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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 68 36
Rank change year-on-year -48 -32 +41
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 132 188 523
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.22% 3.88% 4.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.37% 19.26% 35.53%
Number of salaries quoted 118 169 469
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -6.25% +2.56%
75th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £57,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +2.35% -2.86%

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 590 976 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.44% 20.17% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 465 531 1,263
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,900 £63,750 £62,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 1 April 2026.

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 1 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
East Midlands -43 76 £29,500 -18.62% 21
West Midlands -53 55 £44,000 +17.33% 27
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 26 (19.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Exchequer
1 4 (3.03%) Primavera
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (45.45%) Azure
3 43 (32.58%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.88%) SaaS
5 10 (7.58%) AWS
5 10 (7.58%) IaaS
6 8 (6.06%) PaaS
7 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
8 4 (3.03%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.76%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.76%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (38.64%) DHCP
1 51 (38.64%) DNS
2 42 (31.82%) Firewall
3 18 (13.64%) LAN
3 18 (13.64%) WAN
4 11 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 9 (6.82%) Network Security
5 9 (6.82%) VPN
5 9 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (5.30%) IP Telephony
6 7 (5.30%) VoIP
7 6 (4.55%) Internet
7 6 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (3.79%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.03%) MPLS
9 4 (3.03%) PBX
9 4 (3.03%) VLAN
9 4 (3.03%) WLAN
10 2 (1.52%) SSL
10 2 (1.52%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.52%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Git
General
1 26 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.30%) Finance
2 7 (5.30%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.52%) Law
5 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.52%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (1.52%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (47.73%) IT Support
2 58 (43.94%) Support Engineer
3 57 (43.18%) IT Engineer
4 48 (36.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (13.64%) Analyst
7 14 (10.61%) Support Analyst
8 12 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 12 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (8.33%) Applications Support
10 10 (7.58%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (7.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) Senior
11 7 (5.30%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (5.30%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (5.30%) IT Technician
11 7 (5.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
12 6 (4.55%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) CSS
1 1 (0.76%) HTML
1 1 (0.76%) jQuery
1 1 (0.76%) Laravel
1 1 (0.76%) RESTful
1 1 (0.76%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.82%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.82%) CCTV
3 8 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.30%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.55%) iPad
5 6 (4.55%) PMI
6 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.27%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Clustering
9 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.76%) iSeries
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 132 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (8.33%) Linux
2 11 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 9 (6.82%) Android
3 9 (6.82%) Apple iOS
4 8 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (37.88%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 36 (27.27%) ITIL
4 32 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (17.42%) Service Delivery
6 20 (15.15%) Incident Management
7 17 (12.88%) Mentoring
8 15 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (11.36%) DevOps
8 15 (11.36%) Migration
9 14 (10.61%) ITSM
10 13 (9.85%) CI/CD
11 12 (9.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 11 (8.33%) Service Management
13 9 (6.82%) Cloud Operations
13 9 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (6.82%) Time Management
14 6 (4.55%) Coaching
14 6 (4.55%) Preventative Maintenance
14 6 (4.55%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 17 (12.88%) SQL
3 2 (1.52%) Python
4 1 (0.76%) Bicep
4 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.76%) PHP
4 1 (0.76%) VB
4 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.82%) Degree
3 7 (5.30%) CCNA
3 7 (5.30%) CCNP
3 7 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.30%) MCSA
3 7 (5.30%) MCSE
3 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 7 (5.30%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.55%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (8.33%) SLA
3 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.03%) NIST
5 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (69.70%) Active Directory
2 31 (23.48%) Hyper-V
3 27 (20.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.79%) vSphere
5 4 (3.03%) Terminal Services
5 4 (3.03%) XenApp
6 2 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (21.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (4.55%) WSUS
4 2 (1.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.76%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (44.70%) Microsoft
2 39 (29.55%) VMware
3 8 (6.06%) Veeam
4 7 (5.30%) Cisco
4 7 (5.30%) Citrix
4 7 (5.30%) Draytek
4 7 (5.30%) Meraki
4 7 (5.30%) Mitel
4 7 (5.30%) WatchGuard
5 6 (4.55%) Apple
5 6 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.03%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.03%) Google
6 4 (3.03%) IBM
6 4 (3.03%) Sage
6 4 (3.03%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.27%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.52%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.52%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.52%) PagerDuty