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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 60 31
Rank change year-on-year -25 -29 +80
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 118 96 304
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.36% 4.36% 5.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.65% 24.62% 38.43%
Number of salaries quoted 100 94 260
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,000 £26,445
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £30,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.08% -5.30%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £54,000
90th Percentile £50,150 £47,050 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% -2.58%

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 331 390 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.61% 17.70% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 233 248 668
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £29,188
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 £47,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £58,000 £71,166 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -13.99%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 55 £33,500 +11.67% 21
South Yorkshire -19 22 £40,000 -13.04% 1
North Yorkshire -7 11 £35,000 -6.67% 2
East Yorkshire -24 5 £28,000 -6.67% 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 36 (30.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (29.66%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.24%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (35.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 91 (77.12%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (57.63%) Azure
3 19 (16.10%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.63%) Google Workspace
5 7 (5.93%) AWS
6 6 (5.08%) Google Docs
6 6 (5.08%) Google Sheets
7 4 (3.39%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 44 (37.29%) DHCP
1 44 (37.29%) DNS
2 43 (36.44%) Firewall
3 38 (32.20%) TCP/IP
4 36 (30.51%) LAN
4 36 (30.51%) WAN
5 30 (25.42%) VLAN
6 29 (24.58%) VPN
7 16 (13.56%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.32%) VoIP
9 8 (6.78%) SAN
10 7 (5.93%) Wireless
11 4 (3.39%) WLAN
12 3 (2.54%) Network Security
12 3 (2.54%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (1.69%) DMZ
13 2 (1.69%) NAS
14 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.24%) MySQL
3 4 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
General
1 51 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 29 (24.58%) Manufacturing
3 13 (11.02%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Retail
5 8 (6.78%) Law
6 6 (5.08%) Legal
7 5 (4.24%) Advertising
8 4 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.54%) Finance
9 3 (2.54%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.85%) Automotive
11 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (51.69%) IT Support
2 28 (23.73%) Senior
3 23 (19.49%) Support Engineer
4 21 (17.80%) IT Engineer
5 19 (16.10%) Support Technician
6 18 (15.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (15.25%) IT Technician
7 16 (13.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (11.86%) IT Support Technician
9 13 (11.02%) Senior IT Technician
9 13 (11.02%) Senior Technician
10 11 (9.32%) Senior IT Support
11 9 (7.63%) 3rd Line Support
11 9 (7.63%) Senior Support Technician
12 8 (6.78%) Infrastructure Support
13 7 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support Technician
14 5 (4.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 5 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 5 (4.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) .NET
2 1 (0.85%) REST
2 1 (0.85%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.85%) SAPUI5
2 1 (0.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.80%) Driving Licence
2 16 (13.56%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (11.02%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.93%) Replication
5 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.39%) SCADA
6 3 (2.54%) iPad
6 3 (2.54%) NHS
7 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.69%) Life Science
7 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.85%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 118 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (16.10%) Windows 10
3 15 (12.71%) Linux
4 11 (9.32%) Android
5 8 (6.78%) Mac OS
5 8 (6.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.39%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.85%) SUSE
8 1 (0.85%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.85%) Unix
8 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (28.81%) Customer Service
3 26 (22.03%) ITIL
4 20 (16.95%) Incident Management
5 19 (16.10%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (16.10%) Service Delivery
6 16 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (11.02%) Time Management
9 12 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (9.32%) Knowledge Transfer
11 10 (8.47%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.63%) Patch Management
13 8 (6.78%) Asset Management
13 8 (6.78%) Migration
14 7 (5.93%) ITSM
15 6 (5.08%) Break/Fix
15 6 (5.08%) IT Asset Management
15 6 (5.08%) Project Delivery
15 6 (5.08%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.41%) SQL
2 12 (10.17%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.08%) VBA
4 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.69%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.85%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) Delphi
5 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
1 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.47%) A+ Certification
3 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.93%) Degree
5 6 (5.08%) HNC
5 6 (5.08%) HND
5 6 (5.08%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 5 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (3.39%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.69%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.85%) ACSP
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.39%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.54%) GDPR
4 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 81 (68.64%) Active Directory
2 35 (29.66%) Hyper-V
3 24 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.54%) vSphere
5 2 (1.69%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.85%) Docker
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.69%) Plesk
3 2 (1.69%) VxRail
3 2 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 95 (80.51%) Microsoft
2 55 (46.61%) VMware
3 33 (27.97%) Citrix
4 12 (10.17%) Veeam
5 9 (7.63%) Google
6 7 (5.93%) Apple
7 6 (5.08%) Cisco
8 5 (4.24%) Datto
8 5 (4.24%) Meraki
8 5 (4.24%) SonicWALL
9 4 (3.39%) Freshdesk
10 3 (2.54%) Dell
10 3 (2.54%) Sage
10 3 (2.54%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.69%) Commvault
11 2 (1.69%) Draytek
11 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.69%) HP
11 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.69%) Zerto