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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 73 66
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 -22
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 130 100 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.69% 3.00% 2.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.16% 24.10% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 117 92 65
10th Percentile £26,050 £26,000 £25,950
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -29.35% +33.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £65,625
England median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% -2.17%

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 392 415 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.11% 12.44% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 312 289 252
10th Percentile £26,388 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,000 £40,591
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -18.70% +2.76%
75th Percentile £46,688 £46,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -23 54 £37,500 -9.64% 17
South Yorkshire -37 20 £42,500 +30.77% 11
North Yorkshire +21 18 £42,500 +17.24% 7
East Yorkshire -11 10 £33,000 +17.86% 4
Humberside - 2 £42,500 -
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 (27.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (26.15%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.62%) IIS
4 1 (0.77%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 99 (76.15%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (57.69%) Azure
3 50 (38.46%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.15%) Mimecast
5 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.62%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.85%) IaaS
8 4 (3.08%) AWS
8 4 (3.08%) SaaS
9 3 (2.31%) PaaS
10 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.54%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.77%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.77%) Datadog
11 1 (0.77%) GCP
11 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 54 (41.54%) Firewall
2 33 (25.38%) DNS
3 32 (24.62%) DHCP
4 23 (17.69%) LAN
4 23 (17.69%) VPN
4 23 (17.69%) WAN
5 20 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 20 (15.38%) Wireless
6 17 (13.08%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (8.46%) VLAN
7 11 (8.46%) VoIP
8 6 (4.62%) SAN
9 5 (3.85%) NAS
9 5 (3.85%) SSL
10 4 (3.08%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Git
General
1 46 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.62%) Law
3 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.85%) Advertising
5 4 (3.08%) Legal
5 4 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (40.77%) IT Support
2 45 (34.62%) Support Engineer
3 43 (33.08%) IT Engineer
4 38 (29.23%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (20.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (17.69%) Analyst
7 16 (12.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (10.77%) Support Analyst
9 13 (10.00%) IT Analyst
10 9 (6.92%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (6.92%) Senior
10 9 (6.92%) Support Technician
11 8 (6.15%) Administrator
11 8 (6.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.15%) Systems Administrator
12 7 (5.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Engineer
12 7 (5.38%) Technical Analyst
12 7 (5.38%) Technical Support
12 7 (5.38%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) Terraform
2 5 (3.85%) JSON
3 4 (3.08%) HTML
4 1 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Driving Licence
2 13 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (8.46%) CCTV
4 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.31%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.54%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.54%) Life Science
6 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.54%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.77%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 130 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (13.08%) Windows 10
3 15 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (6.92%) Android
4 9 (6.92%) Linux
5 6 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.85%) VMS
7 3 (2.31%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (31.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (26.92%) Customer Service
4 30 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (23.08%) ITIL
5 28 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (20.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (15.38%) Service Delivery
8 14 (10.77%) Migration
9 13 (10.00%) ERP
10 11 (8.46%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (7.69%) Business Continuity
11 10 (7.69%) Identity Management
11 10 (7.69%) Project Delivery
11 10 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.15%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 8 (6.15%) User Experience
13 7 (5.38%) Data Loss Prevention
13 7 (5.38%) Incident Response
13 7 (5.38%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.54%) PowerShell
2 15 (11.54%) SQL
3 3 (2.31%) Python
4 2 (1.54%) Bicep
5 1 (0.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (6.92%) Azure Certification
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (4.62%) A+ Certification
4 6 (4.62%) CCNA
4 6 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.54%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.77%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.85%) SLA
4 3 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 81 (62.31%) Active Directory
2 43 (33.08%) Hyper-V
3 14 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.31%) vSphere
5 2 (1.54%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (36.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.62%) WSUS
3 4 (3.08%) VxRail
4 3 (2.31%) Ansible
4 3 (2.31%) Progress Chef
4 3 (2.31%) Puppet
4 3 (2.31%) SCOM
5 2 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.54%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (1.54%) SCCM
6 1 (0.77%) Avamar
6 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 102 (78.46%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.92%) VMware
3 19 (14.62%) Cisco
4 14 (10.77%) Veeam
5 13 (10.00%) Meraki
6 11 (8.46%) SonicWALL
7 5 (3.85%) Dell
7 5 (3.85%) iManage
7 5 (3.85%) Zerto
8 4 (3.08%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.08%) Commvault
8 4 (3.08%) HP
8 4 (3.08%) SAP
8 4 (3.08%) Tenable
9 3 (2.31%) Citrix
10 2 (1.54%) Google
10 2 (1.54%) Oracle
10 2 (1.54%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.54%) Sophos
11 1 (0.77%) Fortinet