Windows Server Jobs in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 36 71
Rank change year-on-year -38 +35 -28
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 86 237 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.17% 4.79% 4.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.27% 31.23% 22.82%
Number of salaries quoted 82 220 87
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £59,250
England median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 275 759 504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.15% 15.35% 18.68%
Number of salaries quoted 193 587 267
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,375 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -13.98% +8.77%
75th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,500 £58,750 £66,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Northamptonshire -22 40 £32,500 +6.56% 38
Derbyshire -5 24 £35,000 +7.69% 83
Nottinghamshire +13 10 £31,500 -37.00% 43
Leicestershire +4 8 £50,000 +25.00% 44
Lincolnshire -28 2 £44,250 +10.63% 49
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 32 (37.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (23.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (8.14%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 57 (66.28%) Azure
2 48 (55.81%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.95%) AWS
3 12 (13.95%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.63%) IaaS
4 10 (11.63%) PaaS
5 8 (9.30%) SaaS
6 4 (4.65%) Nutanix
7 3 (3.49%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.33%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.33%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.16%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.53%) DNS
2 32 (37.21%) DHCP
2 32 (37.21%) Firewall
3 14 (16.28%) Remote Desktop
4 13 (15.12%) VPN
5 10 (11.63%) SAN
6 9 (10.47%) Network Security
6 9 (10.47%) TCP/IP
6 9 (10.47%) WAN
7 7 (8.14%) Ethernet
8 6 (6.98%) LAN
8 6 (6.98%) VLAN
9 5 (5.81%) SD-WAN
10 4 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (3.49%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.49%) Wireless
12 1 (1.16%) Bluetooth
12 1 (1.16%) Internet
12 1 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (1.16%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (23.26%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (3.49%) Billing
3 3 (3.49%) Legal
4 2 (2.33%) Law
4 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.33%) Retail
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.16%) Electronics
5 1 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (24.42%) IT Support
2 19 (22.09%) IT Engineer
3 18 (20.93%) Support Engineer
4 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (16.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) 3rd Line Support
6 9 (10.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Lead
6 9 (10.47%) Project Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Senior
7 8 (9.30%) Team Leader
8 7 (8.14%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (8.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Support Team Leader
9 6 (6.98%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support Technician
9 6 (6.98%) IT Support Specialist
9 6 (6.98%) Support Specialist
9 6 (6.98%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.93%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.16%) Clustering
3 1 (1.16%) IoT
3 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.16%) NB-IoT
3 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 86 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (22.09%) Linux
3 7 (8.14%) CentOS
3 7 (8.14%) Rocky
3 7 (8.14%) Ubuntu
3 7 (8.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (6.98%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.65%) Android
7 3 (3.49%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Customer Service
2 16 (18.60%) ITIL
3 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.95%) Migration
6 11 (12.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (12.79%) Virtual Environments
7 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
8 8 (9.30%) Coaching
8 8 (9.30%) ITSM
8 8 (9.30%) Project Management
8 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
9 7 (8.14%) Data Protection
9 7 (8.14%) PRINCE2
10 6 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (6.98%) Data Analysis
11 5 (5.81%) Customer-Centricity
11 5 (5.81%) Process Improvement
12 4 (4.65%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (24.42%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.98%) SQL
3 1 (1.16%) Bash
3 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) CCNA
1 15 (17.44%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (16.28%) MCSA
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (12.79%) Degree
3 11 (12.79%) MCSE
4 10 (11.63%) MCP
5 9 (10.47%) Azure Certification
6 8 (9.30%) CCNP
7 4 (4.65%) A+ Certification
7 4 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.16%) MCITP
9 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.28%) SLA
2 7 (8.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (79.07%) Active Directory
2 29 (33.72%) Hyper-V
3 26 (30.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (10.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (8.14%) vSphere
6 6 (6.98%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) SCCM
2 8 (9.30%) Ansible
3 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.65%) Autotask
5 3 (3.49%) SCOM
6 2 (2.33%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.16%) Puppet
7 1 (1.16%) Terraform
7 1 (1.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (76.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (36.05%) VMware
3 13 (15.12%) HP
4 11 (12.79%) Meraki
5 10 (11.63%) Cisco
6 6 (6.98%) Dell
6 6 (6.98%) NetApp
7 3 (3.49%) Aruba
7 3 (3.49%) Datto
7 3 (3.49%) Nasuni
7 3 (3.49%) Rapid7
7 3 (3.49%) Sophos
8 2 (2.33%) arcserve
8 2 (2.33%) Google
8 2 (2.33%) Imperva
8 2 (2.33%) Veeam
9 1 (1.16%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.16%) Isilon
9 1 (1.16%) Red Hat