Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 63 86 74
Rank change year-on-year +23 -12 -22
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,749 2,163 3,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.62% 3.83% 4.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.60% 22.55% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,410 1,687 2,641
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,771 £30,750 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,553 £65,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,738 9,590 15,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.13% 16.96% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,185 5,970 9,259
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
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
Scotland -40 147 £42,500 -4.49% 35
North East +24 107 £35,000 -20.45% 12
Wales +31 62 £34,000 -2.86% 15
Isle of Man -3 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -5 5 £34,628 -4.48% 2
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 614 (22.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 411 (14.95%) SharePoint
3 76 (2.76%) IIS
4 20 (0.73%) Confluence
5 18 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
6 16 (0.58%) CMS
7 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (0.29%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 7 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
11 6 (0.22%) WordPress
12 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.15%) Apache
13 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.15%) TWiki
14 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 333 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.073%) CATIA
7 2 (0.073%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 11 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.073%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.036%) Magento
5 1 (0.036%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,659 (60.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1,304 (47.44%) Azure
3 473 (17.21%) Entra ID
4 298 (10.84%) AWS
5 218 (7.93%) OneDrive
6 73 (2.66%) SaaS
7 68 (2.47%) GCP
7 68 (2.47%) IaaS
8 54 (1.96%) Mimecast
9 47 (1.71%) Power Platform
10 43 (1.56%) PaaS
11 40 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
11 40 (1.46%) Google Workspace
12 34 (1.24%) Nutanix
13 29 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (0.87%) GitHub
17 21 (0.76%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.73%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 849 (30.88%) Firewall
2 674 (24.52%) DNS
3 562 (20.44%) DHCP
4 340 (12.37%) WAN
5 330 (12.00%) TCP/IP
6 310 (11.28%) VPN
7 298 (10.84%) LAN
8 264 (9.60%) SAN
9 203 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
10 181 (6.58%) VLAN
11 177 (6.44%) VoIP
12 144 (5.24%) Wireless
13 99 (3.60%) NAS
14 74 (2.69%) Internet
15 68 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
16 54 (1.96%) Network Security
17 52 (1.89%) SD-WAN
18 34 (1.24%) WLAN
19 33 (1.20%) MPLS
20 31 (1.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 291 (10.59%) SQL Server
2 61 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (1.42%) MySQL
4 32 (1.16%) Power BI
5 31 (1.13%) DB2
6 11 (0.40%) MariaDB
6 11 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.22%) Big Data
8 6 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.22%) Redis
9 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.15%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.15%) UniData
11 3 (0.11%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 43 (1.56%) JIRA
2 25 (0.91%) Git
3 19 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 9 (0.33%) eggPlant
6 6 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.22%) GitLab
6 6 (0.22%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.15%) Hudson
8 4 (0.15%) MSI
8 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.036%) GoCD
10 1 (0.036%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.036%) Oracle Forms
General
1 849 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 208 (7.57%) Finance
3 184 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (4.04%) Telecoms
5 107 (3.89%) Law
6 103 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 89 (3.24%) Retail
8 83 (3.02%) Manufacturing
9 64 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 60 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 50 (1.82%) Legal
13 45 (1.64%) Aerospace
14 35 (1.27%) Marketing
15 26 (0.95%) Automotive
16 21 (0.76%) Games
17 20 (0.73%) Advertising
18 19 (0.69%) Electronics
19 18 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
20 16 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 578 (21.03%) IT Support
2 538 (19.57%) Support Engineer
3 501 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 495 (18.01%) IT Engineer
5 315 (11.46%) IT Support Engineer
6 287 (10.44%) Analyst
7 278 (10.11%) Senior
8 214 (7.78%) IT Technician
9 213 (7.75%) 2nd Line Support
10 153 (5.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 152 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 152 (5.53%) Support Technician
12 130 (4.73%) Lead
13 127 (4.62%) IT Support Technician
14 119 (4.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 115 (4.18%) IT Analyst
16 110 (4.00%) IT Manager
17 107 (3.89%) Administrator
18 105 (3.82%) Support Analyst
19 101 (3.67%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.05%) .NET
2 21 (0.76%) ARM Templates
3 19 (0.69%) HTML
4 12 (0.44%) .NET Core
5 11 (0.40%) REST
6 10 (0.36%) JSON
7 9 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 9 (0.33%) React
8 8 (0.29%) CSS
8 8 (0.29%) LDAP
9 7 (0.25%) ASP.NET
9 7 (0.25%) Web Services
10 6 (0.22%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.22%) jQuery
10 6 (0.22%) LAMP
11 5 (0.18%) Blazor
11 5 (0.18%) Middleware
11 5 (0.18%) Node.js
11 5 (0.18%) XML
12 3 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 207 (7.53%) Data Centre
2 198 (7.20%) Driving Licence
3 119 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (4.15%) Replication
5 101 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 88 (3.20%) PKI
7 84 (3.06%) Clustering
8 59 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 49 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 34 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 27 (0.98%) CMDB
12 27 (0.98%) NHS
13 25 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (0.69%) SCADA
15 17 (0.62%) Cyberattack
16 15 (0.55%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.55%) iPad
16 15 (0.55%) Thin Client
17 14 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,747 (99.93%) Windows
2 530 (19.28%) Windows 10
3 469 (17.06%) Linux
4 376 (13.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 357 (12.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 310 (11.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 113 (4.11%) Windows 7
8 79 (2.87%) Windows 8
9 76 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
10 58 (2.11%) Apple iOS
10 58 (2.11%) Mac OS
11 56 (2.04%) Android
12 50 (1.82%) Unix
13 43 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 41 (1.49%) CentOS
15 35 (1.27%) Ubuntu
16 28 (1.02%) VMS
16 28 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
17 22 (0.80%) Windows XP
18 17 (0.62%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (23.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 563 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
3 531 (19.32%) ITIL
4 474 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 321 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (6.66%) Mentoring
7 179 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
8 142 (5.17%) Agile
9 140 (5.09%) DevOps
10 138 (5.02%) Project Management
11 134 (4.87%) Service Management
12 130 (4.73%) Migration
13 128 (4.66%) Project Delivery
14 120 (4.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 115 (4.18%) Server Management
16 110 (4.00%) Service Delivery
17 103 (3.75%) Incident Management
18 101 (3.67%) Time Management
19 93 (3.38%) Change Management
20 86 (3.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 435 (15.82%) PowerShell
2 297 (10.80%) SQL
3 84 (3.06%) Python
4 49 (1.78%) C#
5 44 (1.60%) VB
6 43 (1.56%) Bash
7 41 (1.49%) VBScript
8 29 (1.05%) Java
9 25 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 20 (0.73%) Bicep
11 13 (0.47%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.40%) C++
12 11 (0.40%) Delphi
13 9 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.18%) PHP
16 5 (0.18%) VBA
17 3 (0.11%) R
18 2 (0.073%) Go
Qualifications
1 349 (12.70%) Degree
2 321 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 232 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 227 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 183 (6.66%) DV Cleared
6 139 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
7 130 (4.73%) CCNA
8 91 (3.31%) DBS Check
9 74 (2.69%) MCSE
10 64 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 53 (1.93%) MCSA
12 50 (1.82%) A+ Certification
13 39 (1.42%) Azure Certification
14 38 (1.38%) MCP
15 33 (1.20%) CCNP
16 29 (1.05%) AWS Certification
17 27 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 26 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
18 26 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 25 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (8.18%) SLA
2 71 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 65 (2.36%) GDPR
4 38 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.58%) NIST
6 14 (0.51%) QA
7 11 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.40%) ITGC
7 11 (0.40%) PMO
8 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.15%) NCSC
10 4 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.11%) GRC
11 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.073%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.036%) GxP
13 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,724 (62.71%) Active Directory
2 761 (27.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 746 (27.14%) Hyper-V
4 172 (6.26%) VMware ESXi
5 160 (5.82%) vSphere
6 118 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
7 75 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 73 (2.66%) XenApp
9 64 (2.33%) XenDesktop
10 53 (1.93%) Docker
11 44 (1.60%) VirtualBox
12 31 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
13 27 (0.98%) Firmware
13 27 (0.98%) Terminal Services
14 19 (0.69%) VMware NSX
15 18 (0.65%) pfSense
16 16 (0.58%) NFS
17 14 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 13 (0.47%) OpenSSH
19 8 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 410 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 268 (9.75%) SCCM
3 121 (4.40%) vCenter Server
4 105 (3.82%) WSUS
5 93 (3.38%) SCOM
6 69 (2.51%) Kubernetes
7 62 (2.26%) Ansible
8 59 (2.15%) Terraform
9 45 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 32 (1.16%) FortiGate
11 30 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
12 25 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 24 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
13 24 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
13 24 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
14 23 (0.84%) Grafana
15 20 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
15 20 (0.73%) ZABBIX
16 19 (0.69%) Autotask
17 16 (0.58%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,643 (59.77%) Microsoft
2 1,199 (43.62%) VMware
3 332 (12.08%) Cisco
4 273 (9.93%) Citrix
5 252 (9.17%) Veeam
6 136 (4.95%) HP
7 121 (4.40%) Dell
8 102 (3.71%) Apple
9 96 (3.49%) Sophos
10 91 (3.31%) Meraki
11 75 (2.73%) Google
12 61 (2.22%) Red Hat
13 60 (2.18%) NetApp
14 55 (2.00%) Aruba
15 49 (1.78%) Oracle
16 47 (1.71%) Fortinet
17 40 (1.46%) Datto
17 40 (1.46%) EMC
18 39 (1.42%) IBM
19 38 (1.38%) SolarWinds