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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 58 37
Rank change year-on-year -16 -21 +51
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 94 110 191
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.79% 3.46% 5.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.75% 26.96% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 72 55 166
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,100 £26,125
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,663 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% -13.75%
75th Percentile £43,250 £53,125 £42,500
90th Percentile £49,875 £59,500 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% 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 249 408 551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.38% 12.84% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 184 167 478
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,175
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% -5.03%
75th Percentile £45,375 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,500 £82,548
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 7 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 7 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 -30 38 £41,500 +10.67% 11
South Yorkshire +14 21 £32,500 -29.35% 11
East Yorkshire -1 10 £28,000 -3.45% 1
North Yorkshire +2 8 £30,000 -24.05% 3
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 (38.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (35.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.13%) IIS
4 1 (1.06%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (87.23%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (61.70%) Azure
3 15 (15.96%) Entra ID
4 8 (8.51%) SaaS
5 4 (4.26%) IaaS
5 4 (4.26%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.26%) PaaS
6 3 (3.19%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (44.68%) Firewall
2 32 (34.04%) DNS
3 31 (32.98%) DHCP
4 30 (31.91%) VPN
5 29 (30.85%) TCP/IP
5 29 (30.85%) VLAN
6 24 (25.53%) LAN
6 24 (25.53%) WAN
7 19 (20.21%) VoIP
8 13 (13.83%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (7.45%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (7.45%) Wireless
10 6 (6.38%) SAN
11 4 (4.26%) WLAN
12 2 (2.13%) DMZ
13 1 (1.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.19%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (3.19%) MySQL
2 3 (3.19%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
General
1 41 (43.62%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.66%) Manufacturing
3 10 (10.64%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (8.51%) Retail
5 7 (7.45%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.38%) Law
7 5 (5.32%) Advertising
7 5 (5.32%) Legal
8 2 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Finance
9 1 (1.06%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.06%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (44.68%) IT Support
2 26 (27.66%) Support Engineer
3 18 (19.15%) Support Technician
4 17 (18.09%) IT Engineer
4 17 (18.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (15.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (13.83%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (13.83%) Senior
6 13 (13.83%) Technical Support
7 10 (10.64%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (10.64%) IT Technician
8 9 (9.57%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (8.51%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 8 (8.51%) Senior IT Support
9 8 (8.51%) Senior IT Technician
9 8 (8.51%) Senior Support Technician
9 8 (8.51%) Senior Technician
10 7 (7.45%) Technical Engineer
10 7 (7.45%) Technical Support Engineer
11 6 (6.38%) Help Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) .NET
2 3 (3.19%) SAP Basis
2 3 (3.19%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.19%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.06%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.06%) JSON
3 1 (1.06%) REST
3 1 (1.06%) WebSockets
3 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.28%) Driving Licence
2 12 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (10.64%) Replication
4 9 (9.57%) Data Centre
5 7 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (7.45%) iPad
6 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.26%) NHS
8 3 (3.19%) FMCG
9 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.13%) SCADA
10 1 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (1.06%) Legacy Code
10 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.06%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.06%) PDA
10 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 94 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (20.21%) Linux
3 12 (12.77%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.64%) Mac OS
5 7 (7.45%) Android
6 3 (3.19%) SUSE
6 3 (3.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.72%) Customer Service
2 21 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (20.21%) ITIL
4 14 (14.89%) Migration
5 13 (13.83%) Patch Management
6 12 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.70%) Incident Management
8 9 (9.57%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.57%) Service Delivery
9 8 (8.51%) ITSM
10 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.45%) CRM
10 7 (7.45%) IT Asset Management
10 7 (7.45%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (7.45%) Network Management
10 7 (7.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 7 (7.45%) Service Management
10 7 (7.45%) Time Management
11 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.02%) PowerShell
2 13 (13.83%) SQL
3 6 (6.38%) VBA
4 2 (2.13%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.13%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.06%) C#
5 1 (1.06%) Delphi
5 1 (1.06%) Java
5 1 (1.06%) PHP
5 1 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.45%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.06%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.06%) Degree
4 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.32%) SLA
2 4 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 65 (69.15%) Active Directory
2 36 (38.30%) Hyper-V
3 23 (24.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.19%) vSphere
5 2 (2.13%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.13%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.06%) Docker
6 1 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (19.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.13%) Plesk
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Ansible
3 1 (1.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (74.47%) Microsoft
2 38 (40.43%) VMware
3 14 (14.89%) Apple
4 13 (13.83%) Citrix
5 8 (8.51%) Freshdesk
5 8 (8.51%) Veeam
6 7 (7.45%) Datto
6 7 (7.45%) Sage
6 7 (7.45%) SonicWALL
7 4 (4.26%) Cisco
8 3 (3.19%) SAP
8 3 (3.19%) Sophos
9 2 (2.13%) Adobe
9 2 (2.13%) Dell
9 2 (2.13%) Draytek
9 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.06%) Duck Creek
10 1 (1.06%) F5