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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 53 53
Rank change year-on-year -41 0 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 122 145 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.66% 4.07% 3.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.61% 28.32% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 109 140 132
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £29,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -29.41% +21.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £54,000 £58,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -5.56%

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 412 512 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.62% 14.39% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 321 383 416
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% -0.04%
75th Percentile £47,500 £44,375 £53,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -8.57%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -32 58 £35,750 -10.63% 7
North Yorkshire +16 19 £42,500 +6.25% 1
South Yorkshire -38 17 £42,500 +14.86% 5
East Yorkshire -26 6 £35,000 +22.81% 2
Humberside - 2 £42,500 - 2
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 32 (26.23%) SharePoint
2 31 (25.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.74%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 90 (73.77%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (55.74%) Azure
3 40 (32.79%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.74%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.92%) Mimecast
6 5 (4.10%) IaaS
7 4 (3.28%) AWS
8 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.46%) PaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.82%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.82%) Datadog
10 1 (0.82%) GCP
10 1 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (32.79%) Firewall
2 38 (31.15%) DHCP
2 38 (31.15%) DNS
3 29 (23.77%) LAN
3 29 (23.77%) WAN
4 26 (21.31%) TCP/IP
5 23 (18.85%) Wireless
6 18 (14.75%) VPN
7 13 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (8.20%) VLAN
9 7 (5.74%) SAN
9 7 (5.74%) VoIP
10 6 (4.92%) NAS
11 5 (4.10%) SSL
12 4 (3.28%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Git
General
1 42 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.92%) Law
4 5 (4.10%) Advertising
4 5 (4.10%) Legal
5 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (44.26%) IT Support
2 39 (31.97%) Support Engineer
3 37 (30.33%) IT Engineer
4 33 (27.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (14.75%) Senior
7 16 (13.11%) Analyst
8 14 (11.48%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (9.84%) IT Technician
10 11 (9.02%) Support Analyst
11 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Support
11 9 (7.38%) IT Analyst
11 9 (7.38%) IT Support Analyst
11 9 (7.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (6.56%) IT Support Technician
12 8 (6.56%) Support Technician
13 7 (5.74%) Administrator
13 7 (5.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 7 (5.74%) Systems Administrator
14 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.28%) HTML
1 4 (3.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.67%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.02%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.28%) CCTV
4 2 (1.64%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.64%) Life Science
4 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 122 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2019
3 14 (11.48%) Windows 10
4 9 (7.38%) Linux
5 7 (5.74%) Android
6 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (4.10%) VMS
8 4 (3.28%) Apple iOS
8 4 (3.28%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (30.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (27.87%) Customer Service
4 32 (26.23%) ITIL
5 30 (24.59%) Service Delivery
6 25 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (18.85%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (17.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (10.66%) Migration
10 12 (9.84%) ERP
11 11 (9.02%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.20%) Business Continuity
12 10 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (7.38%) ITSM
14 8 (6.56%) Identity Management
14 8 (6.56%) Knowledge Transfer
15 7 (5.74%) Incident Management
15 7 (5.74%) Incident Response
15 7 (5.74%) Information Security
15 7 (5.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.49%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.84%) SQL
3 2 (1.64%) Bicep
4 1 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (9.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 9 (7.38%) A+ Certification
2 9 (7.38%) Azure Certification
2 9 (7.38%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (4.92%) CCNA
3 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.28%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.82%) ACSP
5 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.10%) SLA
4 3 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.82%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 77 (63.11%) Active Directory
2 35 (28.69%) Hyper-V
3 18 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.46%) vSphere
5 2 (1.64%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (31.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.74%) WSUS
3 5 (4.10%) VxRail
4 4 (3.28%) Terraform
5 3 (2.46%) SCOM
6 2 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.64%) SCCM
7 1 (0.82%) Ansible
7 1 (0.82%) Avamar
7 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 97 (79.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (23.77%) VMware
3 15 (12.30%) Cisco
3 15 (12.30%) Veeam
4 13 (10.66%) Meraki
5 6 (4.92%) Dell
5 6 (4.92%) Zerto
6 5 (4.10%) Citrix
6 5 (4.10%) Commvault
6 5 (4.10%) HP
6 5 (4.10%) iManage
6 5 (4.10%) Tenable
7 4 (3.28%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.28%) SAP
7 4 (3.28%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.64%) Oracle
8 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.64%) Sophos
9 1 (0.82%) Apple
9 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds