Server Engineer Jobs

Server Engineer
UK

The median Server Engineer salary in the UK is £41,614 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 778 1089
Rank change year-on-year -54 +311 -390
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer 73 168 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.18% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 72 153 143
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,688 £35,000 £33,284
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,614 £52,500 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year -20.74% -2.96% +28.81%
75th Percentile £60,063 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £76,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,500 £40,000 £37,616
% change year-on-year -11.25% +6.34% -5.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Server Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Server Engineer in the UK

Server Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Server Engineer in the UK

Server Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Engineer in the UK

Server Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England -15 73 £41,614 -20.74% 7
UK excluding London -108 51 £35,500 -11.25% 5
South East -25 29 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Work from Home +18 26 £43,227 -17.66% 5
London +85 22 £65,000 +13.04% 3
Midlands -23 10 £43,227 -19.58%
North of England +5 5 £32,000 -20.00% 2
West Midlands -15 5 £43,227 -22.11%
East Midlands -22 5 £40,000 -25.58%
South West -34 5 £37,500 +19.24% 2
Yorkshire +51 2 £30,500 +8.93% 1
East of England -14 2 £34,875 -41.88%
North West -27 2 £40,128 -27.04% 1
North East -14 1 £37,500 +9.73%

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (80.82%) Windows
2 56 (76.71%) Windows Server
3 33 (45.21%) AWS
4 31 (42.47%) Azure
4 31 (42.47%) VMware
4 31 (42.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (39.73%) Microsoft
6 28 (38.36%) Active Directory
7 23 (31.51%) VMware Infrastructure
8 22 (30.14%) PowerShell
9 21 (28.77%) SC Cleared
9 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
10 19 (26.03%) Customer Service
10 19 (26.03%) Data Centre
11 18 (24.66%) SCCM
12 16 (21.92%) Linux
12 16 (21.92%) DevOps
13 15 (20.55%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2016
13 15 (20.55%) ITIL
13 15 (20.55%) Degree
14 13 (17.81%) Windows Server 2019
14 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
14 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (16.44%) vSphere
15 12 (16.44%) Change Management
16 11 (15.07%) vCenter Server
17 10 (13.70%) Line Management
17 10 (13.70%) SQL Server
17 10 (13.70%) Hyper-V

Server Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.21%) AWS
2 31 (42.47%) Azure
3 15 (20.55%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.96%) OCI
5 6 (8.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (8.22%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.85%) GitHub
7 4 (5.48%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.74%) Serverless
9 1 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.37%) GCP
9 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.37%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.59%) Firewall
2 6 (8.22%) DHCP
2 6 (8.22%) DNS
2 6 (8.22%) SAN
2 6 (8.22%) VSAN
3 3 (4.11%) NAS
3 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
3 3 (4.11%) VoIP
3 3 (4.11%) WAN
4 2 (2.74%) Internet
4 2 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.37%) DMZ
5 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) MariaDB
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
3 1 (1.37%) MS Access
3 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Git
1 5 (6.85%) GitLab
General
1 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.70%) Banking
3 6 (8.22%) Finance
4 5 (6.85%) Investment Banking
4 5 (6.85%) Police
5 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.74%) Legal
7 1 (1.37%) Advertising
7 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.03%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.59%) PKI
3 6 (8.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.37%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 59 (80.82%) Windows
2 56 (76.71%) Windows Server
3 16 (21.92%) Linux
4 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (17.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (10.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (10.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (8.22%) Windows 10
8 3 (4.11%) Windows XP
9 2 (2.74%) Debian
10 1 (1.37%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (26.03%) Customer Service
3 16 (21.92%) DevOps
4 15 (20.55%) ITIL
5 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (16.44%) Change Management
7 10 (13.70%) Line Management
8 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
8 9 (12.33%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.96%) Project Delivery
9 8 (10.96%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (9.59%) Converged Infrastructure
10 7 (9.59%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (8.22%) Antivirus Management
11 6 (8.22%) Data Protection
11 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
11 6 (8.22%) Patch Management
11 6 (8.22%) Service Management
11 6 (8.22%) Tech Ops
11 6 (8.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.14%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.59%) Bash
3 5 (6.85%) Korn
3 5 (6.85%) Perl
3 5 (6.85%) Python
3 5 (6.85%) Ruby
4 1 (1.37%) SQL
4 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) SC Cleared
1 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) Degree
3 9 (12.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (10.96%) DV Cleared
4 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (8.22%) AWS Certification
6 5 (6.85%) MCSA
7 4 (5.48%) CCNA
7 4 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.11%) CCNP
8 3 (4.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) SLA
2 1 (1.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (38.36%) Active Directory
2 23 (31.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (16.44%) vSphere
4 10 (13.70%) Hyper-V
5 5 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.74%) Docker
7 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (24.66%) SCCM
2 11 (15.07%) vCenter Server
3 9 (12.33%) WSUS
4 8 (10.96%) Ansible
5 5 (6.85%) Puppet
5 5 (6.85%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (5.48%) SCOM
7 3 (4.11%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (4.11%) NetBackup
8 2 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
9 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (42.47%) VMware
2 29 (39.73%) Microsoft
3 9 (12.33%) Dell
4 8 (10.96%) Oracle
5 7 (9.59%) Cisco
5 7 (9.59%) HP
6 6 (8.22%) Sophos
7 5 (6.85%) Red Hat
7 5 (6.85%) Sun
7 5 (6.85%) TOWER Software
8 4 (5.48%) Juniper
8 4 (5.48%) Veeam
9 3 (4.11%) 3PAR
9 3 (4.11%) EMC
9 3 (4.11%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (4.11%) NetApp
9 3 (4.11%) Palo Alto
9 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
9 3 (4.11%) Symantec
10 2 (2.74%) Citrix