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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 43 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 11 15 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 1.93% 3.39% 7.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 12.20% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 34
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £32,225
25th Percentile £36,875 £35,563 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.48% +35.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £55,188
90th Percentile - £59,750 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £28,000 £31,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -33.68% +7.95%

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 44 123 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.73% 27.83% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 44 43 79
10th Percentile £24,775 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -31.99% +33.31%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £56,500
90th Percentile £52,250 £58,500 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -26.32% -

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 5 January 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 5 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
Leicester -7 2 £45,000 -21.74% 3
Wigston - 1 £27,000 -
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 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (9.09%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (81.82%) Azure
3 6 (54.55%) iPaaS
3 6 (54.55%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) DHCP
2 6 (54.55%) DNS
2 6 (54.55%) SAN
2 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
2 6 (54.55%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) IT Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) IT Support
3 6 (54.55%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) Support Engineer
4 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Support
4 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Help Desk Manager
6 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Clustering
1 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (9.09%) Android
3 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Presales
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Web Filtering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (54.55%) Hyper-V
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Veeam
3 2 (18.18%) VMware