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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 60 37
Rank change year-on-year -16 -23 +56
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 98 105 209
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.82% 3.37% 5.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.04% 26.05% 36.86%
Number of salaries quoted 77 50 181
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,975 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,875 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +7.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £62,625 £53,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -

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 251 403 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.23% 12.94% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 187 157 490
10th Percentile £25,900 £25,000 £25,225
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.24% -4.72%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £52,900 £68,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -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 18 January 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 18 January 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 42 £34,500 -8.00% 14
South Yorkshire +17 24 £40,000 -13.04% 10
North Yorkshire +4 8 £30,000 -24.05% 7
East Yorkshire -6 7 £28,000 -3.45% 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 37 (37.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (33.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.04%) IIS
4 1 (1.02%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (83.67%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (60.20%) Azure
3 16 (16.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.12%) Google Workspace
5 5 (5.10%) AWS
5 5 (5.10%) SaaS
6 4 (4.08%) Google Docs
6 4 (4.08%) Google Sheets
6 4 (4.08%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.06%) IaaS
7 3 (3.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (42.86%) Firewall
2 35 (35.71%) DNS
3 34 (34.69%) DHCP
4 32 (32.65%) VPN
5 30 (30.61%) TCP/IP
6 29 (29.59%) VLAN
7 26 (26.53%) LAN
7 26 (26.53%) WAN
8 16 (16.33%) VoIP
9 15 (15.31%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.12%) SAN
11 5 (5.10%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (5.10%) Wireless
12 4 (4.08%) WLAN
13 3 (3.06%) Network Security
14 2 (2.04%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.10%) MySQL
3 4 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.06%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (3.06%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 29 (29.59%) Manufacturing
3 12 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (10.20%) Retail
5 6 (6.12%) Law
6 5 (5.10%) Advertising
6 5 (5.10%) Legal
6 5 (5.10%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.06%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Finance
9 1 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 47 (47.96%) IT Support
2 23 (23.47%) Support Engineer
3 18 (18.37%) IT Engineer
3 18 (18.37%) Support Technician
4 17 (17.35%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (16.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (15.31%) Senior
7 12 (12.24%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (12.24%) IT Support Technician
7 12 (12.24%) IT Technician
8 10 (10.20%) Senior IT Support
8 10 (10.20%) Senior IT Technician
8 10 (10.20%) Senior Support Technician
8 10 (10.20%) Senior Technician
8 10 (10.20%) Technical Support
9 8 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 7 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
11 6 (6.12%) Help Desk Support
11 6 (6.12%) Help Desk Support Technician
11 6 (6.12%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.16%) .NET
2 3 (3.06%) SAP Basis
2 3 (3.06%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.06%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.02%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.02%) JSON
3 1 (1.02%) REST
3 1 (1.02%) WebSockets
3 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.41%) Driving Licence
2 12 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (10.20%) Replication
4 9 (9.18%) Data Centre
5 7 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (7.14%) iPad
6 4 (4.08%) NHS
7 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.04%) SCADA
9 1 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.02%) FMCG
9 1 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (1.02%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.02%) PDA
9 1 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 98 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (17.35%) Linux
2 17 (17.35%) Windows 10
3 10 (10.20%) Mac OS
4 7 (7.14%) Android
5 6 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (3.06%) SUSE
7 3 (3.06%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (24.49%) Customer Service
3 20 (20.41%) ITIL
4 14 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (14.29%) Migration
5 13 (13.27%) Patch Management
6 11 (11.22%) Incident Management
7 10 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.18%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.18%) Knowledge Transfer
8 9 (9.18%) Service Delivery
8 9 (9.18%) Time Management
9 8 (8.16%) ITSM
10 7 (7.14%) CRM
10 7 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (7.14%) IT Asset Management
10 7 (7.14%) Mentoring
10 7 (7.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 7 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.35%) SQL
2 15 (15.31%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.12%) VBA
4 2 (2.04%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.04%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.02%) C#
5 1 (1.02%) Delphi
5 1 (1.02%) Java
5 1 (1.02%) PHP
5 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
1 11 (11.22%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (5.10%) A+ Certification
4 5 (5.10%) Degree
5 4 (4.08%) HNC
5 4 (4.08%) HND
5 4 (4.08%) MCP
6 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.10%) SLA
3 3 (3.06%) GDPR
4 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 69 (70.41%) Active Directory
2 36 (36.73%) Hyper-V
3 23 (23.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.10%) vSphere
5 2 (2.04%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.04%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.02%) Docker
6 1 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (2.04%) Plesk
2 2 (2.04%) Terraform
3 1 (1.02%) Ansible
3 1 (1.02%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (76.53%) Microsoft
2 41 (41.84%) VMware
3 20 (20.41%) Citrix
4 12 (12.24%) Apple
5 10 (10.20%) Veeam
6 9 (9.18%) Datto
7 8 (8.16%) Freshdesk
8 7 (7.14%) SonicWALL
9 6 (6.12%) Google
10 5 (5.10%) Sage
11 4 (4.08%) Cisco
12 3 (3.06%) SAP
13 2 (2.04%) Adobe
13 2 (2.04%) Dell
13 2 (2.04%) Draytek
13 2 (2.04%) Fortinet
13 2 (2.04%) WatchGuard
14 1 (1.02%) F5
14 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow
14 1 (1.02%) Sophos