Windows Server 2019 Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2019 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2019 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 439 411 637
Rank change year-on-year -28 +226 -157
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 581 711 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.75% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.12% 4.60% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 500 555 584
10th Percentile £26,225 £26,250 £26,163
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,900 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £33,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.21% -17.50% -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2019 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,101 15,448 31,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 16.32% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,725 10,405 16,351
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the UK 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
England -8 556 £42,500 +2.41% 84
UK excluding London -29 495 £40,000 +21.21% 74
Work from Home +26 178 £45,000 +5.88% 28
South East -42 142 £51,350 +63.02% 16
North of England +5 99 £37,500 -16.67% 18
Midlands +15 94 £32,500 - 17
South West -11 89 £42,500 +3.66% 11
London +25 77 £45,000 -18.18% 11
Yorkshire +70 58 £37,500 +16.46% 12
East of England +20 56 £42,500 +46.55% 13
West Midlands -10 54 £36,000 +9.92% 15
East Midlands +6 40 £32,000 -1.54% 2
North West -43 30 £45,000 - 3
North East -6 11 £27,500 -54.17% 3
Wales -1 7 £25,000 -9.09% 1
Scotland -75 7 £36,000 -10.00% 1
Northern Ireland +13 2 £40,000 +23.08%

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 130 (22.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (16.18%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.79%) IIS
4 14 (2.41%) Confluence
5 9 (1.55%) WordPress
6 5 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.17%) Site Server
Applications
1 89 (15.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 325 (55.94%) Microsoft 365
2 272 (46.82%) Azure
3 106 (18.24%) Entra ID
4 54 (9.29%) OneDrive
5 47 (8.09%) AWS
6 31 (5.34%) Mimecast
7 26 (4.48%) SaaS
8 21 (3.61%) IaaS
9 20 (3.44%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (3.44%) Azure Storage
10 19 (3.27%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.58%) Google Workspace
12 14 (2.41%) PaaS
13 12 (2.07%) OCI
14 11 (1.89%) Power Platform
15 8 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.03%) OpenShift
16 6 (1.03%) PowerApps
17 5 (0.86%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 201 (34.60%) DNS
2 191 (32.87%) Firewall
3 177 (30.46%) DHCP
4 95 (16.35%) TCP/IP
5 83 (14.29%) WAN
6 78 (13.43%) LAN
7 77 (13.25%) VPN
8 63 (10.84%) SAN
9 61 (10.50%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (10.15%) VLAN
11 51 (8.78%) Wireless
12 28 (4.82%) VoIP
13 21 (3.61%) Internet
14 20 (3.44%) Remote Desktop
15 19 (3.27%) Network Security
16 15 (2.58%) NAS
16 15 (2.58%) SD-WAN
17 12 (2.07%) Fibre Channel
17 12 (2.07%) iSCSI
18 11 (1.89%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.02%) MongoDB
3 29 (4.99%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (3.27%) MySQL
5 9 (1.55%) DB2
6 7 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.03%) Power BI
8 5 (0.86%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.86%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.69%) UniData
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.75%) JIRA
2 8 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.03%) Robot Framework
3 6 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.86%) Git
5 4 (0.69%) MSI
6 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.17%) GitLab
7 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 216 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 88 (15.15%) Finance
3 36 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.61%) Retail
5 19 (3.27%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 16 (2.75%) Automotive
7 16 (2.75%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.24%) Back Office
9 13 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.03%) Aviation
11 5 (0.86%) Banking
11 5 (0.86%) Games
12 4 (0.69%) Law
13 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.52%) Legal
14 1 (0.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 122 (21.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 107 (18.42%) IT Support
3 103 (17.73%) IT Engineer
4 81 (13.94%) Support Engineer
5 75 (12.91%) Analyst
6 71 (12.22%) Administrator
7 67 (11.53%) Senior
8 56 (9.64%) IT Support Engineer
9 36 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support
10 35 (6.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 35 (6.02%) DBA
11 33 (5.68%) Lead
12 32 (5.51%) DV Cleared DBA
13 30 (5.16%) Support Analyst
13 30 (5.16%) Systems Administrator
14 29 (4.99%) Systems Engineer
15 28 (4.82%) Service Analyst
16 27 (4.65%) IT Analyst
17 26 (4.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 25 (4.30%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.44%) ARM Templates
2 14 (2.41%) .NET
3 13 (2.24%) WPF
4 9 (1.55%) LAMP
5 8 (1.38%) LDAP
6 4 (0.69%) HTML
7 3 (0.52%) SAML
7 3 (0.52%) YAML
8 2 (0.34%) ServiceStack
8 2 (0.34%) WSH
8 2 (0.34%) X-Windows
9 1 (0.17%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.17%) Kafka
9 1 (0.17%) Middleware
9 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.98%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (9.12%) Driving Licence
3 35 (6.02%) PKI
3 35 (6.02%) Replication
4 30 (5.16%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.10%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.75%) Clustering
8 12 (2.07%) CCTV
9 11 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.03%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.03%) EMC VNX
12 6 (1.03%) Handset
12 6 (1.03%) iPad
12 6 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.03%) Xbox
13 5 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 552 (95.01%) Windows
2 420 (72.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 406 (69.88%) Windows Server
4 245 (42.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 230 (39.59%) Windows 10
6 127 (21.86%) Linux
7 44 (7.57%) CentOS
8 38 (6.54%) Windows Server 2008
9 34 (5.85%) Windows 7
10 31 (5.34%) Apple iOS
11 17 (2.93%) Windows NT
11 17 (2.93%) Windows XP
12 16 (2.75%) Mac OS
13 15 (2.58%) Windows Server 2003
14 13 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (2.24%) Ubuntu
14 13 (2.24%) VMS
15 12 (2.07%) Android
16 9 (1.55%) Unix
17 5 (0.86%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (27.54%) ITIL
2 147 (25.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 138 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (19.10%) Customer Service
5 76 (13.08%) Mentoring
6 67 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (10.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 59 (10.15%) Service Management
8 55 (9.47%) Performance Monitoring
9 50 (8.61%) Time Management
10 49 (8.43%) Storage Management
11 48 (8.26%) Project Management
12 47 (8.09%) Change Management
13 42 (7.23%) Agile
14 38 (6.54%) User Experience
15 37 (6.37%) Capacity Management
16 36 (6.20%) Server Management
17 35 (6.02%) Database Tuning
17 35 (6.02%) Service Delivery
18 33 (5.68%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (33.73%) PowerShell
2 79 (13.60%) SQL
3 45 (7.75%) Bash
4 32 (5.51%) C#
5 22 (3.79%) VB
6 19 (3.27%) VBScript
7 17 (2.93%) Bicep
8 15 (2.58%) Python
9 6 (1.03%) Perl
10 4 (0.69%) PHP
11 2 (0.34%) Java
11 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) Go
12 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (22.38%) Security Cleared
2 124 (21.34%) Degree
3 85 (14.63%) DV Cleared
4 57 (9.81%) SC Cleared
5 45 (7.75%) DBS Check
6 37 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (4.13%) CCNP
9 21 (3.61%) CCNA
10 18 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (3.10%) HNC
11 17 (2.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (2.58%) MCSE
13 13 (2.24%) MCSA
14 11 (1.89%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (1.55%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.55%) Azure Certification
16 3 (0.52%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.29%) SLA
2 22 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.55%) GDPR
5 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.86%) QA
6 4 (0.69%) NIST
6 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.34%) NCSC
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 363 (62.48%) Active Directory
2 182 (31.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 151 (25.99%) Hyper-V
4 51 (8.78%) VMware ESXi
4 51 (8.78%) vSphere
5 46 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
6 34 (5.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (2.75%) Firmware
8 6 (1.03%) Docker
8 6 (1.03%) Terminal Services
8 6 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.69%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.52%) NFS
12 2 (0.34%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.34%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 123 (21.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 113 (19.45%) SCCM
3 73 (12.56%) WSUS
4 41 (7.06%) vCenter Server
5 39 (6.71%) SCOM
6 27 (4.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 23 (3.96%) Kubernetes
8 21 (3.61%) Ansible
9 19 (3.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 18 (3.10%) NetBackup
11 15 (2.58%) Terraform
12 13 (2.24%) McAfee ePO
13 12 (2.07%) Failover Clustering
13 12 (2.07%) Sysprep
14 10 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (1.55%) Autotask
16 8 (1.38%) SCVMM
17 7 (1.20%) Puppet
17 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
18 6 (1.03%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 463 (79.69%) Microsoft
2 257 (44.23%) VMware
3 81 (13.94%) Cisco
4 69 (11.88%) Veeam
5 57 (9.81%) Apple
6 56 (9.64%) Oracle
7 54 (9.29%) Citrix
8 49 (8.43%) Red Hat
9 40 (6.88%) HP
10 39 (6.71%) Sophos
11 29 (4.99%) Palo Alto
12 28 (4.82%) Meraki
13 27 (4.65%) Dell
14 24 (4.13%) Google
15 23 (3.96%) Aruba
16 21 (3.61%) Juniper
17 19 (3.27%) Adobe
17 19 (3.27%) EMC
18 18 (3.10%) 3PAR
18 18 (3.10%) ConnectWise