Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 102 136
Rank change year-on-year +28 +34 -63
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,454 3,352 4,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.48% 3.30% 2.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.59% 20.67% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,050 2,690 3,915
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 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 14,045 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,807 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
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
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 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 8 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 +34 3,185 £41,871 -4.84% 661
UK excluding London +24 2,760 £38,000 -5.00% 548
Work from Home +31 1,121 £47,500 -5.00% 226
South East +25 769 £39,500 +11.27% 148
London +36 640 £58,000 +5.45% 138
North of England +18 620 £37,500 -6.25% 114
Midlands +43 539 £37,500 -3.23% 107
South West +8 309 £40,000 - 70
West Midlands +30 305 £35,000 -12.50% 64
East of England +20 297 £32,500 -16.91% 84
Yorkshire +71 287 £37,500 - 43
East Midlands +39 229 £40,000 +6.67% 43
North West -36 225 £43,500 -3.33% 57
Scotland -35 148 £42,500 -7.10% 26
North East +24 108 £35,000 -16.17% 15
Wales +29 61 £35,750 -4.67% 10
Isle of Man -3 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland +3 6 £37,314 +9.75% 3

Windows Server
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
1 824 (23.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 537 (15.55%) SharePoint
3 107 (3.10%) IIS
4 35 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
5 23 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 22 (0.64%) Confluence
7 17 (0.49%) CMS
8 12 (0.35%) WordPress
9 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 10 (0.29%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
11 9 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
12 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
13 7 (0.20%) OpenStack
14 6 (0.17%) Apache
15 5 (0.14%) SAS
15 5 (0.14%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
16 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
16 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 401 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.087%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.087%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.087%) SPSS
6 2 (0.058%) CATIA
6 2 (0.058%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.058%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.029%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.087%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.087%) Shopify
6 2 (0.058%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.058%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.058%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.058%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.029%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.029%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,010 (58.19%) Microsoft 365
2 1,691 (48.96%) Azure
3 615 (17.81%) Entra ID
4 400 (11.58%) AWS
5 266 (7.70%) OneDrive
6 106 (3.07%) SaaS
7 103 (2.98%) IaaS
8 85 (2.46%) GCP
9 72 (2.08%) Google Workspace
10 70 (2.03%) Power Platform
11 69 (2.00%) Mimecast
12 62 (1.80%) PaaS
13 58 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
13 58 (1.68%) Nutanix
14 54 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (1.51%) GitHub
16 35 (1.01%) WhatsApp
17 30 (0.87%) Power Automate
18 29 (0.84%) Azure Storage
19 28 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1,037 (30.02%) Firewall
2 846 (24.49%) DNS
3 683 (19.77%) DHCP
4 417 (12.07%) WAN
5 395 (11.44%) VPN
6 391 (11.32%) TCP/IP
7 385 (11.15%) LAN
8 343 (9.93%) SAN
9 241 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
10 232 (6.72%) VLAN
11 201 (5.82%) Wireless
12 194 (5.62%) VoIP
13 130 (3.76%) NAS
14 84 (2.43%) Internet
15 82 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
16 75 (2.17%) Network Security
17 73 (2.11%) SD-WAN
18 41 (1.19%) MPLS
19 39 (1.13%) WLAN
20 33 (0.96%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (11.00%) SQL Server
2 71 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (1.45%) Power BI
4 40 (1.16%) MySQL
5 35 (1.01%) DB2
6 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.38%) Big Data
11 11 (0.32%) MariaDB
12 10 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.26%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.23%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.17%) Redis
17 5 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.14%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 65 (1.88%) JIRA
2 63 (1.82%) Git
3 33 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 27 (0.78%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.23%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.20%) Snyk
8 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.17%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.12%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.12%) Hudson
11 4 (0.12%) MSI
11 4 (0.12%) Subversion
11 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,038 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 343 (9.93%) Finance
3 258 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (4.52%) Law
5 130 (3.76%) Telecoms
6 111 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
7 101 (2.92%) Retail
8 95 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 85 (2.46%) Legal
10 84 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
11 81 (2.35%) Public Sector
12 64 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 54 (1.56%) Banking
14 46 (1.33%) Marketing
15 39 (1.13%) Games
16 34 (0.98%) Aerospace
17 28 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (0.64%) Automotive
18 22 (0.64%) Electronics
19 21 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 638 (18.47%) IT Support
2 626 (18.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 625 (18.09%) Support Engineer
4 586 (16.97%) IT Engineer
5 420 (12.16%) Senior
6 383 (11.09%) Analyst
7 354 (10.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 245 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
9 222 (6.43%) IT Technician
10 165 (4.78%) 3rd Line Support
11 164 (4.75%) Lead
12 159 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 157 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 149 (4.31%) Support Technician
15 144 (4.17%) IT Manager
16 143 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
17 138 (4.00%) Support Analyst
18 135 (3.91%) Administrator
19 130 (3.76%) IT Analyst
19 130 (3.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.27%) .NET
2 40 (1.16%) ARM Templates
3 24 (0.69%) LDAP
4 21 (0.61%) HTML
5 19 (0.55%) REST
6 16 (0.46%) JSON
7 14 (0.41%) React
7 14 (0.41%) YAML
8 12 (0.35%) CSS
8 12 (0.35%) LAMP
9 11 (0.32%) .NET Core
10 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.26%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.26%) Web Services
10 9 (0.26%) XML
11 8 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.20%) ADSI
12 7 (0.20%) EDI
13 6 (0.17%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 249 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 207 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 158 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
4 153 (4.43%) Replication
5 144 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 113 (3.27%) Clustering
7 89 (2.58%) PKI
8 85 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 66 (1.91%) Public Cloud
10 37 (1.07%) Client/Server
11 36 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
12 35 (1.01%) Operational Technology
13 31 (0.90%) CMDB
14 28 (0.81%) NHS
15 27 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
16 25 (0.72%) Security Posture
17 22 (0.64%) iPad
18 21 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
19 19 (0.55%) Life Science
19 19 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3,453 (99.97%) Windows
2 611 (17.69%) Windows 10
3 598 (17.31%) Linux
4 440 (12.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 399 (11.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 383 (11.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 127 (3.68%) Windows 7
8 113 (3.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 87 (2.52%) Windows 8
10 86 (2.49%) Mac OS
11 79 (2.29%) Unix
12 75 (2.17%) Apple iOS
13 72 (2.08%) Android
14 68 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 56 (1.62%) Ubuntu
16 44 (1.27%) CentOS
17 39 (1.13%) VMS
18 36 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
19 26 (0.75%) Mac OS X
20 21 (0.61%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (23.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 700 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
3 622 (18.01%) ITIL
4 538 (15.58%) Customer Service
5 434 (12.57%) Cybersecurity
6 266 (7.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 220 (6.37%) Mentoring
8 217 (6.28%) DevOps
9 203 (5.88%) Migration
10 198 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 194 (5.62%) Project Delivery
12 172 (4.98%) Agile
12 172 (4.98%) Project Management
13 150 (4.34%) Service Management
14 146 (4.23%) Server Management
15 143 (4.14%) Change Management
16 135 (3.91%) Service Delivery
17 124 (3.59%) Incident Management
18 123 (3.56%) Time Management
19 115 (3.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 680 (19.69%) PowerShell
2 428 (12.39%) SQL
3 147 (4.26%) Python
4 100 (2.90%) Bash
5 76 (2.20%) C#
6 41 (1.19%) VBScript
7 39 (1.13%) VB
8 38 (1.10%) Java
9 32 (0.93%) JavaScript
10 24 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.49%) Bicep
12 13 (0.38%) Perl
13 12 (0.35%) Korn
14 11 (0.32%) C++
14 11 (0.32%) Delphi
15 10 (0.29%) ActionScript
15 10 (0.29%) Ruby
16 8 (0.23%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 440 (12.74%) Degree
2 371 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 289 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 265 (7.67%) SC Cleared
5 203 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 155 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
7 140 (4.05%) CCNA
8 116 (3.36%) MCSE
9 96 (2.78%) DBS Check
10 93 (2.69%) MCSA
11 83 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 66 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 59 (1.71%) Azure Certification
14 53 (1.53%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.16%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.10%) MCP
17 36 (1.04%) CCNP
18 33 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
19 29 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (7.50%) SLA
2 100 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (2.26%) GDPR
4 69 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.75%) PMO
6 23 (0.67%) NIST
7 19 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.55%) ITGC
8 15 (0.43%) QA
9 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.14%) NCSC
13 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.087%) GRC
14 3 (0.087%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.087%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.058%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.029%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,173 (62.91%) Active Directory
2 1,004 (29.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 844 (24.44%) Hyper-V
4 224 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
5 204 (5.91%) vSphere
6 140 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
7 80 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 77 (2.23%) XenApp
9 69 (2.00%) XenDesktop
10 66 (1.91%) Docker
11 57 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
12 48 (1.39%) VirtualBox
13 34 (0.98%) Firmware
14 33 (0.96%) Terminal Services
15 22 (0.64%) VMware NSX
16 18 (0.52%) pfSense
17 16 (0.46%) NFS
18 14 (0.41%) VMware Server
19 13 (0.38%) vCloud
20 10 (0.29%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 515 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 342 (9.90%) SCCM
3 165 (4.78%) vCenter Server
4 117 (3.39%) WSUS
5 105 (3.04%) Ansible
6 104 (3.01%) SCOM
7 94 (2.72%) Terraform
8 88 (2.55%) Kubernetes
9 65 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
10 54 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 47 (1.36%) FortiGate
11 47 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
12 36 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
13 32 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
14 27 (0.78%) Grafana
14 27 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 25 (0.72%) NetBackup
15 25 (0.72%) Puppet
16 24 (0.69%) Nagios
16 24 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,057 (59.55%) Microsoft
2 1,531 (44.33%) VMware
3 452 (13.09%) Cisco
4 346 (10.02%) Citrix
5 320 (9.26%) Veeam
6 196 (5.67%) HP
7 135 (3.91%) Apple
8 133 (3.85%) Dell
9 120 (3.47%) Meraki
10 118 (3.42%) Google
11 100 (2.90%) Sophos
12 85 (2.46%) NetApp
12 85 (2.46%) Red Hat
13 71 (2.06%) Commvault
14 70 (2.03%) Oracle
15 69 (2.00%) ServiceNow
16 64 (1.85%) Aruba
17 58 (1.68%) SolarWinds
18 57 (1.65%) Fortinet
19 54 (1.56%) Juniper