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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 86 57
Rank change year-on-year -8 -29 +60
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,462 2,052 2,437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.71% 3.07% 4.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.06% 22.31% 27.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 1,225 2,158
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £55,625 £59,500 £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 5,210 9,196 8,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.65% 13.76% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,916 5,358 7,284
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 £71,868 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £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 28 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 28 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 -2 1,367 £40,000 -11.11% 463
UK excluding London -12 1,142 £38,500 -9.41% 451
Work from Home -45 321 £45,497 -4.22% 158
South East +7 287 £40,000 -11.11% 170
London -38 261 £57,500 -11.54% 97
South West +26 251 £37,500 -11.76% 52
North of England -15 232 £37,000 -10.84% 82
East of England +6 180 £47,500 +5.56% 55
Midlands -13 159 £33,000 -17.50% 65
Yorkshire +3 111 £32,500 -21.69% 37
East Midlands +8 100 £28,500 -18.57% 26
North West -7 93 £40,500 -4.71% 43
West Midlands -32 59 £44,000 +1.15% 38
Wales -3 28 £60,000 +45.45% 8
North East -4 28 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Scotland -47 18 £38,000 +1.33% 30
Northern Ireland -3 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
1 493 (33.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 248 (16.96%) SharePoint
3 76 (5.20%) IIS
4 18 (1.23%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.89%) Apache Solr
6 12 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.68%) Confluence
8 9 (0.62%) CMS
9 8 (0.55%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.48%) WinCC
11 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
13 3 (0.21%) Apache
13 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.21%) WordPress
14 2 (0.14%) ArchestrA
15 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 89 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.41%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.068%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 9 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.41%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.34%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.068%) Eikon
7 1 (0.068%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.068%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.068%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 957 (65.46%) Microsoft 365
2 937 (64.09%) Azure
3 352 (24.08%) Entra ID
4 140 (9.58%) AWS
5 76 (5.20%) SaaS
6 71 (4.86%) OneDrive
7 67 (4.58%) IaaS
8 51 (3.49%) PaaS
9 45 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
10 35 (2.39%) Power Platform
11 31 (2.12%) GCP
12 30 (2.05%) Google Workspace
13 27 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 25 (1.71%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (1.23%) GitHub
17 17 (1.16%) Nutanix
18 14 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
19 13 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 580 (39.67%) DNS
2 545 (37.28%) DHCP
3 486 (33.24%) Firewall
4 242 (16.55%) TCP/IP
5 228 (15.60%) VPN
6 204 (13.95%) VLAN
7 200 (13.68%) WAN
8 183 (12.52%) LAN
9 111 (7.59%) VoIP
10 110 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
11 83 (5.68%) SAN
12 72 (4.92%) Wireless
13 42 (2.87%) Internet
13 42 (2.87%) SD-WAN
14 41 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
15 33 (2.26%) Network Security
16 21 (1.44%) SSL
17 19 (1.30%) IP Telephony
18 18 (1.23%) Kerberos
18 18 (1.23%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (9.23%) SQL Server
2 110 (7.52%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (2.05%) MySQL
4 14 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.68%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.68%) 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 (0.34%) Power BI
10 4 (0.27%) Data Hub
10 4 (0.27%) MS Access
10 4 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (0.27%) SQL CLR
11 3 (0.21%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (2.53%) Git
2 21 (1.44%) JIRA
3 11 (0.75%) GitLab
4 10 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.068%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.068%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.068%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.068%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 653 (44.66%) Social Skills
2 141 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (7.25%) Finance
4 75 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 61 (4.17%) Law
6 47 (3.21%) Telecoms
7 45 (3.08%) Legal
7 45 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 37 (2.53%) Retail
10 19 (1.30%) Advertising
11 17 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.03%) Marketing
13 14 (0.96%) Automotive
14 13 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.68%) Banking
15 10 (0.68%) Military
16 8 (0.55%) Billing
16 8 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 395 (27.02%) IT Support
2 327 (22.37%) Support Engineer
3 281 (19.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 237 (16.21%) IT Engineer
5 183 (12.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 166 (11.35%) Analyst
7 149 (10.19%) Senior
8 147 (10.05%) 2nd Line Support
9 146 (9.99%) Systems Engineer
10 143 (9.78%) 3rd Line Support
11 126 (8.62%) Support Analyst
12 102 (6.98%) Technical Support
13 79 (5.40%) Cloud Engineer
14 78 (5.34%) Support Technician
15 69 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
16 67 (4.58%) IT Analyst
17 66 (4.51%) Infrastructure Support
18 64 (4.38%) 1st Line Support
19 62 (4.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 62 (4.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.98%) .NET
2 20 (1.37%) LDAP
3 10 (0.68%) Node.js
4 9 (0.62%) HTML
5 8 (0.55%) CSS
6 6 (0.41%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.41%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.34%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.34%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.34%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.34%) Kafka
7 5 (0.34%) YAML
8 4 (0.27%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.27%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.27%) Middleware
8 4 (0.27%) RESTful
8 4 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 182 (12.45%) Driving Licence
2 99 (6.77%) Legacy Systems
3 76 (5.20%) Onboarding
4 63 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 54 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.63%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.46%) PKI
9 32 (2.19%) Clustering
10 31 (2.12%) Replication
11 27 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.50%) CCTV
13 18 (1.23%) CMDB
14 17 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
15 16 (1.09%) iPad
16 14 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.96%) Hedge funds
16 14 (0.96%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.82%) SCADA
18 11 (0.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,462 (100.00%) Windows
2 309 (21.14%) Linux
3 185 (12.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 174 (11.90%) Windows 10
5 163 (11.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 80 (5.47%) Mac OS
7 50 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 35 (2.39%) Android
9 29 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 28 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 19 (1.30%) Unix
12 15 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.55%) Mac OS X
13 8 (0.55%) Rocky
13 8 (0.55%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.48%) Debian
14 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.41%) Solaris
16 5 (0.34%) CentOS
16 5 (0.34%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (32.97%) Problem-Solving
2 386 (26.40%) Customer Service
3 354 (24.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 279 (19.08%) ITIL
5 206 (14.09%) Migration
6 182 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
7 158 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 148 (10.12%) Mentoring
9 146 (9.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 123 (8.41%) Service Delivery
11 107 (7.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 98 (6.70%) Kalman Filter
13 97 (6.63%) Web Filtering
14 95 (6.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 93 (6.36%) Customer Experience
16 90 (6.16%) Email Filtering
17 88 (6.02%) Service Management
18 85 (5.81%) Incident Management
19 81 (5.54%) ITSM
20 78 (5.34%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 347 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 128 (8.76%) SQL
3 69 (4.72%) Python
4 25 (1.71%) Bash
5 24 (1.64%) JavaScript
5 24 (1.64%) VB
6 19 (1.30%) C#
7 13 (0.89%) VBA
8 11 (0.75%) PHP
9 8 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.48%) VBScript
11 6 (0.41%) Bicep
11 6 (0.41%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.21%) Tcl
13 2 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 1 (0.068%) Delphi
14 1 (0.068%) Go
14 1 (0.068%) Java
Qualifications
1 191 (13.06%) Security Cleared
2 147 (10.05%) SC Cleared
3 135 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 115 (7.87%) Degree
5 64 (4.38%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (3.63%) CCNA
8 47 (3.21%) DV Cleared
9 42 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
10 37 (2.53%) MCP
10 37 (2.53%) MCSA
11 35 (2.39%) DBS Check
12 30 (2.05%) MCSE
13 28 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (1.71%) AWS Certification
15 23 (1.57%) A+ Certification
16 21 (1.44%) CCNP
17 13 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
18 9 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 92 (6.29%) PCI DSS
3 81 (5.54%) SLA
4 54 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (3.35%) GDPR
6 19 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.23%) QA
8 8 (0.55%) NIST
9 7 (0.48%) GxP
9 7 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 5 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (0.34%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.27%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.21%) NCSC
13 2 (0.14%) ITGC
14 1 (0.068%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.068%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.068%) HL7
System Software
1 1,035 (70.79%) Active Directory
2 459 (31.40%) Hyper-V
3 343 (23.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 92 (6.29%) Terminal Server
5 61 (4.17%) vSphere
6 52 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
7 49 (3.35%) Docker
8 44 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
10 19 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
11 13 (0.89%) Firmware
12 10 (0.68%) XenApp
13 8 (0.55%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.55%) vCloud
14 6 (0.41%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.34%) Kamailio
15 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.34%) NFS
16 4 (0.27%) ISA Server
17 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 369 (25.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (6.36%) SCCM
3 59 (4.04%) Kubernetes
4 54 (3.69%) Terraform
5 51 (3.49%) Ansible
6 41 (2.80%) WSUS
7 39 (2.67%) vCenter Server
8 33 (2.26%) Autotask
9 23 (1.57%) SCOM
10 22 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (0.89%) FortiGate
12 13 (0.89%) Puppet
13 12 (0.82%) Backup Exec
13 12 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
13 12 (0.82%) Nagios
13 12 (0.82%) ZABBIX
14 11 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
15 10 (0.68%) Prometheus
16 7 (0.48%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,035 (70.79%) Microsoft
2 569 (38.92%) VMware
3 191 (13.06%) Veeam
4 154 (10.53%) Cisco
5 129 (8.82%) SolarWinds
6 97 (6.63%) Tanium
7 96 (6.57%) Nimble Storage
8 93 (6.36%) Splunk
9 88 (6.02%) Brocade
10 59 (4.04%) Apple
11 56 (3.83%) Google
12 52 (3.56%) Citrix
13 41 (2.80%) Datto
14 40 (2.74%) Oracle
15 37 (2.53%) Meraki
15 37 (2.53%) Red Hat
16 36 (2.46%) Dell
17 31 (2.12%) ServiceNow
18 29 (1.98%) HP
19 28 (1.92%) SonicWALL