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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 110 75
Rank change year-on-year -11 -35 +18
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,466 1,278 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.57% 2.87% 3.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.94% 19.46% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 1,085 2,929
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £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 5,652 6,569 14,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.07% 14.75% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,246 4,260 10,762
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -15 1,372 £40,000 -1.84% 309
UK excluding London +19 1,185 £37,500 - 288
North of England +22 311 £37,500 +11.94% 66
South East +34 310 £40,000 - 106
Work from Home -24 284 £42,500 +0.59% 113
London -67 253 £55,000 -4.35% 53
South West -13 201 £35,000 -12.50% 45
North West +58 168 £37,500 - 40
East of England +8 152 £36,500 -17.05% 31
Midlands -43 143 £32,500 -7.14% 38
Yorkshire -27 116 £35,250 +17.50% 18
East Midlands -28 75 £30,000 -14.29% 16
West Midlands -49 67 £42,250 +20.71% 22
Wales -25 37 £42,500 +11.57% 6
North East -39 27 £42,500 +21.43% 9
Scotland +17 23 £28,000 -30.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 5

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
1 386 (26.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 260 (17.74%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.02%) IIS
4 27 (1.84%) Confluence
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.41%) WordPress
7 4 (0.27%) Apache
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.20%) JBoss
9 2 (0.14%) Site Server
10 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.068%) CMS
10 1 (0.068%) Drupal
10 1 (0.068%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.068%) nginx
10 1 (0.068%) SAS
10 1 (0.068%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
Applications
1 159 (10.85%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.27%) Exchequer
2 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.27%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.068%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.068%) Magento
4 1 (0.068%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 915 (62.41%) Microsoft 365
2 822 (56.07%) Azure
3 384 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 164 (11.19%) AWS
5 102 (6.96%) OneDrive
6 60 (4.09%) SaaS
7 52 (3.55%) IaaS
8 50 (3.41%) Google Workspace
9 37 (2.52%) Nutanix
9 37 (2.52%) PaaS
10 34 (2.32%) Power Platform
11 19 (1.30%) GCP
12 18 (1.23%) Mimecast
13 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (1.02%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.95%) GitHub
15 12 (0.82%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 554 (37.79%) DNS
2 462 (31.51%) DHCP
3 441 (30.08%) Firewall
4 232 (15.83%) VPN
5 207 (14.12%) TCP/IP
6 203 (13.85%) WAN
7 187 (12.76%) LAN
8 148 (10.10%) VLAN
9 122 (8.32%) Wi-Fi
10 98 (6.68%) VoIP
11 88 (6.00%) Wireless
12 76 (5.18%) SAN
13 43 (2.93%) Network Security
14 33 (2.25%) NAS
15 32 (2.18%) Remote Desktop
16 21 (1.43%) SD-WAN
17 17 (1.16%) Internet
17 17 (1.16%) VSAN
18 14 (0.95%) SSL
19 13 (0.89%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (10.44%) SQL Server
2 94 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.64%) MySQL
4 19 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.30%) Power BI
5 13 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (0.75%) MongoDB
6 11 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 11 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
9 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 2 (0.14%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.14%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.068%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (3.27%) Git
1 48 (3.27%) JIRA
2 25 (1.71%) GitLab
3 12 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 9 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.14%) Subversion
7 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.068%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.068%) Carbide.c++
8 1 (0.068%) Gatling
8 1 (0.068%) JMeter
8 1 (0.068%) Vagrant
General
1 637 (43.45%) Social Skills
2 183 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (7.98%) Finance
4 80 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
6 46 (3.14%) Retail
7 44 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (2.39%) Law
9 31 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 28 (1.91%) Banking
12 24 (1.64%) Public Sector
13 21 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.30%) Legal
15 13 (0.89%) Local Government
16 12 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.68%) Back Office
17 10 (0.68%) Games
18 9 (0.61%) Advertising
19 7 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 500 (34.11%) IT Support
2 369 (25.17%) IT Engineer
3 350 (23.87%) Support Engineer
4 303 (20.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 198 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 177 (12.07%) Senior
7 161 (10.98%) IT Technician
8 148 (10.10%) Analyst
9 137 (9.35%) Support Technician
10 132 (9.00%) 2nd Line Support
11 119 (8.12%) IT Support Technician
12 116 (7.91%) Systems Engineer
13 101 (6.89%) Support Analyst
14 99 (6.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 88 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 64 (4.37%) Lead
17 62 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 57 (3.89%) IT Analyst
19 53 (3.62%) Architect
20 49 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.18%) .NET
2 26 (1.77%) HTML
3 24 (1.64%) XMPP
4 23 (1.57%) LDAP
5 22 (1.50%) Regular Expression
6 20 (1.36%) CSS
7 14 (0.95%) JSON
8 13 (0.89%) ARM Templates
8 13 (0.89%) Web Services
9 12 (0.82%) XML
10 10 (0.68%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.48%) Middleware
12 6 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.41%) JSON Schema
12 6 (0.41%) Keycloak
12 6 (0.41%) SAML
13 5 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.34%) FreeSWITCH
13 5 (0.34%) REST
14 4 (0.27%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 177 (12.07%) Driving Licence
2 104 (7.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 89 (6.07%) Data Centre
4 79 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
5 78 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (4.30%) Onboarding
7 45 (3.07%) Management Information System
8 41 (2.80%) PKI
9 39 (2.66%) Public Cloud
10 36 (2.46%) Replication
11 25 (1.71%) Clustering
11 25 (1.71%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.16%) CCTV
13 15 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
14 12 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
15 11 (0.75%) EPoS
15 11 (0.75%) Private Cloud
16 10 (0.68%) IoT
16 10 (0.68%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,466 (100.00%) Windows
2 346 (23.60%) Linux
3 208 (14.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 165 (11.26%) Windows 10
5 137 (9.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 70 (4.77%) Mac OS
7 62 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 59 (4.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 49 (3.34%) Apple iOS
10 38 (2.59%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.98%) Android
12 24 (1.64%) CentOS
13 23 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.30%) VMS
15 12 (0.82%) Unix
16 9 (0.61%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.48%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.34%) Debian
19 4 (0.27%) CoreOS
20 3 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (33.70%) Problem-Solving
2 380 (25.92%) Customer Service
3 282 (19.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 268 (18.28%) ITIL
5 237 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
6 235 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (14.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 162 (11.05%) Service Delivery
9 136 (9.28%) Migration
10 126 (8.59%) Mentoring
11 122 (8.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 106 (7.23%) High Availability
13 103 (7.03%) Customer Experience
14 100 (6.82%) Project Delivery
15 97 (6.62%) ITSM
16 94 (6.41%) Kalman Filter
17 91 (6.21%) Business Continuity
17 91 (6.21%) Root Cause Analysis
18 86 (5.87%) Infrastructure as Code
19 83 (5.66%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 294 (20.05%) PowerShell
2 159 (10.85%) SQL
3 86 (5.87%) Python
4 36 (2.46%) Bash
5 26 (1.77%) C#
6 20 (1.36%) VBA
7 16 (1.09%) Bicep
8 13 (0.89%) Java
9 11 (0.75%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.75%) PHP
10 9 (0.61%) VB.NET
11 8 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.48%) VBScript
13 6 (0.41%) VB
14 3 (0.20%) Go
15 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.068%) ABAP
16 1 (0.068%) Korn
16 1 (0.068%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 257 (17.53%) Security Cleared
2 149 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 145 (9.89%) Degree
4 125 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 88 (6.00%) DV Cleared
6 78 (5.32%) DBS Check
7 75 (5.12%) Azure Certification
8 59 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
9 49 (3.34%) CCNA
10 31 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.57%) A+ Certification
12 21 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.23%) CCNP
14 18 (1.23%) MCSE
15 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 16 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (0.95%) MCSA
18 11 (0.75%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 131 (8.94%) SLA
3 82 (5.59%) PCI DSS
4 73 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 28 (1.91%) GDPR
6 24 (1.64%) NIST
7 6 (0.41%) QA
8 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.20%) COBIT
9 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.14%) RMADS
11 1 (0.068%) DICOM
11 1 (0.068%) HL7
11 1 (0.068%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.068%) ITGC
11 1 (0.068%) NCSC
11 1 (0.068%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,009 (68.83%) Active Directory
2 397 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 393 (26.81%) Hyper-V
4 113 (7.71%) vSphere
5 75 (5.12%) Terminal Server
6 45 (3.07%) VMware ESXi
7 42 (2.86%) Docker
8 32 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.77%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.61%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.55%) Squid
13 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.41%) Firmware
15 5 (0.34%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.20%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 252 (17.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.41%) Terraform
3 79 (5.39%) Ansible
4 66 (4.50%) Kubernetes
5 45 (3.07%) SCCM
6 41 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 35 (2.39%) vCenter Server
8 28 (1.91%) FortiGate
8 28 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.71%) WSUS
10 22 (1.50%) Autotask
10 22 (1.50%) VxRail
11 20 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
12 16 (1.09%) Nagios
13 15 (1.02%) Packer
14 14 (0.95%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.82%) Grafana
15 12 (0.82%) SCOM
16 9 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
16 9 (0.61%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1,084 (73.94%) Microsoft
2 613 (41.81%) VMware
3 169 (11.53%) Veeam
4 128 (8.73%) Cisco
5 115 (7.84%) Splunk
6 103 (7.03%) SolarWinds
7 91 (6.21%) Nimble Storage
8 73 (4.98%) Brocade
9 72 (4.91%) Tanium
10 61 (4.16%) Google
11 55 (3.75%) Red Hat
12 54 (3.68%) Meraki
13 52 (3.55%) Apple
14 50 (3.41%) Citrix
15 48 (3.27%) Dell
16 46 (3.14%) HP
17 36 (2.46%) ServiceNow
18 33 (2.25%) Oracle
19 32 (2.18%) McAfee
20 30 (2.05%) Sophos