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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 107 74
Rank change year-on-year -11 -33 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,614 1,401 3,271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.65% 2.87% 3.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.45% 20.34% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 1,208 2,790
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,469 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,688
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
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 6,102 6,889 13,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.25% 14.14% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,579 4,594 10,476
10th Percentile £27,739 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%
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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -11 1,506 £40,000 - 324
UK excluding London +14 1,329 £37,500 - 306
South East +23 356 £42,500 +6.25% 109
North of England +24 331 £37,500 +11.94% 79
Work from Home -19 324 £42,500 - 118
London -69 256 £55,000 -2.65% 64
South West -16 219 £33,500 -16.25% 26
North West +60 179 £35,000 -6.67% 38
East of England +10 177 £35,000 -22.22% 28
Midlands -42 165 £33,500 -4.29% 47
Yorkshire -34 123 £35,500 +18.33% 29
East Midlands -22 90 £31,000 -11.43% 21
West Midlands -47 74 £42,250 +20.71% 26
Wales -23 45 £42,500 -20.93% 7
Scotland +19 29 £30,000 -25.00% 9
North East -36 29 £42,500 +21.43% 16
Northern Ireland -55 7 - - 14

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
1 441 (27.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 287 (17.78%) SharePoint
3 70 (4.34%) IIS
4 30 (1.86%) Confluence
5 10 (0.62%) Apache
6 9 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 9 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.50%) WordPress
8 6 (0.37%) nginx
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) JBoss
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.12%) Site Server
11 1 (0.062%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.062%) CMS
11 1 (0.062%) Drupal
11 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 165 (10.22%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.062%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.25%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.25%) Primavera
4 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.062%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.062%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.062%) Magento
6 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.062%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (64.56%) Microsoft 365
2 898 (55.64%) Azure
3 440 (27.26%) Entra ID
4 179 (11.09%) AWS
5 108 (6.69%) OneDrive
6 63 (3.90%) SaaS
7 52 (3.22%) IaaS
8 38 (2.35%) PaaS
9 36 (2.23%) Google Workspace
9 36 (2.23%) Power Platform
10 32 (1.98%) Nutanix
11 21 (1.30%) GCP
12 20 (1.24%) Mimecast
13 18 (1.12%) Power Automate
14 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.93%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.87%) GitHub
17 13 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
18 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
19 11 (0.68%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 617 (38.23%) DNS
2 517 (32.03%) Firewall
3 505 (31.29%) DHCP
4 257 (15.92%) VPN
5 237 (14.68%) TCP/IP
6 208 (12.89%) WAN
7 195 (12.08%) LAN
8 188 (11.65%) VLAN
9 132 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
10 122 (7.56%) Wireless
11 109 (6.75%) VoIP
12 74 (4.58%) SAN
13 51 (3.16%) Network Security
14 37 (2.29%) NAS
15 27 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
16 24 (1.49%) Internet
17 20 (1.24%) SD-WAN
18 17 (1.05%) SSL
19 14 (0.87%) VSAN
19 14 (0.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (10.41%) SQL Server
2 103 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.49%) MySQL
4 20 (1.24%) Power BI
5 17 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
8 8 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.12%) KNIME
12 2 (0.12%) Looker
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 56 (3.47%) JIRA
2 49 (3.04%) Git
3 25 (1.55%) GitLab
4 13 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.12%) Subversion
8 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.062%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.062%) Gatling
9 1 (0.062%) JMeter
9 1 (0.062%) Vagrant
General
1 709 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 201 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (7.62%) Finance
4 85 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
6 52 (3.22%) Retail
7 46 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.23%) Law
11 30 (1.86%) Public Sector
12 26 (1.61%) Banking
12 26 (1.61%) Legal
13 19 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 14 (0.87%) Local Government
15 13 (0.81%) Games
15 13 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.56%) Advertising
17 8 (0.50%) Back Office
18 7 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 554 (34.32%) IT Support
2 409 (25.34%) IT Engineer
3 396 (24.54%) Support Engineer
4 338 (20.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 214 (13.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 194 (12.02%) Senior
7 169 (10.47%) Analyst
8 164 (10.16%) IT Technician
9 146 (9.05%) Support Technician
10 138 (8.55%) Systems Engineer
11 137 (8.49%) 2nd Line Support
12 127 (7.87%) IT Support Technician
13 120 (7.43%) Support Analyst
14 95 (5.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 85 (5.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 74 (4.58%) IT Analyst
17 67 (4.15%) Lead
18 61 (3.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 60 (3.72%) 3rd Line Support
19 60 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.11%) .NET
2 29 (1.80%) HTML
3 25 (1.55%) XMPP
4 24 (1.49%) LDAP
5 23 (1.43%) CSS
5 23 (1.43%) Regular Expression
6 20 (1.24%) Web Services
7 16 (0.99%) XML
8 15 (0.93%) JSON
9 14 (0.87%) ARM Templates
10 13 (0.81%) .NET Framework
11 12 (0.74%) Middleware
12 7 (0.43%) JSON Schema
13 6 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (0.37%) Keycloak
13 6 (0.37%) SAML
14 5 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
14 5 (0.31%) FreeSWITCH
15 4 (0.25%) Node.js
15 4 (0.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 195 (12.08%) Driving Licence
2 112 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 95 (5.89%) Data Centre
4 91 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
5 89 (5.51%) Legacy Systems
6 78 (4.83%) Onboarding
7 48 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 48 (2.97%) PKI
8 38 (2.35%) Replication
9 36 (2.23%) Public Cloud
10 35 (2.17%) Clustering
11 30 (1.86%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.18%) CCTV
13 18 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
15 14 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.74%) IoT
17 11 (0.68%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,614 (100.00%) Windows
2 372 (23.05%) Linux
3 223 (13.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 174 (10.78%) Windows 10
5 135 (8.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 70 (4.34%) Mac OS
7 66 (4.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 51 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 45 (2.79%) Apple iOS
10 39 (2.42%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.80%) Android
12 26 (1.61%) CentOS
13 22 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (1.30%) VMS
15 9 (0.56%) Windows 7
16 7 (0.43%) Unix
16 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
17 6 (0.37%) Debian
18 4 (0.25%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (34.51%) Problem-Solving
2 413 (25.59%) Customer Service
3 310 (19.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 288 (17.84%) ITIL
5 281 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 280 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
7 255 (15.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 180 (11.15%) Service Delivery
9 163 (10.10%) Migration
10 144 (8.92%) Mentoring
11 136 (8.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 127 (7.87%) Project Delivery
13 123 (7.62%) Customer Experience
13 123 (7.62%) High Availability
14 106 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis
15 103 (6.38%) Business Continuity
15 103 (6.38%) ITSM
16 102 (6.32%) Kalman Filter
17 91 (5.64%) Email Filtering
18 90 (5.58%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 320 (19.83%) PowerShell
2 184 (11.40%) SQL
3 89 (5.51%) Python
4 40 (2.48%) Bash
5 30 (1.86%) C#
6 23 (1.43%) VBA
7 18 (1.12%) Bicep
8 14 (0.87%) Java
9 13 (0.81%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.68%) PHP
11 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.43%) VBScript
13 6 (0.37%) VB
13 6 (0.37%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.31%) Ruby
15 3 (0.19%) Go
16 2 (0.12%) C
16 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.062%) C++
Qualifications
1 272 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 159 (9.85%) SC Cleared
3 155 (9.60%) Degree
4 141 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 90 (5.58%) DV Cleared
6 86 (5.33%) Azure Certification
7 80 (4.96%) DBS Check
8 77 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
9 62 (3.84%) CCNA
10 30 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
11 25 (1.55%) CCNP
12 22 (1.36%) A+ Certification
13 21 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 19 (1.18%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 17 (1.05%) MCSA
17 16 (0.99%) MCSE
18 15 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (10.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 145 (8.98%) SLA
3 89 (5.51%) PCI DSS
4 74 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.17%) GDPR
6 31 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (1.30%) NIST
8 8 (0.50%) QA
9 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.19%) COBIT
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) RMADS
11 2 (0.12%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.062%) COSHH
12 1 (0.062%) DICOM
12 1 (0.062%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.062%) HL7
12 1 (0.062%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.062%) ITGC
12 1 (0.062%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,104 (68.40%) Active Directory
2 457 (28.31%) Hyper-V
3 435 (26.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 113 (7.00%) vSphere
5 83 (5.14%) Terminal Server
6 49 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
7 46 (2.85%) Docker
8 43 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
9 27 (1.67%) VMware NSX
10 26 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
11 11 (0.68%) Squid
11 11 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.56%) Terminal Services
13 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.37%) Firmware
14 6 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 5 (0.31%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 3 (0.19%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 293 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (5.64%) Terraform
3 88 (5.45%) Ansible
4 70 (4.34%) Kubernetes
5 42 (2.60%) SCCM
6 34 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 33 (2.04%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.92%) FortiGate
9 27 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
10 26 (1.61%) WSUS
11 22 (1.36%) Autotask
12 20 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
12 20 (1.24%) VxRail
13 17 (1.05%) ZABBIX
14 16 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
14 16 (0.99%) Nagios
15 15 (0.93%) Packer
15 15 (0.93%) SCOM
16 13 (0.81%) Grafana
17 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,225 (75.90%) Microsoft
2 654 (40.52%) VMware
3 194 (12.02%) Veeam
4 146 (9.05%) Cisco
5 124 (7.68%) Splunk
6 112 (6.94%) SolarWinds
7 96 (5.95%) Nimble Storage
8 81 (5.02%) Brocade
9 80 (4.96%) Tanium
10 60 (3.72%) Meraki
11 55 (3.41%) Red Hat
12 53 (3.28%) Apple
13 52 (3.22%) Citrix
14 50 (3.10%) Google
15 49 (3.04%) HP
16 44 (2.73%) Dell
17 40 (2.48%) ServiceNow
18 39 (2.42%) Sophos
19 35 (2.17%) Fortinet
20 34 (2.11%) Oracle