Windows Server Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 25 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +47
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 51 15 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 10.22% 5.66% 8.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.56% 28.30% 70.97%
Number of salaries quoted 45 10 22
10th Percentile £24,550 - £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -14.17% -14.38%
75th Percentile £31,000 £32,313 £44,000
90th Percentile £34,000 £48,125 £47,500
East Midlands median annual salary £28,500 £30,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.56% -32.22% +2.86%

All Operating Systems
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 79 53 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 15.83% 20.00% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 65 31 29
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £31,000 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £37,800 £60,000 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -28.42% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Derbyshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Derby +3 43 £27,500 +10.00% 2
Chesterfield +6 6 - - 1
Belper - 2 £31,500 -
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 7 (13.73%) AWS
4 3 (5.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 44 (86.27%) DHCP
1 44 (86.27%) DNS
2 10 (19.61%) Firewall
3 8 (15.69%) Network Security
4 7 (13.73%) IP Telephony
5 6 (11.76%) Internet
6 4 (7.84%) LAN
6 4 (7.84%) WAN
6 4 (7.84%) WLAN
7 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.92%) VLAN
8 1 (1.96%) VPN
General
1 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (92.16%) IT Engineer
2 43 (84.31%) IT Support
3 39 (76.47%) IT Support Engineer
3 39 (76.47%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Field Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Field Service Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (7.84%) IT Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Support Technician
6 1 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (82.35%) Driving Licence
2 7 (13.73%) CCTV
3 6 (11.76%) iPad
3 6 (11.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Linux
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (80.39%) Customer Service
2 36 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (60.78%) Incident Management
4 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (13.73%) ITIL
4 7 (13.73%) ITSM
5 6 (11.76%) Preventative Maintenance
5 6 (11.76%) Server Management
6 4 (7.84%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (7.84%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.92%) Mentoring
9 1 (1.96%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) CCNA
1 7 (13.73%) CCNP
1 7 (13.73%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (13.73%) MCP
1 7 (13.73%) MCSA
1 7 (13.73%) MCSE
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 39 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 15 (29.41%) Hyper-V
3 8 (15.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (29.41%) VMware
2 7 (13.73%) Draytek
2 7 (13.73%) Mitel
2 7 (13.73%) WatchGuard
3 6 (11.76%) Apple
4 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.88%) Meraki
6 2 (3.92%) Cisco
6 2 (3.92%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.96%) Fortinet