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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 84 57
Rank change year-on-year -9 -27 +59
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,444 2,041 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.71% 3.04% 4.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.67% 22.34% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,154 1,215 2,173
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £55,625 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -9.41% +3.66% +2.50%

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 5,218 9,135 9,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.78% 13.59% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,903 5,306 7,357
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,500
90th Percentile £84,650 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +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 25 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 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 25 November 2025. 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 -3 1,351 £40,000 -11.11% 461
UK excluding London -9 1,125 £38,500 -9.41% 445
Work from Home -38 317 £45,497 -4.22% 147
South East +8 281 £40,000 -11.11% 177
London -39 261 £56,500 -13.08% 93
South West +27 247 £36,500 -14.12% 53
North of England -13 231 £37,000 -10.84% 72
East of England +5 180 £47,500 +5.56% 55
Midlands -18 154 £34,000 -15.00% 64
Yorkshire -4 108 £32,500 -22.16% 32
East Midlands +9 96 £28,000 -18.84% 27
North West -5 95 £40,500 -4.71% 38
West Midlands -27 58 £42,000 -3.45% 36
North East +3 28 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Wales -1 28 £60,000 +45.45% 7
Scotland -53 17 £37,750 +0.67% 24
Northern Ireland -1 5 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

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
1 493 (34.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 241 (16.69%) SharePoint
3 73 (5.06%) IIS
4 18 (1.25%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.90%) Apache Solr
6 12 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (0.62%) CMS
7 9 (0.62%) Confluence
8 7 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.48%) WinCC
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
11 3 (0.21%) Apache
11 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) ArchestrA
13 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 88 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.42%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.21%) CATIA
7 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 1 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 9 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.35%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.14%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.069%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.069%) Eikon
7 1 (0.069%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.069%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.069%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 942 (65.24%) Microsoft 365
2 929 (64.34%) Azure
3 349 (24.17%) Entra ID
4 138 (9.56%) AWS
5 75 (5.19%) SaaS
6 69 (4.78%) OneDrive
7 66 (4.57%) IaaS
8 50 (3.46%) PaaS
9 45 (3.12%) Azure Logic Apps
10 35 (2.42%) Power Platform
11 31 (2.15%) GCP
12 30 (2.08%) Google Workspace
13 27 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
14 25 (1.73%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (1.32%) GitHub
17 18 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
18 17 (1.18%) Nutanix
19 14 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
20 13 (0.90%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 570 (39.47%) DNS
2 534 (36.98%) DHCP
3 483 (33.45%) Firewall
4 238 (16.48%) TCP/IP
5 225 (15.58%) VPN
6 201 (13.92%) VLAN
7 197 (13.64%) WAN
8 179 (12.40%) LAN
9 110 (7.62%) VoIP
10 108 (7.48%) Wi-Fi
11 83 (5.75%) SAN
12 69 (4.78%) Wireless
13 42 (2.91%) Remote Desktop
13 42 (2.91%) SD-WAN
14 40 (2.77%) Internet
15 29 (2.01%) Network Security
16 21 (1.45%) SSL
17 19 (1.32%) IP Telephony
18 18 (1.25%) Kerberos
18 18 (1.25%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 110 (7.62%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (2.08%) MySQL
4 14 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.62%) DTS
6 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.35%) Power BI
10 4 (0.28%) Data Hub
10 4 (0.28%) MS Access
10 4 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (0.28%) SQL CLR
11 3 (0.21%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (2.63%) Git
2 21 (1.45%) JIRA
3 10 (0.69%) GitLab
4 9 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.28%) Toad
8 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.069%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.069%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.069%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.069%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 645 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 142 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (7.20%) Finance
4 74 (5.12%) Manufacturing
5 61 (4.22%) Law
6 47 (3.25%) Telecoms
7 45 (3.12%) Legal
7 45 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (2.98%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
10 36 (2.49%) Retail
11 18 (1.25%) Advertising
12 16 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 16 (1.11%) Marketing
13 14 (0.97%) Automotive
14 13 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.69%) Military
16 9 (0.62%) Banking
17 8 (0.55%) Back Office
17 8 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 386 (26.73%) IT Support
2 321 (22.23%) Support Engineer
3 280 (19.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 231 (16.00%) IT Engineer
5 177 (12.26%) IT Support Engineer
6 169 (11.70%) Analyst
7 146 (10.11%) Senior
7 146 (10.11%) Systems Engineer
8 143 (9.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 142 (9.83%) 3rd Line Support
10 126 (8.73%) Support Analyst
11 102 (7.06%) Technical Support
12 79 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
13 74 (5.12%) Support Technician
14 69 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
15 67 (4.64%) IT Analyst
16 66 (4.57%) Infrastructure Support
17 64 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
18 61 (4.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 59 (4.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.01%) .NET
2 20 (1.39%) LDAP
3 10 (0.69%) Node.js
4 9 (0.62%) HTML
5 8 (0.55%) CSS
6 6 (0.42%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.42%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.35%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.35%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.35%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.35%) YAML
8 4 (0.28%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.28%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.28%) Kafka
8 4 (0.28%) Middleware
8 4 (0.28%) RESTful
8 4 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (12.26%) Driving Licence
2 99 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
3 74 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 62 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 55 (3.81%) Data Centre
6 52 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.49%) PKI
9 31 (2.15%) Clustering
9 31 (2.15%) Replication
10 27 (1.87%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.52%) CCTV
12 18 (1.25%) CMDB
13 16 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (0.97%) Client/Server
14 14 (0.97%) Hedge funds
14 14 (0.97%) iPad
14 14 (0.97%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.83%) SCADA
16 11 (0.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,444 (100.00%) Windows
2 311 (21.54%) Linux
3 184 (12.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 172 (11.91%) Windows 10
5 163 (11.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 82 (5.68%) Mac OS
7 49 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 35 (2.42%) Android
9 28 (1.94%) Apple iOS
9 28 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (1.52%) Unix
11 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.55%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.55%) Rocky
12 8 (0.55%) Windows 7
13 7 (0.48%) Debian
13 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.42%) Solaris
15 5 (0.35%) CentOS
15 5 (0.35%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (32.55%) Problem-Solving
2 379 (26.25%) Customer Service
3 350 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 276 (19.11%) ITIL
5 205 (14.20%) Migration
6 180 (12.47%) Cybersecurity
7 160 (11.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 147 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 147 (10.18%) Mentoring
9 121 (8.38%) Service Delivery
10 109 (7.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 98 (6.79%) Kalman Filter
12 97 (6.72%) Web Filtering
13 93 (6.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 92 (6.37%) Customer Experience
15 90 (6.23%) Email Filtering
16 87 (6.02%) Service Management
17 81 (5.61%) Incident Management
17 81 (5.61%) ITSM
18 79 (5.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 342 (23.68%) PowerShell
2 127 (8.80%) SQL
3 68 (4.71%) Python
4 24 (1.66%) Bash
4 24 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 24 (1.66%) VB
5 19 (1.32%) C#
6 13 (0.90%) VBA
7 11 (0.76%) PHP
8 8 (0.55%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.55%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.48%) VBScript
10 6 (0.42%) Bicep
10 6 (0.42%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.21%) Tcl
12 2 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.069%) Delphi
13 1 (0.069%) Go
13 1 (0.069%) Java
13 1 (0.069%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 184 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 145 (10.04%) SC Cleared
3 135 (9.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 116 (8.03%) Degree
5 64 (4.43%) Azure Certification
5 64 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (3.81%) CCNA
7 45 (3.12%) DV Cleared
8 44 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
9 38 (2.63%) MCSA
10 37 (2.56%) MCP
11 34 (2.35%) DBS Check
12 30 (2.08%) MCSE
13 28 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (1.73%) AWS Certification
15 23 (1.59%) A+ Certification
16 22 (1.52%) CCNP
17 14 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
19 9 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (10.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 91 (6.30%) PCI DSS
3 83 (5.75%) SLA
4 53 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (3.32%) GDPR
6 20 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.25%) QA
8 8 (0.55%) NIST
9 7 (0.48%) GxP
9 7 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 5 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (0.35%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.28%) GRC
12 3 (0.21%) ITGC
12 3 (0.21%) NCSC
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.069%) DICOM
13 1 (0.069%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.069%) HL7
System Software
1 1,024 (70.91%) Active Directory
2 458 (31.72%) Hyper-V
3 345 (23.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 92 (6.37%) Terminal Server
5 61 (4.22%) vSphere
6 52 (3.60%) VMware ESXi
7 48 (3.32%) Docker
8 43 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
10 19 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.83%) Firmware
12 10 (0.69%) XenApp
13 8 (0.55%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.55%) vCloud
14 6 (0.42%) NFS
15 5 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 5 (0.35%) Kamailio
15 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) ISA Server
16 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 367 (25.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.51%) SCCM
3 59 (4.09%) Kubernetes
4 53 (3.67%) Terraform
5 51 (3.53%) Ansible
6 39 (2.70%) WSUS
7 38 (2.63%) vCenter Server
8 33 (2.29%) Autotask
9 23 (1.59%) SCOM
10 22 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (0.97%) FortiGate
13 13 (0.90%) Backup Exec
13 13 (0.90%) Puppet
14 12 (0.83%) Nagios
14 12 (0.83%) ZABBIX
15 11 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
15 11 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.76%) Prometheus
16 7 (0.48%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,031 (71.40%) Microsoft
2 568 (39.34%) VMware
3 192 (13.30%) Veeam
4 157 (10.87%) Cisco
5 129 (8.93%) SolarWinds
6 97 (6.72%) Tanium
7 96 (6.65%) Nimble Storage
8 94 (6.51%) Splunk
9 88 (6.09%) Brocade
10 59 (4.09%) Apple
11 56 (3.88%) Google
12 51 (3.53%) Citrix
13 41 (2.84%) Datto
14 40 (2.77%) Oracle
15 39 (2.70%) Meraki
16 36 (2.49%) Red Hat
17 35 (2.42%) Dell
18 31 (2.15%) ServiceNow
19 28 (1.94%) HP
19 28 (1.94%) Sophos