Windows Server Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 61 33
Rank change year-on-year -10 -28 +60
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 105 103 269
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.84% 3.68% 6.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.47% 25.81% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 85 49 237
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £49,500 £62,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.09% +7.06% -3.41%

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 266 399 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.20% 14.27% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 195 153 596
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £41,235
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -9.06% -7.01%
75th Percentile £45,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £73,886 £72,433
England median annual salary £44,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.73% +7.37% -9.52%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Yorkshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
West Yorkshire -37 45 £34,000 +0.74% 16
South Yorkshire +13 27 £40,000 -13.04% 11
North Yorkshire 0 8 £30,000 -20.00% 7
East Yorkshire -6 6 £28,000 -0.88% 1
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 38 (36.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (32.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.86%) IIS
4 1 (0.95%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (30.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.90%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (80.95%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (60.00%) Azure
3 18 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.57%) Google Workspace
5 6 (5.71%) AWS
5 6 (5.71%) Google Docs
5 6 (5.71%) Google Sheets
6 4 (3.81%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.90%) SaaS
8 1 (0.95%) IaaS
8 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (40.00%) Firewall
2 38 (36.19%) DNS
3 37 (35.24%) DHCP
4 33 (31.43%) VPN
5 32 (30.48%) TCP/IP
6 30 (28.57%) LAN
6 30 (28.57%) WAN
7 28 (26.67%) VLAN
8 16 (15.24%) VoIP
9 15 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.67%) SAN
11 4 (3.81%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (3.81%) Wireless
11 4 (3.81%) WLAN
12 3 (2.86%) Network Security
13 2 (1.90%) DMZ
14 1 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.95%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.76%) MySQL
3 4 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.86%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 47 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 30 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 12 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (10.48%) Retail
5 6 (5.71%) Law
6 5 (4.76%) Advertising
6 5 (4.76%) Legal
7 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.86%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Finance
9 1 (0.95%) Automotive
9 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (49.52%) IT Support
2 23 (21.90%) Support Engineer
3 19 (18.10%) IT Engineer
4 18 (17.14%) Senior
4 18 (17.14%) Support Technician
5 17 (16.19%) 2nd Line Support
5 17 (16.19%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (11.43%) IT Support Technician
6 12 (11.43%) IT Technician
7 10 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (9.52%) Senior IT Support
7 10 (9.52%) Senior IT Technician
7 10 (9.52%) Senior Support Technician
7 10 (9.52%) Senior Technician
8 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 7 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
9 7 (6.67%) Technical Support
10 6 (5.71%) Help Desk Support
10 6 (5.71%) Help Desk Support Technician
10 6 (5.71%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) .NET
2 3 (2.86%) SAP Basis
2 3 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.86%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.95%) JSON
3 1 (0.95%) REST
3 1 (0.95%) WebSockets
3 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 14 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (9.52%) Replication
4 9 (8.57%) Data Centre
5 7 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.67%) iPad
6 4 (3.81%) NHS
7 3 (2.86%) SCADA
8 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.95%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.95%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.95%) PDA
9 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 105 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (19.05%) Windows 10
3 16 (15.24%) Linux
4 11 (10.48%) Mac OS
5 8 (7.62%) Android
5 8 (7.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.86%) SUSE
8 3 (2.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.71%) Customer Service
3 21 (20.00%) ITIL
4 17 (16.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (13.33%) Incident Management
6 13 (12.38%) Migration
7 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (11.43%) Patch Management
8 11 (10.48%) Time Management
9 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
10 9 (8.57%) Asset Management
10 9 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (8.57%) Knowledge Transfer
11 8 (7.62%) ITSM
11 8 (7.62%) Mentoring
12 7 (6.67%) CRM
12 7 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
12 7 (6.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 7 (6.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.14%) SQL
2 12 (11.43%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.71%) VBA
4 2 (1.90%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.90%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.95%) C#
5 1 (0.95%) Delphi
5 1 (0.95%) Java
5 1 (0.95%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) SC Cleared
1 13 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (7.62%) Degree
4 7 (6.67%) A+ Certification
4 7 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.71%) HNC
5 6 (5.71%) HND
5 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.81%) SLA
3 3 (2.86%) GDPR
3 3 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 75 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 37 (35.24%) Hyper-V
3 23 (21.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.81%) vSphere
5 2 (1.90%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.90%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.90%) Plesk
4 1 (0.95%) Terraform
4 1 (0.95%) VxRail
4 1 (0.95%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (77.14%) Microsoft
2 45 (42.86%) VMware
3 26 (24.76%) Citrix
4 12 (11.43%) Veeam
5 11 (10.48%) Apple
6 9 (8.57%) Datto
6 9 (8.57%) Google
7 8 (7.62%) Freshdesk
8 6 (5.71%) Cisco
8 6 (5.71%) SonicWALL
9 4 (3.81%) Sage
10 3 (2.86%) Dell
10 3 (2.86%) SAP
10 3 (2.86%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.90%) Adobe
11 2 (1.90%) Draytek
11 2 (1.90%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.90%) Meraki
11 2 (1.90%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.95%) Zerto