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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 60 36
Rank change year-on-year -29 -24 +53
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 115 105 274
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.72% 3.95% 4.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.34% 24.14% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 108 103 229
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £39,375 £54,000
90th Percentile £54,200 £52,750 £63,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -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 379 435 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.67% 16.36% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 287 306 630
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -18.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,250
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -11 63 £33,000 +13.79% 11
South Yorkshire -23 22 £40,000 +23.08% 8
North Yorkshire -1 11 £48,750 +21.88% 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 32 (27.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (26.96%) SharePoint
3 9 (7.83%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (27.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (68.70%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (58.26%) Azure
3 32 (27.83%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.83%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.09%) AWS
5 7 (6.09%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.22%) Google Docs
6 6 (5.22%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.61%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.74%) IaaS
8 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (42.61%) DHCP
1 49 (42.61%) DNS
2 35 (30.43%) LAN
2 35 (30.43%) WAN
3 32 (27.83%) TCP/IP
4 31 (26.96%) Firewall
5 18 (15.65%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (14.78%) VPN
7 16 (13.91%) VLAN
8 8 (6.96%) Wireless
9 6 (5.22%) NAS
9 6 (5.22%) SAN
10 3 (2.61%) Network Security
10 3 (2.61%) VoIP
11 2 (1.74%) DMZ
12 1 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.87%) HTTP
12 1 (0.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.83%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.61%) MySQL
3 3 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.74%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.22%) JIRA
General
1 51 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.43%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (7.83%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.22%) Retail
6 4 (3.48%) Advertising
6 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.61%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.61%) Law
8 2 (1.74%) Finance
8 2 (1.74%) Legal
9 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (48.70%) IT Support
2 27 (23.48%) Senior
3 24 (20.87%) IT Engineer
3 24 (20.87%) Support Engineer
4 21 (18.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (14.78%) IT Technician
6 15 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (11.30%) IT Support Technician
7 13 (11.30%) Support Technician
8 12 (10.43%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (7.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (7.83%) Senior IT Technician
9 9 (7.83%) Senior Technician
10 7 (6.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) Senior IT Support
11 6 (5.22%) Analyst
11 6 (5.22%) Lead
12 5 (4.35%) Administrator
12 5 (4.35%) Help Desk Team Lead
12 5 (4.35%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) HTML
1 4 (3.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.87%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.17%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) Life Science
5 2 (1.74%) Replication
5 2 (1.74%) SCADA
6 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.87%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (15.65%) Windows Server 2019
3 16 (13.91%) Windows 10
4 11 (9.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (8.70%) Linux
6 7 (6.09%) Android
6 7 (6.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.48%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.48%) VMS
7 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.39%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (27.83%) Customer Service
3 27 (23.48%) ITIL
4 24 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (20.87%) Service Delivery
5 23 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (19.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (17.39%) Incident Management
8 12 (10.43%) Knowledge Transfer
9 10 (8.70%) Time Management
10 9 (7.83%) Mentoring
11 8 (6.96%) Business Continuity
11 8 (6.96%) ITSM
11 8 (6.96%) Patch Management
11 8 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (6.09%) Incident Response
12 7 (6.09%) Information Security
12 7 (6.09%) Migration
13 6 (5.22%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.26%) PowerShell
2 14 (12.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.04%) A+ Certification
2 14 (12.17%) SC Cleared
2 14 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 11 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (7.83%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (6.09%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.09%) Degree
7 6 (5.22%) CCNA
7 6 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.22%) HNC
7 6 (5.22%) HND
7 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (3.48%) DBS Check
8 4 (3.48%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.87%) ACSP
10 1 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.35%) GDPR
4 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.87%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 81 (70.43%) Active Directory
2 26 (22.61%) Hyper-V
3 21 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.74%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.22%) VxRail
2 6 (5.22%) WSUS
3 3 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 94 (81.74%) Microsoft
2 45 (39.13%) VMware
3 26 (22.61%) Citrix
4 18 (15.65%) Veeam
5 14 (12.17%) Cisco
6 13 (11.30%) Meraki
7 9 (7.83%) Google
8 6 (5.22%) Commvault
8 6 (5.22%) Dell
8 6 (5.22%) HP
8 6 (5.22%) Tenable
8 6 (5.22%) Zerto
9 3 (2.61%) iManage
9 3 (2.61%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.74%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.74%) Datto
10 2 (1.74%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.74%) Qualys
10 2 (1.74%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.87%) Duck Creek