Windows Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 85 62
Rank change year-on-year +41 -23 -23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 537 347 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.35% 3.85% 4.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.40% 27.80% 25.37%
Number of salaries quoted 481 267 476
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,575 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,125 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,608 1,248 2,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.03% 13.83% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 822 1,406
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,625
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +7.50%
75th Percentile £53,438 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +32 302 £35,000 -9.68% 52
East Midlands +40 230 £40,000 +6.67% 42
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 109 (20.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (16.39%) SharePoint
3 25 (4.66%) IIS
4 5 (0.93%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.19%) TYPO3
Applications
1 63 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Sage 300 ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 359 (66.85%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (46.55%) Azure
3 114 (21.23%) Entra ID
4 41 (7.64%) AWS
5 29 (5.40%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.79%) Mimecast
7 14 (2.61%) GCP
7 14 (2.61%) Google Workspace
8 11 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.86%) Nutanix
10 9 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.49%) IaaS
12 7 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.12%) SaaS
14 5 (0.93%) ChatGPT
15 4 (0.74%) PaaS
15 4 (0.74%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.56%) GitHub
17 2 (0.37%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 180 (33.52%) Firewall
2 170 (31.66%) DNS
3 156 (29.05%) DHCP
4 82 (15.27%) TCP/IP
5 66 (12.29%) WAN
6 65 (12.10%) SAN
7 64 (11.92%) Wi-Fi
8 56 (10.43%) LAN
9 50 (9.31%) VPN
10 43 (8.01%) VLAN
11 17 (3.17%) Wireless
12 16 (2.98%) PBX
13 14 (2.61%) SMTP
14 11 (2.05%) SSL
15 10 (1.86%) HTTP
15 10 (1.86%) Network Security
15 10 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.68%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.68%) VoIP
17 8 (1.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.50%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.49%) MySQL
4 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.74%) InfluxDB
4 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.74%) Power BI
4 4 (0.74%) Redis
4 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.74%) UniData
5 3 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.12%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 152 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (6.70%) Retail
3 36 (6.70%) Telecoms
4 35 (6.52%) Finance
5 24 (4.47%) Law
6 22 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.79%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.05%) Legal
10 9 (1.68%) Marketing
11 7 (1.30%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.74%) Automotive
13 4 (0.74%) Aviation
13 4 (0.74%) Avionics
14 3 (0.56%) Banking
14 3 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 134 (24.95%) IT Engineer
2 120 (22.35%) IT Support
3 118 (21.97%) Support Engineer
4 91 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 75 (13.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 69 (12.85%) Senior
7 61 (11.36%) Analyst
8 47 (8.75%) IT Technician
9 37 (6.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (5.77%) 3rd Line Support
11 30 (5.59%) Support Technician
12 29 (5.40%) 2nd Line Support
12 29 (5.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 26 (4.84%) IT Support Technician
14 23 (4.28%) Network Engineer
14 23 (4.28%) Support Analyst
15 22 (4.10%) IT Manager
16 21 (3.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 21 (3.91%) Operations Engineer
17 20 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.68%) .NET
2 7 (1.30%) HTML
3 4 (0.74%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.56%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.56%) jQuery
4 3 (0.56%) React
4 3 (0.56%) REST
4 3 (0.56%) Web Services
5 2 (0.37%) JSON
5 2 (0.37%) LAMP
5 2 (0.37%) MAPI
5 2 (0.37%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.19%) ADO
6 1 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.06%) Driving Licence
2 41 (7.64%) Data Centre
3 35 (6.52%) Replication
4 22 (4.10%) Clustering
4 22 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.10%) PKI
5 15 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.30%) EFT
6 7 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.30%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.12%) Cyberattack
8 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.74%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.37%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.37%) EPoS
11 2 (0.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 537 (100.00%) Windows
2 93 (17.32%) Windows 10
3 75 (13.97%) Windows Server 2019
4 70 (13.04%) Linux
5 66 (12.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 59 (10.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (3.54%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.42%) Windows 8
9 12 (2.23%) Unix
10 11 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (1.86%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.68%) Ubuntu
13 8 (1.49%) Apple iOS
13 8 (1.49%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (1.12%) CentOS
15 4 (0.74%) AIX
16 3 (0.56%) Android
17 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.37%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (19.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 92 (17.13%) Cybersecurity
4 78 (14.53%) ITIL
5 74 (13.78%) Customer Service
6 40 (7.45%) Project Delivery
7 31 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (5.77%) Proactive Monitoring
8 28 (5.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (5.03%) Migration
10 26 (4.84%) ERP
11 25 (4.66%) ITSM
12 23 (4.28%) DevOps
12 23 (4.28%) Mentoring
13 22 (4.10%) Patch Management
14 21 (3.91%) Change Management
15 20 (3.72%) Cloud Security
15 20 (3.72%) Project Management
16 19 (3.54%) High Availability
16 19 (3.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (12.66%) PowerShell
2 52 (9.68%) SQL
3 16 (2.98%) Python
4 12 (2.23%) Java
5 10 (1.86%) C#
6 8 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.12%) C++
8 5 (0.93%) Bash
9 4 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.56%) PHP
10 3 (0.56%) R
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (9.12%) Degree
2 48 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (5.59%) Security Cleared
4 27 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (4.28%) CCNA
6 21 (3.91%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.17%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.42%) MCSE
9 12 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (2.05%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.86%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.86%) MCSA
12 9 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.30%) CCNP
14 6 (1.12%) CCA
14 6 (1.12%) CCDA
14 6 (1.12%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.74%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.28%) SLA
2 14 (2.61%) GDPR
3 10 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
5 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 353 (65.74%) Active Directory
2 173 (32.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (28.68%) Hyper-V
4 41 (7.64%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (4.47%) vSphere
6 19 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.42%) Docker
8 10 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.68%) Terminal Services
9 9 (1.68%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.93%) NFS
11 5 (0.93%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.74%) pfSense
13 3 (0.56%) XenApp
13 3 (0.56%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.19%) Firmware
14 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (16.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (13.22%) SCCM
3 16 (2.98%) SCOM
4 12 (2.23%) vCenter Server
5 10 (1.86%) Terraform
6 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.30%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.93%) AirWatch
8 5 (0.93%) Autotask
8 5 (0.93%) Backup Exec
8 5 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.74%) Grafana
9 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.74%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.74%) vMotion
9 4 (0.74%) WSUS
10 2 (0.37%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 348 (64.80%) Microsoft
2 241 (44.88%) VMware
3 71 (13.22%) Veeam
4 68 (12.66%) Cisco
5 43 (8.01%) HP
6 42 (7.82%) Dell
7 32 (5.96%) Citrix
8 25 (4.66%) Apple
9 21 (3.91%) Meraki
9 21 (3.91%) Sophos
10 18 (3.35%) Google
11 14 (2.61%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (2.42%) Fortinet
13 12 (2.23%) Aruba
14 11 (2.05%) Globalscape
15 10 (1.86%) Acronis
16 9 (1.68%) Datto
16 9 (1.68%) ServiceNow
17 8 (1.49%) Barracuda Networks
17 8 (1.49%) Rapid7