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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 104 89
Rank change year-on-year -23 -15 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,725 1,404 2,134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 2.84% 2.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.08% 22.06% 21.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,136 1,316
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -9.44% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.30% -9.41% +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 6,615 6,364 9,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.64% 12.88% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,833 4,099 5,859
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,050 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £46,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% -16.68% -1.44%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -25 1,608 £41,000 +1.23% 790
UK excluding London -7 1,443 £39,000 +1.30% 565
Work from Home +2 399 £42,500 -7.61% 286
South East +3 370 £42,500 +6.25% 167
North of England +31 349 £37,500 +7.14% 121
London -65 253 £55,000 -8.33% 248
Midlands -7 234 £38,000 +8.57% 108
South West -52 212 £37,500 +5.53% 47
East of England -5 196 £37,500 -16.67% 80
North West +53 184 £37,500 -7.41% 71
Yorkshire -8 131 £35,500 +9.23% 37
West Midlands -4 125 £42,500 +16.44% 70
East Midlands -28 109 £31,000 -4.62% 38
Scotland +35 40 £32,500 -27.30% 31
Wales -61 39 £45,000 -21.74% 9
North East -57 34 £42,500 +21.43% 14
Northern Ireland -87 3 £40,000 -27.27% 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
1 478 (27.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 327 (18.96%) SharePoint
3 99 (5.74%) IIS
4 33 (1.91%) Confluence
5 27 (1.57%) Apache
6 19 (1.10%) nginx
7 12 (0.70%) Skype for Business
8 10 (0.58%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.23%) JBoss
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
9 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.12%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.058%) CMS
11 1 (0.058%) Moodle
11 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 129 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.058%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (0.17%) Infor LN
2 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
2 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.17%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.058%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,118 (64.81%) Microsoft 365
2 906 (52.52%) Azure
3 553 (32.06%) Entra ID
4 174 (10.09%) AWS
5 122 (7.07%) OneDrive
6 56 (3.25%) SaaS
7 47 (2.72%) IaaS
8 36 (2.09%) Power Platform
9 33 (1.91%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 27 (1.57%) Google Workspace
11 27 (1.57%) PaaS
12 21 (1.22%) GCP
12 21 (1.22%) Mimecast
13 20 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (1.16%) Nutanix
14 16 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (0.87%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 640 (37.10%) DNS
2 574 (33.28%) Firewall
3 519 (30.09%) DHCP
4 299 (17.33%) VPN
5 261 (15.13%) TCP/IP
6 229 (13.28%) VLAN
7 195 (11.30%) WAN
8 188 (10.90%) LAN
9 146 (8.46%) Wireless
10 138 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
11 116 (6.72%) VoIP
12 74 (4.29%) Network Security
13 69 (4.00%) SAN
14 33 (1.91%) NAS
15 31 (1.80%) SSL
16 30 (1.74%) Internet
17 18 (1.04%) VSAN
18 16 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
19 14 (0.81%) IP Telephony
20 12 (0.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 87 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (1.68%) MySQL
4 19 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (0.99%) Power BI
6 15 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.64%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.12%) KNIME
14 2 (0.12%) Looker
14 2 (0.12%) Power Query
14 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 1 (0.058%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 51 (2.96%) JIRA
2 43 (2.49%) Git
3 18 (1.04%) GitLab
4 14 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Ant
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.12%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.12%) Maven
8 2 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.058%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
9 1 (0.058%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.058%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
General
1 750 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 219 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
3 131 (7.59%) Finance
4 72 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 52 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (3.01%) Retail
6 50 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 45 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 43 (2.49%) Legal
9 35 (2.03%) Public Sector
10 33 (1.91%) Law
11 29 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 15 (0.87%) Banking
13 14 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (0.75%) Military
15 12 (0.70%) Games
16 10 (0.58%) Advertising
17 9 (0.52%) Automotive
17 9 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 515 (29.86%) IT Support
2 426 (24.70%) IT Engineer
3 405 (23.48%) Support Engineer
4 338 (19.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 290 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 223 (12.93%) Senior
7 200 (11.59%) Analyst
8 138 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
9 132 (7.65%) Support Analyst
10 126 (7.30%) 2nd Line Support
11 121 (7.01%) IT Technician
12 111 (6.43%) Support Technician
13 96 (5.57%) IT Support Technician
14 90 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 89 (5.16%) Administrator
16 83 (4.81%) IT Analyst
17 80 (4.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 76 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 69 (4.00%) Lead
20 66 (3.83%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.74%) Terraform
2 43 (2.49%) .NET
3 33 (1.91%) HTML
4 29 (1.68%) CSS
5 27 (1.57%) Web Services
6 24 (1.39%) XML
7 20 (1.16%) JSON
7 20 (1.16%) LDAP
8 19 (1.10%) .NET Framework
9 18 (1.04%) XMPP
10 16 (0.93%) Regular Expression
11 13 (0.75%) ARM Templates
12 12 (0.70%) Middleware
13 9 (0.52%) SAML
14 7 (0.41%) WinForms
15 6 (0.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
15 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
16 5 (0.29%) ASP.NET
16 5 (0.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 213 (12.35%) Driving Licence
2 106 (6.14%) Onboarding
3 103 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 94 (5.45%) Data Centre
5 80 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
6 73 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.07%) Management Information System
8 44 (2.55%) Replication
9 42 (2.43%) Clustering
9 42 (2.43%) PKI
10 38 (2.20%) CCTV
10 38 (2.20%) Security Posture
11 28 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
13 19 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.04%) Cloud Native
15 16 (0.93%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
17 13 (0.75%) Operational Technology
18 12 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1,725 (100.00%) Windows
2 416 (24.12%) Linux
3 197 (11.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 168 (9.74%) Windows 10
5 124 (7.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (3.59%) Mac OS
7 57 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 50 (2.90%) Ubuntu
9 37 (2.14%) Android
9 37 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 35 (2.03%) Apple iOS
11 26 (1.51%) CentOS
12 24 (1.39%) VMS
13 15 (0.87%) Unix
14 12 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.46%) Rocky
16 7 (0.41%) Debian
17 5 (0.29%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.17%) Solaris
19 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
2 451 (26.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 398 (23.07%) Customer Service
4 354 (20.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 343 (19.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 317 (18.38%) Cybersecurity
7 292 (16.93%) ITIL
8 219 (12.70%) Migration
9 186 (10.78%) Service Delivery
10 178 (10.32%) Project Delivery
11 140 (8.12%) Mentoring
12 134 (7.77%) Business Continuity
13 132 (7.65%) Customer Experience
13 132 (7.65%) High Availability
13 132 (7.65%) Root Cause Analysis
14 126 (7.30%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 111 (6.43%) ITSM
16 99 (5.74%) Infrastructure as Code
17 97 (5.62%) Kalman Filter
18 91 (5.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 336 (19.48%) PowerShell
2 193 (11.19%) SQL
3 86 (4.99%) Python
4 51 (2.96%) Bash
5 40 (2.32%) C#
6 32 (1.86%) Bicep
7 24 (1.39%) VBA
8 19 (1.10%) Ruby
9 16 (0.93%) Java
10 13 (0.75%) JavaScript
11 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.46%) PHP
12 8 (0.46%) VBScript
13 7 (0.41%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.29%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.23%) Perl
15 4 (0.23%) VB
16 2 (0.12%) C
16 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 269 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 187 (10.84%) Degree
3 177 (10.26%) SC Cleared
4 172 (9.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 114 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
6 107 (6.20%) Azure Certification
7 84 (4.87%) CCNA
8 82 (4.75%) DV Cleared
9 73 (4.23%) DBS Check
10 44 (2.55%) CCNP
11 42 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
12 25 (1.45%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 23 (1.33%) A+ Certification
14 23 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 22 (1.28%) CISSP
15 22 (1.28%) MCSA
16 21 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 21 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 21 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (11.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 144 (8.35%) SLA
3 81 (4.70%) PCI DSS
4 74 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.78%) GDPR
6 41 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.10%) NIST
8 14 (0.81%) QA
9 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.17%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.17%) COBIT
11 3 (0.17%) GRC
11 3 (0.17%) RMADS
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.058%) COSHH
13 1 (0.058%) DICOM
13 1 (0.058%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.058%) HL7
13 1 (0.058%) TickIT
System Software
1 1,118 (64.81%) Active Directory
2 513 (29.74%) Hyper-V
3 486 (28.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 106 (6.14%) vSphere
5 78 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
6 73 (4.23%) Terminal Server
7 68 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
8 38 (2.20%) Docker
9 34 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (1.51%) VMware NSX
11 19 (1.10%) Firmware
12 18 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (0.81%) Squid
14 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 7 (0.41%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.35%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.23%) XenApp
18 3 (0.17%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 391 (22.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (4.93%) Ansible
3 61 (3.54%) Kubernetes
4 56 (3.25%) SCCM
5 40 (2.32%) FortiGate
6 33 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (1.62%) vCenter Server
8 26 (1.51%) WSUS
9 25 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
10 20 (1.16%) SCOM
11 18 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
12 17 (0.99%) ZABBIX
13 16 (0.93%) Puppet
14 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (0.87%) VxRail
15 13 (0.75%) Nagios
15 13 (0.75%) Progress Chef
16 12 (0.70%) Nessus
17 11 (0.64%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,339 (77.62%) Microsoft
2 711 (41.22%) VMware
3 234 (13.57%) Veeam
4 191 (11.07%) Cisco
5 109 (6.32%) SolarWinds
6 108 (6.26%) Splunk
7 75 (4.35%) Nimble Storage
8 74 (4.29%) SonicWALL
9 73 (4.23%) Brocade
10 72 (4.17%) Meraki
10 72 (4.17%) Tanium
11 70 (4.06%) Citrix
12 67 (3.88%) Apple
13 58 (3.36%) Fortinet
14 54 (3.13%) Red Hat
15 47 (2.72%) Google
16 43 (2.49%) Sophos
17 39 (2.26%) HP
17 39 (2.26%) Oracle
18 37 (2.14%) WatchGuard