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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 51 42
Rank change year-on-year -31 -9 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 125 140 249
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.82% 4.09% 4.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.79% 27.45% 34.30%
Number of salaries quoted 115 136 211
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -29.41% +19.72%
75th Percentile £43,750 £41,500 £54,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £63,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 406 510 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.90% 14.91% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 312 373 581
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £54,000
90th Percentile £69,939 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -24 64 £32,500 -7.14% 12
South Yorkshire -33 21 £42,500 -10.53% 4
North Yorkshire +19 17 £42,500 +6.25% 4
East Yorkshire -34 2 £35,000 +19.66% 4
Humberside - 1 £42,500 - 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 36 (28.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (28.00%) SharePoint
3 8 (6.40%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (23.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 92 (73.60%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (60.00%) Azure
3 39 (31.20%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.60%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.00%) Google Workspace
5 5 (4.00%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.20%) AWS
7 3 (2.40%) Google Docs
7 3 (2.40%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.40%) IaaS
7 3 (2.40%) PaaS
8 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.80%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 47 (37.60%) DHCP
1 47 (37.60%) DNS
2 37 (29.60%) Firewall
3 36 (28.80%) LAN
3 36 (28.80%) WAN
4 31 (24.80%) TCP/IP
5 21 (16.80%) VPN
6 18 (14.40%) Wireless
7 16 (12.80%) VLAN
8 13 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.80%) NAS
9 6 (4.80%) SAN
9 6 (4.80%) VoIP
10 3 (2.40%) HTTP
10 3 (2.40%) SSL
11 1 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.80%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.60%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.80%) MySQL
4 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.40%) JIRA
General
1 54 (43.20%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.00%) Law
5 4 (3.20%) Advertising
5 4 (3.20%) Legal
5 4 (3.20%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.20%) Retail
6 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.80%) Finance
6 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (47.20%) IT Support
2 33 (26.40%) Support Engineer
3 31 (24.80%) IT Engineer
4 28 (22.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (19.20%) Senior
6 17 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (11.20%) Infrastructure Support
8 13 (10.40%) Analyst
8 13 (10.40%) IT Technician
9 12 (9.60%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (7.20%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (7.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (7.20%) Support Technician
11 8 (6.40%) IT Analyst
11 8 (6.40%) Support Analyst
12 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 7 (5.60%) IT Support Analyst
13 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
14 5 (4.00%) Help Desk Adviser
14 5 (4.00%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) HTML
1 4 (3.20%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.20%) Driving Licence
2 12 (9.60%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.60%) Life Science
5 2 (1.60%) SCADA
6 1 (0.80%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.80%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 125 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (15.20%) Windows Server 2019
3 17 (13.60%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.40%) Linux
6 6 (4.80%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.00%) Android
7 5 (4.00%) VMS
8 4 (3.20%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (28.00%) Customer Service
3 29 (23.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (23.20%) ITIL
4 27 (21.60%) Service Delivery
5 26 (20.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (17.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (13.60%) Incident Management
9 12 (9.60%) Migration
10 10 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
10 10 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.20%) Business Continuity
11 9 (7.20%) ERP
11 9 (7.20%) Incident Response
11 9 (7.20%) Information Security
11 9 (7.20%) ITSM
11 9 (7.20%) Mentoring
12 8 (6.40%) Project Delivery
12 8 (6.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.80%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.60%) SQL
3 1 (0.80%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (9.60%) A+ Certification
1 12 (9.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 10 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 10 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.20%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (6.40%) Azure Certification
4 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.80%) CCNA
5 6 (4.80%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.20%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.20%) Degree
6 4 (3.20%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (2.40%) HNC
7 3 (2.40%) HND
7 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.80%) ACSP
8 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (9.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.40%) GDPR
3 3 (2.40%) SLA
4 2 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.80%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 84 (67.20%) Active Directory
2 33 (26.40%) Hyper-V
3 21 (16.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.20%) vSphere
5 2 (1.60%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (26.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.80%) VxRail
2 6 (4.80%) WSUS
3 2 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.60%) Terraform
4 1 (0.80%) SCOM
Vendors
1 102 (81.60%) Microsoft
2 41 (32.80%) VMware
3 18 (14.40%) Veeam
4 17 (13.60%) Citrix
5 16 (12.80%) Cisco
6 15 (12.00%) Meraki
7 6 (4.80%) Commvault
7 6 (4.80%) Dell
7 6 (4.80%) HP
7 6 (4.80%) Tenable
7 6 (4.80%) Zerto
8 5 (4.00%) Google
8 5 (4.00%) iManage
9 4 (3.20%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.40%) SAP
10 3 (2.40%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.60%) Datto
11 2 (1.60%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.60%) Qualys
11 2 (1.60%) SonicWALL