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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 103 75
Rank change year-on-year -15 -28 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,627 1,451 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.63% 2.94% 3.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.46% 20.94% 23.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,251 2,528
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.33% -6.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £37,797 £38,000
% change year-on-year +1.86% -0.53% -5.00%

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 6,149 6,930 12,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.16% 14.05% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,665 4,632 9,618
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,300
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.15% -9.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.47% -3.94%

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 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 20 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 -21 1,513 £40,000 - 345
UK excluding London +7 1,349 £38,500 +1.86% 316
South East +22 363 £42,500 +6.25% 124
Work from Home -19 333 £42,500 +1.19% 130
North of England +24 330 £37,500 +11.94% 77
London -78 248 £55,000 - 67
South West -18 223 £33,500 -15.72% 29
North West +56 176 £35,000 -5.41% 42
East of England +4 174 £36,500 -18.89% 29
Midlands -43 172 £34,000 -2.86% 48
Yorkshire -27 124 £35,250 +17.50% 21
East Midlands -24 92 £31,000 -11.43% 20
West Midlands -41 79 £42,250 +20.71% 28
Wales -30 47 £41,250 -28.26% 6
Scotland +29 34 £32,500 -18.75% 13
North East -37 30 £42,500 +21.43% 17
Northern Ireland -55 6 - - 2

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
1 444 (27.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 281 (17.27%) SharePoint
3 72 (4.43%) IIS
4 32 (1.97%) Confluence
5 16 (0.98%) Apache
6 10 (0.61%) nginx
7 8 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
7 8 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.49%) WordPress
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.25%) JBoss
8 4 (0.25%) SAS
8 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.12%) Site Server
10 1 (0.061%) CMS
10 1 (0.061%) Drupal
10 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 164 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) 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 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,063 (65.33%) Microsoft 365
2 902 (55.44%) Azure
3 449 (27.60%) Entra ID
4 178 (10.94%) AWS
5 104 (6.39%) OneDrive
6 62 (3.81%) SaaS
7 52 (3.20%) IaaS
8 38 (2.34%) PaaS
9 37 (2.27%) Power Platform
10 30 (1.84%) Nutanix
11 29 (1.78%) Google Workspace
12 23 (1.41%) GCP
13 22 (1.35%) Mimecast
14 21 (1.29%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.92%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (0.80%) GitHub
18 12 (0.74%) Cloudflare
18 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 622 (38.23%) DNS
2 521 (32.02%) Firewall
3 510 (31.35%) DHCP
4 254 (15.61%) VPN
5 242 (14.87%) TCP/IP
6 202 (12.42%) WAN
7 190 (11.68%) LAN
7 190 (11.68%) VLAN
8 130 (7.99%) Wi-Fi
9 128 (7.87%) Wireless
10 116 (7.13%) VoIP
11 71 (4.36%) SAN
12 51 (3.13%) Network Security
13 37 (2.27%) NAS
14 27 (1.66%) Internet
15 24 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
16 19 (1.17%) SD-WAN
17 17 (1.04%) SSL
18 13 (0.80%) Broadband
18 13 (0.80%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (10.51%) SQL Server
2 109 (6.70%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.48%) MySQL
4 21 (1.29%) Power BI
5 17 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.12%) KNIME
14 2 (0.12%) Looker
14 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (3.38%) JIRA
2 44 (2.70%) Git
3 25 (1.54%) GitLab
4 14 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.061%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.061%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.061%) Gatling
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.061%) Postman
9 1 (0.061%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.061%) Subversion
9 1 (0.061%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.061%) Vagrant
General
1 709 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 209 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
3 122 (7.50%) Finance
4 77 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 55 (3.38%) Retail
7 44 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 43 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.40%) Law
10 38 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 32 (1.97%) Legal
12 30 (1.84%) Public Sector
13 24 (1.48%) Banking
14 18 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (0.86%) Local Government
16 12 (0.74%) Games
17 10 (0.61%) Military
18 9 (0.55%) Advertising
19 7 (0.43%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 549 (33.74%) IT Support
2 412 (25.32%) IT Engineer
3 397 (24.40%) Support Engineer
4 340 (20.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 217 (13.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 196 (12.05%) Senior
7 177 (10.88%) Analyst
8 159 (9.77%) IT Technician
9 150 (9.22%) Systems Engineer
10 142 (8.73%) Support Technician
11 137 (8.42%) 2nd Line Support
12 125 (7.68%) Support Analyst
13 123 (7.56%) IT Support Technician
14 92 (5.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 81 (4.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 80 (4.92%) IT Analyst
17 66 (4.06%) Lead
18 65 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
19 62 (3.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
20 59 (3.63%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.21%) .NET
2 31 (1.91%) HTML
3 25 (1.54%) CSS
3 25 (1.54%) LDAP
3 25 (1.54%) XMPP
4 23 (1.41%) Regular Expression
4 23 (1.41%) Web Services
5 18 (1.11%) XML
6 16 (0.98%) .NET Framework
7 15 (0.92%) JSON
8 14 (0.86%) ARM Templates
9 12 (0.74%) Middleware
10 7 (0.43%) JSON Schema
11 6 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.37%) Keycloak
12 5 (0.31%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.31%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (0.31%) REST
12 5 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.11%) Driving Licence
2 110 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 99 (6.08%) Data Centre
4 97 (5.96%) Legacy Systems
5 87 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
6 82 (5.04%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 47 (2.89%) PKI
9 37 (2.27%) Clustering
9 37 (2.27%) Replication
10 33 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 28 (1.72%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.29%) CCTV
13 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
15 13 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.74%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.68%) IoT
17 11 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,627 (100.00%) Windows
2 387 (23.79%) Linux
3 223 (13.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 169 (10.39%) Windows 10
5 127 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 67 (4.12%) Mac OS
7 63 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 46 (2.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 43 (2.64%) Ubuntu
10 41 (2.52%) Apple iOS
11 30 (1.84%) Android
12 25 (1.54%) CentOS
13 20 (1.23%) VMS
14 19 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.43%) Debian
15 7 (0.43%) Unix
15 7 (0.43%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.37%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.31%) Rocky
18 1 (0.061%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (34.54%) Problem-Solving
2 423 (26.00%) Customer Service
3 324 (19.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 292 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 290 (17.82%) ITIL
6 277 (17.03%) Cybersecurity
7 257 (15.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 184 (11.31%) Service Delivery
9 174 (10.69%) Migration
10 140 (8.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 137 (8.42%) Customer Experience
11 137 (8.42%) Mentoring
12 131 (8.05%) Project Delivery
13 128 (7.87%) High Availability
14 111 (6.82%) Kalman Filter
15 107 (6.58%) ITSM
16 105 (6.45%) Business Continuity
16 105 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
17 100 (6.15%) Web Filtering
18 98 (6.02%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 317 (19.48%) PowerShell
2 185 (11.37%) SQL
3 89 (5.47%) Python
4 41 (2.52%) Bash
5 34 (2.09%) C#
6 24 (1.48%) VBA
7 19 (1.17%) Bicep
8 15 (0.92%) Java
9 13 (0.80%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.68%) PHP
11 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.43%) VBScript
13 6 (0.37%) Ruby
14 5 (0.31%) VB
15 3 (0.18%) Go
15 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.18%) Perl
16 2 (0.12%) C
Qualifications
1 280 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 175 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.59%) Degree
4 135 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 91 (5.59%) Azure Certification
6 89 (5.47%) DV Cleared
7 83 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
8 78 (4.79%) DBS Check
9 68 (4.18%) CCNA
10 29 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (1.60%) CCNP
12 21 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.17%) A+ Certification
13 19 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
15 17 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (0.98%) MCSA
17 15 (0.92%) MCSE
18 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (11.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 142 (8.73%) SLA
3 97 (5.96%) PCI DSS
4 74 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.15%) GDPR
6 29 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (1.23%) NIST
8 6 (0.37%) QA
9 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.18%) COBIT
10 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.18%) RMADS
11 1 (0.061%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.061%) COSHH
11 1 (0.061%) DICOM
11 1 (0.061%) HL7
11 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.061%) ITGC
11 1 (0.061%) NCSC
11 1 (0.061%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,104 (67.85%) Active Directory
2 472 (29.01%) Hyper-V
3 437 (26.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 108 (6.64%) vSphere
5 90 (5.53%) Terminal Server
6 55 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
7 47 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
8 44 (2.70%) Docker
9 25 (1.54%) VMware NSX
10 24 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (0.74%) Squid
12 11 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (0.55%) Terminal Services
14 7 (0.43%) Firmware
14 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.37%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 3 (0.18%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 303 (18.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (5.65%) Terraform
3 87 (5.35%) Ansible
4 70 (4.30%) Kubernetes
5 38 (2.34%) SCCM
6 32 (1.97%) FortiGate
7 30 (1.84%) vCenter Server
8 29 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 26 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
10 25 (1.54%) WSUS
11 21 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
12 20 (1.23%) Autotask
12 20 (1.23%) VxRail
13 19 (1.17%) ZABBIX
14 16 (0.98%) SCOM
15 15 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
15 15 (0.92%) Nagios
15 15 (0.92%) Packer
16 14 (0.86%) Grafana
17 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,246 (76.58%) Microsoft
2 662 (40.69%) VMware
3 205 (12.60%) Veeam
4 153 (9.40%) Cisco
5 133 (8.17%) Splunk
6 120 (7.38%) SolarWinds
7 101 (6.21%) Nimble Storage
8 89 (5.47%) Brocade
9 88 (5.41%) Tanium
10 61 (3.75%) Meraki
11 54 (3.32%) Red Hat
12 53 (3.26%) Citrix
13 50 (3.07%) Apple
14 45 (2.77%) HP
15 44 (2.70%) Google
16 43 (2.64%) ServiceNow
17 42 (2.58%) Dell
17 42 (2.58%) Sophos
18 35 (2.15%) Fortinet
19 34 (2.09%) SonicWALL