Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 85 78
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 -22
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,770 2,106 2,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.46% 3.81% 3.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.14% 22.50% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 1,661 2,594
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,027 £65,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11,018 9,360 15,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.75% 16.94% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,240 5,927 9,227
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 £60,052 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £73,750
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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +24 763 £39,000 +6.85% 151
North of England +11 599 £37,500 -11.76% 123
Midlands +34 565 £36,500 -5.81% 91
West Midlands +27 318 £35,000 -9.68% 49
South West +3 309 £37,500 -6.25% 70
East of England +17 302 £32,500 -13.33% 51
Yorkshire +55 272 £37,500 +4.17% 46
East Midlands +30 243 £40,000 +6.67% 42
North West -43 225 £42,500 -10.53% 63
Scotland -39 152 £42,500 -5.56% 36
North East +22 102 £35,000 -21.35% 15
Wales +39 65 £34,000 -2.86% 14
Isle of Man -2 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -7 4 £34,628 -4.48% 3
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
1 619 (22.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 416 (15.02%) SharePoint
3 76 (2.74%) IIS
4 20 (0.72%) Confluence
5 19 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
6 16 (0.58%) CMS
7 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
9 8 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
9 8 (0.29%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 7 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.22%) WordPress
12 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.14%) Apache
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.14%) TWiki
14 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 337 (12.17%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.072%) CATIA
7 2 (0.072%) NASTRAN
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 (0.072%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.036%) Magento
5 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.036%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,675 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
2 1,332 (48.09%) Azure
3 478 (17.26%) Entra ID
4 311 (11.23%) AWS
5 216 (7.80%) OneDrive
6 75 (2.71%) IaaS
6 75 (2.71%) SaaS
7 69 (2.49%) GCP
8 59 (2.13%) Mimecast
9 47 (1.70%) PaaS
9 47 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 42 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
11 38 (1.37%) Google Workspace
12 35 (1.26%) Nutanix
13 33 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 28 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
15 26 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (0.87%) GitHub
17 21 (0.76%) Azure Storage
18 20 (0.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 865 (31.23%) Firewall
2 679 (24.51%) DNS
3 567 (20.47%) DHCP
4 349 (12.60%) WAN
5 342 (12.35%) TCP/IP
6 314 (11.34%) VPN
7 306 (11.05%) LAN
8 254 (9.17%) SAN
9 214 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
10 185 (6.68%) VLAN
11 182 (6.57%) VoIP
12 150 (5.42%) Wireless
13 100 (3.61%) NAS
14 81 (2.92%) Internet
15 67 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
16 57 (2.06%) Network Security
17 53 (1.91%) SD-WAN
18 34 (1.23%) WLAN
19 33 (1.19%) MPLS
20 32 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 297 (10.72%) SQL Server
2 63 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (1.48%) MySQL
4 32 (1.16%) DB2
4 32 (1.16%) Power BI
5 13 (0.47%) MariaDB
6 12 (0.43%) Oracle Database
6 12 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.22%) Big Data
8 6 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.22%) Redis
8 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.14%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.14%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.14%) UniData
11 3 (0.11%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 45 (1.62%) JIRA
2 25 (0.90%) Git
3 19 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 9 (0.32%) 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%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.14%) Hudson
8 4 (0.14%) MSI
8 4 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.036%) GoCD
10 1 (0.036%) Log4Net
General
1 862 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 220 (7.94%) Finance
3 190 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (4.01%) Law
5 109 (3.94%) Telecoms
6 101 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
7 87 (3.14%) Manufacturing
8 86 (3.10%) Retail
9 67 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
10 61 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (2.02%) Public Sector
12 51 (1.84%) Legal
13 44 (1.59%) Aerospace
14 38 (1.37%) Marketing
15 28 (1.01%) Automotive
16 21 (0.76%) Advertising
17 19 (0.69%) Electronics
17 19 (0.69%) Games
17 19 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 590 (21.30%) IT Support
2 547 (19.75%) Support Engineer
3 501 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 500 (18.05%) IT Engineer
5 319 (11.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 291 (10.51%) Analyst
7 264 (9.53%) Senior
8 218 (7.87%) IT Technician
9 216 (7.80%) 2nd Line Support
10 155 (5.60%) Support Technician
11 154 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
12 152 (5.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 136 (4.91%) Lead
14 127 (4.58%) IT Support Technician
15 122 (4.40%) IT Analyst
16 121 (4.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 110 (3.97%) IT Manager
18 109 (3.94%) Support Analyst
19 104 (3.75%) Technical Support
20 103 (3.72%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.05%) .NET
2 23 (0.83%) ARM Templates
3 19 (0.69%) HTML
4 12 (0.43%) .NET Core
5 11 (0.40%) REST
6 10 (0.36%) JSON
7 9 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 9 (0.32%) React
8 8 (0.29%) CSS
8 8 (0.29%) LDAP
9 7 (0.25%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.22%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.22%) jQuery
10 6 (0.22%) LAMP
10 6 (0.22%) Web Services
11 5 (0.18%) Blazor
11 5 (0.18%) Middleware
11 5 (0.18%) Node.js
11 5 (0.18%) XML
12 3 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 201 (7.26%) Data Centre
2 197 (7.11%) Driving Licence
3 115 (4.15%) Replication
3 115 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 103 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 91 (3.29%) PKI
6 88 (3.18%) Clustering
7 56 (2.02%) Onboarding
8 50 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 35 (1.26%) Client/Server
10 34 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 27 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (0.94%) CMDB
12 26 (0.94%) NHS
13 19 (0.69%) SCADA
14 17 (0.61%) Cyberattack
15 16 (0.58%) Fat Client
15 16 (0.58%) Thin Client
16 15 (0.54%) iPad
16 15 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,768 (99.93%) Windows
2 534 (19.28%) Windows 10
3 481 (17.36%) Linux
4 381 (13.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 358 (12.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 309 (11.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 110 (3.97%) Windows 7
8 76 (2.74%) Windows Server 2008
9 74 (2.67%) Windows 8
10 62 (2.24%) Mac OS
11 58 (2.09%) Android
11 58 (2.09%) Apple iOS
12 48 (1.73%) Unix
13 41 (1.48%) CentOS
14 40 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 39 (1.41%) Ubuntu
16 28 (1.01%) VMS
17 26 (0.94%) Windows Server 2003
18 19 (0.69%) Windows XP
19 15 (0.54%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (23.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 569 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
3 525 (18.95%) ITIL
4 483 (17.44%) Customer Service
5 312 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
6 182 (6.57%) Mentoring
7 177 (6.39%) Disaster Recovery
8 147 (5.31%) DevOps
9 142 (5.13%) Agile
10 139 (5.02%) Project Management
11 137 (4.95%) Service Management
12 127 (4.58%) Project Delivery
13 126 (4.55%) Migration
14 120 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 119 (4.30%) Service Delivery
16 109 (3.94%) Time Management
17 108 (3.90%) Server Management
18 98 (3.54%) Incident Management
19 90 (3.25%) Change Management
20 84 (3.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 431 (15.56%) PowerShell
2 294 (10.61%) SQL
3 85 (3.07%) Python
4 52 (1.88%) C#
5 47 (1.70%) VB
6 43 (1.55%) Bash
6 43 (1.55%) VBScript
7 29 (1.05%) Java
8 25 (0.90%) JavaScript
9 22 (0.79%) Bicep
10 14 (0.51%) ActionScript
11 13 (0.47%) C++
12 11 (0.40%) Delphi
13 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.25%) PHP
14 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.18%) VBA
16 3 (0.11%) R
17 2 (0.072%) Go
Qualifications
1 357 (12.89%) Degree
2 310 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 221 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 221 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 175 (6.32%) DV Cleared
5 136 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
6 127 (4.58%) CCNA
7 96 (3.47%) DBS Check
8 74 (2.67%) MCSE
9 64 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 50 (1.81%) A+ Certification
10 50 (1.81%) MCSA
11 38 (1.37%) Azure Certification
12 37 (1.34%) MCP
13 33 (1.19%) CCNP
14 28 (1.01%) AWS Certification
15 27 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 27 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
16 26 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 25 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (8.27%) SLA
2 78 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 63 (2.27%) GDPR
4 44 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.61%) NIST
6 16 (0.58%) QA
7 12 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.40%) ITGC
8 11 (0.40%) PMO
9 10 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.11%) GRC
11 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.11%) NCSC
12 2 (0.072%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.036%) GxP
13 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,716 (61.95%) Active Directory
2 759 (27.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 735 (26.53%) Hyper-V
4 173 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
5 170 (6.14%) vSphere
6 120 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
7 77 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 73 (2.64%) XenApp
9 63 (2.27%) XenDesktop
10 55 (1.99%) Docker
11 41 (1.48%) VirtualBox
12 36 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
13 29 (1.05%) Terminal Services
14 27 (0.97%) Firmware
15 20 (0.72%) pfSense
15 20 (0.72%) VMware NSX
16 18 (0.65%) NFS
17 14 (0.51%) OpenSSH
17 14 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 412 (14.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 265 (9.57%) SCCM
3 122 (4.40%) vCenter Server
4 107 (3.86%) WSUS
5 93 (3.36%) SCOM
6 73 (2.64%) Kubernetes
7 63 (2.27%) Ansible
8 62 (2.24%) Terraform
9 50 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 31 (1.12%) FortiGate
11 29 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
12 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
13 25 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
14 24 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
14 24 (0.87%) Grafana
14 24 (0.87%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 21 (0.76%) Autotask
15 21 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
16 20 (0.72%) ZABBIX
17 17 (0.61%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,656 (59.78%) Microsoft
2 1,195 (43.14%) VMware
3 337 (12.17%) Cisco
4 265 (9.57%) Citrix
5 254 (9.17%) Veeam
6 137 (4.95%) HP
7 123 (4.44%) Dell
8 101 (3.65%) Apple
8 101 (3.65%) Sophos
9 92 (3.32%) Meraki
10 74 (2.67%) Google
11 61 (2.20%) Red Hat
12 57 (2.06%) Aruba
13 54 (1.95%) Oracle
14 53 (1.91%) NetApp
15 49 (1.77%) Fortinet
16 43 (1.55%) EMC
17 42 (1.52%) IBM
18 41 (1.48%) Datto
19 40 (1.44%) SolarWinds