Server Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Server Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Server Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 658 830
Rank change year-on-year +122 +172 -148
Permanent jobs citing Server Management 388 331 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.33% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.35% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 308 176 280
10th Percentile £31,025 £31,000 £28,475
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -1.99%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Server Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Management in the UK

Server Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Management within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +131 370 £50,000 +6.95% 81
UK excluding London +47 337 £45,000 - 66
Work from Home +122 160 £50,750 +3.57% 32
North of England +48 94 £43,500 +8.75% 13
Midlands +14 68 £50,000 +12.99% 23
East of England +27 65 £40,000 -36.00% 11
South East +35 55 £59,000 +23.56% 11
North West +15 49 £50,000 +11.11% 6
London +95 45 £60,000 -1.64% 25
West Midlands +14 43 £55,000 +24.29% 18
South West -29 43 £50,000 +33.33% 4
Yorkshire +80 32 £42,500 +13.33% 4
East Midlands +1 24 £38,750 -26.19% 5
North East -3 13 £42,250 +19.01% 3
Scotland -62 9 £53,000 +89.29% 5
Wales +7 3 £45,000 +0.75% 3

Server Management
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 58 (14.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (10.82%) IIS
3 35 (9.02%) SharePoint
4 31 (7.99%) Apache
5 30 (7.73%) Tomcat
6 16 (4.12%) CMS
7 10 (2.58%) Umbraco
8 6 (1.55%) WordPress
9 4 (1.03%) nginx
10 3 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.77%) Orchard CMS
10 3 (0.77%) WildFly
11 2 (0.52%) Drupal
12 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.26%) SAS
12 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (6.96%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (46.65%) Azure
2 130 (33.51%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (24.74%) AWS
4 34 (8.76%) Entra ID
5 28 (7.22%) GCP
6 20 (5.15%) SaaS
7 18 (4.64%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (4.64%) Datadog
8 16 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (3.35%) IaaS
9 13 (3.35%) Nutanix
10 12 (3.09%) GitHub
10 12 (3.09%) OCI
10 12 (3.09%) PaaS
11 8 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.06%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.55%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 80 (20.62%) DNS
1 80 (20.62%) Firewall
2 74 (19.07%) SAN
3 69 (17.78%) DHCP
4 41 (10.57%) WAN
5 30 (7.73%) VPN
6 26 (6.70%) Network Security
7 25 (6.44%) LAN
8 21 (5.41%) VLAN
9 19 (4.90%) iSCSI
9 19 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (4.64%) SD-WAN
11 15 (3.87%) NAS
12 8 (2.06%) Internet
12 8 (2.06%) TCP/IP
12 8 (2.06%) VoIP
12 8 (2.06%) Wireless
13 6 (1.55%) PBX
14 5 (1.29%) WLAN
15 4 (1.03%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.22%) Oracle Database
3 22 (5.67%) MySQL
4 10 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.06%) Crystal Reports
5 8 (2.06%) Power BI
6 7 (1.80%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.77%) OLTP
8 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.52%) phpMyAdmin
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.26%) Big Data
10 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.67%) Git
1 22 (5.67%) Jenkins
2 18 (4.64%) GitLab
3 8 (2.06%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.55%) PHPUnit
4 6 (1.55%) RStudio
5 3 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.52%) Grunt
6 2 (0.52%) JIRA
6 2 (0.52%) Subversion
6 2 (0.52%) webpack
7 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 124 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 72 (18.56%) Finance
3 32 (8.25%) Public Sector
4 27 (6.96%) Local Government
4 27 (6.96%) Police
5 20 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.84%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.84%) Aviation
6 11 (2.84%) Law
7 10 (2.58%) Military
7 10 (2.58%) Retail
8 8 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.06%) Legal
8 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.55%) Automotive
10 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (14.18%) Lead
3 39 (10.05%) Developer
3 39 (10.05%) IT Engineer
4 36 (9.28%) Administrator
5 34 (8.76%) Senior
6 32 (8.25%) IT Support
7 31 (7.99%) IT Manager
8 29 (7.47%) IT Administrator
9 27 (6.96%) Applications Support
10 23 (5.93%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (5.41%) Server Administrator
12 20 (5.15%) Infrastructure Manager
12 20 (5.15%) Team Leader
13 18 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (4.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (4.38%) Support Engineer
15 16 (4.12%) Lead DevOps
15 16 (4.12%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.76%) .NET
2 32 (8.25%) HTML
3 30 (7.73%) CSS
4 27 (6.96%) Web Services
5 22 (5.67%) Vue
6 18 (4.64%) jQuery
7 17 (4.38%) REST
8 15 (3.87%) ASP.NET
9 12 (3.09%) Laravel
10 11 (2.84%) .NET Core
11 10 (2.58%) HTML5
12 9 (2.32%) Symfony
13 8 (2.06%) .NET Framework
13 8 (2.06%) Doctrine
13 8 (2.06%) Entity Framework
13 8 (2.06%) Middleware
13 8 (2.06%) RESTful
13 8 (2.06%) Sass
14 7 (1.80%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (1.80%) React
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.24%) Data Centre
2 41 (10.57%) Public Cloud
3 35 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (6.96%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.38%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.87%) PMI
7 11 (2.84%) IoT
8 9 (2.32%) Clustering
9 8 (2.06%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.55%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.55%) PKI
10 6 (1.55%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.29%) EMC VNX
12 4 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.77%) Learning Management System
14 2 (0.52%) iPad
14 2 (0.52%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 227 (58.51%) Windows
2 146 (37.63%) Linux
3 142 (36.60%) Windows Server
4 47 (12.11%) Unix
5 36 (9.28%) Solaris
5 36 (9.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (8.76%) Windows 10
7 24 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (4.64%) Ubuntu
9 15 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.09%) VMS
10 12 (3.09%) Windows XP
11 6 (1.55%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.03%) Android
12 4 (1.03%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.03%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (26.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (16.24%) ITIL
4 54 (13.92%) Project Management
5 47 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (12.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 42 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (9.54%) Computer Science
7 37 (9.54%) Storage Management
8 34 (8.76%) Network Architecture
9 33 (8.51%) Performance Monitoring
10 32 (8.25%) Agile
10 32 (8.25%) Data Security
11 31 (7.99%) DevOps
12 30 (7.73%) Mentoring
12 30 (7.73%) Proactive Monitoring
13 29 (7.47%) Task Automation
14 28 (7.22%) CI/CD
15 27 (6.96%) Data Centre Operations
15 27 (6.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.21%) PowerShell
2 47 (12.11%) SQL
3 28 (7.22%) Shell Script
4 27 (6.96%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.64%) C#
6 17 (4.38%) PHP
7 10 (2.58%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.32%) Bash
8 9 (2.32%) R
9 7 (1.80%) Python
10 2 (0.52%) Korn
10 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) C++
11 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 79 (20.36%) Degree
2 75 (19.33%) Security Cleared
3 42 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 28 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (6.19%) AWS Certification
6 21 (5.41%) MCSE
7 20 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (4.90%) CCNA
8 19 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (4.64%) Azure Certification
10 16 (4.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.87%) DV Cleared
11 15 (3.87%) PMI Certification
12 12 (3.09%) CCNP
12 12 (3.09%) MCSA
13 8 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.52%) A+ Certification
15 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.73%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.09%) SLA
5 7 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.80%) DO-254
6 5 (1.29%) SOC 1
6 5 (1.29%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.03%) GDPR
8 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.77%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 163 (42.01%) Active Directory
2 81 (20.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (18.81%) Hyper-V
4 37 (9.54%) Docker
5 22 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (5.67%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (2.06%) vSphere
8 7 (1.80%) pfSense
8 7 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.77%) Firmware
10 2 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.52%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 54 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (7.99%) SCCM
3 26 (6.70%) Kubernetes
4 21 (5.41%) Terraform
5 19 (4.90%) vCenter Server
6 18 (4.64%) SCOM
7 17 (4.38%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (4.12%) Consul
8 16 (4.12%) Puppet
9 14 (3.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 14 (3.61%) WSUS
10 13 (3.35%) NetBackup
11 12 (3.09%) Opsgenie
11 12 (3.09%) VxRail
11 12 (3.09%) ZABBIX
12 7 (1.80%) Ansible
13 5 (1.29%) AirWatch
13 5 (1.29%) Backup Exec
13 5 (1.29%) Nagios
14 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 207 (53.35%) Microsoft
2 113 (29.12%) VMware
3 56 (14.43%) Cisco
4 45 (11.60%) Dell
5 43 (11.08%) Oracle
6 40 (10.31%) Citrix
7 39 (10.05%) HP
7 39 (10.05%) Veeam
8 34 (8.76%) NetApp
9 27 (6.96%) NEC
10 19 (4.90%) EMC
10 19 (4.90%) SolarWinds
11 17 (4.38%) Fortinet
11 17 (4.38%) Symantec
12 15 (3.87%) Juniper
13 13 (3.35%) Red Hat
14 12 (3.09%) 3PAR
14 12 (3.09%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (3.09%) Palo Alto
15 10 (2.58%) Meraki