Windows Server Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Windows Server
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 24 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 12.31% 7.91% 7.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 42.42% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile - £34,750 -
25th Percentile £39,250 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,776 £37,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% +5.63% +9.23%
75th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £38,000
90th Percentile - £50,625 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +38.89% -22.16%

All Operating Systems
Watford

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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 33 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 16.41% 18.64% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20 23 32
10th Percentile £28,456 £26,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,273 £33,125 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,776 £37,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £46,500 £56,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £46,160 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% +5.00% +14.29%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Watford

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Watford over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Watford

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Azure
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) IaaS
4 3 (12.50%) PaaS
4 3 (12.50%) SaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.17%) AWS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (66.67%) DHCP
2 15 (62.50%) DNS
3 12 (50.00%) Firewall
4 7 (29.17%) IP Telephony
5 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (16.67%) VPN
7 2 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (8.33%) WAN
8 1 (4.17%) Internet
8 1 (4.17%) IPv4
8 1 (4.17%) IPv6
8 1 (4.17%) LAN
8 1 (4.17%) MPLS
8 1 (4.17%) SAN
8 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 12 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) IT Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Administrator
4 3 (12.50%) Core Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Administrator
4 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Operations Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Network Administrator
4 3 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) iPad
2 2 (8.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.83%) Android
4 2 (8.33%) Linux
4 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.17%) Windows 2000
5 1 (4.17%) Windows 8
5 1 (4.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL
2 7 (29.17%) ITSM
3 5 (20.83%) Task Automation
4 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Change Control
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) DevOps
5 2 (8.33%) High Availability
5 2 (8.33%) Proactive Management
5 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.33%) Storage Management
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.17%) Analytics
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Operations
6 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
6 1 (4.17%) DevSecOps
6 1 (4.17%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) CCNA
1 8 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
2 5 (20.83%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) MCDST
3 1 (4.17%) MCITP
3 1 (4.17%) MCSA
3 1 (4.17%) MCSE
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 24 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (50.00%) vSphere
3 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (37.50%) SCCM
3 2 (8.33%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (54.17%) VMware
3 7 (29.17%) Cisco
3 7 (29.17%) ServiceNow
4 5 (20.83%) Apple
4 5 (20.83%) Remedy
5 2 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (8.33%) Okta
6 1 (4.17%) Dell
6 1 (4.17%) HP
6 1 (4.17%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.17%) Zscaler