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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 50 53
Rank change year-on-year -36 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 124 145 164
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.73% 4.10% 3.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.32% 28.43% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 112 140 134
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -29.41% +19.72%
75th Percentile £43,750 £41,938 £54,750
90th Percentile £54,875 £58,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -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 409 510 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.72% 14.42% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 321 381 421
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% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -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 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 2 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 -29 62 £34,000 -15.00% 7
North Yorkshire +22 19 £42,500 +6.25% 1
South Yorkshire -35 16 £42,500 +0.59% 4
East Yorkshire -27 5 £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 (25.81%) SharePoint
2 31 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.65%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (16.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 92 (74.19%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (57.26%) Azure
3 40 (32.26%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.84%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.23%) AWS
6 4 (3.23%) IaaS
7 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.42%) PaaS
8 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.81%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.81%) Datadog
9 1 (0.81%) GCP
9 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.45%) DHCP
1 39 (31.45%) DNS
1 39 (31.45%) Firewall
2 30 (24.19%) LAN
2 30 (24.19%) WAN
3 29 (23.39%) TCP/IP
4 23 (18.55%) Wireless
5 18 (14.52%) VPN
6 12 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (8.87%) VLAN
8 7 (5.65%) SAN
8 7 (5.65%) VoIP
9 6 (4.84%) NAS
10 5 (4.03%) SSL
11 4 (3.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.61%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Git
General
1 46 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.84%) Law
4 5 (4.03%) Advertising
4 5 (4.03%) Legal
5 4 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (45.16%) IT Support
2 38 (30.65%) Support Engineer
3 35 (28.23%) IT Engineer
4 32 (25.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (16.13%) Senior
7 15 (12.10%) Analyst
8 14 (11.29%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (9.68%) IT Technician
10 11 (8.87%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (8.06%) Support Analyst
12 9 (7.26%) IT Analyst
12 9 (7.26%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (7.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (6.45%) IT Support Technician
13 8 (6.45%) Support Technician
14 7 (5.65%) Administrator
14 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 7 (5.65%) Systems Administrator
15 6 (4.84%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) HTML
1 4 (3.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.55%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.87%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.42%) CCTV
3 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.61%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.61%) Life Science
5 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) SCADA
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 124 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (12.10%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (10.48%) Windows 10
4 10 (8.06%) Linux
5 6 (4.84%) Android
5 6 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.03%) VMS
7 4 (3.23%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (29.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 37 (29.84%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (27.42%) Customer Service
3 31 (25.00%) ITIL
4 30 (24.19%) Service Delivery
5 25 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (18.55%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (16.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (10.48%) Migration
9 12 (9.68%) ERP
10 10 (8.06%) Business Continuity
10 10 (8.06%) Incident Management
10 10 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.26%) ITSM
11 9 (7.26%) Project Delivery
12 8 (6.45%) Identity Management
12 8 (6.45%) Incident Response
12 8 (6.45%) Information Security
12 8 (6.45%) Knowledge Transfer
13 7 (5.65%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.55%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.87%) SQL
3 2 (1.61%) Bicep
4 1 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 9 (7.26%) A+ Certification
2 9 (7.26%) Azure Certification
2 9 (7.26%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (4.84%) CCNA
3 6 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.23%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (2.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.42%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) ACSP
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.03%) SLA
4 3 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.61%) GDPR
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (62.90%) Active Directory
2 34 (27.42%) Hyper-V
3 18 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.42%) vSphere
5 2 (1.61%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (30.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.84%) WSUS
3 5 (4.03%) VxRail
4 4 (3.23%) Terraform
5 2 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.61%) SCOM
6 1 (0.81%) Ansible
6 1 (0.81%) Avamar
6 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.81%) Puppet
6 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (79.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (25.81%) VMware
3 15 (12.10%) Cisco
3 15 (12.10%) Veeam
4 13 (10.48%) Meraki
5 7 (5.65%) Citrix
6 6 (4.84%) Dell
6 6 (4.84%) Zerto
7 5 (4.03%) Commvault
7 5 (4.03%) HP
7 5 (4.03%) iManage
7 5 (4.03%) Tenable
8 4 (3.23%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.23%) SAP
9 3 (2.42%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.61%) Sophos
11 1 (0.81%) Apple
11 1 (0.81%) Oracle
11 1 (0.81%) Qualys
11 1 (0.81%) Red Hat