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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 83 60
Rank change year-on-year -15 -23 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 230 187 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.47% 3.33% 3.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.38% 25.13% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 194 151 224
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -17.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,750 £50,063
90th Percentile £62,125 £58,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% -

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 757 744 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.84% 13.27% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 555 579 634
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -8.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,900 £72,950 £68,525
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -13 120 £42,500 +21.43% 72
East Midlands -23 110 £31,500 -3.08% 36
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 64 (27.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (18.26%) SharePoint
3 21 (9.13%) IIS
4 8 (3.48%) Apache
4 8 (3.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (1.30%) Infor LN
1 3 (1.30%) Infor M3
1 3 (1.30%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.87%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.43%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 168 (73.04%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (49.57%) Azure
3 95 (41.30%) Entra ID
4 28 (12.17%) AWS
5 16 (6.96%) SaaS
6 11 (4.78%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (3.91%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (3.04%) GCP
11 6 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.17%) IaaS
13 4 (1.74%) Cloudflare
13 4 (1.74%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.30%) PaaS
15 2 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
15 2 (0.87%) GitHub
15 2 (0.87%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 97 (42.17%) Firewall
2 92 (40.00%) DNS
3 68 (29.57%) DHCP
4 58 (25.22%) VPN
5 46 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 36 (15.65%) VLAN
7 25 (10.87%) Wireless
8 19 (8.26%) LAN
9 18 (7.83%) WAN
10 14 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (5.22%) Network Security
12 9 (3.91%) SAN
12 9 (3.91%) VoIP
13 8 (3.48%) IP Telephony
14 4 (1.74%) Internet
14 4 (1.74%) MQTT
14 4 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (0.87%) NAS
16 1 (0.43%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.74%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.74%) Power BI
4 3 (1.30%) MySQL
4 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.87%) KNIME
5 2 (0.87%) Power Query
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Git
1 7 (3.04%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) Ant
2 2 (0.87%) Apache Ivy
2 2 (0.87%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.87%) Maven
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) Carbide.c++
General
1 102 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.39%) Manufacturing
4 16 (6.96%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.91%) Finance
7 8 (3.48%) Legal
8 6 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.61%) Retail
9 5 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.74%) Dutch Language
10 4 (1.74%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (1.74%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.87%) Advertising
11 2 (0.87%) Automotive
11 2 (0.87%) French Language
11 2 (0.87%) Local Government
12 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (32.61%) IT Engineer
2 74 (32.17%) IT Support
3 62 (26.96%) Support Engineer
4 48 (20.87%) IT Support Engineer
5 41 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (14.35%) Senior
7 26 (11.30%) Analyst
8 24 (10.43%) IT Technician
9 23 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (10.00%) Support Technician
10 21 (9.13%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (8.26%) Support Analyst
12 18 (7.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 17 (7.39%) Administrator
13 17 (7.39%) Senior Support Engineer
14 14 (6.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 13 (5.65%) Network Engineer
16 12 (5.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 11 (4.78%) Senior IT Engineer
17 11 (4.78%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.48%) Terraform
2 4 (1.74%) Middleware
3 3 (1.30%) CSS
3 3 (1.30%) EDI
3 3 (1.30%) HTML
3 3 (1.30%) JSON
4 2 (0.87%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.48%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.26%) CCTV
3 16 (6.96%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.04%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.61%) Clustering
8 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.17%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.74%) IoT
9 4 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.74%) PMI
10 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.30%) FMCG
10 3 (1.30%) iSeries
10 3 (1.30%) Replication
10 3 (1.30%) Social Media
11 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 230 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (22.17%) Linux
3 26 (11.30%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.48%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.48%) Ubuntu
4 8 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.61%) Android
6 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.17%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.74%) VMS
9 3 (1.30%) Solaris
10 2 (0.87%) Unix
11 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (38.26%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (29.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (18.70%) Service Delivery
5 41 (17.83%) Customer Service
5 41 (17.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 36 (15.65%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (15.22%) ITIL
8 33 (14.35%) ITSM
9 26 (11.30%) Mentoring
9 26 (11.30%) Root Cause Analysis
10 22 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (9.13%) Migration
11 21 (9.13%) Project Delivery
12 20 (8.70%) AI
13 18 (7.83%) Business Continuity
13 18 (7.83%) Problem Management
14 16 (6.96%) ERP
14 16 (6.96%) Incident Management
14 16 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.61%) PowerShell
2 40 (17.39%) SQL
3 15 (6.52%) Python
3 15 (6.52%) VBA
4 6 (2.61%) Bash
5 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.30%) PHP
6 2 (0.87%) Bicep
6 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.87%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.43%) Ruby
7 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.43%) Degree
2 18 (7.83%) CCNA
2 18 (7.83%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (7.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.39%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.65%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.22%) DBS Check
6 11 (4.78%) CCNP
7 10 (4.35%) MCSE
8 8 (3.48%) MCSA
8 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (3.04%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.74%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.74%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.87%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.17%) SLA
2 19 (8.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.61%) GDPR
5 4 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 145 (63.04%) Active Directory
2 87 (37.83%) Hyper-V
3 61 (26.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.48%) vSphere
5 6 (2.61%) Docker
6 5 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.30%) Firmware
9 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.87%) XenApp
10 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 51 (22.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.35%) SCCM
3 6 (2.61%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.74%) Ansible
5 3 (1.30%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (1.30%) Control-M
5 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.30%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.87%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.87%) Grafana
6 2 (0.87%) Nessus
6 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.87%) Puppet
6 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.87%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 165 (71.74%) Microsoft
2 78 (33.91%) VMware
3 16 (6.96%) Cisco
4 12 (5.22%) Citrix
4 12 (5.22%) SonicWALL
4 12 (5.22%) WatchGuard
5 11 (4.78%) Veeam
6 10 (4.35%) Mitel
6 10 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.91%) Google
7 9 (3.91%) Meraki
8 8 (3.48%) Apple
8 8 (3.48%) Draytek
8 8 (3.48%) Fortinet
9 7 (3.04%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.04%) Sophos
10 6 (2.61%) Sage
11 5 (2.17%) SAP
12 4 (1.74%) Oracle
12 4 (1.74%) Remedy