Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2019 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 445 606
Rank change year-on-year +17 +161 -132
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 562 699 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.70% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.03% 4.37% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 495 538 610
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,725
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £66,250 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £34,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.82% -2.50%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2019 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,954 15,994 30,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.07% 16.04% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,719 10,739 16,522
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,270
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
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 2019 within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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 +8 537 £42,500 +2.41% 111
UK excluding London -34 475 £40,000 +17.65% 91
Work from Home +39 174 £45,000 +5.88% 37
South East -33 142 £51,350 +63.02% 27
North of England +14 99 £36,250 -19.44% 20
Midlands +12 87 £32,000 -1.54% 19
South West -16 81 £38,125 -4.69% 10
London +34 78 £47,500 -14.03% 23
Yorkshire +98 59 £35,000 +8.70% 11
East of England +24 51 £32,500 +14.04% 15
West Midlands +10 47 £34,000 +4.62% 11
East Midlands +7 39 £32,000 -24.71% 8
North West -37 29 £45,000 - 8
North East +1 11 £27,500 -54.17% 1
Wales +7 7 £25,000 -9.09% 1
Scotland -65 7 £36,000 -22.16% 1
Northern Ireland +18 2 £40,000 +23.08%

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 133 (23.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (16.01%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.74%) IIS
4 13 (2.31%) Confluence
5 9 (1.60%) WordPress
6 6 (1.07%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 86 (15.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 316 (56.23%) Microsoft 365
2 266 (47.33%) Azure
3 102 (18.15%) Entra ID
4 53 (9.43%) OneDrive
5 47 (8.36%) AWS
6 32 (5.69%) Mimecast
7 25 (4.45%) SaaS
8 19 (3.38%) IaaS
8 19 (3.38%) Nutanix
9 18 (3.20%) Azure Storage
10 17 (3.02%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.67%) Google Workspace
12 14 (2.49%) PaaS
13 13 (2.31%) Power Platform
14 12 (2.14%) OCI
15 8 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (1.25%) PowerApps
17 6 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (1.07%) OpenShift
18 5 (0.89%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 201 (35.77%) DNS
2 183 (32.56%) Firewall
3 176 (31.32%) DHCP
4 91 (16.19%) TCP/IP
5 82 (14.59%) VPN
6 77 (13.70%) WAN
7 74 (13.17%) LAN
8 61 (10.85%) SAN
9 57 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (9.96%) VLAN
11 55 (9.79%) Wireless
12 29 (5.16%) VoIP
13 20 (3.56%) Remote Desktop
14 18 (3.20%) Internet
14 18 (3.20%) Network Security
15 14 (2.49%) NAS
16 13 (2.31%) Fibre Channel
16 13 (2.31%) SD-WAN
17 11 (1.96%) iSCSI
17 11 (1.96%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (14.06%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.52%) MongoDB
3 30 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (3.02%) MySQL
5 9 (1.60%) DB2
6 8 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.25%) Power BI
8 6 (1.07%) InfluxDB
8 6 (1.07%) MariaDB
8 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.71%) UniData
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.02%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.07%) Robot Framework
3 6 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.89%) Git
5 4 (0.71%) MSI
6 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 209 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 77 (13.70%) Finance
3 33 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.74%) Retail
5 19 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (3.38%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.02%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.31%) Back Office
10 12 (2.14%) Automotive
10 12 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.07%) Aviation
12 5 (0.89%) Banking
12 5 (0.89%) Games
13 4 (0.71%) Law
14 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Legal
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 118 (21.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 105 (18.68%) IT Engineer
3 102 (18.15%) IT Support
4 81 (14.41%) Support Engineer
5 71 (12.63%) Senior
6 68 (12.10%) Analyst
7 66 (11.74%) Administrator
8 57 (10.14%) IT Support Engineer
9 39 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (6.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 31 (5.52%) DBA
12 30 (5.34%) Lead
13 29 (5.16%) Systems Administrator
13 29 (5.16%) Systems Engineer
14 28 (4.98%) DV Cleared DBA
15 27 (4.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (4.63%) Service Analyst
17 25 (4.45%) Support Analyst
18 23 (4.09%) Support Specialist
18 23 (4.09%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.20%) ARM Templates
2 14 (2.49%) .NET
3 13 (2.31%) WPF
4 9 (1.60%) LAMP
5 8 (1.42%) LDAP
6 3 (0.53%) SAML
6 3 (0.53%) YAML
7 2 (0.36%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.36%) WSH
7 2 (0.36%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.18%) HTML
8 1 (0.18%) Kafka
8 1 (0.18%) Middleware
8 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.96%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (9.43%) Driving Licence
3 36 (6.41%) PKI
4 32 (5.69%) Replication
5 26 (4.63%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.56%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.20%) Clustering
8 17 (3.02%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.14%) CCTV
10 11 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.42%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.07%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (1.07%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.07%) EMC VNX
13 6 (1.07%) Handset
13 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.07%) iPad
13 6 (1.07%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.07%) Xbox
Operating Systems
1 533 (94.84%) Windows
2 413 (73.49%) Windows Server 2016
3 395 (70.28%) Windows Server
4 242 (43.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 228 (40.57%) Windows 10
6 113 (20.11%) Linux
7 41 (7.30%) CentOS
8 37 (6.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 34 (6.05%) Windows 7
10 29 (5.16%) Apple iOS
11 16 (2.85%) Mac OS
11 16 (2.85%) Windows NT
11 16 (2.85%) Windows Server 2003
11 16 (2.85%) Windows XP
12 13 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (2.31%) Ubuntu
12 13 (2.31%) VMS
13 10 (1.78%) Android
14 7 (1.25%) Unix
15 6 (1.07%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (27.76%) ITIL
2 145 (25.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 136 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (19.40%) Customer Service
5 70 (12.46%) Mentoring
6 61 (10.85%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (10.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (9.79%) Service Management
9 51 (9.07%) Performance Monitoring
10 49 (8.72%) Time Management
11 48 (8.54%) Project Management
12 46 (8.19%) Change Management
13 43 (7.65%) Storage Management
14 38 (6.76%) Agile
15 36 (6.41%) Server Management
15 36 (6.41%) Service Delivery
15 36 (6.41%) User Experience
16 33 (5.87%) Line Management
17 31 (5.52%) Capacity Management
17 31 (5.52%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 192 (34.16%) PowerShell
2 77 (13.70%) SQL
3 42 (7.47%) Bash
4 29 (5.16%) C#
5 19 (3.38%) VB
6 16 (2.85%) Python
6 16 (2.85%) VBScript
7 14 (2.49%) Bicep
8 6 (1.07%) Perl
9 2 (0.36%) Java
9 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) C
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) Go
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 121 (21.53%) Security Cleared
2 117 (20.82%) Degree
3 77 (13.70%) DV Cleared
4 50 (8.90%) SC Cleared
5 45 (8.01%) DBS Check
6 36 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (4.09%) CCNP
9 21 (3.74%) CCNA
10 18 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (3.20%) HNC
11 16 (2.85%) MCSE
12 14 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (2.14%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.96%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.96%) MCSA
14 11 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
15 9 (1.60%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.61%) SLA
2 20 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.60%) GDPR
5 5 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.71%) NIST
6 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) PMO
8 2 (0.36%) NCSC
8 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.18%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 362 (64.41%) Active Directory
2 184 (32.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 151 (26.87%) Hyper-V
4 46 (8.19%) VMware ESXi
4 46 (8.19%) vSphere
5 43 (7.65%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (5.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (3.38%) Firmware
8 6 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (1.07%) Docker
8 6 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.89%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.71%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.36%) NFS
11 2 (0.36%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 119 (21.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (19.22%) SCCM
3 70 (12.46%) WSUS
4 40 (7.12%) vCenter Server
5 37 (6.58%) SCOM
6 24 (4.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (3.91%) Ansible
8 20 (3.56%) Kubernetes
9 19 (3.38%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (3.38%) Terraform
10 18 (3.20%) NetBackup
11 14 (2.49%) Failover Clustering
12 13 (2.31%) McAfee ePO
13 12 (2.14%) Sysprep
14 10 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (1.60%) Autotask
16 8 (1.42%) SCVMM
16 8 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
17 7 (1.25%) Puppet
18 6 (1.07%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 449 (79.89%) Microsoft
2 250 (44.48%) VMware
3 79 (14.06%) Cisco
4 67 (11.92%) Veeam
5 57 (10.14%) Apple
6 54 (9.61%) Citrix
7 52 (9.25%) Oracle
8 44 (7.83%) Red Hat
9 40 (7.12%) Sophos
10 39 (6.94%) HP
11 30 (5.34%) Palo Alto
12 27 (4.80%) Aruba
12 27 (4.80%) Meraki
13 26 (4.63%) Dell
14 23 (4.09%) Google
15 22 (3.91%) Juniper
16 19 (3.38%) Adobe
16 19 (3.38%) EMC
17 18 (3.20%) 3PAR
17 18 (3.20%) Barracuda Networks