Windows Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 83 79
Rank change year-on-year +16 -4 -25
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2,761 2,127 2,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.49% 3.82% 3.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.22% 22.54% 19.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,390 1,673 2,605
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,875 £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 £58,025 £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 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,946 9,435 15,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.85% 16.95% 19.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,199 5,948 9,262
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 £60,000 £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 9 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 9 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 +26 763 £39,500 +8.22% 146
North of England +14 603 £37,500 -11.76% 125
Midlands +32 558 £37,500 -2.60% 88
West Midlands +26 313 £35,000 -9.68% 47
South West +4 305 £37,500 -6.25% 70
East of England +16 303 £32,500 -13.33% 50
Yorkshire +55 274 £37,500 +4.17% 43
East Midlands +33 241 £40,000 +6.67% 41
North West -39 225 £42,500 -10.53% 66
Scotland -40 149 £42,500 -5.56% 34
North East +22 104 £35,000 -21.35% 17
Wales +38 65 £34,000 -2.86% 15
Isle of Man -2 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -9 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
1 614 (22.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 411 (14.89%) SharePoint
3 76 (2.75%) IIS
4 20 (0.72%) Confluence
5 18 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
6 16 (0.58%) CMS
7 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.33%) 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 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.33%) 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%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,666 (60.34%) Microsoft 365
2 1,320 (47.81%) Azure
3 476 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 307 (11.12%) AWS
5 215 (7.79%) OneDrive
6 78 (2.83%) SaaS
7 72 (2.61%) IaaS
8 69 (2.50%) GCP
9 57 (2.06%) Mimecast
10 47 (1.70%) Power Platform
11 45 (1.63%) PaaS
12 40 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
13 39 (1.41%) Google Workspace
14 35 (1.27%) Nutanix
15 32 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
16 27 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
18 24 (0.87%) GitHub
19 20 (0.72%) Azure Storage
19 20 (0.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 856 (31.00%) Firewall
2 675 (24.45%) DNS
3 564 (20.43%) DHCP
4 346 (12.53%) WAN
5 336 (12.17%) TCP/IP
6 312 (11.30%) VPN
7 303 (10.97%) LAN
8 258 (9.34%) SAN
9 210 (7.61%) Wi-Fi
10 182 (6.59%) VLAN
11 180 (6.52%) VoIP
12 148 (5.36%) Wireless
13 100 (3.62%) NAS
14 78 (2.83%) Internet
15 67 (2.43%) Remote Desktop
16 56 (2.03%) Network Security
17 53 (1.92%) SD-WAN
18 34 (1.23%) WLAN
19 33 (1.20%) MPLS
20 31 (1.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (10.79%) SQL Server
2 64 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (1.48%) MySQL
4 32 (1.16%) DB2
4 32 (1.16%) Power BI
5 12 (0.43%) MariaDB
5 12 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 12 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.22%) Big Data
7 6 (0.22%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.22%) Redis
7 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.14%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.14%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.14%) UniData
10 3 (0.11%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 44 (1.59%) JIRA
2 25 (0.91%) Git
3 19 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 9 (0.33%) 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
1 857 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 217 (7.86%) Finance
3 189 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (4.02%) Law
5 108 (3.91%) Telecoms
6 100 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 86 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 85 (3.08%) Retail
9 66 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 59 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (2.03%) Public Sector
12 51 (1.85%) Legal
13 44 (1.59%) Aerospace
14 38 (1.38%) Marketing
15 27 (0.98%) Automotive
16 20 (0.72%) Advertising
16 20 (0.72%) Games
17 19 (0.69%) Electronics
18 18 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
19 16 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 584 (21.15%) IT Support
2 540 (19.56%) Support Engineer
3 504 (18.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 496 (17.96%) IT Engineer
5 316 (11.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 291 (10.54%) Analyst
7 272 (9.85%) Senior
8 218 (7.90%) IT Technician
9 213 (7.71%) 2nd Line Support
10 154 (5.58%) Support Technician
11 153 (5.54%) 3rd Line Support
12 152 (5.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 135 (4.89%) Lead
14 127 (4.60%) IT Support Technician
15 119 (4.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 119 (4.31%) IT Analyst
16 111 (4.02%) IT Manager
17 107 (3.88%) Support Analyst
18 105 (3.80%) Administrator
19 104 (3.77%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.05%) .NET
2 22 (0.80%) 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 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 9 (0.33%) 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
1 206 (7.46%) Data Centre
2 198 (7.17%) Driving Licence
3 117 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (4.09%) Replication
5 104 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 89 (3.22%) PKI
7 88 (3.19%) Clustering
8 59 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 49 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 34 (1.23%) Operational Technology
12 27 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (0.94%) CMDB
13 26 (0.94%) NHS
14 19 (0.69%) SCADA
15 17 (0.62%) Cyberattack
16 15 (0.54%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.54%) iPad
16 15 (0.54%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.54%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2,759 (99.93%) Windows
2 534 (19.34%) Windows 10
3 477 (17.28%) Linux
4 383 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 363 (13.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 314 (11.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 110 (3.98%) Windows 7
8 76 (2.75%) Windows Server 2008
9 75 (2.72%) Windows 8
10 60 (2.17%) Mac OS
11 58 (2.10%) Android
11 58 (2.10%) Apple iOS
12 48 (1.74%) Unix
13 41 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 40 (1.45%) CentOS
15 37 (1.34%) Ubuntu
16 28 (1.01%) VMS
16 28 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
17 20 (0.72%) Windows XP
18 17 (0.62%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (23.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 567 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
3 530 (19.20%) ITIL
4 480 (17.39%) Customer Service
5 319 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
6 182 (6.59%) Mentoring
7 179 (6.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 145 (5.25%) DevOps
9 141 (5.11%) Agile
10 139 (5.03%) Project Management
11 135 (4.89%) Service Management
12 127 (4.60%) Migration
12 127 (4.60%) Project Delivery
13 121 (4.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (4.27%) Service Delivery
15 109 (3.95%) Server Management
16 107 (3.88%) Time Management
17 100 (3.62%) Incident Management
18 92 (3.33%) Change Management
19 85 (3.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 433 (15.68%) PowerShell
2 295 (10.68%) SQL
3 84 (3.04%) Python
4 51 (1.85%) C#
5 46 (1.67%) VB
6 43 (1.56%) Bash
7 42 (1.52%) VBScript
8 29 (1.05%) Java
9 25 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 21 (0.76%) Bicep
11 14 (0.51%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.40%) C++
12 11 (0.40%) Delphi
13 9 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.25%) PHP
14 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.18%) VBA
17 3 (0.11%) R
18 2 (0.072%) Go
Qualifications
1 355 (12.86%) Degree
2 315 (11.41%) Security Cleared
3 227 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 224 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 176 (6.37%) DV Cleared
6 137 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
7 128 (4.64%) CCNA
8 93 (3.37%) DBS Check
9 74 (2.68%) MCSE
10 64 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 51 (1.85%) MCSA
12 50 (1.81%) A+ Certification
13 39 (1.41%) Azure Certification
14 37 (1.34%) MCP
15 33 (1.20%) CCNP
16 29 (1.05%) AWS Certification
17 27 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 27 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
18 26 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 25 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (8.37%) SLA
2 75 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 63 (2.28%) GDPR
4 43 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.58%) NIST
6 15 (0.54%) QA
7 12 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.40%) ITGC
8 11 (0.40%) PMO
9 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.11%) GRC
12 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.11%) NCSC
13 2 (0.072%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.036%) GxP
14 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,715 (62.12%) Active Directory
2 763 (27.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 736 (26.66%) Hyper-V
4 173 (6.27%) VMware ESXi
5 165 (5.98%) vSphere
6 120 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
7 76 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 72 (2.61%) XenApp
9 62 (2.25%) XenDesktop
10 54 (1.96%) Docker
11 41 (1.48%) VirtualBox
12 34 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
13 28 (1.01%) Firmware
13 28 (1.01%) Terminal Services
14 20 (0.72%) VMware NSX
15 19 (0.69%) pfSense
16 17 (0.62%) NFS
17 14 (0.51%) OpenSSH
17 14 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 410 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 267 (9.67%) SCCM
3 122 (4.42%) vCenter Server
4 108 (3.91%) WSUS
5 95 (3.44%) SCOM
6 71 (2.57%) Kubernetes
7 62 (2.25%) Ansible
8 60 (2.17%) Terraform
9 47 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 32 (1.16%) FortiGate
11 30 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
12 27 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
13 25 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 24 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
14 24 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
15 23 (0.83%) Grafana
16 21 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
17 20 (0.72%) Autotask
17 20 (0.72%) ZABBIX
18 16 (0.58%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,653 (59.87%) Microsoft
2 1,196 (43.32%) VMware
3 336 (12.17%) Cisco
4 267 (9.67%) Citrix
5 252 (9.13%) Veeam
6 139 (5.03%) HP
7 124 (4.49%) Dell
8 103 (3.73%) Apple
9 100 (3.62%) Sophos
10 92 (3.33%) Meraki
11 75 (2.72%) Google
12 63 (2.28%) Red Hat
13 57 (2.06%) Aruba
14 55 (1.99%) NetApp
15 54 (1.96%) Oracle
16 47 (1.70%) Fortinet
17 42 (1.52%) EMC
18 41 (1.48%) Datto
18 41 (1.48%) IBM
19 39 (1.41%) SolarWinds