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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 103 128
Rank change year-on-year +30 +25 -56
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,508 3,405 4,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.56% 3.28% 3.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.88% 20.52% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,104 2,730 3,964
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,001 £31,350 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £39,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.80% -1.25% -

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 14,101 16,590 29,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 15.99% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,896 11,178 16,749
10th Percentile £25,760 £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 £92,500 £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 3 May 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 3 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
England +37 3,235 £42,500 -2.58% 659
UK excluding London +24 2,803 £38,000 -3.80% 574
Work from Home +36 1,142 £47,500 -5.00% 215
South East +28 785 £40,000 +14.29% 150
London +35 649 £60,000 +10.09% 125
North of England +20 619 £37,500 -6.25% 123
Midlands +43 551 £37,500 -3.23% 115
South West +12 319 £40,000 - 63
West Midlands +29 315 £36,000 -10.00% 73
East of England +18 299 £32,500 -17.32% 89
Yorkshire +68 286 £37,500 - 45
East Midlands +44 231 £40,000 +14.28% 42
North West -37 224 £43,500 -3.33% 60
Scotland -39 151 £42,500 -19.05% 30
North East +25 109 £35,000 -16.17% 21
Wales +27 62 £34,000 -9.33% 13
Isle of Man -3 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland 0 6 £37,314 +14.81% 4

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
1 844 (24.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 548 (15.62%) SharePoint
3 109 (3.11%) IIS
4 35 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 26 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
6 22 (0.63%) Confluence
7 17 (0.48%) CMS
8 12 (0.34%) WordPress
9 11 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
10 10 (0.29%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
11 9 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
12 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
13 7 (0.20%) OpenStack
14 6 (0.17%) Apache
15 5 (0.14%) SAS
15 5 (0.14%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
16 4 (0.11%) Jupyter
16 4 (0.11%) TWiki
Applications
1 402 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.086%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.086%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.086%) SPSS
6 2 (0.057%) CATIA
6 2 (0.057%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.057%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.029%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 18 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.086%) Shopify
6 2 (0.057%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.057%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.057%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.057%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.029%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.029%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,040 (58.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1,713 (48.83%) Azure
3 619 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 403 (11.49%) AWS
5 267 (7.61%) OneDrive
6 104 (2.96%) IaaS
6 104 (2.96%) SaaS
7 85 (2.42%) GCP
8 73 (2.08%) Google Workspace
9 72 (2.05%) Power Platform
10 71 (2.02%) Mimecast
11 61 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (1.71%) PaaS
13 58 (1.65%) Nutanix
14 54 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (1.51%) GitHub
16 35 (1.00%) WhatsApp
17 33 (0.94%) Power Automate
18 29 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
18 29 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1,055 (30.07%) Firewall
2 858 (24.46%) DNS
3 697 (19.87%) DHCP
4 422 (12.03%) WAN
5 402 (11.46%) VPN
6 395 (11.26%) TCP/IP
7 389 (11.09%) LAN
8 350 (9.98%) SAN
9 246 (7.01%) Wi-Fi
10 241 (6.87%) VLAN
11 203 (5.79%) Wireless
12 197 (5.62%) VoIP
13 133 (3.79%) NAS
14 86 (2.45%) Remote Desktop
15 85 (2.42%) Internet
16 75 (2.14%) Network Security
17 72 (2.05%) SD-WAN
18 44 (1.25%) MPLS
19 39 (1.11%) WLAN
20 35 (1.00%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 386 (11.00%) SQL Server
2 72 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
3 52 (1.48%) Power BI
4 40 (1.14%) MySQL
5 35 (1.00%) DB2
6 20 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (0.37%) Big Data
12 11 (0.31%) MariaDB
13 10 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.26%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.26%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.23%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (0.17%) Redis
18 5 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
18 5 (0.14%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 65 (1.85%) JIRA
2 63 (1.80%) Git
3 32 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.80%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.23%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.20%) Snyk
8 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.17%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.11%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.11%) Hudson
11 4 (0.11%) MSI
11 4 (0.11%) Subversion
11 4 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,049 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 341 (9.72%) Finance
3 259 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (4.42%) Law
5 131 (3.73%) Telecoms
6 113 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 103 (2.94%) Retail
8 95 (2.71%) Manufacturing
9 86 (2.45%) Public Sector
10 84 (2.39%) Legal
11 83 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
12 67 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 55 (1.57%) Banking
14 46 (1.31%) Marketing
15 39 (1.11%) Games
16 33 (0.94%) Aerospace
17 26 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (0.63%) Automotive
18 22 (0.63%) Electronics
19 21 (0.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 646 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 637 (18.16%) IT Support
3 626 (17.84%) Support Engineer
4 593 (16.90%) IT Engineer
5 433 (12.34%) Senior
6 387 (11.03%) Analyst
7 352 (10.03%) IT Support Engineer
8 253 (7.21%) 2nd Line Support
9 223 (6.36%) IT Technician
10 166 (4.73%) 3rd Line Support
11 164 (4.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 164 (4.68%) Lead
12 156 (4.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 149 (4.25%) Support Technician
14 144 (4.10%) IT Manager
15 143 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
16 139 (3.96%) Support Analyst
17 138 (3.93%) Administrator
18 137 (3.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 130 (3.71%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.20%) .NET
2 41 (1.17%) ARM Templates
3 24 (0.68%) LDAP
4 21 (0.60%) HTML
5 19 (0.54%) JSON
5 19 (0.54%) REST
6 14 (0.40%) React
7 13 (0.37%) YAML
8 12 (0.34%) CSS
8 12 (0.34%) LAMP
9 11 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.26%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.26%) Web Services
10 9 (0.26%) XML
11 7 (0.20%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.20%) ADSI
11 7 (0.20%) EDI
11 7 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (0.17%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 253 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 209 (5.96%) Driving Licence
3 161 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 154 (4.39%) Replication
5 144 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 118 (3.36%) Clustering
7 94 (2.68%) PKI
8 86 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 66 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 37 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 36 (1.03%) Client/Server
12 35 (1.00%) Operational Technology
13 33 (0.94%) CMDB
14 28 (0.80%) NHS
15 27 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
16 24 (0.68%) Security Posture
17 22 (0.63%) iPad
18 21 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
19 19 (0.54%) Life Science
19 19 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,507 (99.97%) Windows
2 622 (17.73%) Windows 10
3 604 (17.22%) Linux
4 452 (12.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 409 (11.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 394 (11.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 131 (3.73%) Windows 7
8 117 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 91 (2.59%) Windows 8
10 86 (2.45%) Mac OS
11 80 (2.28%) Unix
12 79 (2.25%) Apple iOS
13 72 (2.05%) Android
14 71 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 57 (1.62%) Ubuntu
16 43 (1.23%) CentOS
17 40 (1.14%) VMS
18 37 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
19 28 (0.80%) Mac OS X
20 21 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 836 (23.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 709 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
3 626 (17.84%) ITIL
4 542 (15.45%) Customer Service
5 442 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
6 268 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 221 (6.30%) Mentoring
8 219 (6.24%) DevOps
9 210 (5.99%) Migration
10 203 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 199 (5.67%) Project Delivery
12 176 (5.02%) Project Management
13 173 (4.93%) Agile
14 152 (4.33%) Service Management
15 147 (4.19%) Server Management
16 146 (4.16%) Change Management
17 138 (3.93%) Service Delivery
18 131 (3.73%) Incident Management
19 124 (3.53%) Time Management
20 117 (3.34%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 702 (20.01%) PowerShell
2 438 (12.49%) SQL
3 151 (4.30%) Python
4 104 (2.96%) Bash
5 76 (2.17%) C#
6 41 (1.17%) VBScript
7 39 (1.11%) VB
8 37 (1.05%) Java
9 31 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 22 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.48%) Bicep
12 15 (0.43%) Perl
13 14 (0.40%) Korn
14 12 (0.34%) Ruby
15 11 (0.31%) C++
15 11 (0.31%) Delphi
16 10 (0.29%) ActionScript
17 7 (0.20%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 446 (12.71%) Degree
2 385 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 291 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 274 (7.81%) SC Cleared
5 212 (6.04%) DV Cleared
6 155 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
7 140 (3.99%) CCNA
8 118 (3.36%) MCSE
9 98 (2.79%) DBS Check
10 94 (2.68%) MCSA
11 85 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 67 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 60 (1.71%) Azure Certification
14 54 (1.54%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.14%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.08%) MCP
17 36 (1.03%) CCNP
18 31 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
19 30 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (7.44%) SLA
2 102 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (2.22%) GDPR
4 70 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (0.77%) PMO
6 23 (0.66%) NIST
7 20 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 20 (0.57%) ITGC
8 15 (0.43%) QA
9 12 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.34%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.14%) NCSC
12 4 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.086%) GRC
13 3 (0.086%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.057%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.057%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.029%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,216 (63.17%) Active Directory
2 1,033 (29.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 864 (24.63%) Hyper-V
4 228 (6.50%) VMware ESXi
5 209 (5.96%) vSphere
6 141 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 85 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 79 (2.25%) XenApp
9 71 (2.02%) XenDesktop
10 66 (1.88%) Docker
11 59 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
12 50 (1.43%) VirtualBox
13 35 (1.00%) Firmware
14 33 (0.94%) Terminal Services
15 25 (0.71%) VMware NSX
16 18 (0.51%) pfSense
17 17 (0.48%) NFS
18 14 (0.40%) vCloud
19 13 (0.37%) VMware Server
20 10 (0.29%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 523 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 349 (9.95%) SCCM
3 167 (4.76%) vCenter Server
4 122 (3.48%) WSUS
5 107 (3.05%) Ansible
6 105 (2.99%) SCOM
7 94 (2.68%) Terraform
8 87 (2.48%) Kubernetes
9 66 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
10 56 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 52 (1.48%) Microsoft Clustering
12 48 (1.37%) FortiGate
13 40 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
14 33 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
15 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 28 (0.80%) Grafana
16 28 (0.80%) Puppet
17 25 (0.71%) Nessus
17 25 (0.71%) NetBackup
18 24 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,093 (59.66%) Microsoft
2 1,561 (44.50%) VMware
3 458 (13.06%) Cisco
4 351 (10.01%) Citrix
5 322 (9.18%) Veeam
6 201 (5.73%) HP
7 138 (3.93%) Apple
8 135 (3.85%) Dell
9 123 (3.51%) Meraki
10 119 (3.39%) Google
11 102 (2.91%) Sophos
12 88 (2.51%) Red Hat
13 85 (2.42%) NetApp
14 71 (2.02%) Oracle
14 71 (2.02%) ServiceNow
15 69 (1.97%) Commvault
16 65 (1.85%) Aruba
17 61 (1.74%) SolarWinds
18 57 (1.62%) Fortinet
19 54 (1.54%) Juniper