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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 54 33
Rank change year-on-year -40 -21 +66
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 114 98 286
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.90% 4.13% 5.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.39% 23.17% 35.84%
Number of salaries quoted 99 96 247
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £26,380
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £39,375 £54,000
90th Percentile £52,950 £49,875 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -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 352 423 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.86% 17.84% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 255 272 675
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,750 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -26 58 £33,500 +13.56% 12
South Yorkshire -26 22 £40,000 +1.27% 9
North Yorkshire -4 10 £35,000 -1.75%
East Yorkshire -28 2 - - 4
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 31 (27.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (26.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.02%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (35.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (72.81%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (56.14%) Azure
3 18 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.89%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.14%) AWS
6 6 (5.26%) Google Docs
6 6 (5.26%) Google Sheets
7 4 (3.51%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.75%) IaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.75%) PaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 49 (42.98%) DHCP
1 49 (42.98%) DNS
2 38 (33.33%) LAN
2 38 (33.33%) WAN
3 34 (29.82%) Firewall
4 33 (28.95%) TCP/IP
5 24 (21.05%) VLAN
6 20 (17.54%) VPN
7 13 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.65%) SAN
9 6 (5.26%) VoIP
9 6 (5.26%) Wireless
10 5 (4.39%) NAS
11 4 (3.51%) WLAN
12 3 (2.63%) Network Security
13 2 (1.75%) DMZ
14 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.63%) MySQL
5 2 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 42 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.44%) Manufacturing
3 13 (11.40%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (10.53%) Retail
5 8 (7.02%) Law
6 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Advertising
8 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.63%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.63%) Finance
10 2 (1.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.88%) Automotive
11 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (51.75%) IT Support
2 28 (24.56%) Senior
3 21 (18.42%) IT Engineer
4 20 (17.54%) IT Technician
4 20 (17.54%) Support Engineer
5 18 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (14.91%) Support Technician
7 16 (14.04%) IT Support Technician
8 14 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (9.65%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Senior IT Technician
10 10 (8.77%) Senior Technician
11 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support
11 8 (7.02%) Senior IT Support
12 7 (6.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 6 (5.26%) Senior Support Technician
14 5 (4.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 5 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) REST
2 1 (0.88%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.30%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.28%) Data Centre
3 12 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.51%) SCADA
5 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.63%) Replication
6 2 (1.75%) iPad
6 2 (1.75%) Life Science
6 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 114 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (14.91%) Windows 10
3 9 (7.89%) Linux
4 8 (7.02%) Android
5 7 (6.14%) Mac OS
6 6 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.51%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.88%) Unix
8 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (26.32%) ITIL
3 27 (23.68%) Customer Service
4 24 (21.05%) Service Delivery
5 20 (17.54%) Incident Management
5 20 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (11.40%) Knowledge Transfer
10 11 (9.65%) ITSM
10 11 (9.65%) Time Management
11 10 (8.77%) Mentoring
11 10 (8.77%) Patch Management
12 6 (5.26%) Break/Fix
12 6 (5.26%) Information Security
12 6 (5.26%) Migration
12 6 (5.26%) Project Delivery
13 5 (4.39%) Data Loss Prevention
13 5 (4.39%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) SQL
2 13 (11.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.75%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.75%) VBA
4 1 (0.88%) C#
4 1 (0.88%) Delphi
4 1 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (13.16%) A+ Certification
1 15 (13.16%) SC Cleared
1 15 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 9 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (6.14%) Degree
5 6 (5.26%) HNC
5 6 (5.26%) HND
5 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (3.51%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.51%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.88%) ACSP
8 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (4.39%) GDPR
4 4 (3.51%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 78 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 29 (25.44%) Hyper-V
3 24 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.63%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.63%) vSphere
5 2 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.88%) Docker
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.39%) VxRail
2 5 (4.39%) WSUS
3 3 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 93 (81.58%) Microsoft
2 53 (46.49%) VMware
3 29 (25.44%) Citrix
4 14 (12.28%) Veeam
5 9 (7.89%) Cisco
5 9 (7.89%) Google
6 8 (7.02%) Meraki
7 6 (5.26%) Dell
8 5 (4.39%) Commvault
8 5 (4.39%) HP
8 5 (4.39%) Tenable
8 5 (4.39%) Zerto
9 4 (3.51%) Datto
10 3 (2.63%) Apple
10 3 (2.63%) Freshdesk
10 3 (2.63%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.75%) Qualys
11 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.75%) SonicWALL