Windows Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +18 -15 -13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 604 662 854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.20% 4.10% 4.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.54% 27.89% 22.64%
Number of salaries quoted 515 510 778
10th Percentile £25,850 £25,975 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +11.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £56,300
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
North of England

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,276 2,374 3,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.07% 14.71% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,740 1,443 2,437
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,188 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,547 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Yorkshire +63 275 £37,500 +4.17% 48
North West -43 222 £43,000 -9.47% 58
North East +24 107 £35,000 -20.45% 12
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 145 (24.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (11.26%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.15%) IIS
4 4 (0.66%) CMS
4 4 (0.66%) Confluence
4 4 (0.66%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.17%) Site Server
Applications
1 79 (13.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 361 (59.77%) Microsoft 365
2 288 (47.68%) Azure
3 117 (19.37%) Entra ID
4 78 (12.91%) AWS
5 63 (10.43%) OneDrive
6 21 (3.48%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.32%) GCP
7 14 (2.32%) SaaS
8 10 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.66%) GitHub
9 9 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.32%) IaaS
11 6 (0.99%) PaaS
11 6 (0.99%) Serverless
12 5 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (0.83%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 181 (29.97%) Firewall
2 137 (22.68%) DNS
3 121 (20.03%) DHCP
4 91 (15.07%) LAN
5 88 (14.57%) WAN
6 60 (9.93%) VPN
7 59 (9.77%) SAN
8 52 (8.61%) TCP/IP
9 50 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (7.28%) VLAN
11 41 (6.79%) NAS
12 39 (6.46%) VoIP
13 33 (5.46%) Wireless
14 20 (3.31%) WLAN
15 18 (2.98%) Remote Desktop
16 17 (2.81%) Internet
17 14 (2.32%) Network Security
18 10 (1.66%) SSL
19 9 (1.49%) Multicast
20 6 (0.99%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (2.48%) Power BI
4 11 (1.82%) DB2
5 8 (1.32%) MySQL
6 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.33%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Eclipse
1 6 (0.99%) Git
2 5 (0.83%) JIRA
3 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.50%) GitLab
5 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 201 (33.28%) Social Skills
2 48 (7.95%) Finance
3 47 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (7.78%) Law
4 26 (4.30%) Manufacturing
4 26 (4.30%) Retail
5 23 (3.81%) Telecoms
6 20 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.65%) Legal
7 16 (2.65%) Marketing
8 15 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.49%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.32%) Games
12 7 (1.16%) Military
13 5 (0.83%) Automotive
14 4 (0.66%) Advertising
14 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.66%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (21.03%) IT Support
2 105 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 99 (16.39%) Support Engineer
4 88 (14.57%) IT Engineer
5 68 (11.26%) IT Technician
6 55 (9.11%) Analyst
7 50 (8.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 49 (8.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 48 (7.95%) Lead
10 46 (7.62%) Senior
11 41 (6.79%) Support Technician
12 36 (5.96%) Cloud Engineer
13 35 (5.79%) IT Support Technician
14 32 (5.30%) Team Leader
15 31 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
15 31 (5.13%) Administrator
16 28 (4.64%) Systems Administrator
17 27 (4.47%) 3rd Line Support
17 27 (4.47%) Technical Support
18 25 (4.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.49%) .NET
2 6 (0.99%) AWS CDK
3 5 (0.83%) LDAP
4 4 (0.66%) JSON
5 3 (0.50%) HTML
5 3 (0.50%) Middleware
5 3 (0.50%) REST
6 2 (0.33%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.33%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.33%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.33%) Node.js
7 1 (0.17%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.17%) EDI
7 1 (0.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 44 (7.28%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.63%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.98%) SCADA
5 17 (2.81%) Clustering
5 17 (2.81%) Replication
6 16 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.99%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (1.66%) Fat Client
8 10 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.66%) Thin Client
9 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.32%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.16%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 6 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.66%) CCTV
13 4 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 604 (100.00%) Windows
2 96 (15.89%) Linux
3 94 (15.56%) Windows 10
4 87 (14.40%) Windows Server 2012
5 84 (13.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 68 (11.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (3.97%) Windows Server 2008
8 23 (3.81%) Android
9 20 (3.31%) Apple iOS
10 18 (2.98%) Mac OS
11 17 (2.81%) Windows 7
12 13 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 12 (1.99%) Windows 8
14 8 (1.32%) VMS
15 5 (0.83%) CentOS
16 4 (0.66%) Unix
16 4 (0.66%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
18 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (26.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 130 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (20.70%) ITIL
4 117 (19.37%) Customer Service
5 69 (11.42%) Cybersecurity
6 63 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 56 (9.27%) Migration
8 50 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 49 (8.11%) Mentoring
10 38 (6.29%) Time Management
11 32 (5.30%) DevOps
12 29 (4.80%) Customer Experience
13 27 (4.47%) Roadmaps
14 26 (4.30%) User Experience
15 25 (4.14%) Server Management
16 24 (3.97%) Energy Management
16 24 (3.97%) Kalman Filter
16 24 (3.97%) Operations Management
17 23 (3.81%) Incident Management
17 23 (3.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (15.56%) PowerShell
2 63 (10.43%) SQL
3 28 (4.64%) Python
4 18 (2.98%) VBScript
5 12 (1.99%) Bash
6 11 (1.82%) Delphi
7 5 (0.83%) Java
8 4 (0.66%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.66%) VBA
9 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.50%) VB
10 2 (0.33%) C#
10 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (12.09%) Degree
2 51 (8.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (3.64%) CCNA
5 19 (3.15%) MCSE
6 17 (2.81%) MCSA
7 13 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.82%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.66%) Security Cleared
10 9 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.32%) MCP
12 7 (1.16%) SC Cleared
13 6 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.66%) CISSP
15 3 (0.50%) HNC
15 3 (0.50%) HND
15 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (10.76%) SLA
2 15 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.66%) NIST
5 8 (1.32%) GDPR
6 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 354 (58.61%) Active Directory
2 187 (30.96%) Hyper-V
3 134 (22.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (5.79%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (3.31%) vSphere
6 19 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.82%) Terminal Services
7 11 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.83%) Docker
10 4 (0.66%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.33%) XenApp
13 1 (0.17%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.17%) Firmware
13 1 (0.17%) Postfix
13 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 100 (16.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (6.46%) SCCM
3 22 (3.64%) vCenter Server
4 21 (3.48%) WSUS
5 18 (2.98%) SCOM
6 14 (2.32%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (1.66%) Autotask
7 10 (1.66%) FortiGate
7 10 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.49%) Terraform
9 8 (1.32%) Ansible
9 8 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.99%) Nagios
12 4 (0.66%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.50%) Grafana
13 3 (0.50%) Kubernetes
13 3 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 338 (55.96%) Microsoft
2 249 (41.23%) VMware
3 63 (10.43%) Citrix
4 54 (8.94%) Cisco
5 44 (7.28%) Veeam
6 22 (3.64%) Apple
7 17 (2.81%) Datto
8 16 (2.65%) IBM
9 14 (2.32%) SolarWinds
10 13 (2.15%) Aruba
10 13 (2.15%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.15%) Sophos
11 12 (1.99%) Dell
11 12 (1.99%) SAP
12 11 (1.82%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (1.32%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.32%) Google
13 8 (1.32%) Kaseya
13 8 (1.32%) Meraki
13 8 (1.32%) NetApp