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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 86 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 -31 +59
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,437 2,013 2,430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.65% 3.10% 4.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.10% 22.36% 27.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,212 2,152
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,524 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £56,063 £60,000 £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 5,113 9,003 8,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.44% 13.88% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,834 5,278 7,265
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 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £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 1 December 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 1 December 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 -2 1,342 £40,000 -11.11% 447
UK excluding London -15 1,122 £38,500 -9.41% 435
Work from Home -45 319 £45,497 -4.22% 165
South East +12 284 £40,000 -11.11% 160
London -43 257 £57,500 -11.54% 83
South West +23 250 £37,000 -12.94% 46
North of England -10 227 £37,000 -10.84% 98
East of England +7 174 £47,500 +4.40% 58
Midlands -18 153 £32,500 -18.75% 56
Yorkshire -7 109 £32,500 -21.69% 39
East Midlands +5 98 £27,500 -21.43% 25
North West -10 90 £40,500 -4.71% 53
West Midlands -36 55 £40,000 -5.88% 31
Wales -1 28 £60,000 +50.00% 7
North East -2 28 £35,000 -6.67% 10
Scotland -47 19 £38,000 +1.33% 23
Northern Ireland -6 5 £55,000 +4.76% 3
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
1 486 (33.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 247 (17.19%) SharePoint
3 76 (5.29%) IIS
4 17 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.90%) Apache Solr
6 12 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.70%) Confluence
8 9 (0.63%) CMS
8 9 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.49%) WinCC
10 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
12 3 (0.21%) Apache
12 3 (0.21%) WordPress
13 2 (0.14%) ArchestrA
14 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 87 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.42%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.28%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.21%) CATIA
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.14%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.070%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.070%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (0.70%) 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 (0.070%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.070%) Eikon
7 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.070%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 940 (65.41%) Microsoft 365
2 914 (63.60%) Azure
3 346 (24.08%) Entra ID
4 138 (9.60%) AWS
5 75 (5.22%) SaaS
6 71 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 62 (4.31%) IaaS
8 47 (3.27%) PaaS
9 45 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 36 (2.51%) Power Platform
11 30 (2.09%) GCP
12 28 (1.95%) Google Workspace
13 27 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
14 26 (1.81%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.53%) 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
1 572 (39.81%) DNS
2 538 (37.44%) DHCP
3 471 (32.78%) Firewall
4 237 (16.49%) TCP/IP
5 219 (15.24%) VPN
6 199 (13.85%) VLAN
7 193 (13.43%) WAN
8 177 (12.32%) LAN
9 108 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
10 107 (7.45%) VoIP
11 80 (5.57%) SAN
12 69 (4.80%) Wireless
13 42 (2.92%) Internet
14 41 (2.85%) Remote Desktop
14 41 (2.85%) SD-WAN
15 33 (2.30%) Network Security
16 21 (1.46%) SSL
17 19 (1.32%) IP Telephony
18 18 (1.25%) Kerberos
19 17 (1.18%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 110 (7.65%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (2.02%) MySQL
4 14 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.63%) DTS
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.49%) 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%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 38 (2.64%) Git
2 21 (1.46%) JIRA
3 10 (0.70%) GitLab
3 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.28%) Toad
7 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.070%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.070%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 638 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 138 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (7.59%) Finance
4 74 (5.15%) Manufacturing
5 62 (4.31%) Law
6 45 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 43 (2.99%) Legal
8 41 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 33 (2.30%) Retail
11 18 (1.25%) Advertising
12 16 (1.11%) Aerospace
13 13 (0.90%) Automotive
13 13 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (0.90%) Marketing
14 10 (0.70%) Military
15 9 (0.63%) Banking
15 9 (0.63%) Front Office
16 8 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 392 (27.28%) IT Support
2 324 (22.55%) Support Engineer
3 276 (19.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 236 (16.42%) IT Engineer
5 185 (12.87%) IT Support Engineer
6 158 (11.00%) Analyst
7 147 (10.23%) 2nd Line Support
8 144 (10.02%) Senior
8 144 (10.02%) Systems Engineer
9 140 (9.74%) 3rd Line Support
10 123 (8.56%) Support Analyst
11 99 (6.89%) Technical Support
12 80 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
13 79 (5.50%) Support Technician
14 68 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
15 65 (4.52%) Infrastructure Support
16 64 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 62 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
17 62 (4.31%) IT Analyst
18 60 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.02%) .NET
2 20 (1.39%) LDAP
3 10 (0.70%) Node.js
4 9 (0.63%) HTML
5 8 (0.56%) CSS
5 8 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.42%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.35%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.35%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.35%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.35%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.35%) Kafka
7 5 (0.35%) YAML
8 4 (0.28%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.28%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.28%) Middleware
8 4 (0.28%) RESTful
8 4 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 178 (12.39%) Driving Licence
2 99 (6.89%) Legacy Systems
3 75 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 61 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 52 (3.62%) Data Centre
6 51 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (2.37%) PKI
9 31 (2.16%) Clustering
9 31 (2.16%) Replication
10 26 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.53%) CCTV
12 18 (1.25%) CMDB
13 16 (1.11%) iPad
14 15 (1.04%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
15 14 (0.97%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.97%) Hedge funds
16 12 (0.84%) SCADA
17 10 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,437 (100.00%) Windows
2 305 (21.22%) Linux
3 180 (12.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 168 (11.69%) Windows 10
5 157 (10.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 75 (5.22%) Mac OS
7 49 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 33 (2.30%) Android
9 28 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 27 (1.88%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.25%) Unix
12 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.56%) Mac OS X
13 8 (0.56%) Rocky
14 7 (0.49%) Debian
14 7 (0.49%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.42%) Solaris
15 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.35%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (32.85%) Problem-Solving
2 382 (26.58%) Customer Service
3 351 (24.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 273 (19.00%) ITIL
5 204 (14.20%) Migration
6 180 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
7 156 (10.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 145 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 144 (10.02%) Mentoring
10 121 (8.42%) Service Delivery
11 107 (7.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 97 (6.75%) Kalman Filter
13 96 (6.68%) Web Filtering
14 95 (6.61%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 93 (6.47%) Customer Experience
16 90 (6.26%) Email Filtering
17 89 (6.19%) Service Management
18 83 (5.78%) Incident Management
19 79 (5.50%) ITSM
20 78 (5.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 340 (23.66%) PowerShell
2 126 (8.77%) SQL
3 69 (4.80%) Python
4 25 (1.74%) Bash
5 24 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 24 (1.67%) VB
6 18 (1.25%) C#
7 13 (0.90%) VBA
8 11 (0.77%) PHP
9 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.49%) VBScript
11 6 (0.42%) Bicep
12 5 (0.35%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.21%) Tcl
14 2 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
14 2 (0.14%) Perl
15 1 (0.070%) Delphi
15 1 (0.070%) Java
15 1 (0.070%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 191 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 147 (10.23%) SC Cleared
3 127 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 111 (7.72%) Degree
5 62 (4.31%) Azure Certification
6 56 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
7 49 (3.41%) CCNA
8 47 (3.27%) DV Cleared
9 39 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
10 35 (2.44%) DBS Check
10 35 (2.44%) MCP
11 34 (2.37%) MCSA
12 29 (2.02%) MCSE
13 28 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (1.74%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.46%) A+ Certification
16 18 (1.25%) CCNP
17 13 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
18 8 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 92 (6.40%) PCI DSS
3 80 (5.57%) SLA
4 53 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.13%) GDPR
6 19 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.25%) QA
8 7 (0.49%) GxP
8 7 (0.49%) IEC 61508
8 7 (0.49%) NIST
9 5 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 5 (0.35%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.28%) GRC
10 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.21%) NCSC
12 2 (0.14%) ITGC
13 1 (0.070%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.070%) DICOM
13 1 (0.070%) HL7
System Software
1 1,014 (70.56%) Active Directory
2 446 (31.04%) Hyper-V
3 335 (23.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 92 (6.40%) Terminal Server
5 60 (4.18%) vSphere
6 51 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
7 50 (3.48%) Docker
8 42 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
10 19 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
11 13 (0.90%) Firmware
12 9 (0.63%) XenApp
13 8 (0.56%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.56%) vCloud
14 7 (0.49%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.35%) Kamailio
15 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.35%) NFS
16 4 (0.28%) ISA Server
17 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 357 (24.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (6.26%) SCCM
3 60 (4.18%) Kubernetes
4 57 (3.97%) Terraform
5 52 (3.62%) Ansible
6 40 (2.78%) WSUS
7 39 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 32 (2.23%) Autotask
9 23 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 23 (1.60%) SCOM
10 16 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.90%) Puppet
12 12 (0.84%) Nagios
13 11 (0.77%) Backup Exec
13 11 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
13 11 (0.77%) ZABBIX
14 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
15 9 (0.63%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
16 7 (0.49%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,012 (70.42%) Microsoft
2 558 (38.83%) VMware
3 186 (12.94%) Veeam
4 143 (9.95%) Cisco
5 126 (8.77%) SolarWinds
6 97 (6.75%) Tanium
7 96 (6.68%) Nimble Storage
8 94 (6.54%) Splunk
9 88 (6.12%) Brocade
10 57 (3.97%) Apple
11 52 (3.62%) Google
12 51 (3.55%) Citrix
13 39 (2.71%) Datto
13 39 (2.71%) Oracle
14 37 (2.57%) Red Hat
15 36 (2.51%) Meraki
16 34 (2.37%) Dell
17 29 (2.02%) ServiceNow
18 26 (1.81%) SonicWALL
19 25 (1.74%) HP