Windows Server Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 32 32
Rank change year-on-year -55 0 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 76 86 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.91% 5.95% 5.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.69% 29.66% 34.54%
Number of salaries quoted 70 79 204
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,350 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,688 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,625 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.36% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £34,500 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £53,750 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -2.88%

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 256 290 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.42% 20.07% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 206 185 535
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,675 £23,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £60,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

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 11 April 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
Derbyshire -17 34 £28,500 -18.57% 1
Nottinghamshire +2 21 £29,625 -15.36% 7
Leicestershire -29 15 £33,500 -18.79% 4
Lincolnshire -25 4 £27,500 +3.77% 6
Northamptonshire -38 2 £28,500 -12.31% 2
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.32%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Exchequer
1 4 (5.26%) Primavera
2 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.32%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 67 (88.16%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (32.89%) Entra ID
3 23 (30.26%) Azure
4 9 (11.84%) IaaS
5 7 (9.21%) PaaS
6 6 (7.89%) AWS
7 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.95%) SaaS
9 1 (1.32%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 34 (44.74%) DHCP
1 34 (44.74%) DNS
2 18 (23.68%) Firewall
3 8 (10.53%) LAN
3 8 (10.53%) WAN
4 7 (9.21%) Network Security
5 6 (7.89%) Internet
6 5 (6.58%) IP Telephony
6 5 (6.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.26%) PBX
7 4 (5.26%) VoIP
7 4 (5.26%) Wireless
7 4 (5.26%) WLAN
8 3 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.32%) Intranet
9 1 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.32%) VLAN
9 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Git
General
1 17 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (6.58%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.26%) Dutch Language
4 4 (5.26%) Portuguese Language
4 4 (5.26%) Spanish Language
5 2 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.32%) French Language
6 1 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (56.58%) IT Engineer
2 38 (50.00%) IT Support
3 29 (38.16%) IT Support Engineer
3 29 (38.16%) Support Engineer
4 11 (14.47%) Applications Support
5 9 (11.84%) Analyst
5 9 (11.84%) Support Analyst
6 8 (10.53%) Service Desk Engineer
7 7 (9.21%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (7.89%) Field Engineer
8 6 (7.89%) Field Service Engineer
8 6 (7.89%) IT Technician
9 5 (6.58%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (6.58%) Support Technician
10 4 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
11 3 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 3 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (3.95%) Systems Support
11 3 (3.95%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) CSS
1 1 (1.32%) HTML
1 1 (1.32%) jQuery
1 1 (1.32%) Laravel
1 1 (1.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 35 (46.05%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.84%) CCTV
3 6 (7.89%) iPad
3 6 (7.89%) PMI
4 3 (3.95%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.32%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 76 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (14.47%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.53%) Linux
4 4 (5.26%) Android
4 4 (5.26%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (53.95%) Customer Service
2 40 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (23.68%) Incident Management
4 16 (21.05%) ITIL
5 15 (19.74%) ITSM
6 10 (13.16%) Service Management
7 9 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (11.84%) Time Management
8 7 (9.21%) Case Management
9 6 (7.89%) Preventative Maintenance
9 6 (7.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 6 (7.89%) Server Management
9 6 (7.89%) Service Delivery
10 5 (6.58%) Change Control
10 5 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.26%) ERP
11 4 (5.26%) Mentoring
11 4 (5.26%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 4 (5.26%) Proactive Monitoring
12 3 (3.95%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.95%) SQL
2 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (17.11%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.58%) CCNA
3 5 (6.58%) CCNP
3 5 (6.58%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.58%) MCSA
3 5 (6.58%) MCSE
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (5.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (84.21%) Active Directory
2 17 (22.37%) Hyper-V
3 13 (17.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.26%) Terminal Services
4 4 (5.26%) vSphere
5 2 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.21%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (7.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (26.32%) VMware
3 6 (7.89%) Apple
3 6 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.58%) Draytek
4 5 (6.58%) Mitel
4 5 (6.58%) WatchGuard
5 4 (5.26%) Sage
6 2 (2.63%) Veeam
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco
7 1 (1.32%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.32%) Meraki
7 1 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.32%) SAP