Windows Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 67 84
Rank change year-on-year -92 +17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 211 603 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.78% 3.07% 4.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.98% 26.23% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 192 510 504
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,975 £26,075
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,125 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £41,500 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,250 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.63% -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,761 2,299 2,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.87% 11.72% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 730 1,730 1,435
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,563 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +3.53%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £43,250 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.89% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the North of England

Windows Server
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 June 2025. 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
Yorkshire -31 105 £30,000 -20.00% 88
North West -94 88 £35,000 -17.65% 130
North East -19 18 £35,000 - 25
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 58 (27.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (17.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 124 (58.77%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (44.08%) Azure
3 29 (13.74%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.64%) AWS
5 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (3.79%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.84%) SaaS
7 3 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.42%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.95%) GitHub
8 2 (0.95%) IaaS
8 2 (0.95%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.95%) PaaS
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.47%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 64 (30.33%) Firewall
2 57 (27.01%) DNS
3 45 (21.33%) DHCP
4 31 (14.69%) VPN
5 28 (13.27%) VoIP
6 20 (9.48%) LAN
7 19 (9.00%) WAN
7 19 (9.00%) Wireless
8 18 (8.53%) TCP/IP
9 11 (5.21%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (5.21%) VLAN
10 6 (2.84%) Internet
10 6 (2.84%) MPLS
10 6 (2.84%) NAS
10 6 (2.84%) SAN
11 5 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.90%) IPv4
13 2 (0.95%) DMZ
13 2 (0.95%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.95%) Data Hub
2 2 (0.95%) MySQL
2 2 (0.95%) SQL CLR
3 1 (0.47%) DB2
3 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (0.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (44.55%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.95%) Telecoms
3 20 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.48%) Manufacturing
4 15 (7.11%) Law
5 11 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.74%) Finance
7 8 (3.79%) Automotive
8 7 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.32%) Retail
9 6 (2.84%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.95%) Back Office
11 2 (0.95%) Games
11 2 (0.95%) Local Government
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
12 1 (0.47%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (31.28%) IT Support
2 58 (27.49%) Analyst
3 42 (19.91%) IT Analyst
4 39 (18.48%) Support Analyst
5 32 (15.17%) 2nd Line Support
6 30 (14.22%) IT Support Analyst
7 19 (9.00%) Support Engineer
8 18 (8.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (8.06%) 1st Line Support
9 17 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 17 (8.06%) Desktop Support
9 17 (8.06%) IT Engineer
10 16 (7.58%) Support Technician
11 14 (6.64%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 14 (6.64%) Technical Support
12 13 (6.16%) Help Desk Analyst
13 12 (5.69%) Help Desk Support
13 12 (5.69%) Senior
14 11 (5.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (5.21%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.42%) .NET
2 2 (0.95%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.95%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.95%) Dapper ORM
2 2 (0.95%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.47%) Loki
3 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.27%) Driving Licence
1 9 (4.27%) Onboarding
1 9 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.79%) FMCG
2 8 (3.79%) Private Cloud
3 7 (3.32%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.90%) Clustering
5 4 (1.90%) EPoS
5 4 (1.90%) Life Science
6 3 (1.42%) CCTV
6 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.42%) Replication
7 2 (0.95%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 211 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (25.12%) Windows 10
3 44 (20.85%) Linux
4 18 (8.53%) Android
5 16 (7.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (5.69%) Mac OS X
7 10 (4.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.79%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.37%) CentOS
9 5 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.37%) Unix
10 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.95%) Debian
12 1 (0.47%) AIX
12 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.47%) Solaris
12 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (36.97%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (27.01%) Customer Service
3 46 (21.80%) ITIL
4 37 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (11.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (9.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (9.48%) Service Delivery
7 17 (8.06%) Incident Management
8 16 (7.58%) Process Improvement
8 16 (7.58%) User Experience
9 15 (7.11%) Mentoring
10 13 (6.16%) ERP
11 10 (4.74%) Change Management
11 10 (4.74%) ITSM
12 9 (4.27%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (4.27%) Patch Management
12 9 (4.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (3.79%) Customer Experience
13 8 (3.79%) Infrastructure Management
13 8 (3.79%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.17%) SQL
2 24 (11.37%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.06%) Python
4 4 (1.90%) Bash
5 2 (0.95%) C#
6 1 (0.47%) Go
6 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.47%) Perl
6 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.47%) VB
6 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (13.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (11.37%) Degree
3 20 (9.48%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.48%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (7.58%) MCSA
5 11 (5.21%) CCNP
5 11 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.84%) MCSE
7 5 (2.37%) CCNA
8 4 (1.90%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.95%) ACSP
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.95%) CISM
9 2 (0.95%) CISSP
9 2 (0.95%) HP AIS
9 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.95%) SLA
2 9 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.37%) NCSC
4 4 (1.90%) NIST
5 3 (1.42%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.95%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 126 (59.72%) Active Directory
2 44 (20.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (19.43%) Hyper-V
4 13 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.69%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.27%) vSphere
7 6 (2.84%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.42%) Firmware
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.95%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.47%) Docker
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.47%) NFS
10 1 (0.47%) RHEV
10 1 (0.47%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (9.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.79%) SCCM
3 6 (2.84%) Proxmox
4 5 (2.37%) AirWatch
4 5 (2.37%) Ansible
5 4 (1.90%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.42%) Autotask
6 3 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.42%) Terraform
7 2 (0.95%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.95%) SCOM
7 2 (0.95%) WSUS
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) cPanel
8 1 (0.47%) Grafana
8 1 (0.47%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 128 (60.66%) Microsoft
2 80 (37.91%) VMware
3 38 (18.01%) Cisco
4 26 (12.32%) Veeam
5 21 (9.95%) Apple
6 6 (2.84%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.37%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.90%) Citrix
8 4 (1.90%) Datto
8 4 (1.90%) Meraki
8 4 (1.90%) MobileIron
8 4 (1.90%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (1.42%) Acronis
9 3 (1.42%) HP
9 3 (1.42%) Kaseya
9 3 (1.42%) Sage
9 3 (1.42%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.42%) Sophos
9 3 (1.42%) WatchGuard
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