Windows Server Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 77 92
Rank change year-on-year -48 +15 +70
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,441 3,207 3,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.40% 3.11% 3.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.43% 23.47% 21.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 2,702 2,518
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £30,000 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -10.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,797 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.53% -5.00% -

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 7,418 13,664 14,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.35% 13.25% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,647 10,218 10,069
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,043 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -12.38% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 19 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 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 -47 1,388 £40,000 - 713
UK excluding London -50 1,065 £37,797 -0.53% 623
Work from Home -101 379 £42,500 -5.56% 278
London +14 353 £55,500 +0.91% 164
North of England -78 265 £33,500 -10.67% 148
South East -65 252 £40,000 - 201
Midlands -36 211 £35,000 - 79
South West +26 160 £39,750 +6.00% 67
East of England -28 147 £45,000 +38.46% 89
Yorkshire -16 142 £30,000 -27.27% 48
West Midlands -31 106 £35,000 - 43
East Midlands -26 103 £35,000 -6.67% 36
North West -77 100 £37,500 -8.54% 82
North East -19 23 £35,000 - 21
Wales -14 22 £57,500 +69.12% 20
Scotland -20 19 £40,000 -11.11% 29
Northern Ireland +37 1 £55,000 +58.83% 7
Isle of Man +3 1 £34,500 -21.14% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 386 (26.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 252 (17.49%) SharePoint
3 91 (6.32%) IIS
4 16 (1.11%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.69%) Apache
5 10 (0.69%) CMS
6 9 (0.62%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.21%) Confluence
11 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.069%) Umbraco
Applications
1 129 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.14%) Revit
7 1 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.069%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (1.73%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.42%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.35%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.28%) Sage 1000
5 4 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.069%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 833 (57.81%) Azure
2 793 (55.03%) Microsoft 365
3 289 (20.06%) Entra ID
4 181 (12.56%) AWS
5 92 (6.38%) OneDrive
6 73 (5.07%) SaaS
7 72 (5.00%) IaaS
8 57 (3.96%) PaaS
9 37 (2.57%) Mimecast
9 37 (2.57%) Power Platform
10 30 (2.08%) Nutanix
10 30 (2.08%) PowerApps
11 28 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (1.73%) GitHub
13 24 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (1.60%) GCP
15 21 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.46%) Google Workspace
16 20 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 521 (36.16%) Firewall
2 436 (30.26%) DNS
3 380 (26.37%) DHCP
4 223 (15.48%) WAN
5 222 (15.41%) VPN
6 207 (14.37%) LAN
7 193 (13.39%) TCP/IP
8 188 (13.05%) VLAN
9 114 (7.91%) VoIP
10 100 (6.94%) SAN
11 99 (6.87%) Wi-Fi
12 72 (5.00%) Wireless
13 60 (4.16%) Network Security
14 48 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
15 43 (2.98%) SD-WAN
16 29 (2.01%) Internet
16 29 (2.01%) NAS
17 21 (1.46%) Cisco IOS
18 17 (1.18%) MPLS
19 16 (1.11%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (12.56%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (0.90%) Data Hub
3 13 (0.90%) MySQL
3 13 (0.90%) SQL CLR
4 12 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.49%) GIS
7 7 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.42%) Power BI
9 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.14%) Tableau
11 1 (0.069%) DB2
11 1 (0.069%) DTS
Development Applications
1 24 (1.67%) Git
2 15 (1.04%) JIRA
3 13 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.35%) GitLab
5 4 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.21%) Subversion
7 1 (0.069%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.069%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.069%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.069%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.069%) Log4Net
7 1 (0.069%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.069%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 502 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 160 (11.10%) Finance
3 87 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (5.76%) Manufacturing
5 74 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 57 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 54 (3.75%) Law
9 52 (3.61%) Legal
10 45 (3.12%) Banking
11 39 (2.71%) Retail
12 31 (2.15%) Back Office
13 25 (1.73%) Automotive
14 24 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (1.53%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.39%) Advertising
16 20 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.04%) Marketing
18 10 (0.69%) Local Government
18 10 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 303 (21.03%) IT Support
2 285 (19.78%) Support Engineer
3 256 (17.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 230 (15.96%) Analyst
5 171 (11.87%) IT Engineer
6 150 (10.41%) Support Analyst
7 127 (8.81%) 3rd Line Support
8 120 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
9 113 (7.84%) IT Analyst
10 107 (7.43%) Senior
11 99 (6.87%) Infrastructure Support
12 98 (6.80%) Technical Support
13 90 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
14 87 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
15 85 (5.90%) IT Support Engineer
16 82 (5.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 82 (5.69%) Cloud Engineer
17 74 (5.14%) Support Technician
18 70 (4.86%) Administrator
19 68 (4.72%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.50%) .NET
2 23 (1.60%) SAML
3 21 (1.46%) LDAP
4 16 (1.11%) .NET Framework
5 14 (0.97%) .NET Core
5 14 (0.97%) Entity Framework
6 13 (0.90%) Dapper ORM
7 8 (0.56%) HTML
8 7 (0.49%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.49%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.49%) Web Services
9 6 (0.42%) OAuth
9 6 (0.42%) OpenID
10 5 (0.35%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.35%) CSS
10 5 (0.35%) REST
10 5 (0.35%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.28%) Middleware
12 3 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.54%) Driving Licence
2 79 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.98%) Clustering
5 43 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 43 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.78%) PKI
7 31 (2.15%) Replication
8 27 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.46%) CCTV
10 20 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 16 (1.11%) FMCG
12 15 (1.04%) Hedge funds
13 14 (0.97%) iPhone
13 14 (0.97%) Security Posture
13 14 (0.97%) Smartphone
14 13 (0.90%) Public Cloud
14 13 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 11 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,440 (99.93%) Windows
2 265 (18.39%) Linux
3 214 (14.85%) Windows 10
4 196 (13.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 145 (10.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 78 (5.41%) Mac OS
7 71 (4.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 52 (3.61%) Android
9 44 (3.05%) Apple iOS
10 32 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (1.87%) Unix
12 23 (1.60%) Mac OS X
13 22 (1.53%) Windows 7
14 19 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
15 17 (1.18%) Ubuntu
16 13 (0.90%) CentOS
16 13 (0.90%) Rocky
17 8 (0.56%) VMS
18 7 (0.49%) AIX
19 5 (0.35%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
2 330 (22.90%) ITIL
3 317 (22.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 276 (19.15%) Customer Service
5 205 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
6 167 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 110 (7.63%) Incident Management
8 108 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (7.08%) Mentoring
10 101 (7.01%) Migration
11 86 (5.97%) Project Delivery
12 83 (5.76%) High Availability
12 83 (5.76%) Patch Management
13 77 (5.34%) Service Delivery
14 74 (5.14%) DevOps
15 73 (5.07%) Service Management
16 68 (4.72%) Virtual Environments
17 66 (4.58%) Artificial Intelligence
17 66 (4.58%) ITSM
18 65 (4.51%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 366 (25.40%) PowerShell
2 170 (11.80%) SQL
3 74 (5.14%) Python
4 25 (1.73%) Bash
5 22 (1.53%) C#
6 16 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.69%) VB
8 8 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.49%) Perl
10 6 (0.42%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
12 4 (0.28%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.28%) VBA
12 4 (0.28%) VBScript
13 3 (0.21%) Go
13 3 (0.21%) Gremlin
14 2 (0.14%) Java
14 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.069%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.069%) R
Qualifications
1 194 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 155 (10.76%) Degree
3 152 (10.55%) Security Cleared
4 95 (6.59%) Azure Certification
5 86 (5.97%) DV Cleared
6 84 (5.83%) MCSA
7 78 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 75 (5.20%) SC Cleared
9 70 (4.86%) MCSE
10 63 (4.37%) CCNA
11 51 (3.54%) A+ Certification
12 49 (3.40%) MCP
13 44 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
14 41 (2.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 37 (2.57%) CCNP
16 29 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 26 (1.80%) DBS Check
19 23 (1.60%) AWS Certification
20 18 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (9.23%) SLA
2 53 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (2.98%) GDPR
5 22 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 15 (1.04%) QA
7 10 (0.69%) NIST
8 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.35%) ITGC
10 5 (0.35%) NCSC
11 4 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.069%) DICOM
14 1 (0.069%) GxP
14 1 (0.069%) HL7
System Software
1 926 (64.26%) Active Directory
2 429 (29.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 343 (23.80%) Hyper-V
4 114 (7.91%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (4.23%) vSphere
6 47 (3.26%) Docker
7 43 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
8 39 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.08%) Terminal Services
10 26 (1.80%) XenApp
11 21 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (0.97%) Firmware
13 10 (0.69%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 5 (0.35%) NFS
15 5 (0.35%) Terminal Server
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 291 (20.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 125 (8.67%) SCCM
3 88 (6.11%) Ansible
4 69 (4.79%) Terraform
5 65 (4.51%) Kubernetes
6 42 (2.91%) vCenter Server
7 37 (2.57%) SCOM
8 35 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 30 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
10 21 (1.46%) FortiGate
10 21 (1.46%) WSUS
11 19 (1.32%) Puppet
12 18 (1.25%) Autotask
13 17 (1.18%) NetBackup
14 16 (1.11%) Backup Exec
14 16 (1.11%) Prometheus
15 14 (0.97%) AirWatch
15 14 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
15 14 (0.97%) vMotion
16 12 (0.83%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1,012 (70.23%) Microsoft
2 554 (38.45%) VMware
3 208 (14.43%) Cisco
4 122 (8.47%) Veeam
5 95 (6.59%) Apple
6 93 (6.45%) Citrix
7 60 (4.16%) ServiceNow
8 55 (3.82%) HP
9 48 (3.33%) Meraki
10 43 (2.98%) Fortinet
10 43 (2.98%) Google
11 42 (2.91%) SolarWinds
12 39 (2.71%) Sophos
13 38 (2.64%) Dell
14 35 (2.43%) Oracle
15 34 (2.36%) Palo Alto
15 34 (2.36%) SAP
16 31 (2.15%) SonicWALL
17 29 (2.01%) NetApp
18 27 (1.87%) Aruba