Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2019 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 436 625
Rank change year-on-year +2 +189 -153
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 565 707 805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.71% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.04% 4.44% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 496 546 601
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,625 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,625 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,500 £33,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +17.91% -14.10% -2.50%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2019 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 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
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 2019
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +23 540 £42,500 +3.03% 115
UK excluding London -36 477 £39,500 +17.91% 94
Work from Home +50 176 £45,000 +5.88% 42
South East -31 141 £51,350 +63.02% 29
North of England +26 99 £36,250 -19.44% 20
Midlands +10 88 £32,000 -1.54% 16
South West -15 83 £38,125 -4.69% 14
London +22 79 £48,750 -12.16% 23
Yorkshire +92 59 £36,250 +12.58% 12
East of England +23 51 £32,500 +14.04% 17
West Midlands +7 48 £34,500 +6.15% 9
East Midlands +16 39 £32,000 -24.71% 7
North West -37 29 £45,000 - 7
North East -2 11 £27,500 -54.17% 1
Wales 0 7 £25,000 -9.09%
Scotland -74 7 £36,000 -10.00% 1
Northern Ireland +13 2 £40,000 +23.08%

Windows Server 2019
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
1 132 (23.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (16.28%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.89%) IIS
4 13 (2.30%) Confluence
5 9 (1.59%) WordPress
6 6 (1.06%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 87 (15.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 318 (56.28%) Microsoft 365
2 268 (47.43%) Azure
3 103 (18.23%) Entra ID
4 54 (9.56%) OneDrive
5 48 (8.50%) AWS
6 32 (5.66%) Mimecast
7 26 (4.60%) SaaS
8 21 (3.72%) IaaS
9 20 (3.54%) Nutanix
10 18 (3.19%) Azure Storage
11 17 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.65%) Google Workspace
13 14 (2.48%) PaaS
14 12 (2.12%) OCI
15 11 (1.95%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (1.06%) OpenShift
17 6 (1.06%) PowerApps
18 5 (0.88%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 201 (35.58%) DNS
2 184 (32.57%) Firewall
3 175 (30.97%) DHCP
4 93 (16.46%) TCP/IP
5 82 (14.51%) VPN
6 79 (13.98%) WAN
7 76 (13.45%) LAN
8 62 (10.97%) SAN
9 59 (10.44%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (10.09%) VLAN
11 53 (9.38%) Wireless
12 29 (5.13%) VoIP
13 20 (3.54%) Remote Desktop
14 19 (3.36%) Internet
15 17 (3.01%) Network Security
16 14 (2.48%) NAS
17 13 (2.30%) Fibre Channel
17 13 (2.30%) SD-WAN
18 12 (2.12%) iSCSI
19 11 (1.95%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (14.51%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.66%) MongoDB
3 30 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (3.19%) MySQL
5 9 (1.59%) DB2
6 8 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.06%) InfluxDB
7 6 (1.06%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.06%) Power BI
7 6 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.71%) UniData
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.83%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.06%) Robot Framework
3 6 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.88%) Git
5 4 (0.71%) MSI
6 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 208 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 79 (13.98%) Finance
3 33 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.72%) Retail
5 19 (3.36%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.01%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.30%) Automotive
10 13 (2.30%) Back Office
10 13 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.06%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.06%) Aviation
12 5 (0.88%) Banking
12 5 (0.88%) Games
13 4 (0.71%) Law
14 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Legal
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 118 (20.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 105 (18.58%) IT Engineer
3 103 (18.23%) IT Support
4 82 (14.51%) Support Engineer
5 71 (12.57%) Senior
6 69 (12.21%) Analyst
7 67 (11.86%) Administrator
8 57 (10.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 38 (6.73%) 2nd Line Support
10 35 (6.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 32 (5.66%) DBA
12 31 (5.49%) Lead
13 29 (5.13%) DV Cleared DBA
13 29 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
13 29 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
14 27 (4.78%) Service Analyst
15 26 (4.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.42%) Support Analyst
17 24 (4.25%) Team Leader
18 23 (4.07%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.19%) ARM Templates
2 14 (2.48%) .NET
3 13 (2.30%) WPF
4 9 (1.59%) LAMP
5 7 (1.24%) LDAP
6 3 (0.53%) SAML
6 3 (0.53%) YAML
7 2 (0.35%) HTML
7 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.35%) WSH
7 2 (0.35%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.18%) Kafka
8 1 (0.18%) Middleware
8 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.73%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 36 (6.37%) PKI
4 33 (5.84%) Replication
5 26 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.01%) Clustering
7 17 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.12%) CCTV
9 11 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.42%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.06%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.06%) EMC VNX
12 6 (1.06%) Handset
12 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) iPad
12 6 (1.06%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) Xbox
Operating Systems
1 536 (94.87%) Windows
2 414 (73.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 396 (70.09%) Windows Server
4 241 (42.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 229 (40.53%) Windows 10
6 117 (20.71%) Linux
7 42 (7.43%) CentOS
8 37 (6.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 34 (6.02%) Windows 7
10 30 (5.31%) Apple iOS
11 16 (2.83%) Mac OS
11 16 (2.83%) Windows Server 2003
11 16 (2.83%) Windows XP
12 15 (2.65%) Windows NT
13 14 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (2.30%) Ubuntu
14 13 (2.30%) VMS
15 11 (1.95%) Android
16 8 (1.42%) Unix
17 7 (1.24%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (27.43%) ITIL
2 144 (25.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 135 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (19.12%) Customer Service
5 71 (12.57%) Mentoring
6 63 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (10.09%) Disaster Recovery
8 54 (9.56%) Service Management
9 51 (9.03%) Performance Monitoring
10 49 (8.67%) Time Management
11 48 (8.50%) Project Management
12 47 (8.32%) Change Management
13 44 (7.79%) Storage Management
14 38 (6.73%) Agile
15 37 (6.55%) User Experience
16 36 (6.37%) Server Management
16 36 (6.37%) Service Delivery
17 33 (5.84%) Line Management
18 32 (5.66%) Capacity Management
18 32 (5.66%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 192 (33.98%) PowerShell
2 78 (13.81%) SQL
3 43 (7.61%) Bash
4 29 (5.13%) C#
5 19 (3.36%) VB
6 16 (2.83%) Python
6 16 (2.83%) VBScript
7 14 (2.48%) Bicep
8 6 (1.06%) Perl
9 2 (0.35%) Java
9 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.35%) PHP
9 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) C
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) Go
10 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 121 (21.42%) Security Cleared
2 119 (21.06%) Degree
3 77 (13.63%) DV Cleared
4 50 (8.85%) SC Cleared
5 45 (7.96%) DBS Check
6 36 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (4.07%) CCNP
9 21 (3.72%) CCNA
10 19 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.19%) HNC
12 16 (2.83%) MCSE
13 14 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (1.95%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.95%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.95%) MCSA
14 11 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
15 9 (1.59%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.38%) SLA
2 21 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.59%) GDPR
5 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.71%) NIST
6 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) PMO
8 2 (0.35%) NCSC
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.18%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 363 (64.25%) Active Directory
2 184 (32.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 151 (26.73%) Hyper-V
4 48 (8.50%) vSphere
5 47 (8.32%) VMware ESXi
6 43 (7.61%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (5.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (3.01%) Firmware
9 6 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (1.06%) Docker
9 6 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.88%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.71%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.53%) NFS
13 2 (0.35%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 119 (21.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (18.94%) SCCM
3 68 (12.04%) WSUS
4 41 (7.26%) vCenter Server
5 36 (6.37%) SCOM
6 23 (4.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (3.89%) Ansible
8 20 (3.54%) Kubernetes
9 19 (3.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (3.36%) Terraform
10 18 (3.19%) NetBackup
11 13 (2.30%) Failover Clustering
11 13 (2.30%) McAfee ePO
12 11 (1.95%) Sysprep
13 10 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (1.59%) Autotask
15 8 (1.42%) SCVMM
15 8 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (1.24%) Puppet
17 6 (1.06%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 452 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 252 (44.60%) VMware
3 80 (14.16%) Cisco
4 66 (11.68%) Veeam
5 57 (10.09%) Apple
6 53 (9.38%) Citrix
6 53 (9.38%) Oracle
7 46 (8.14%) Red Hat
8 41 (7.26%) Sophos
9 40 (7.08%) HP
10 30 (5.31%) Palo Alto
11 27 (4.78%) Meraki
12 26 (4.60%) Aruba
12 26 (4.60%) Dell
13 24 (4.25%) Google
14 22 (3.89%) Juniper
15 19 (3.36%) 3PAR
15 19 (3.36%) Adobe
15 19 (3.36%) EMC
16 18 (3.19%) ConnectWise