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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 84 69
Rank change year-on-year +21 -15 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,736 2,228 3,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.83% 3.77% 4.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.90% 22.86% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,731 2,700
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% - -
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,027 £63,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +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 10,563 9,745 14,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.77% 16.51% 20.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,148 6,119 9,333
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 £73,750 £72,500
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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +27 764 £39,250 +9.03% 144
North of England +17 613 £37,500 -11.76% 117
Midlands +45 537 £37,500 -3.23% 108
South West +20 307 £40,000 - 71
West Midlands +32 302 £35,000 -10.70% 65
East of England +21 292 £32,500 -16.91% 66
Yorkshire +67 283 £37,500 -0.66% 53
East Midlands +36 230 £40,000 +6.67% 43
North West -43 221 £43,500 -3.33% 54
Scotland -38 146 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North East +26 109 £35,000 -20.45% 11
Wales +32 60 £34,000 -9.33% 10
Isle of Man -5 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland +1 6 £37,314 +6.61% 4
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
1 613 (22.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 406 (14.84%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.74%) IIS
4 19 (0.69%) Confluence
4 19 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
5 16 (0.58%) CMS
6 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
10 6 (0.22%) WordPress
11 5 (0.18%) Apache
11 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (0.15%) TWiki
13 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.11%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 327 (11.95%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.073%) CATIA
7 2 (0.073%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.037%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.037%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.037%) SOLIDWORKS
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 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.037%) Magento
5 1 (0.037%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.037%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.037%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,659 (60.64%) Microsoft 365
2 1,299 (47.48%) Azure
3 478 (17.47%) Entra ID
4 294 (10.75%) AWS
5 219 (8.00%) OneDrive
6 73 (2.67%) SaaS
7 72 (2.63%) GCP
8 68 (2.49%) IaaS
9 50 (1.83%) Mimecast
10 45 (1.64%) PaaS
10 45 (1.64%) Power Platform
11 41 (1.50%) Google Workspace
12 39 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
13 34 (1.24%) Nutanix
14 31 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (0.88%) GitHub
17 20 (0.73%) Power Automate
18 17 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 833 (30.45%) Firewall
2 663 (24.23%) DNS
3 556 (20.32%) DHCP
4 330 (12.06%) WAN
5 329 (12.02%) TCP/IP
6 313 (11.44%) VPN
7 290 (10.60%) LAN
8 255 (9.32%) SAN
9 205 (7.49%) Wi-Fi
10 177 (6.47%) VoIP
11 176 (6.43%) VLAN
12 143 (5.23%) Wireless
13 96 (3.51%) NAS
14 70 (2.56%) Internet
14 70 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
15 51 (1.86%) Network Security
16 50 (1.83%) SD-WAN
17 34 (1.24%) WLAN
18 33 (1.21%) MPLS
19 29 (1.06%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 62 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (1.28%) MySQL
4 30 (1.10%) DB2
4 30 (1.10%) Power BI
5 11 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 9 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.22%) Big Data
9 6 (0.22%) Redis
10 5 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.15%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.15%) UniData
12 3 (0.11%) Metabase
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 42 (1.54%) JIRA
2 26 (0.95%) Git
3 20 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.37%) Trac
5 8 (0.29%) 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 (0.037%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.037%) GoCD
10 1 (0.037%) Log4Net
General
1 846 (30.92%) Social Skills
2 197 (7.20%) Finance
3 177 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (4.06%) Law
5 109 (3.98%) Telecoms
6 104 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 90 (3.29%) Retail
8 84 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 62 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 61 (2.23%) Public Sector
11 59 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 52 (1.90%) Legal
13 41 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 35 (1.28%) Marketing
15 21 (0.77%) Automotive
15 21 (0.77%) Games
16 19 (0.69%) Advertising
16 19 (0.69%) Electronics
17 17 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 573 (20.94%) IT Support
2 540 (19.74%) Support Engineer
3 497 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 496 (18.13%) IT Engineer
5 316 (11.55%) IT Support Engineer
6 288 (10.53%) Analyst
7 282 (10.31%) Senior
8 211 (7.71%) 2nd Line Support
9 206 (7.53%) IT Technician
10 153 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support
11 147 (5.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 146 (5.34%) Support Technician
13 125 (4.57%) Lead
14 124 (4.53%) IT Support Technician
15 121 (4.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 116 (4.24%) IT Manager
17 113 (4.13%) IT Analyst
18 109 (3.98%) Administrator
18 109 (3.98%) Support Analyst
19 102 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.02%) .NET
2 18 (0.66%) ARM Templates
3 17 (0.62%) HTML
4 11 (0.40%) .NET Core
4 11 (0.40%) JSON
4 11 (0.40%) REST
5 9 (0.33%) AngularJS
5 9 (0.33%) React
6 8 (0.29%) CSS
6 8 (0.29%) LDAP
7 7 (0.26%) ASP.NET
7 7 (0.26%) Web Services
8 6 (0.22%) AWS CDK
8 6 (0.22%) jQuery
8 6 (0.22%) LAMP
8 6 (0.22%) XML
9 5 (0.18%) Blazor
9 5 (0.18%) EDI
9 5 (0.18%) Node.js
10 4 (0.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 208 (7.60%) Data Centre
2 200 (7.31%) Driving Licence
3 116 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (4.17%) Replication
5 101 (3.69%) Management Information System
6 81 (2.96%) PKI
7 79 (2.89%) Clustering
8 60 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 46 (1.68%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.28%) Operational Technology
11 33 (1.21%) Client/Server
12 29 (1.06%) CMDB
13 27 (0.99%) NHS
14 22 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.69%) SCADA
16 17 (0.62%) Cyberattack
17 15 (0.55%) Fat Client
17 15 (0.55%) iPad
17 15 (0.55%) Thin Client
18 14 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2,735 (99.96%) Windows
2 516 (18.86%) Windows 10
3 458 (16.74%) Linux
4 366 (13.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 342 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 304 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 111 (4.06%) Windows 7
8 83 (3.03%) Windows 8
9 73 (2.67%) Windows Server 2008
10 56 (2.05%) Apple iOS
11 54 (1.97%) Android
11 54 (1.97%) Mac OS
12 51 (1.86%) Unix
13 45 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 40 (1.46%) CentOS
15 35 (1.28%) Ubuntu
16 29 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
17 28 (1.02%) VMS
18 21 (0.77%) Windows XP
19 15 (0.55%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (23.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 561 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
3 530 (19.37%) ITIL
4 469 (17.14%) Customer Service
5 322 (11.77%) Cybersecurity
6 182 (6.65%) Mentoring
7 179 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 139 (5.08%) DevOps
9 136 (4.97%) Project Management
10 135 (4.93%) Agile
11 131 (4.79%) Migration
11 131 (4.79%) Service Management
12 128 (4.68%) Project Delivery
13 119 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (4.35%) Server Management
14 107 (3.91%) Service Delivery
15 104 (3.80%) Time Management
16 103 (3.76%) Incident Management
17 98 (3.58%) Change Management
18 85 (3.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 443 (16.19%) PowerShell
2 300 (10.96%) SQL
3 90 (3.29%) Python
4 47 (1.72%) Bash
5 46 (1.68%) C#
6 39 (1.43%) VB
7 38 (1.39%) VBScript
8 29 (1.06%) Java
9 25 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 16 (0.58%) Bicep
11 11 (0.40%) ActionScript
11 11 (0.40%) Delphi
12 9 (0.33%) C++
12 9 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.26%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.18%) VBA
16 3 (0.11%) PHP
16 3 (0.11%) R
17 2 (0.073%) Go
Qualifications
1 337 (12.32%) Degree
2 319 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 232 (8.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 230 (8.41%) SC Cleared
5 181 (6.62%) DV Cleared
6 137 (5.01%) Cisco Certification
7 128 (4.68%) CCNA
8 85 (3.11%) DBS Check
9 81 (2.96%) MCSE
10 64 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (2.08%) MCSA
12 50 (1.83%) A+ Certification
13 42 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 38 (1.39%) MCP
15 32 (1.17%) CCNP
16 30 (1.10%) AWS Certification
17 27 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
18 26 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 24 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
20 22 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (8.08%) SLA
2 69 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 65 (2.38%) GDPR
4 41 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.62%) NIST
6 11 (0.40%) ITGC
6 11 (0.40%) PMO
7 10 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.37%) QA
8 9 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.15%) NCSC
11 3 (0.11%) GRC
11 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.073%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.073%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.037%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.037%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1,735 (63.41%) Active Directory
2 760 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 756 (27.63%) Hyper-V
4 168 (6.14%) VMware ESXi
5 153 (5.59%) vSphere
6 119 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
7 71 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 70 (2.56%) XenApp
9 63 (2.30%) XenDesktop
10 52 (1.90%) Docker
11 46 (1.68%) VirtualBox
12 30 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
13 26 (0.95%) Firmware
13 26 (0.95%) Terminal Services
14 19 (0.69%) VMware NSX
15 17 (0.62%) pfSense
16 15 (0.55%) NFS
17 14 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 11 (0.40%) OpenSSH
19 8 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 403 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 269 (9.83%) SCCM
3 116 (4.24%) vCenter Server
4 102 (3.73%) WSUS
5 95 (3.47%) SCOM
6 66 (2.41%) Ansible
7 64 (2.34%) Kubernetes
8 58 (2.12%) Terraform
9 40 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 34 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 31 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
12 25 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 23 (0.84%) EMC NetWorker
13 23 (0.84%) Grafana
14 22 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
14 22 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
15 20 (0.73%) ZABBIX
16 19 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
17 18 (0.66%) Autotask
18 16 (0.58%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,631 (59.61%) Microsoft
2 1,188 (43.42%) VMware
3 329 (12.02%) Cisco
4 266 (9.72%) Citrix
5 248 (9.06%) Veeam
6 136 (4.97%) HP
7 122 (4.46%) Dell
8 101 (3.69%) Apple
9 94 (3.44%) Meraki
10 93 (3.40%) Sophos
11 79 (2.89%) Google
12 60 (2.19%) Red Hat
13 59 (2.16%) NetApp
14 52 (1.90%) Aruba
15 48 (1.75%) Fortinet
16 46 (1.68%) Oracle
17 40 (1.46%) IBM
18 39 (1.43%) Datto
18 39 (1.43%) EMC
18 39 (1.43%) SolarWinds