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 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 75 103 145
Rank change year-on-year +28 +42 -69
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,402 3,278 4,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.40% 3.30% 2.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.37% 20.50% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,992 2,644 3,900
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,206 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

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 13,959 15,993 30,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.97% 16.08% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,719 10,770 16,579
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 20 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 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 +35 3,136 £41,206 -8.43% 668
UK excluding London +22 2,725 £37,500 -6.25% 565
Work from Home +44 1,088 £45,000 -10.00% 201
South East +27 761 £39,000 +8.33% 152
London +18 622 £55,001 +0.00% 144
North of England +19 604 £37,500 -11.76% 126
Midlands +42 534 £37,500 -2.60% 108
South West +14 310 £38,750 -3.13% 73
West Midlands +35 302 £35,000 -9.68% 64
East of England +21 293 £32,500 -16.91% 70
Yorkshire +62 279 £37,500 - 59
East Midlands +37 227 £40,000 +6.67% 44
North West -44 218 £43,500 -3.33% 57
Scotland -38 147 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North East +25 107 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Wales +30 59 £34,000 -6.21% 12
Isle of Man -5 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland +9 6 £37,314 +6.61% 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
1 800 (23.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 534 (15.70%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.12%) IIS
4 32 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
5 22 (0.65%) Confluence
6 21 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 16 (0.47%) CMS
8 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
9 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.32%) WordPress
10 9 (0.26%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 7 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 6 (0.18%) Apache
14 5 (0.15%) SAS
14 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 400 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.088%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.088%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.088%) SPSS
6 2 (0.059%) CATIA
6 2 (0.059%) NASTRAN
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%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.088%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.088%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.088%) Shopify
5 2 (0.059%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.059%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.059%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.059%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.029%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.029%) Magento
6 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.029%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,960 (57.61%) Microsoft 365
2 1,657 (48.71%) Azure
3 606 (17.81%) Entra ID
4 393 (11.55%) AWS
5 266 (7.82%) OneDrive
6 103 (3.03%) SaaS
7 100 (2.94%) IaaS
8 85 (2.50%) GCP
9 68 (2.00%) Google Workspace
9 68 (2.00%) Mimecast
10 67 (1.97%) Power Platform
11 59 (1.73%) Nutanix
12 57 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 57 (1.68%) PaaS
13 55 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
14 48 (1.41%) GitHub
15 32 (0.94%) WhatsApp
16 30 (0.88%) Azure Storage
17 29 (0.85%) Power Automate
18 28 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1,012 (29.75%) Firewall
2 844 (24.81%) DNS
3 674 (19.81%) DHCP
4 414 (12.17%) WAN
5 386 (11.35%) TCP/IP
6 383 (11.26%) VPN
7 382 (11.23%) LAN
8 335 (9.85%) SAN
9 242 (7.11%) Wi-Fi
10 222 (6.53%) VLAN
11 193 (5.67%) Wireless
12 185 (5.44%) VoIP
13 130 (3.82%) NAS
14 86 (2.53%) Internet
15 82 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
16 72 (2.12%) SD-WAN
17 71 (2.09%) Network Security
18 40 (1.18%) MPLS
19 37 (1.09%) WLAN
20 33 (0.97%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 67 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (1.38%) Power BI
4 39 (1.15%) MySQL
5 36 (1.06%) DB2
6 21 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.38%) Big Data
11 11 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.32%) MariaDB
12 9 (0.26%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.24%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.21%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
15 5 (0.15%) Redis
16 4 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (1.97%) JIRA
2 59 (1.73%) Git
3 34 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.73%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.24%) eggPlant
8 7 (0.21%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.21%) Snyk
8 7 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
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 1,029 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 349 (10.26%) Finance
3 262 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (4.59%) Law
5 131 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 109 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
7 97 (2.85%) Retail
8 93 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 81 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 81 (2.38%) Legal
10 79 (2.32%) Public Sector
11 67 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 53 (1.56%) Banking
13 47 (1.38%) Marketing
14 41 (1.21%) Aerospace
15 39 (1.15%) Games
16 29 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (0.79%) Automotive
18 22 (0.65%) Advertising
18 22 (0.65%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 635 (18.67%) IT Support
2 624 (18.34%) Support Engineer
3 606 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 575 (16.90%) IT Engineer
5 396 (11.64%) Senior
6 378 (11.11%) Analyst
7 350 (10.29%) IT Support Engineer
8 242 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support
9 223 (6.55%) IT Technician
10 163 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support
10 163 (4.79%) Lead
11 158 (4.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 157 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 152 (4.47%) Support Technician
14 138 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
15 137 (4.03%) IT Manager
16 132 (3.88%) Support Analyst
17 131 (3.85%) Administrator
18 130 (3.82%) IT Support Technician
19 129 (3.79%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.23%) .NET
2 39 (1.15%) ARM Templates
3 23 (0.68%) LDAP
4 22 (0.65%) HTML
5 19 (0.56%) REST
6 15 (0.44%) 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 10 (0.29%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.26%) Web Services
11 9 (0.26%) XML
12 8 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (0.21%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.21%) ADSI
14 6 (0.18%) jQuery
14 6 (0.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 242 (7.11%) Data Centre
2 202 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 155 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
4 151 (4.44%) Replication
5 138 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 114 (3.35%) Clustering
7 91 (2.67%) PKI
8 80 (2.35%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.91%) Public Cloud
10 37 (1.09%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.03%) Operational Technology
11 35 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
12 30 (0.88%) CMDB
13 28 (0.82%) NHS
14 27 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (0.71%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.65%) iPad
17 21 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.56%) SCADA
18 19 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,401 (99.97%) Windows
2 613 (18.02%) Windows 10
3 600 (17.64%) Linux
4 431 (12.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 396 (11.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 380 (11.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 122 (3.59%) Windows 7
8 111 (3.26%) Windows Server 2008
9 83 (2.44%) Windows 8
10 81 (2.38%) Mac OS
10 81 (2.38%) Unix
11 78 (2.29%) Apple iOS
12 75 (2.20%) Android
13 64 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 52 (1.53%) Ubuntu
15 45 (1.32%) CentOS
16 38 (1.12%) VMS
17 35 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
18 25 (0.73%) Mac OS X
19 23 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 693 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
3 608 (17.87%) ITIL
4 531 (15.61%) Customer Service
5 424 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
6 256 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 219 (6.44%) Mentoring
8 211 (6.20%) DevOps
9 195 (5.73%) Migration
10 191 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 184 (5.41%) Project Delivery
12 174 (5.11%) Agile
13 173 (5.09%) Project Management
14 150 (4.41%) Service Management
15 142 (4.17%) Server Management
16 137 (4.03%) Change Management
17 134 (3.94%) Service Delivery
18 126 (3.70%) Time Management
19 121 (3.56%) Incident Management
20 116 (3.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 649 (19.08%) PowerShell
2 426 (12.52%) SQL
3 136 (4.00%) Python
4 94 (2.76%) Bash
5 74 (2.18%) C#
6 40 (1.18%) VB
6 40 (1.18%) VBScript
7 38 (1.12%) Java
8 32 (0.94%) JavaScript
9 25 (0.73%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.47%) Bicep
11 14 (0.41%) C++
12 11 (0.32%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.32%) Delphi
12 11 (0.32%) Perl
13 10 (0.29%) Korn
14 8 (0.24%) Ruby
14 8 (0.24%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.21%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 437 (12.85%) Degree
2 371 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 293 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 271 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 209 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 152 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 139 (4.09%) CCNA
8 122 (3.59%) MCSE
9 97 (2.85%) DBS Check
10 92 (2.70%) MCSA
11 81 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 65 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 54 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 50 (1.47%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.18%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.12%) MCP
17 36 (1.06%) CCNP
18 34 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
19 27 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (7.50%) SLA
2 101 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 79 (2.32%) GDPR
4 68 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.76%) NIST
5 26 (0.76%) PMO
6 20 (0.59%) QA
7 19 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.56%) ITGC
8 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.15%) NCSC
13 4 (0.12%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.088%) GRC
14 3 (0.088%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.059%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.029%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,121 (62.35%) Active Directory
2 967 (28.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 823 (24.19%) Hyper-V
4 223 (6.55%) VMware ESXi
5 199 (5.85%) vSphere
6 135 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 86 (2.53%) XenApp
8 80 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 77 (2.26%) XenDesktop
10 66 (1.94%) Docker
11 56 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
12 46 (1.35%) VirtualBox
13 33 (0.97%) Firmware
13 33 (0.97%) Terminal Services
14 22 (0.65%) VMware NSX
15 18 (0.53%) pfSense
16 16 (0.47%) NFS
17 13 (0.38%) VMware Server
18 12 (0.35%) vCloud
19 11 (0.32%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 505 (14.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 343 (10.08%) SCCM
3 164 (4.82%) vCenter Server
4 113 (3.32%) WSUS
5 102 (3.00%) SCOM
6 99 (2.91%) Ansible
7 97 (2.85%) Terraform
8 87 (2.56%) Kubernetes
9 70 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
10 54 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 50 (1.47%) Microsoft Clustering
12 43 (1.26%) FortiGate
13 33 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
14 30 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
15 27 (0.79%) Grafana
16 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 25 (0.73%) NetBackup
18 24 (0.71%) Nagios
18 24 (0.71%) ZABBIX
19 23 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 2,021 (59.41%) Microsoft
2 1,498 (44.03%) VMware
3 443 (13.02%) Cisco
4 347 (10.20%) Citrix
5 312 (9.17%) Veeam
6 194 (5.70%) HP
7 136 (4.00%) Dell
8 132 (3.88%) Apple
9 114 (3.35%) Google
10 113 (3.32%) Meraki
11 98 (2.88%) Sophos
12 84 (2.47%) NetApp
13 82 (2.41%) Red Hat
14 71 (2.09%) Oracle
15 68 (2.00%) Commvault
16 66 (1.94%) ServiceNow
17 60 (1.76%) Aruba
18 58 (1.70%) Juniper
18 58 (1.70%) SolarWinds
19 55 (1.62%) Fortinet