Windows Server Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 27 48
Rank change year-on-year -32 +21 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 17 15 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 1.68% 4.69% 5.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.37% 19.48% 27.22%
Number of salaries quoted 17 15 46
10th Percentile - £29,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,625 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% - -3.03%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £48,500 £60,550 £52,000
East Midlands median annual salary £29,625 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.36% -12.50% +6.67%

All Operating Systems
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 76 77 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.50% 24.06% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 60 38 125
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,188 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £64,813 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,250 £57,875 £61,250
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -18.75% -11.11%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Leicester -28 4 £47,500 -15.18% 2
Hinckley - 3 £37,500 - 1
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Exchequer
1 4 (23.53%) Primavera
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.88%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Entra ID
3 9 (52.94%) IaaS
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (41.18%) PaaS
6 3 (17.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 1 (5.88%) Internet
4 1 (5.88%) MQTT
4 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP
4 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
General
1 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Applications Support
2 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Applications Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Help Desk Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Applications Support
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) IoT
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Change Control
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Security Patching
4 3 (17.65%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) Information Security
5 2 (11.76%) Presales
5 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) AI
6 1 (5.88%) CRM
6 1 (5.88%) High Availability
6 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Time Management
6 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
System Software
1 16 (94.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
3 4 (23.53%) vSphere
4 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Sage
2 4 (23.53%) VMware
3 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
4 2 (11.76%) Veeam
5 1 (5.88%) Apple