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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 115 74
Rank change year-on-year -24 -41 +25
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,328 1,258 3,392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 2.85% 3.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.43% 18.48% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 1,073 3,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,778 £41,353
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.03% -8.10%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,547 £74,777 £66,250
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 5,437 6,809 13,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.89% 15.44% 13.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,018 4,365 10,726
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -28 1,228 £40,000 -3.94% 313
UK excluding London -8 1,053 £37,500 - 284
North of England +15 282 £35,000 +4.48% 67
South East +34 279 £40,000 -5.88% 90
Work from Home -28 264 £42,500 +1.19% 104
London -66 249 £55,000 -8.33% 62
South West -21 173 £35,000 -12.50% 41
North West +50 145 £37,500 - 36
Midlands -64 130 £32,500 -7.14% 42
Yorkshire -26 114 £34,000 +13.33% 25
East of England -9 113 £35,000 -18.13% 28
East Midlands -38 73 £29,500 -15.71% 23
West Midlands -72 56 £39,500 +12.86% 19
Scotland +4 32 £31,500 -37.00% 14
Wales -9 32 £45,000 +18.13% 8
North East -34 23 £45,000 +28.57% 7
Northern Ireland - 12 - -

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
1 322 (24.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 234 (17.62%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.69%) IIS
4 23 (1.73%) Confluence
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) WordPress
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.23%) JBoss
8 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.075%) CMS
10 1 (0.075%) Drupal
10 1 (0.075%) nginx
10 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 162 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
2 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.30%) Primavera
3 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.075%) Magento
5 1 (0.075%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 809 (60.92%) Microsoft 365
2 725 (54.59%) Azure
3 330 (24.85%) Entra ID
4 157 (11.82%) AWS
5 96 (7.23%) OneDrive
6 59 (4.44%) SaaS
7 56 (4.22%) Google Workspace
8 51 (3.84%) IaaS
9 43 (3.24%) Nutanix
10 37 (2.79%) PaaS
11 31 (2.33%) Power Platform
12 16 (1.20%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.13%) GCP
14 13 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.98%) GitHub
14 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 12 (0.90%) Mimecast
16 11 (0.83%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 504 (37.95%) DNS
2 430 (32.38%) DHCP
3 383 (28.84%) Firewall
4 218 (16.42%) VPN
5 198 (14.91%) WAN
6 186 (14.01%) TCP/IP
7 180 (13.55%) LAN
8 126 (9.49%) VLAN
9 113 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (6.10%) Wireless
11 80 (6.02%) VoIP
12 66 (4.97%) SAN
13 40 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
14 38 (2.86%) Network Security
15 32 (2.41%) NAS
16 25 (1.88%) SD-WAN
17 18 (1.36%) Internet
18 16 (1.20%) VSAN
18 16 (1.20%) WLAN
19 13 (0.98%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.81%) MySQL
4 19 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.36%) Power BI
6 13 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.83%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.075%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.075%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.075%) Looker
13 1 (0.075%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (3.69%) Git
2 45 (3.39%) JIRA
3 19 (1.43%) GitLab
4 10 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.30%) Subversion
10 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.075%) Gatling
12 1 (0.075%) JMeter
12 1 (0.075%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 545 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 146 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (9.04%) Finance
4 72 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (3.77%) Retail
6 49 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.26%) Banking
10 29 (2.18%) Law
11 25 (1.88%) Public Sector
12 22 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.28%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.05%) Legal
15 12 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.83%) Games
16 11 (0.83%) Local Government
17 10 (0.75%) Advertising
17 10 (0.75%) Back Office
18 8 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 455 (34.26%) IT Support
2 338 (25.45%) IT Engineer
3 325 (24.47%) Support Engineer
4 281 (21.16%) IT Support Engineer
5 179 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 167 (12.58%) Senior
7 137 (10.32%) IT Technician
8 136 (10.24%) 2nd Line Support
9 122 (9.19%) Analyst
10 117 (8.81%) Support Technician
11 96 (7.23%) IT Support Technician
12 93 (7.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 87 (6.55%) Support Analyst
14 86 (6.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 81 (6.10%) Systems Engineer
16 59 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
17 58 (4.37%) Lead
18 57 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support
19 52 (3.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
20 50 (3.77%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.26%) .NET
2 19 (1.43%) HTML
3 18 (1.36%) XMPP
4 16 (1.20%) LDAP
4 16 (1.20%) Regular Expression
5 15 (1.13%) CSS
6 11 (0.83%) ARM Templates
7 10 (0.75%) JSON
7 10 (0.75%) Web Services
8 8 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.45%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.45%) REST
9 6 (0.45%) XML
10 5 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (0.38%) FreeSWITCH
10 5 (0.38%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.38%) OAuth
10 5 (0.38%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.38%) OpenID
10 5 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 151 (11.37%) Driving Licence
2 90 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 73 (5.50%) Data Centre
3 73 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
5 52 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.39%) Public Cloud
7 40 (3.01%) Replication
8 32 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 31 (2.33%) PKI
10 20 (1.51%) Clustering
10 20 (1.51%) Security Posture
11 15 (1.13%) CCTV
11 15 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.83%) CMDB
14 10 (0.75%) Fat Client
14 10 (0.75%) IoT
14 10 (0.75%) Social Media
14 10 (0.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,328 (100.00%) Windows
2 281 (21.16%) Linux
3 168 (12.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 155 (11.67%) Windows 10
5 110 (8.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (4.37%) Mac OS
6 58 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 55 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 53 (3.99%) Apple iOS
9 37 (2.79%) Android
10 34 (2.56%) Ubuntu
11 22 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
12 20 (1.51%) CentOS
13 14 (1.05%) Unix
14 13 (0.98%) VMS
15 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
16 7 (0.53%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.38%) Debian
18 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
19 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (24.25%) Customer Service
3 267 (20.11%) ITIL
4 252 (18.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 199 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
6 179 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 171 (12.88%) Disaster Recovery
8 146 (10.99%) Service Delivery
9 115 (8.66%) Mentoring
10 102 (7.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 99 (7.45%) High Availability
12 98 (7.38%) Migration
13 89 (6.70%) Root Cause Analysis
14 87 (6.55%) ITSM
15 83 (6.25%) Business Continuity
16 80 (6.02%) Change Management
17 79 (5.95%) Infrastructure as Code
18 78 (5.87%) Customer Experience
19 76 (5.72%) Project Delivery
20 74 (5.57%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 274 (20.63%) PowerShell
2 143 (10.77%) SQL
3 75 (5.65%) Python
4 29 (2.18%) Bash
5 20 (1.51%) C#
6 15 (1.13%) Bicep
7 13 (0.98%) VB.NET
8 12 (0.90%) VBA
9 11 (0.83%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.75%) PHP
11 9 (0.68%) Java
12 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.45%) VB
13 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.38%) VBScript
14 2 (0.15%) Go
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.075%) Delphi
15 1 (0.075%) Korn
15 1 (0.075%) Perl
Qualifications
1 223 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 124 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 123 (9.26%) Degree
4 110 (8.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 82 (6.17%) DV Cleared
6 71 (5.35%) DBS Check
7 55 (4.14%) Azure Certification
8 38 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.41%) CCNA
10 29 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (1.73%) A+ Certification
12 19 (1.43%) MCSE
13 18 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 13 (0.98%) AWS Certification
14 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 12 (0.90%) CCNP
16 11 (0.83%) HNC
16 11 (0.83%) HND
16 11 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.81%) SLA
2 106 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 64 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 62 (4.67%) PCI DSS
5 27 (2.03%) GDPR
6 23 (1.73%) NIST
7 19 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.60%) QA
9 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.15%) COBIT
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.075%) DICOM
13 1 (0.075%) HL7
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.075%) ITGC
13 1 (0.075%) NCSC
13 1 (0.075%) RMADS
System Software
1 895 (67.39%) Active Directory
2 349 (26.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 320 (24.10%) Hyper-V
4 96 (7.23%) vSphere
5 51 (3.84%) Terminal Server
6 43 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
7 37 (2.79%) Docker
8 26 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (1.73%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.90%) Terminal Services
12 10 (0.75%) Firmware
12 10 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.45%) Squid
15 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.15%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 215 (16.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (7.00%) Terraform
3 72 (5.42%) Ansible
4 56 (4.22%) Kubernetes
5 49 (3.69%) SCCM
6 42 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 36 (2.71%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.81%) WSUS
9 21 (1.58%) VxRail
10 20 (1.51%) Autotask
11 19 (1.43%) FortiGate
12 17 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (1.28%) SCOM
13 14 (1.05%) Nagios
14 13 (0.98%) Packer
15 12 (0.90%) Grafana
15 12 (0.90%) ZABBIX
16 9 (0.68%) Backup Exec
16 9 (0.68%) vRealize
Vendors
1 924 (69.58%) Microsoft
2 531 (39.98%) VMware
3 130 (9.79%) Veeam
4 109 (8.21%) Cisco
5 86 (6.48%) Splunk
6 79 (5.95%) SolarWinds
7 73 (5.50%) Nimble Storage
8 61 (4.59%) Google
9 56 (4.22%) Dell
10 52 (3.92%) Apple
10 52 (3.92%) HP
11 49 (3.69%) Citrix
12 48 (3.61%) Brocade
12 48 (3.61%) Tanium
13 46 (3.46%) Red Hat
14 43 (3.24%) Meraki
15 31 (2.33%) McAfee
16 30 (2.26%) Oracle
17 28 (2.11%) ServiceNow
18 25 (1.88%) Dell Compellent