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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 63 35
Rank change year-on-year -23 -28 +55
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 118 97 275
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.80% 3.68% 4.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.64% 20.25% 35.39%
Number of salaries quoted 107 95 237
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £30,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £43,250 £38,250 £54,000
90th Percentile £54,850 £53,750 £62,800
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -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 373 479 777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.68% 18.19% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 277 286 653
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -3 64 £33,000 +11.86% 12
South Yorkshire -35 21 £40,000 +23.08% 8
North Yorkshire -4 9 £41,250 +3.13% 1
East Yorkshire -30 1 - - 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 34 (28.81%) SharePoint
2 31 (26.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (7.63%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (28.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (70.34%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (56.78%) Azure
3 27 (22.88%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.63%) Google Workspace
5 7 (5.93%) AWS
6 6 (5.08%) Google Docs
6 6 (5.08%) Google Sheets
6 6 (5.08%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.69%) IaaS
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.69%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.69%) PaaS
8 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (41.53%) DHCP
1 49 (41.53%) DNS
2 40 (33.90%) LAN
2 40 (33.90%) WAN
3 33 (27.97%) TCP/IP
4 32 (27.12%) Firewall
5 23 (19.49%) VLAN
6 19 (16.10%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (15.25%) VPN
8 7 (5.93%) SAN
8 7 (5.93%) Wireless
9 6 (5.08%) NAS
10 4 (3.39%) VoIP
10 4 (3.39%) WLAN
11 3 (2.54%) Network Security
12 2 (1.69%) DMZ
13 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.54%) MySQL
3 3 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
General
1 49 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.41%) Manufacturing
3 13 (11.02%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.63%) Retail
6 4 (3.39%) Advertising
6 4 (3.39%) Law
6 4 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.54%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.54%) Legal
8 2 (1.69%) Finance
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (50.00%) IT Support
2 29 (24.58%) Senior
3 24 (20.34%) IT Engineer
4 23 (19.49%) Support Engineer
5 21 (17.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (16.95%) IT Technician
7 17 (14.41%) Support Technician
8 16 (13.56%) IT Support Technician
9 13 (11.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (8.47%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (8.47%) Senior IT Technician
11 10 (8.47%) Senior Technician
12 8 (6.78%) Senior IT Support
13 6 (5.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (5.08%) Senior Support Technician
14 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Adviser
14 5 (4.24%) Help Desk Team Lead
14 5 (4.24%) IT Administrator
14 5 (4.24%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) HTML
1 2 (1.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.64%) Driving Licence
2 15 (12.71%) Data Centre
3 12 (10.17%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.39%) SCADA
5 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) Replication
6 2 (1.69%) Life Science
6 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 118 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (12.71%) Windows 10
3 14 (11.86%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (8.47%) Linux
4 10 (8.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.78%) Android
6 7 (5.93%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.39%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.69%) VMS
9 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.14%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.27%) Customer Service
3 28 (23.73%) ITIL
4 25 (21.19%) Service Delivery
5 22 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (18.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (17.80%) Incident Management
7 20 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (11.02%) Knowledge Transfer
9 11 (9.32%) Time Management
10 10 (8.47%) Mentoring
11 8 (6.78%) Incident Response
11 8 (6.78%) Information Security
11 8 (6.78%) ITSM
11 8 (6.78%) Patch Management
12 7 (5.93%) Business Continuity
12 7 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (5.08%) Break/Fix
13 6 (5.08%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.10%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.02%) SQL
3 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) A+ Certification
1 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
1 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (7.63%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (5.93%) Degree
6 6 (5.08%) HNC
6 6 (5.08%) HND
6 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (4.24%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.24%) CCNA
7 5 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.39%) DBS Check
8 4 (3.39%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.85%) ACSP
10 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.24%) GDPR
4 4 (3.39%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 81 (68.64%) Active Directory
2 26 (22.03%) Hyper-V
3 22 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.54%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.08%) VxRail
2 6 (5.08%) WSUS
3 3 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 94 (79.66%) Microsoft
2 47 (39.83%) VMware
3 28 (23.73%) Citrix
4 19 (16.10%) Veeam
5 12 (10.17%) Cisco
6 11 (9.32%) Meraki
7 9 (7.63%) Google
8 6 (5.08%) Commvault
8 6 (5.08%) Dell
8 6 (5.08%) HP
8 6 (5.08%) Tenable
8 6 (5.08%) Zerto
9 3 (2.54%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.69%) Datto
10 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.69%) iManage
10 2 (1.69%) Qualys
10 2 (1.69%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.85%) Duck Creek
11 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow