Windows Server Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 97 154
Rank change year-on-year +18 +57 -72
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,426 3,133 4,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.16% 3.37% 2.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.94% 20.59% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 2,551 3,768
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,310 15,215 31,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.20% 16.34% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,728 10,332 16,389
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +27 3,154 £40,000 -11.11% 610
UK excluding London +16 2,761 £37,500 -6.25% 517
Work from Home +34 1,087 £45,000 -10.00% 221
South East +26 763 £39,500 +8.22% 146
London -5 612 £55,001 +0.00% 129
North of England +14 603 £37,500 -11.76% 124
Midlands +32 558 £37,500 -2.60% 88
West Midlands +26 313 £35,000 -9.68% 47
South West +4 305 £37,500 -6.25% 70
East of England +16 303 £32,500 -13.33% 50
Yorkshire +55 274 £37,500 +4.17% 42
East Midlands +33 241 £40,000 +6.67% 41
North West -39 225 £42,500 -10.53% 66
Scotland -40 149 £42,500 -5.56% 34
North East +22 104 £35,000 -21.35% 17
Wales +38 65 £34,000 -2.86% 15
Isle of Man -2 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -9 4 £34,628 -4.48% 3

Windows Server
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
1 791 (23.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 532 (15.53%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.09%) IIS
4 32 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
5 23 (0.67%) Confluence
6 20 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
7 16 (0.47%) CMS
7 16 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
7 16 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
8 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
8 11 (0.32%) WordPress
9 9 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.15%) Apache
12 5 (0.15%) SAS
12 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 408 (11.91%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.088%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.088%) Pro Tools
6 3 (0.088%) SPSS
7 2 (0.058%) CATIA
7 2 (0.058%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.088%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.088%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.088%) Shopify
4 2 (0.058%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.058%) KEYPrime
4 2 (0.058%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.029%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.029%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.029%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.029%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.029%) Magento
5 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.029%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,966 (57.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1,681 (49.07%) Azure
3 604 (17.63%) Entra ID
4 410 (11.97%) AWS
5 254 (7.41%) OneDrive
6 108 (3.15%) SaaS
7 104 (3.04%) IaaS
8 89 (2.60%) GCP
9 72 (2.10%) Mimecast
10 68 (1.98%) Power Platform
11 67 (1.96%) Google Workspace
12 58 (1.69%) PaaS
13 57 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 57 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
14 54 (1.58%) Nutanix
15 46 (1.34%) GitHub
16 32 (0.93%) Azure Storage
17 29 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
17 29 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
17 29 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,042 (30.41%) Firewall
2 852 (24.87%) DNS
3 679 (19.82%) DHCP
4 435 (12.70%) WAN
5 397 (11.59%) LAN
6 390 (11.38%) TCP/IP
7 370 (10.80%) VPN
8 326 (9.52%) SAN
9 247 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
10 224 (6.54%) VLAN
11 200 (5.84%) Wireless
12 192 (5.60%) VoIP
13 130 (3.79%) NAS
14 94 (2.74%) Internet
15 86 (2.51%) Remote Desktop
16 79 (2.31%) Network Security
17 75 (2.19%) SD-WAN
18 39 (1.14%) MPLS
19 38 (1.11%) WLAN
20 35 (1.02%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 70 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (1.37%) MySQL
3 47 (1.37%) Power BI
4 38 (1.11%) DB2
5 22 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (0.47%) Oracle Database
7 15 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.38%) Big Data
9 13 (0.38%) MariaDB
10 12 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.23%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.20%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.18%) Redis
15 5 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 70 (2.04%) JIRA
2 56 (1.63%) Git
3 39 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 29 (0.85%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (0.18%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.18%) Snyk
8 6 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.12%) Hudson
10 4 (0.12%) MSI
10 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,034 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 369 (10.77%) Finance
3 271 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (4.44%) Law
5 129 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 106 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 95 (2.77%) Manufacturing
8 92 (2.69%) Retail
9 85 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 80 (2.34%) Legal
11 74 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 68 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 60 (1.75%) Banking
14 48 (1.40%) Marketing
15 44 (1.28%) Aerospace
16 37 (1.08%) Games
17 33 (0.96%) Automotive
18 28 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
19 26 (0.76%) Advertising
20 21 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 646 (18.86%) IT Support
2 625 (18.24%) Support Engineer
3 620 (18.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 570 (16.64%) IT Engineer
5 385 (11.24%) Analyst
6 378 (11.03%) Senior
7 348 (10.16%) IT Support Engineer
8 247 (7.21%) 2nd Line Support
9 237 (6.92%) IT Technician
10 177 (5.17%) Lead
11 165 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
12 162 (4.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 162 (4.73%) Support Technician
13 156 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 136 (3.97%) IT Analyst
15 135 (3.94%) IT Support Technician
16 134 (3.91%) Support Analyst
17 132 (3.85%) IT Manager
17 132 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
18 126 (3.68%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (1.20%) .NET
2 39 (1.14%) ARM Templates
3 24 (0.70%) LDAP
4 21 (0.61%) HTML
5 19 (0.55%) REST
6 15 (0.44%) YAML
7 14 (0.41%) React
8 12 (0.35%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.35%) ASP.NET
8 12 (0.35%) CSS
9 11 (0.32%) LAMP
10 10 (0.29%) JSON
11 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.26%) Web Services
12 7 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.20%) ADSI
12 7 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.18%) AWS CDK
13 6 (0.18%) jQuery
13 6 (0.18%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 241 (7.03%) Data Centre
2 202 (5.90%) Driving Licence
3 156 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 146 (4.26%) Replication
5 137 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 123 (3.59%) Clustering
7 96 (2.80%) PKI
8 80 (2.34%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 39 (1.14%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
12 34 (0.99%) Operational Technology
13 31 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 27 (0.79%) CMDB
14 27 (0.79%) NHS
15 23 (0.67%) iPad
15 23 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
15 23 (0.67%) Security Posture
16 21 (0.61%) Private Cloud
17 19 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3,424 (99.94%) Windows
2 627 (18.30%) Windows 10
3 620 (18.10%) Linux
4 446 (13.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 412 (12.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 380 (11.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 120 (3.50%) Windows 7
8 109 (3.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 89 (2.60%) Mac OS
10 80 (2.34%) Apple iOS
11 79 (2.31%) Android
12 78 (2.28%) Unix
13 75 (2.19%) Windows 8
14 65 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 56 (1.63%) Ubuntu
16 44 (1.28%) CentOS
17 38 (1.11%) VMS
18 34 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
19 24 (0.70%) Windows XP
20 23 (0.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (23.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 700 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 601 (17.54%) ITIL
4 542 (15.82%) Customer Service
5 415 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
6 251 (7.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 225 (6.57%) DevOps
8 216 (6.30%) Mentoring
9 192 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (5.40%) Migration
11 180 (5.25%) Agile
11 180 (5.25%) Project Management
12 175 (5.11%) Project Delivery
13 153 (4.47%) Service Management
14 141 (4.12%) Service Delivery
15 133 (3.88%) Server Management
16 129 (3.77%) Change Management
17 127 (3.71%) Time Management
18 120 (3.50%) Incident Management
19 118 (3.44%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 634 (18.51%) PowerShell
2 415 (12.11%) SQL
3 145 (4.23%) Python
4 96 (2.80%) Bash
5 72 (2.10%) C#
6 47 (1.37%) VB
7 44 (1.28%) VBScript
8 39 (1.14%) Java
9 32 (0.93%) JavaScript
10 23 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 21 (0.61%) Bicep
12 16 (0.47%) C++
13 15 (0.44%) Perl
14 14 (0.41%) ActionScript
14 14 (0.41%) Korn
15 12 (0.35%) Ruby
16 11 (0.32%) Delphi
17 8 (0.23%) PHP
17 8 (0.23%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 447 (13.05%) Degree
2 367 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 278 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 267 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 204 (5.95%) DV Cleared
6 149 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
7 139 (4.06%) CCNA
8 111 (3.24%) MCSE
9 107 (3.12%) DBS Check
10 82 (2.39%) MCSA
11 81 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 56 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 50 (1.46%) A+ Certification
13 50 (1.46%) Azure Certification
14 39 (1.14%) AWS Certification
15 37 (1.08%) CCNP
15 37 (1.08%) MCP
16 33 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
17 27 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 27 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (7.53%) SLA
2 108 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 77 (2.25%) GDPR
4 72 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (0.79%) NIST
6 26 (0.76%) QA
7 24 (0.70%) PMO
8 21 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.55%) ITGC
10 14 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.12%) NCSC
15 3 (0.088%) GRC
15 3 (0.088%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.058%) Data Quality
17 1 (0.029%) GxP
System Software
1 2,097 (61.21%) Active Directory
2 967 (28.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 804 (23.47%) Hyper-V
4 226 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
5 205 (5.98%) vSphere
6 133 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
7 99 (2.89%) XenApp
8 87 (2.54%) XenDesktop
9 85 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 75 (2.19%) Docker
11 54 (1.58%) Virtual Servers
12 41 (1.20%) VirtualBox
13 36 (1.05%) Terminal Services
14 34 (0.99%) Firmware
15 22 (0.64%) VMware NSX
16 20 (0.58%) pfSense
17 18 (0.53%) NFS
18 14 (0.41%) OpenSSH
18 14 (0.41%) VMware Server
19 11 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 518 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 338 (9.87%) SCCM
3 167 (4.87%) vCenter Server
4 117 (3.42%) WSUS
5 110 (3.21%) Terraform
6 105 (3.06%) Ansible
7 101 (2.95%) SCOM
8 96 (2.80%) Kubernetes
9 72 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
10 62 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 55 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
12 39 (1.14%) FortiGate
13 33 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
14 32 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
15 27 (0.79%) Grafana
15 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 27 (0.79%) Nagios
16 25 (0.73%) NetBackup
16 25 (0.73%) Puppet
17 24 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 2,035 (59.40%) Microsoft
2 1,497 (43.70%) VMware
3 448 (13.08%) Cisco
4 356 (10.39%) Citrix
5 304 (8.87%) Veeam
6 195 (5.69%) HP
7 144 (4.20%) Dell
8 135 (3.94%) Apple
9 118 (3.44%) Google
10 114 (3.33%) Meraki
11 103 (3.01%) Sophos
12 93 (2.71%) Red Hat
13 79 (2.31%) Oracle
14 78 (2.28%) NetApp
15 65 (1.90%) Aruba
15 65 (1.90%) Commvault
16 60 (1.75%) ServiceNow
17 58 (1.69%) SolarWinds
18 56 (1.63%) Juniper
19 52 (1.52%) Fortinet