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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 50 47
Rank change year-on-year -38 -3 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 122 146 201
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.74% 4.20% 3.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.20% 28.85% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 112 142 169
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -29.41% +20.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 £41,500 £54,000
90th Percentile £54,875 £64,250 £63,250
England median annual salary £40,600 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -5.88% -5.56%

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 404 506 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.77% 14.55% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 312 377 496
10th Percentile £26,955 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% -0.16%
75th Percentile £47,813 £43,750 £54,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £66,250 £63,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -34 61 £32,500 -17.20% 14
North Yorkshire +19 19 £42,500 +6.25% 2
South Yorkshire -36 16 £42,500 -10.53% 5
East Yorkshire -35 3 £35,000 +22.81% 3
Humberside - 2 £42,500 - 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 (27.87%) SharePoint
2 32 (26.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (6.56%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (18.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 92 (75.41%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (59.84%) Azure
3 39 (31.97%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.74%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.92%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.46%) IaaS
6 3 (2.46%) PaaS
7 2 (1.64%) AWS
7 2 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.82%) Datadog
8 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.97%) DHCP
1 39 (31.97%) DNS
2 37 (30.33%) Firewall
3 31 (25.41%) LAN
3 31 (25.41%) TCP/IP
3 31 (25.41%) WAN
4 23 (18.85%) Wireless
5 18 (14.75%) VPN
6 13 (10.66%) VLAN
7 11 (9.02%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (5.74%) NAS
8 7 (5.74%) SAN
8 7 (5.74%) VoIP
9 3 (2.46%) HTTP
9 3 (2.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.46%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Git
General
1 47 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.92%) Law
4 5 (4.10%) Legal
5 4 (3.28%) Advertising
5 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Retail
8 1 (0.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 55 (45.08%) IT Support
2 35 (28.69%) Support Engineer
3 31 (25.41%) IT Engineer
4 30 (24.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (18.85%) Senior
6 19 (15.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (11.48%) Analyst
8 13 (10.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (9.84%) IT Technician
10 10 (8.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (7.38%) IT Analyst
11 9 (7.38%) Support Analyst
12 8 (6.56%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (6.56%) IT Support Technician
12 8 (6.56%) Support Technician
13 7 (5.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 6 (4.92%) Administrator
14 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
14 6 (4.92%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.28%) HTML
1 4 (3.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.03%) Driving Licence
2 12 (9.84%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.64%) Life Science
6 1 (0.82%) CCTV
6 1 (0.82%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.82%) SCADA
6 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 122 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (10.66%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.74%) Linux
5 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.10%) Android
6 5 (4.10%) VMS
7 4 (3.28%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.51%) Customer Service
1 36 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (27.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (25.41%) ITIL
4 30 (24.59%) Service Delivery
5 24 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (18.03%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (10.66%) Incident Management
8 13 (10.66%) Migration
9 10 (8.20%) Business Continuity
9 10 (8.20%) ERP
9 10 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.38%) ITSM
11 8 (6.56%) Identity Management
11 8 (6.56%) Incident Response
11 8 (6.56%) Information Security
11 8 (6.56%) Knowledge Transfer
12 7 (5.74%) Collaborative Culture
12 7 (5.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.85%) PowerShell
2 11 (9.02%) SQL
3 2 (1.64%) Bicep
4 1 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (9.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 9 (7.38%) A+ Certification
2 9 (7.38%) Azure Certification
2 9 (7.38%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (4.92%) CCNA
3 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.28%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.82%) ACSP
6 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.10%) SLA
4 3 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.82%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (63.93%) Active Directory
2 34 (27.87%) Hyper-V
3 19 (15.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.64%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (30.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.92%) VxRail
2 6 (4.92%) WSUS
3 4 (3.28%) Terraform
4 2 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.82%) Avamar
5 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.82%) Puppet
5 1 (0.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 98 (80.33%) Microsoft
2 35 (28.69%) VMware
3 16 (13.11%) Cisco
3 16 (13.11%) Veeam
4 14 (11.48%) Meraki
5 9 (7.38%) Citrix
6 7 (5.74%) Dell
6 7 (5.74%) Zerto
7 6 (4.92%) Commvault
7 6 (4.92%) HP
7 6 (4.92%) Tenable
8 5 (4.10%) iManage
9 4 (3.28%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.46%) SAP
11 1 (0.82%) Apple
11 1 (0.82%) Qualys
11 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.82%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.82%) Sophos