +17.14% 25
Wales -10 36 £45,000 +18.13% 10
Scotland +11 31 £31,500 -37.00% 7
North East -33 24 £45,000 +28.57% 6
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 7

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
1 331 (24.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 240 (17.60%) SharePoint
3 55 (4.03%) IIS
4 25 (1.83%) Confluence
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.37%) WordPress
7 4 (0.29%) Apache
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.22%) JBoss
8 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.073%) CMS
10 1 (0.073%) Drupal
10 1 (0.073%) nginx
10 1 (0.073%) Site Server
Applications
1 163 (11.95%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.29%) Exchequer
2 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.29%) Primavera
3 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.073%) Magento
5 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.073%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 830 (60.85%) Microsoft 365
2 748 (54.84%) Azure
3 342 (25.07%) Entra ID
4 161 (11.80%) AWS
5 98 (7.18%) OneDrive
6 61 (4.47%) SaaS
7 56 (4.11%) Google Workspace
8 51 (3.74%) IaaS
9 43 (3.15%) Nutanix
10 37 (2.71%) PaaS
11 31 (2.27%) Power Platform
12 16 (1.17%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.10%) GCP
14 14 (1.03%) GitHub
15 13 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (0.95%) Mimecast
16 12 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
17 11 (0.81%) Power Automate
18 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 510 (37.39%) DNS
2 436 (31.96%) DHCP
3 395 (28.96%) Firewall
4 222 (16.28%) VPN
5 201 (14.74%) WAN
6 189 (13.86%) TCP/IP
7 183 (13.42%) LAN
8 129 (9.46%) VLAN
9 114 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
10 83 (6.09%) VoIP
11 81 (5.94%) Wireless
12 66 (4.84%) SAN
13 41 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
14 39 (2.86%) Network Security
15 32 (2.35%) NAS
16 24 (1.76%) SD-WAN
17 18 (1.32%) WLAN
18 17 (1.25%) Internet
19 16 (1.17%) VSAN
20 15 (1.10%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (10.78%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (1.83%) MySQL
4 19 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.32%) Power BI
6 13 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.88%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
14 1 (0.073%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.073%) InterSystems Cache
14 1 (0.073%) KNIME
14 1 (0.073%) Looker
Development Applications
1 51 (3.74%) Git
2 47 (3.45%) JIRA
3 22 (1.61%) GitLab
4 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.29%) Subversion
9 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.073%) Gatling
11 1 (0.073%) JMeter
11 1 (0.073%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
General
1 560 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 148 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (9.09%) Finance
4 74 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (3.74%) Retail
6 50 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (2.71%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.27%) Banking
9 31 (2.27%) Law
10 25 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.61%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.47%) Aerospace
13 18 (1.32%) Legal
14 12 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.81%) Games
15 11 (0.81%) Local Government
16 10 (0.73%) Back Office
17 9 (0.66%) Advertising
18 8 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 464 (34.02%) IT Support
2 345 (25.29%) IT Engineer
3 331 (24.27%) Support Engineer
4 287 (21.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 188 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 174 (12.76%) Senior
7 141 (10.34%) IT Technician
8 138 (10.12%) 2nd Line Support
9 125 (9.16%) Analyst
10 121 (8.87%) Support Technician
11 100 (7.33%) IT Support Technician
12 95 (6.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 88 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 88 (6.45%) Support Analyst
14 81 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
15 60 (4.40%) Lead
16 56 (4.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 54 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support
18 50 (3.67%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.27%) .NET
2 21 (1.54%) HTML
3 18 (1.32%) XMPP
4 17 (1.25%) CSS
5 16 (1.17%) LDAP
5 16 (1.17%) Regular Expression
6 12 (0.88%) ARM Templates
7 10 (0.73%) JSON
7 10 (0.73%) Web Services
8 7 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.44%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.44%) SAML
9 6 (0.44%) XML
10 5 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (0.37%) FreeSWITCH
10 5 (0.37%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.37%) OAuth
10 5 (0.37%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.37%) OpenID
10 5 (0.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 159 (11.66%) Driving Licence
2 94 (6.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 77 (5.65%) Data Centre
4 74 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.96%) Onboarding
6 53 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (3.37%) Public Cloud
8 40 (2.93%) Replication
9 39 (2.86%) Management Information System
10 34 (2.49%) PKI
11 23 (1.69%) Clustering
12 21 (1.54%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.10%) CCTV
15 13 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
17 11 (0.81%) CMDB
17 11 (0.81%) Fat Client
17 11 (0.81%) Private Cloud
17 11 (0.81%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,364 (100.00%) Windows
2 294 (21.55%) Linux
3 172 (12.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 156 (11.44%) Windows 10
5 115 (8.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 60 (4.40%) Mac OS
7 59 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 56 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 54 (3.96%) Apple iOS
10 37 (2.71%) Android
11 36 (2.64%) Ubuntu
12 23 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (1.61%) CentOS
14 15 (1.10%) VMS
15 14 (1.03%) Unix
16 9 (0.66%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.51%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.37%) Debian
19 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
20 3 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (24.05%) Customer Service
3 273 (20.01%) ITIL
4 263 (19.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 204 (14.96%) Cybersecurity
6 188 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (13.34%) Disaster Recovery
8 149 (10.92%) Service Delivery
9 119 (8.72%) Mentoring
10 103 (7.55%) High Availability
11 102 (7.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 101 (7.40%) Migration
13 92 (6.74%) Root Cause Analysis
14 90 (6.60%) ITSM
15 89 (6.52%) Business Continuity
16 84 (6.16%) Infrastructure as Code
17 81 (5.94%) Change Management
17 81 (5.94%) Project Delivery
18 79 (5.79%) Customer Experience
19 77 (5.65%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 288 (21.11%) PowerShell
2 149 (10.92%) SQL
3 80 (5.87%) Python
4 31 (2.27%) Bash
5 19 (1.39%) C#
6 16 (1.17%) Bicep
7 15 (1.10%) VBA
8 13 (0.95%) VB.NET
9 11 (0.81%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.73%) Java
10 10 (0.73%) PHP
11 8 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.51%) VBScript
13 6 (0.44%) VB
14 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.15%) Go
15 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.073%) Korn
16 1 (0.073%) Perl
Qualifications
1 228 (16.72%) Security Cleared
2 129 (9.46%) Degree
3 126 (9.24%) SC Cleared
4 116 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (6.30%) DV Cleared
6 71 (5.21%) DBS Check
7 60 (4.40%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.57%) CCNA
10 30 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.69%) A+ Certification
12 20 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.47%) MCSE
13 18 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (1.10%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.10%) CCNP
15 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 12 (0.88%) MCSA
17 11 (0.81%) HNC
17 11 (0.81%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.65%) SLA
2 110 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 67 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 62 (4.55%) PCI DSS
5 27 (1.98%) GDPR
6 24 (1.76%) NIST
7 21 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.59%) QA
9 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.22%) COBIT
11 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.073%) DICOM
13 1 (0.073%) HL7
13 1 (0.073%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.073%) ITGC
13 1 (0.073%) NCSC
13 1 (0.073%) RMADS
System Software
1 916 (67.16%) Active Directory
2 357 (26.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 325 (23.83%) Hyper-V
4 99 (7.26%) vSphere
5 51 (3.74%) Terminal Server
6 43 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
7 40 (2.93%) Docker
8 27 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (1.76%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.88%) Terminal Services
12 10 (0.73%) Firmware
12 10 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.51%) Squid
13 7 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.29%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.15%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 224 (16.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 97 (7.11%) Terraform
3 76 (5.57%) Ansible
4 62 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 49 (3.59%) SCCM
6 42 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 37 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 26 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (1.69%) WSUS
10 21 (1.54%) Autotask
10 21 (1.54%) VxRail
11 20 (1.47%) FortiGate
12 18 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
13 17 (1.25%) SCOM
14 15 (1.10%) Nagios
15 14 (1.03%) Packer
16 13 (0.95%) ZABBIX
17 12 (0.88%) Grafana
18 9 (0.66%) Backup Exec
18 9 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 949 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 543 (39.81%) VMware
3 133 (9.75%) Veeam
4 111 (8.14%) Cisco
5 89 (6.52%) Splunk
6 81 (5.94%) SolarWinds
7 73 (5.35%) Nimble Storage
8 62 (4.55%) Google
9 56 (4.11%) Dell
10 53 (3.89%) Apple
10 53 (3.89%) HP
11 50 (3.67%) Citrix
12 48 (3.52%) Brocade
12 48 (3.52%) Red Hat
12 48 (3.52%) Tanium
13 44 (3.23%) Meraki
14 32 (2.35%) Oracle
15 31 (2.27%) McAfee
16 28 (2.05%) ServiceNow
17 25 (1.83%) Dell Compellent