Windows Server 2019 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 183 172
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +102
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 17 63 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.98% 1.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.31% 5.92% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15 45 57
10th Percentile £30,950 - £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £52,500 £51,000
England median annual salary £34,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.41% -5.56% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows Server 2019 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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 514 1,065 829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.60% 16.63% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 408 394 735
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,011 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.97% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £46,563 £57,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £63,400 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2019
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands -5 12 £52,500 +50.00%
East Midlands -13 5 £33,000 -17.50% 1
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.76%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (58.82%) Azure
3 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) LAN
1 10 (58.82%) WAN
2 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 6 (35.29%) DHCP
3 6 (35.29%) DNS
4 4 (23.53%) MPLS
4 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
4 4 (23.53%) WLAN
5 2 (11.76%) Modbus
5 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) IT Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
4 7 (41.18%) IT Support
4 7 (41.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (35.29%) Senior
5 6 (35.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (17.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (5.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 1 (5.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Driving Licence
2 5 (29.41%) Onboarding
3 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
4 2 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (11.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 3 (17.65%) Rocky
5 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
6 1 (5.88%) Android
6 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Proactive Monitoring
3 4 (23.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 4 (23.53%) Storage Management
4 3 (17.65%) Containerisation
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.76%) Network Design
5 2 (11.76%) Presales
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.88%) ERP
6 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.88%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
2 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) IEC 61131
1 2 (11.76%) IEC 61508
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (23.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) CheckPoint
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 4 (23.53%) Citrix
3 4 (23.53%) IBM
3 4 (23.53%) Meraki
3 4 (23.53%) SonicWALL
3 4 (23.53%) Veeam
4 3 (17.65%) Dell
5 2 (11.76%) Rockwell
5 2 (11.76%) Siemens