Windows Server Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 98 136
Rank change year-on-year +33 +38 -60
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,147 2,892 4,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.46% 3.44% 2.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.92% 20.96% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,741 2,364 3,480
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,500
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 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,125 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,627 13,801 26,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 16.40% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,835 9,490 14,814
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
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 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Job Locations in 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 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
South East +24 761 £39,000 +6.85% 140
London +10 613 £55,000 - 118
North of England +18 604 £37,500 -11.76% 117
Midlands +38 551 £37,500 -2.60% 90
West Midlands +27 310 £35,000 -9.68% 49
East of England +18 304 £32,500 -15.58% 50
South West +8 304 £37,500 -6.25% 66
Yorkshire +63 275 £37,500 +4.17% 48
East Midlands +35 237 £40,000 +6.67% 41
North West -43 222 £43,000 -9.47% 58
North East +24 107 £35,000 -20.45% 12
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 757 (24.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 517 (16.43%) SharePoint
3 96 (3.05%) IIS
4 32 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 20 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (0.60%) Confluence
7 16 (0.51%) CMS
8 14 (0.44%) SharePoint 2010
8 14 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
9 11 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.35%) WordPress
10 9 (0.29%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.16%) Apache
12 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.13%) SAS
13 4 (0.13%) TWiki
14 3 (0.095%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.095%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 380 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.095%) Final Cut Pro
7 3 (0.095%) Pro Tools
7 3 (0.095%) SPSS
8 2 (0.064%) CATIA
8 2 (0.064%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.032%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.095%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.095%) Shopify
5 2 (0.064%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.064%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.064%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.064%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.032%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.032%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.032%) Magento
6 1 (0.032%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.032%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,841 (58.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1,536 (48.81%) Azure
3 556 (17.67%) Entra ID
4 362 (11.50%) AWS
5 248 (7.88%) OneDrive
6 99 (3.15%) SaaS
7 83 (2.64%) IaaS
8 72 (2.29%) GCP
9 67 (2.13%) Mimecast
10 63 (2.00%) Google Workspace
11 62 (1.97%) Power Platform
12 49 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
13 48 (1.53%) Nutanix
14 47 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
14 47 (1.49%) GitHub
15 43 (1.37%) PaaS
16 32 (1.02%) Azure Storage
17 28 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (0.83%) Power Automate
18 26 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 944 (30.00%) Firewall
2 796 (25.29%) DNS
3 626 (19.89%) DHCP
4 394 (12.52%) WAN
5 371 (11.79%) LAN
6 358 (11.38%) TCP/IP
7 334 (10.61%) VPN
8 306 (9.72%) SAN
9 234 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
10 206 (6.55%) VLAN
11 192 (6.10%) Wireless
12 166 (5.27%) VoIP
13 118 (3.75%) NAS
14 84 (2.67%) Internet
15 77 (2.45%) Remote Desktop
16 62 (1.97%) Network Security
16 62 (1.97%) SD-WAN
17 38 (1.21%) WLAN
18 34 (1.08%) MPLS
18 34 (1.08%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 67 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (1.40%) Power BI
4 43 (1.37%) MySQL
5 26 (0.83%) DB2
6 21 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.41%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.38%) MariaDB
10 11 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.22%) Big Data
12 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.19%) Redis
14 5 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.16%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.16%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 65 (2.07%) JIRA
2 55 (1.75%) Git
3 36 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.89%) GitLab
5 10 (0.32%) Trac
6 9 (0.29%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
7 7 (0.22%) Snyk
8 6 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.19%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.13%) Hudson
10 4 (0.13%) MSI
10 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.095%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.095%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.064%) GoCD
General
1 946 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 323 (10.26%) Finance
3 251 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (4.54%) Law
5 115 (3.65%) Telecoms
6 101 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
7 92 (2.92%) Retail
8 80 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 80 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 67 (2.13%) Legal
10 61 (1.94%) Public Sector
11 54 (1.72%) Banking
12 53 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 45 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 44 (1.40%) Marketing
15 38 (1.21%) Games
16 28 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (0.86%) Automotive
18 20 (0.64%) Advertising
19 19 (0.60%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 595 (18.91%) IT Support
2 586 (18.62%) Support Engineer
3 570 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 531 (16.87%) IT Engineer
5 352 (11.19%) Analyst
6 336 (10.68%) IT Support Engineer
7 334 (10.61%) Senior
8 216 (6.86%) 2nd Line Support
8 216 (6.86%) IT Technician
9 164 (5.21%) Lead
10 154 (4.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 154 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
11 152 (4.83%) Support Technician
12 148 (4.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 127 (4.04%) IT Support Technician
14 120 (3.81%) Administrator
14 120 (3.81%) Support Analyst
15 116 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
16 113 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 112 (3.56%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (1.27%) .NET
2 39 (1.24%) ARM Templates
3 24 (0.76%) LDAP
4 22 (0.70%) HTML
5 16 (0.51%) REST
6 14 (0.44%) React
7 13 (0.41%) YAML
8 12 (0.38%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.38%) CSS
9 11 (0.35%) JSON
9 11 (0.35%) LAMP
10 10 (0.32%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.29%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.25%) Web Services
13 7 (0.22%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.22%) ADSI
13 7 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (0.22%) XML
14 6 (0.19%) AWS CDK
14 6 (0.19%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 215 (6.83%) Data Centre
2 181 (5.75%) Driving Licence
3 152 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
4 128 (4.07%) Replication
5 126 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 116 (3.69%) Clustering
7 96 (3.05%) PKI
8 73 (2.32%) Onboarding
9 51 (1.62%) Public Cloud
10 39 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 34 (1.08%) Operational Technology
12 32 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
13 28 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (0.89%) NHS
14 27 (0.86%) CMDB
15 23 (0.73%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.70%) iPad
16 22 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
17 19 (0.60%) SCADA
18 18 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,145 (99.94%) Windows
2 592 (18.81%) Windows 10
3 534 (16.97%) Linux
4 417 (13.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 383 (12.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 347 (11.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 118 (3.75%) Windows 7
8 103 (3.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 78 (2.48%) Windows 8
10 74 (2.35%) Mac OS
11 71 (2.26%) Unix
12 70 (2.22%) Apple iOS
13 67 (2.13%) Android
14 66 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 46 (1.46%) Ubuntu
16 36 (1.14%) VMS
17 35 (1.11%) CentOS
18 34 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
19 26 (0.83%) Windows XP
20 22 (0.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (23.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 643 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 572 (18.18%) ITIL
4 497 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 396 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
6 219 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 196 (6.23%) Mentoring
8 192 (6.10%) DevOps
9 178 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 178 (5.66%) Migration
10 161 (5.12%) Project Delivery
11 156 (4.96%) Agile
12 151 (4.80%) Service Management
13 148 (4.70%) Project Management
14 137 (4.35%) Server Management
15 126 (4.00%) Change Management
16 119 (3.78%) Incident Management
17 116 (3.69%) Service Delivery
18 112 (3.56%) Roadmaps
19 109 (3.46%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 624 (19.83%) PowerShell
2 383 (12.17%) SQL
3 136 (4.32%) Python
4 82 (2.61%) Bash
5 71 (2.26%) C#
6 45 (1.43%) VB
7 43 (1.37%) VBScript
8 38 (1.21%) Java
9 31 (0.99%) JavaScript
10 24 (0.76%) T-SQL
11 20 (0.64%) Bicep
12 14 (0.44%) Perl
13 13 (0.41%) ActionScript
13 13 (0.41%) Korn
14 11 (0.35%) C++
14 11 (0.35%) Delphi
14 11 (0.35%) Ruby
15 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 391 (12.42%) Degree
2 347 (11.03%) Security Cleared
3 268 (8.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 261 (8.29%) SC Cleared
5 196 (6.23%) DV Cleared
6 119 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 108 (3.43%) CCNA
8 105 (3.34%) DBS Check
9 102 (3.24%) MCSE
10 80 (2.54%) MCSA
11 56 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 56 (1.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 44 (1.40%) Azure Certification
13 41 (1.30%) A+ Certification
14 37 (1.18%) MCP
15 35 (1.11%) AWS Certification
16 33 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
17 32 (1.02%) CCNP
18 27 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 26 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (7.85%) SLA
2 91 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (2.48%) GDPR
4 59 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.83%) NIST
6 23 (0.73%) QA
7 19 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.41%) PMO
9 12 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.25%) ITGC
12 6 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.16%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.13%) NCSC
15 3 (0.095%) GRC
15 3 (0.095%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.064%) Data Quality
17 1 (0.032%) GxP
System Software
1 1,961 (62.31%) Active Directory
2 887 (28.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 768 (24.40%) Hyper-V
4 217 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
5 196 (6.23%) vSphere
6 122 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
7 96 (3.05%) XenApp
8 83 (2.64%) XenDesktop
9 76 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 64 (2.03%) Docker
11 52 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
12 44 (1.40%) VirtualBox
13 32 (1.02%) Firmware
14 31 (0.99%) Terminal Services
15 17 (0.54%) NFS
16 16 (0.51%) pfSense
17 14 (0.44%) VMware Server
18 13 (0.41%) OpenSSH
19 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 10 (0.32%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 492 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 329 (10.45%) SCCM
3 165 (5.24%) vCenter Server
4 114 (3.62%) WSUS
5 98 (3.11%) SCOM
6 84 (2.67%) Terraform
7 82 (2.61%) Kubernetes
8 75 (2.38%) Ansible
9 70 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
10 60 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 52 (1.65%) Microsoft Clustering
12 31 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
12 31 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
13 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 27 (0.86%) Nagios
14 25 (0.79%) FortiGate
14 25 (0.79%) NetBackup
15 24 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
15 24 (0.76%) Puppet
16 22 (0.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1,886 (59.93%) Microsoft
2 1,388 (44.11%) VMware
3 389 (12.36%) Cisco
4 343 (10.90%) Citrix
5 286 (9.09%) Veeam
6 186 (5.91%) HP
7 135 (4.29%) Dell
8 129 (4.10%) Apple
9 110 (3.50%) Google
10 105 (3.34%) Meraki
11 87 (2.76%) Sophos
12 79 (2.51%) Red Hat
13 71 (2.26%) NetApp
14 65 (2.07%) Commvault
15 62 (1.97%) Oracle
16 61 (1.94%) ServiceNow
17 58 (1.84%) Aruba
18 57 (1.81%) Juniper
18 57 (1.81%) SolarWinds
19 52 (1.65%) Fortinet