Windows Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 74 75
Rank change year-on-year +26 +1 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 764 549 851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.53% 3.83% 4.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.93% 20.07% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 692 431 741
10th Percentile £25,775 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £36,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.03% -12.20% -3.53%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £66,700 £65,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,837 2,735 4,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.81% 19.07% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,265 1,903 2,779
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley +14 254 £41,000 +26.15% 39
Hampshire +24 253 £37,500 -11.76% 44
Berkshire +51 131 £50,000 +66.11% 18
Surrey -15 75 £50,000 +36.99% 16
Oxfordshire +10 68 £42,500 +34.92% 13
East Sussex +48 59 £45,000 -30.77% 5
Buckinghamshire -42 55 £32,000 -1.54% 8
Kent +10 52 £40,000 -5.88% 25
West Sussex +46 42 £30,000 -28.57% 7
Sussex - 18 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 8 £35,000 -
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 153 (20.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 110 (14.40%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.40%) IIS
4 4 (0.52%) TWiki
4 4 (0.52%) WordPress
5 3 (0.39%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.39%) Orchard CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 102 (13.35%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 473 (61.91%) Microsoft 365
2 381 (49.87%) Azure
3 110 (14.40%) Entra ID
4 78 (10.21%) AWS
5 57 (7.46%) OneDrive
6 40 (5.24%) SaaS
7 27 (3.53%) IaaS
8 23 (3.01%) Mimecast
9 22 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (1.96%) Azure Storage
12 13 (1.70%) OCI
12 13 (1.70%) PaaS
12 13 (1.70%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.44%) GitHub
13 11 (1.44%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.92%) WhatsApp
15 6 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (0.79%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 252 (32.98%) Firewall
2 198 (25.92%) DNS
3 134 (17.54%) DHCP
4 100 (13.09%) VPN
5 92 (12.04%) TCP/IP
6 65 (8.51%) VoIP
7 62 (8.12%) WAN
8 60 (7.85%) VLAN
9 55 (7.20%) LAN
10 54 (7.07%) SAN
11 45 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
11 45 (5.89%) Wireless
12 18 (2.36%) FTP
12 18 (2.36%) Internet
12 18 (2.36%) NAS
13 15 (1.96%) Unified Communications
14 14 (1.83%) iSCSI
14 14 (1.83%) SNMP
15 13 (1.70%) Remote Desktop
16 12 (1.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.05%) DB2
4 6 (0.79%) MySQL
4 6 (0.79%) Power BI
5 3 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.36%) Git
2 12 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.57%) JIRA
3 10 (1.31%) Trac
4 8 (1.05%) eggPlant
5 6 (0.79%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.52%) Hudson
6 4 (0.52%) MSI
7 3 (0.39%) GitLab
7 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.13%) Chocolatey
General
1 206 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 49 (6.41%) Finance
3 48 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (4.06%) Telecoms
5 26 (3.40%) Aerospace
5 26 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (2.75%) Law
7 14 (1.83%) Retail
8 13 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.44%) Back Office
10 9 (1.18%) Marketing
11 8 (1.05%) Advertising
12 7 (0.92%) Games
12 7 (0.92%) Legal
13 6 (0.79%) Aviation
14 5 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.65%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.39%) Banking
Job Titles
1 152 (19.90%) IT Support
2 148 (19.37%) Support Engineer
3 139 (18.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (14.66%) IT Engineer
5 90 (11.78%) IT Support Engineer
6 69 (9.03%) Analyst
7 63 (8.25%) 3rd Line Support
8 62 (8.12%) 2nd Line Support
9 52 (6.81%) Senior
9 52 (6.81%) Systems Engineer
10 47 (6.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 45 (5.89%) 1st Line Support
12 43 (5.63%) IT Technician
13 42 (5.50%) IT Analyst
14 41 (5.37%) Infrastructure Support
14 41 (5.37%) Lead
14 41 (5.37%) Support Technician
15 38 (4.97%) Windows Engineer
16 34 (4.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 34 (4.45%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.96%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.05%) .NET
3 6 (0.79%) .NET Core
3 6 (0.79%) CSS
3 6 (0.79%) HTML
3 6 (0.79%) React
4 5 (0.65%) Blazor
5 4 (0.52%) LAMP
6 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.39%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.39%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.39%) jQuery
6 3 (0.39%) Node.js
6 3 (0.39%) REST
6 3 (0.39%) Sass
6 3 (0.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.39%) Vue
6 3 (0.39%) XML
7 2 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.07%) Data Centre
2 49 (6.41%) PKI
3 32 (4.19%) Driving Licence
4 31 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.66%) Clustering
6 27 (3.53%) CMDB
7 26 (3.40%) Onboarding
8 25 (3.27%) NHS
9 23 (3.01%) Replication
10 22 (2.88%) Client/Server
11 19 (2.49%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.92%) Handset
13 7 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.79%) PMI
14 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.79%) Xbox
15 5 (0.65%) Educational Technology
16 4 (0.52%) CCTV
17 3 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 764 (100.00%) Windows
2 184 (24.08%) Windows 10
3 128 (16.75%) Linux
4 113 (14.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 103 (13.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 80 (10.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (7.33%) Windows 7
8 49 (6.41%) Windows 8
9 21 (2.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 19 (2.49%) CentOS
10 19 (2.49%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.09%) Unix
12 13 (1.70%) Apple iOS
13 12 (1.57%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.44%) Windows NT
15 10 (1.31%) Android
15 10 (1.31%) VMS
16 9 (1.18%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.92%) Mac OS
18 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (24.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 163 (21.34%) ITIL
2 163 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (20.42%) Customer Service
4 97 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
5 82 (10.73%) Agile
6 63 (8.25%) Service Management
7 54 (7.07%) DevOps
7 54 (7.07%) Mentoring
8 48 (6.28%) Configuration Management
9 38 (4.97%) Service Delivery
10 37 (4.84%) Change Control
11 36 (4.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 36 (4.71%) Release Management
12 35 (4.58%) Project Management
13 33 (4.32%) Change Management
13 33 (4.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 28 (3.66%) Incident Management
15 27 (3.53%) Analytics
15 27 (3.53%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 100 (13.09%) SQL
3 31 (4.06%) VB
4 27 (3.53%) Python
5 25 (3.27%) C#
6 20 (2.62%) VBScript
7 14 (1.83%) Bicep
8 11 (1.44%) ActionScript
9 6 (0.79%) Bash
9 6 (0.79%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.52%) Java
10 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 156 (20.42%) Security Cleared
2 126 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 111 (14.53%) DV Cleared
4 104 (13.61%) Degree
5 50 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (3.66%) DBS Check
7 24 (3.14%) CCNA
7 24 (3.14%) MCP
8 19 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 15 (1.96%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.83%) CCNP
12 11 (1.44%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.31%) MCSA
14 7 (0.92%) MCSE
15 6 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.34%) SLA
2 29 (3.80%) GDPR
3 24 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.18%) QA
6 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.39%) GRC
6 3 (0.39%) NIST
6 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 491 (64.27%) Active Directory
2 198 (25.92%) Hyper-V
3 182 (23.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (7.33%) XenApp
5 52 (6.81%) vSphere
6 46 (6.02%) VirtualBox
6 46 (6.02%) VMware ESXi
7 43 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
7 43 (5.63%) XenDesktop
8 25 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (2.62%) Firmware
10 18 (2.36%) Docker
11 11 (1.44%) OpenSSH
12 10 (1.31%) NFS
12 10 (1.31%) pfSense
13 8 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.65%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 112 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (9.55%) SCCM
3 65 (8.51%) vCenter Server
4 59 (7.72%) WSUS
5 51 (6.68%) SCOM
6 35 (4.58%) Kubernetes
7 26 (3.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (2.62%) Ansible
9 18 (2.36%) EMC NetWorker
10 16 (2.09%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (2.09%) SCDPM
11 15 (1.96%) NetBackup
12 14 (1.83%) Terraform
13 12 (1.57%) Grafana
14 11 (1.44%) IBM BigFix
14 11 (1.44%) PowerCLI
14 11 (1.44%) Sysprep
14 11 (1.44%) ZABBIX
15 8 (1.05%) Nessus
16 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 451 (59.03%) Microsoft
2 308 (40.31%) VMware
3 89 (11.65%) Cisco
3 89 (11.65%) Citrix
4 74 (9.69%) Veeam
5 42 (5.50%) Dell
6 29 (3.80%) Sophos
7 26 (3.40%) Juniper
7 26 (3.40%) Palo Alto
8 25 (3.27%) Apple
9 24 (3.14%) Fortinet
10 21 (2.75%) EMC
11 20 (2.62%) Red Hat
12 19 (2.49%) Meraki
13 18 (2.36%) HP
14 17 (2.23%) 3PAR
14 17 (2.23%) Oracle
15 15 (1.96%) Google
16 13 (1.70%) ConnectWise
16 13 (1.70%) IBM