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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 44 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 -12 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 96 99 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.81% 4.31% 5.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.86% 28.53% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 72 51 85
10th Percentile - £24,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -31.58% +6.74%
75th Percentile £34,500 £45,625 £55,250
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 214 347 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.49% 15.11% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 176 151 221
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -26.32% +2.70%
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,188 £62,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%

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 1 January 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 1 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
Derbyshire +6 51 £27,500 +6.80% 4
Nottinghamshire +10 19 £37,500 -9.64%
Northamptonshire -3 15 £26,250 -9.48% 2
Leicestershire +6 11 £45,000 +9.09% 6
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 27 (28.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (26.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (9.38%) Skype for Business
4 3 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 91 (94.79%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (40.63%) Azure
3 28 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 16 (16.67%) AWS
5 9 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (9.38%) GCP
6 6 (6.25%) iPaaS
6 6 (6.25%) SaaS
7 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.13%) ChatGPT
8 3 (3.13%) Nutanix
8 3 (3.13%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (59.38%) DHCP
1 57 (59.38%) DNS
2 23 (23.96%) Firewall
3 12 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 9 (9.38%) Skype
5 8 (8.33%) Network Security
5 8 (8.33%) VLAN
6 7 (7.29%) IP Telephony
7 6 (6.25%) Internet
7 6 (6.25%) SAN
8 4 (4.17%) LAN
8 4 (4.17%) PBX
8 4 (4.17%) VoIP
8 4 (4.17%) WAN
8 4 (4.17%) WLAN
9 3 (3.13%) Intranet
10 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.38%) DTS
2 3 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
General
1 37 (38.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.42%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.38%) Manufacturing
3 9 (9.38%) Retail
4 6 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 57 (59.38%) IT Engineer
1 57 (59.38%) Support Engineer
2 52 (54.17%) IT Support
3 48 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 18 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) Infrastructure Support
5 14 (14.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (12.50%) Analyst
7 11 (11.46%) 1st Line Support
7 11 (11.46%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 11 (11.46%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 11 (11.46%) Support Analyst
7 11 (11.46%) Technical Analyst
7 11 (11.46%) Technical Support
7 11 (11.46%) Technical Support Analyst
8 7 (7.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Field Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (4.17%) IT Technician
10 4 (4.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) CSS
1 3 (3.13%) HTML
1 3 (3.13%) jQuery
1 3 (3.13%) Laravel
1 3 (3.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 45 (46.88%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.38%) CMDB
2 9 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.38%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (7.29%) CCTV
4 6 (6.25%) Clustering
4 6 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (6.25%) iPad
4 6 (6.25%) PMI
5 3 (3.13%) Legacy Code
5 3 (3.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 96 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (9.38%) Linux
4 5 (5.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.04%) Android
6 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (67.71%) Customer Service
2 57 (59.38%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (32.29%) Incident Management
4 20 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (16.67%) ITIL
6 15 (15.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 15 (15.63%) Server Management
7 10 (10.42%) ITSM
8 9 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (9.38%) Infrastructure Management
8 9 (9.38%) Problem Management
8 9 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (8.33%) Service Management
10 7 (7.29%) Service Delivery
11 6 (6.25%) Preventative Maintenance
11 6 (6.25%) Risk Management
12 5 (5.21%) CRM
12 5 (5.21%) Time Management
13 4 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (7.29%) CCNA
1 7 (7.29%) CCNP
1 7 (7.29%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (7.29%) MCP
1 7 (7.29%) MCSA
1 7 (7.29%) MCSE
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (6.25%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.25%) GDPR
3 4 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (67.71%) Active Directory
2 22 (22.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (21.88%) Hyper-V
4 11 (11.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (4.17%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.38%) Nagios
2 9 (9.38%) ZABBIX
3 6 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (44.79%) Microsoft
2 29 (30.21%) VMware
3 11 (11.46%) Darktrace
4 9 (9.38%) BMC
4 9 (9.38%) Citrix
4 9 (9.38%) Google
4 9 (9.38%) Proofpoint
4 9 (9.38%) Red Hat
4 9 (9.38%) SolarWinds
4 9 (9.38%) Tanium
4 9 (9.38%) Trend Micro
5 7 (7.29%) Draytek
5 7 (7.29%) Mitel
5 7 (7.29%) WatchGuard
6 6 (6.25%) Apple
6 6 (6.25%) Veeam
7 3 (3.13%) Meraki
7 3 (3.13%) OpenAI
7 3 (3.13%) SAP
7 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow