Windows Server Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 71 33
Rank change year-on-year -13 -38 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 159 316 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.62% 3.67% 6.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.23% 25.80% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 130 169 274
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -10.11% +4.71%
75th Percentile £46,188 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,340 £57,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.16%

All Operating Systems
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 584 1,225 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.61% 14.23% 17.35%
Number of salaries quoted 466 479 704
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,925 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,500 £43,621
Median % change year-on-year -15.66% -4.86% -3.06%
75th Percentile £53,219 £57,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. 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
East Midlands +8 100 £28,500 -18.57% 27
West Midlands -32 59 £44,000 +1.15% 38
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
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 37 (23.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (18.24%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.66%) Skype for Business
4 6 (3.77%) WinCC
5 4 (2.52%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (1.89%) Apache
7 2 (1.26%) ArchestrA
7 2 (1.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 118 (74.21%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (52.83%) Azure
3 46 (28.93%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.69%) AWS
5 16 (10.06%) SaaS
6 9 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (5.66%) GCP
7 8 (5.03%) Azure Stack
8 6 (3.77%) iPaaS
8 6 (3.77%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.52%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.89%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.89%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.26%) IaaS
11 2 (1.26%) PaaS
12 1 (0.63%) GitHub
12 1 (0.63%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 77 (48.43%) DNS
2 73 (45.91%) DHCP
3 52 (32.70%) Firewall
4 25 (15.72%) WAN
5 22 (13.84%) LAN
6 20 (12.58%) TCP/IP
7 18 (11.32%) VLAN
8 12 (7.55%) SAN
8 12 (7.55%) VPN
9 10 (6.29%) SD-WAN
10 9 (5.66%) Skype
10 9 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (5.03%) Network Security
12 7 (4.40%) IP Telephony
13 6 (3.77%) Modbus
14 4 (2.52%) MPLS
15 3 (1.89%) Internet
15 3 (1.89%) Intranet
15 3 (1.89%) PBX
15 3 (1.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.66%) DTS
3 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.63%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.63%) MySQL
3 1 (0.63%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Git
General
1 43 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.81%) Public Sector
3 12 (7.55%) Manufacturing
3 12 (7.55%) Retail
4 10 (6.29%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.03%) Law
6 7 (4.40%) Finance
7 6 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Billing
8 3 (1.89%) Legal
9 2 (1.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 84 (52.83%) Support Engineer
2 77 (48.43%) IT Engineer
3 61 (38.36%) IT Support
4 58 (36.48%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (35.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (18.24%) Infrastructure Support
6 29 (18.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 19 (11.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (10.69%) Technical Support
9 15 (9.43%) Analyst
10 12 (7.55%) Support Analyst
10 12 (7.55%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (6.92%) 1st Line Support
11 11 (6.92%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 11 (6.92%) 1st Line Technical Support
11 11 (6.92%) 2nd Line Support
11 11 (6.92%) Technical Support Analyst
12 10 (6.29%) Senior
13 8 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.89%) CSS
1 3 (1.89%) HTML
1 3 (1.89%) jQuery
1 3 (1.89%) Laravel
1 3 (1.89%) RESTful
2 1 (0.63%) .NET
2 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.63%) Dapper ORM
2 1 (0.63%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (35.85%) Driving Licence
2 20 (12.58%) Onboarding
3 19 (11.95%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.66%) CMDB
4 9 (5.66%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.40%) CCTV
6 7 (4.40%) Clustering
7 6 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.77%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.77%) SCADA
8 4 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.89%) iPad
9 3 (1.89%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.89%) PMI
9 3 (1.89%) Smartphone
10 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.63%) iSeries
11 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (17.61%) Linux
2 28 (17.61%) Windows Server 2019
3 16 (10.06%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (6.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (5.66%) Windows 10
6 8 (5.03%) Rocky
7 2 (1.26%) AIX
7 2 (1.26%) Android
7 2 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.63%) Unix
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (39.62%) Customer Service
2 61 (38.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (38.36%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (19.50%) Incident Management
4 22 (13.84%) ITIL
5 17 (10.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 16 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 16 (10.06%) Infrastructure Management
6 16 (10.06%) Migration
6 16 (10.06%) Service Delivery
7 12 (7.55%) Mentoring
7 12 (7.55%) Server Management
8 10 (6.29%) ITSM
8 10 (6.29%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (5.66%) CI/CD
9 9 (5.66%) Cloud Operations
9 9 (5.66%) DevOps
9 9 (5.66%) Problem Management
10 8 (5.03%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.58%) PowerShell
2 19 (11.95%) SQL
3 3 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.89%) PHP
4 2 (1.26%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.63%) Bicep
5 1 (0.63%) C#
5 1 (0.63%) VB
5 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (8.81%) MCSA
3 13 (8.18%) MCP
3 13 (8.18%) MCSE
4 10 (6.29%) CCNA
4 10 (6.29%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.29%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
5 8 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (5.03%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.03%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.03%) Security Cleared
6 7 (4.40%) A+ Certification
6 7 (4.40%) CCNP
7 4 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.89%) Degree
8 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.81%) GDPR
2 8 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.77%) IEC 61508
3 6 (3.77%) QA
4 4 (2.52%) IEC 61131
4 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 103 (64.78%) Active Directory
2 47 (29.56%) Hyper-V
3 41 (25.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.14%) XenApp
6 3 (1.89%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.66%) Nagios
2 9 (5.66%) ZABBIX
3 8 (5.03%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.77%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (3.77%) SCCM
5 3 (1.89%) Autotask
5 3 (1.89%) WSUS
6 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 73 (45.91%) Microsoft
2 52 (32.70%) VMware
3 16 (10.06%) Cisco
4 14 (8.81%) Citrix
5 11 (6.92%) Darktrace
5 11 (6.92%) Meraki
5 11 (6.92%) Veeam
6 10 (6.29%) Google
7 9 (5.66%) BMC
7 9 (5.66%) Dell
7 9 (5.66%) Proofpoint
7 9 (5.66%) Red Hat
7 9 (5.66%) SolarWinds
7 9 (5.66%) Tanium
7 9 (5.66%) Trend Micro
8 7 (4.40%) Draytek
8 7 (4.40%) Mitel
8 7 (4.40%) WatchGuard
9 6 (3.77%) Siemens
9 6 (3.77%) SonicWALL