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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 101 136
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 -61
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,434 3,340 4,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.46% 3.31% 2.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.52% 20.71% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,683 3,886
10th Percentile £26,175 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £31,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +33 3,168 £41,500 -7.78% 632
UK excluding London +20 2,745 £38,000 -5.00% 536
Work from Home +35 1,110 £46,000 -8.00% 213
South East +26 766 £39,500 +9.72% 147
London +28 633 £57,500 +4.55% 119
North of England +17 617 £37,500 -6.25% 114
Midlands +38 536 £37,500 -3.23% 105
South West +12 307 £40,000 - 69
West Midlands +29 302 £35,000 -11.70% 66
East of England +18 296 £32,500 -17.32% 74
Yorkshire +68 287 £37,500 -0.66% 44
East Midlands +36 229 £40,000 +6.67% 39
North West -41 222 £43,500 -3.33% 55
Scotland -31 145 £42,500 -7.10% 24
North East +22 108 £35,000 -17.65% 16
Wales +26 61 £35,750 -4.67% 10
Isle of Man -4 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -2 6 £37,314 +9.75% 3

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
1 817 (23.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 539 (15.70%) SharePoint
3 107 (3.12%) IIS
4 34 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
5 22 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 21 (0.61%) Confluence
7 17 (0.50%) CMS
8 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
8 11 (0.32%) SharePoint 2010
8 11 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
8 11 (0.32%) WordPress
9 10 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 6 (0.17%) Apache
13 5 (0.15%) SAS
13 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
14 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 400 (11.65%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.087%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.087%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.087%) SPSS
6 2 (0.058%) CATIA
6 2 (0.058%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.058%) 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 17 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.087%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.087%) Shopify
6 2 (0.058%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.058%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.058%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.058%) 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 1,998 (58.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1,677 (48.84%) Azure
3 610 (17.76%) Entra ID
4 400 (11.65%) AWS
5 266 (7.75%) OneDrive
6 104 (3.03%) SaaS
7 103 (3.00%) IaaS
8 86 (2.50%) GCP
9 70 (2.04%) Power Platform
10 68 (1.98%) Google Workspace
11 66 (1.92%) Mimecast
12 61 (1.78%) PaaS
13 58 (1.69%) Nutanix
14 56 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
15 54 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
16 51 (1.49%) GitHub
17 35 (1.02%) WhatsApp
18 30 (0.87%) Power Automate
19 29 (0.84%) Azure Storage
20 28 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1,031 (30.02%) Firewall
2 842 (24.52%) DNS
3 678 (19.74%) DHCP
4 412 (12.00%) WAN
5 387 (11.27%) VPN
6 386 (11.24%) TCP/IP
7 380 (11.07%) LAN
8 341 (9.93%) SAN
9 238 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
10 225 (6.55%) VLAN
11 193 (5.62%) Wireless
12 191 (5.56%) VoIP
13 128 (3.73%) NAS
14 83 (2.42%) Internet
15 82 (2.39%) Remote Desktop
16 74 (2.15%) Network Security
17 73 (2.13%) SD-WAN
18 41 (1.19%) MPLS
19 38 (1.11%) WLAN
20 33 (0.96%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 378 (11.01%) SQL Server
2 68 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (1.46%) Power BI
4 38 (1.11%) MySQL
5 35 (1.02%) DB2
6 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.38%) Big Data
10 11 (0.32%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.26%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.26%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.17%) Redis
15 5 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 64 (1.86%) JIRA
2 62 (1.81%) Git
3 32 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.76%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.20%) Snyk
8 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.17%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.12%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.12%) Hudson
11 4 (0.12%) MSI
11 4 (0.12%) Subversion
11 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,032 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 341 (9.93%) Finance
3 259 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (4.60%) Law
5 131 (3.81%) Telecoms
6 111 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 101 (2.94%) Retail
8 94 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 85 (2.48%) Legal
10 82 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 81 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 65 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 54 (1.57%) Banking
14 47 (1.37%) Marketing
15 39 (1.14%) Games
16 34 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 28 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (0.64%) Automotive
18 22 (0.64%) Electronics
19 20 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 637 (18.55%) IT Support
2 623 (18.14%) Support Engineer
3 622 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 578 (16.83%) IT Engineer
5 412 (12.00%) Senior
6 383 (11.15%) Analyst
7 351 (10.22%) IT Support Engineer
8 244 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support
9 224 (6.52%) IT Technician
10 166 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
11 160 (4.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 160 (4.66%) Lead
12 157 (4.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 152 (4.43%) Support Technician
14 141 (4.11%) IT Manager
15 140 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
16 137 (3.99%) Support Analyst
17 135 (3.93%) Administrator
18 130 (3.79%) IT Support Technician
18 130 (3.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.25%) .NET
2 39 (1.14%) ARM Templates
3 24 (0.70%) LDAP
4 21 (0.61%) HTML
5 19 (0.55%) REST
6 16 (0.47%) JSON
7 14 (0.41%) React
7 14 (0.41%) YAML
8 12 (0.35%) CSS
9 11 (0.32%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.32%) LAMP
10 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.26%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.26%) Web Services
10 9 (0.26%) XML
11 8 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (0.20%) ADSI
12 7 (0.20%) EDI
13 6 (0.17%) Middleware
13 6 (0.17%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 249 (7.25%) Data Centre
2 202 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 157 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
4 151 (4.40%) Replication
5 141 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 115 (3.35%) Clustering
7 90 (2.62%) PKI
8 83 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 36 (1.05%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.02%) Operational Technology
11 35 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
12 31 (0.90%) CMDB
13 28 (0.82%) NHS
14 27 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 25 (0.73%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.64%) iPad
17 20 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.55%) Life Science
18 19 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3,433 (99.97%) Windows
2 613 (17.85%) Windows 10
3 594 (17.30%) Linux
4 436 (12.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 395 (11.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 379 (11.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 126 (3.67%) Windows 7
8 112 (3.26%) Windows Server 2008
9 87 (2.53%) Windows 8
10 83 (2.42%) Mac OS
11 81 (2.36%) Unix
12 77 (2.24%) Apple iOS
13 75 (2.18%) Android
14 66 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 55 (1.60%) Ubuntu
16 44 (1.28%) CentOS
17 38 (1.11%) VMS
18 36 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
19 26 (0.76%) Mac OS X
20 22 (0.64%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (23.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 693 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
3 620 (18.05%) ITIL
4 535 (15.58%) Customer Service
5 434 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
6 265 (7.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 219 (6.38%) Mentoring
8 214 (6.23%) DevOps
9 202 (5.88%) Migration
10 196 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 192 (5.59%) Project Delivery
12 172 (5.01%) Project Management
13 169 (4.92%) Agile
14 150 (4.37%) Service Management
15 146 (4.25%) Server Management
16 140 (4.08%) Change Management
17 133 (3.87%) Service Delivery
18 123 (3.58%) Incident Management
18 123 (3.58%) Time Management
19 115 (3.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 671 (19.54%) PowerShell
2 427 (12.43%) SQL
3 144 (4.19%) Python
4 96 (2.80%) Bash
5 76 (2.21%) C#
6 41 (1.19%) VBScript
7 39 (1.14%) VB
8 38 (1.11%) Java
9 32 (0.93%) JavaScript
10 24 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 16 (0.47%) Bicep
12 12 (0.35%) Perl
13 11 (0.32%) C++
13 11 (0.32%) Delphi
13 11 (0.32%) Korn
14 10 (0.29%) ActionScript
15 9 (0.26%) Ruby
16 8 (0.23%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 437 (12.73%) Degree
2 368 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 292 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 264 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 204 (5.94%) DV Cleared
6 153 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
7 139 (4.05%) CCNA
8 120 (3.49%) MCSE
9 98 (2.85%) DBS Check
10 94 (2.74%) MCSA
11 81 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 66 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 58 (1.69%) Azure Certification
14 51 (1.49%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.16%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.11%) MCP
17 34 (0.99%) CCNP
18 33 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
19 29 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (7.48%) SLA
2 101 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 79 (2.30%) GDPR
4 71 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.76%) PMO
6 25 (0.73%) NIST
7 19 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.55%) ITGC
8 15 (0.44%) QA
9 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.15%) NCSC
13 3 (0.087%) GRC
13 3 (0.087%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.087%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.058%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.029%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2,158 (62.84%) Active Directory
2 995 (28.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 840 (24.46%) Hyper-V
4 225 (6.55%) VMware ESXi
5 202 (5.88%) vSphere
6 138 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 81 (2.36%) XenApp
8 79 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 73 (2.13%) XenDesktop
10 65 (1.89%) Docker
11 57 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
12 48 (1.40%) VirtualBox
13 33 (0.96%) Firmware
13 33 (0.96%) Terminal Services
14 22 (0.64%) VMware NSX
15 18 (0.52%) pfSense
16 16 (0.47%) NFS
17 14 (0.41%) VMware Server
18 13 (0.38%) vCloud
19 10 (0.29%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 511 (14.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 343 (9.99%) SCCM
3 166 (4.83%) vCenter Server
4 116 (3.38%) WSUS
5 104 (3.03%) Ansible
5 104 (3.03%) SCOM
6 96 (2.80%) Terraform
7 87 (2.53%) Kubernetes
8 67 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
9 55 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 48 (1.40%) Microsoft Clustering
11 45 (1.31%) FortiGate
12 35 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
13 30 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
14 27 (0.79%) Grafana
14 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 25 (0.73%) NetBackup
16 24 (0.70%) Nagios
16 24 (0.70%) Puppet
16 24 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,050 (59.70%) Microsoft
2 1,523 (44.35%) VMware
3 446 (12.99%) Cisco
4 349 (10.16%) Citrix
5 315 (9.17%) Veeam
6 196 (5.71%) HP
7 135 (3.93%) Dell
8 133 (3.87%) Apple
9 116 (3.38%) Meraki
10 114 (3.32%) Google
11 99 (2.88%) Sophos
12 85 (2.48%) NetApp
13 84 (2.45%) Red Hat
14 71 (2.07%) Oracle
15 69 (2.01%) Commvault
16 68 (1.98%) ServiceNow
17 62 (1.81%) Aruba
18 58 (1.69%) SolarWinds
19 56 (1.63%) Fortinet
20 55 (1.60%) Juniper