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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 100 71
Rank change year-on-year -37 -29 +27
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,323 1,295 3,476
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 3.01% 3.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.76% 19.79% 25.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 1,115 3,088
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -3.71%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,094 £38,000
% change year-on-year -1.56% +0.25% -3.80%

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 5,343 6,544 13,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.87% 15.23% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,892 4,404 10,856
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,094 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,563 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,354 £42,500
% change year-on-year -0.88% -5.05% -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 5 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 5 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 -32 1,215 £40,000 -5.88% 337
UK excluding London -16 1,036 £37,500 -1.56% 302
Work from Home -43 288 £42,500 - 112
North of England -11 278 £35,000 +3.70% 68
South East +14 272 £40,000 -11.11% 110
London -67 257 £55,000 -8.33% 79
South West -24 161 £32,500 -18.75% 43
North West +17 144 £35,000 -9.09% 31
Midlands -72 137 £32,500 -7.14% 39
Yorkshire -42 112 £34,000 +13.33% 31
East of England -12 108 £40,000 -5.88% 27
East Midlands -50 79 £29,000 -17.14% 22
West Midlands -73 57 £39,750 +13.57% 17
Scotland -10 35 £31,500 -30.00% 13
Wales -11 32 £45,000 +18.13% 8
North East -29 22 £45,000 +28.57% 7
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 3

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
1 323 (24.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 230 (17.38%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.40%) IIS
4 22 (1.66%) Confluence
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.076%) Drupal
9 1 (0.076%) nginx
9 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 163 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.076%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.076%) CATIA
5 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.076%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.076%) Magento
6 1 (0.076%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.076%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.076%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 804 (60.77%) Microsoft 365
2 717 (54.20%) Azure
3 335 (25.32%) Entra ID
4 153 (11.56%) AWS
5 100 (7.56%) OneDrive
6 61 (4.61%) Google Workspace
7 60 (4.54%) SaaS
8 45 (3.40%) IaaS
8 45 (3.40%) Nutanix
9 32 (2.42%) PaaS
10 25 (1.89%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.28%) GCP
12 14 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (1.06%) PowerApps
13 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (0.91%) GitHub
15 11 (0.83%) Mimecast
16 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 524 (39.61%) DNS
2 454 (34.32%) DHCP
3 390 (29.48%) Firewall
4 226 (17.08%) VPN
5 207 (15.65%) WAN
6 196 (14.81%) TCP/IP
7 187 (14.13%) LAN
8 131 (9.90%) VLAN
9 108 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
10 85 (6.42%) Wireless
11 78 (5.90%) VoIP
12 65 (4.91%) SAN
13 42 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
14 39 (2.95%) Network Security
15 31 (2.34%) NAS
16 29 (2.19%) SD-WAN
17 21 (1.59%) Internet
18 18 (1.36%) WLAN
19 15 (1.13%) IPsec
20 14 (1.06%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.28%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.66%) MySQL
4 19 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.28%) Power BI
6 12 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.076%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.076%) Redis
13 1 (0.076%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.076%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (3.55%) JIRA
2 44 (3.33%) Git
3 18 (1.36%) GitLab
4 11 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.30%) Subversion
9 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.076%) Gatling
11 1 (0.076%) JMeter
11 1 (0.076%) Vagrant
General
1 542 (40.97%) Social Skills
2 146 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (9.37%) Finance
4 72 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 48 (3.63%) Retail
7 44 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 42 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.57%) Law
10 29 (2.19%) Banking
11 25 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 19 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.06%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.06%) Games
14 13 (0.98%) Legal
15 10 (0.76%) Advertising
15 10 (0.76%) Back Office
16 9 (0.68%) Front Office
16 9 (0.68%) Local Government
16 9 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 450 (34.01%) IT Support
2 336 (25.40%) IT Engineer
2 336 (25.40%) Support Engineer
3 286 (21.62%) IT Support Engineer
4 186 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 167 (12.62%) Senior
6 148 (11.19%) 2nd Line Support
7 125 (9.45%) IT Technician
8 116 (8.77%) Analyst
9 108 (8.16%) Support Technician
10 103 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 95 (7.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 87 (6.58%) IT Support Technician
12 87 (6.58%) Support Analyst
13 74 (5.59%) Systems Engineer
14 68 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support
15 62 (4.69%) Lead
16 56 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
17 55 (4.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 49 (3.70%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.89%) .NET
2 17 (1.28%) XMPP
3 16 (1.21%) LDAP
3 16 (1.21%) Regular Expression
4 15 (1.13%) HTML
5 13 (0.98%) CSS
6 10 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (0.60%) ARM Templates
7 8 (0.60%) JSON
7 8 (0.60%) Web Services
8 6 (0.45%) REST
9 5 (0.38%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (0.38%) Middleware
9 5 (0.38%) OAuth
9 5 (0.38%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.38%) OpenID
9 5 (0.38%) SAML
10 4 (0.30%) ADO
10 4 (0.30%) JSON Schema
10 4 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (12.17%) Driving Licence
2 87 (6.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (5.14%) Data Centre
5 51 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 51 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.25%) Public Cloud
7 38 (2.87%) Replication
8 31 (2.34%) PKI
9 26 (1.97%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.28%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.13%) CCTV
13 14 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.98%) Clustering
15 12 (0.91%) Fat Client
15 12 (0.91%) iPad
15 12 (0.91%) Thin Client
16 11 (0.83%) Social Media
17 10 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,323 (100.00%) Windows
2 276 (20.86%) Linux
3 171 (12.93%) Windows 10
4 169 (12.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 98 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 59 (4.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (4.23%) Apple iOS
7 56 (4.23%) Mac OS
8 52 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 37 (2.80%) Android
10 32 (2.42%) Ubuntu
11 22 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
12 17 (1.28%) CentOS
13 14 (1.06%) Unix
14 12 (0.91%) VMS
15 10 (0.76%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.60%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.38%) Debian
18 3 (0.23%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (24.11%) Customer Service
3 280 (21.16%) ITIL
4 254 (19.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 187 (14.13%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 160 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 148 (11.19%) Service Delivery
9 122 (9.22%) Mentoring
10 104 (7.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 103 (7.79%) Migration
12 91 (6.88%) ITSM
13 90 (6.80%) High Availability
14 86 (6.50%) Root Cause Analysis
15 85 (6.42%) Change Management
16 83 (6.27%) Business Continuity
17 77 (5.82%) Customer Experience
18 76 (5.74%) DevOps
19 71 (5.37%) Incident Management
19 71 (5.37%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 273 (20.63%) PowerShell
2 140 (10.58%) SQL
3 71 (5.37%) Python
4 29 (2.19%) Bash
5 14 (1.06%) C#
6 13 (0.98%) Bicep
7 12 (0.91%) VB.NET
8 10 (0.76%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.76%) VBA
9 9 (0.68%) PHP
10 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.53%) Java
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 (0.076%) Delphi
15 1 (0.076%) Korn
15 1 (0.076%) Perl
Qualifications
1 215 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 121 (9.15%) SC Cleared
3 110 (8.31%) Degree
4 97 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (6.50%) DV Cleared
6 69 (5.22%) DBS Check
7 48 (3.63%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (2.27%) CCNA
10 28 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (1.44%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 18 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.21%) CCNP
13 16 (1.21%) MCSE
14 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 11 (0.83%) HNC
15 11 (0.83%) HND
16 10 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.54%) SLA
2 101 (7.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 62 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (4.61%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.74%) GDPR
6 19 (1.44%) NIST
7 17 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.45%) QA
9 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) COBIT
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.076%) ITGC
13 1 (0.076%) RMADS
System Software
1 900 (68.03%) Active Directory
2 335 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 318 (24.04%) Hyper-V
4 92 (6.95%) vSphere
5 51 (3.85%) Terminal Server
6 44 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.72%) Docker
8 30 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (1.74%) VMware NSX
11 14 (1.06%) Terminal Services
12 11 (0.83%) Firmware
13 8 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.30%) Squid
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) VMware Server
18 1 (0.076%) iptables
Systems Management
1 221 (16.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (6.42%) Terraform
3 70 (5.29%) Ansible
4 53 (4.01%) Kubernetes
5 44 (3.33%) SCCM
6 41 (3.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 37 (2.80%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.89%) WSUS
9 21 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.44%) Autotask
10 19 (1.44%) FortiGate
10 19 (1.44%) VxRail
11 18 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (1.28%) SCOM
13 12 (0.91%) Nagios
14 11 (0.83%) Grafana
14 11 (0.83%) Puppet
15 10 (0.76%) Packer
15 10 (0.76%) Progress Chef
15 10 (0.76%) vRealize
Vendors
1 888 (67.12%) Microsoft
2 524 (39.61%) VMware
3 118 (8.92%) Veeam
4 114 (8.62%) Cisco
5 82 (6.20%) Splunk
6 81 (6.12%) SolarWinds
7 75 (5.67%) Nimble Storage
8 63 (4.76%) Google
9 60 (4.54%) Dell
10 53 (4.01%) HP
11 50 (3.78%) Apple
12 49 (3.70%) Citrix
13 48 (3.63%) Brocade
13 48 (3.63%) Tanium
14 44 (3.33%) Red Hat
15 39 (2.95%) Meraki
16 32 (2.42%) ServiceNow
17 31 (2.34%) McAfee
18 30 (2.27%) Oracle
19 27 (2.04%) Dell Compellent