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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 62 33
Rank change year-on-year -37 -29 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 148 250 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.82% 4.00% 5.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.14% 23.56% 36.63%
Number of salaries quoted 120 141 349
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £39,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.52% -7.06% +3.34%
75th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £52,193
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -3.41%

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 526 1,061 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.48% 17.00% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 420 395 932
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £43,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +2.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £46,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £49,991
% change year-on-year -12.00% +0.02% -4.78%

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 25 January 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 25 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
East Midlands -10 92 £28,500 -12.31% 25
West Midlands -45 55 £40,000 -1.23% 24
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 32 (21.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (18.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.73%) Skype for Business
4 6 (4.05%) WinCC
5 4 (2.70%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (2.03%) Apache
7 2 (1.35%) ArchestrA
8 1 (0.68%) Confluence
8 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 115 (77.70%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (43.92%) Azure
3 40 (27.03%) Entra ID
4 18 (12.16%) SaaS
5 14 (9.46%) AWS
6 7 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.73%) GCP
7 6 (4.05%) iPaaS
8 4 (2.70%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.03%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.35%) IaaS
10 2 (1.35%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 70 (47.30%) DNS
2 69 (46.62%) DHCP
3 42 (28.38%) Firewall
4 16 (10.81%) LAN
4 16 (10.81%) TCP/IP
4 16 (10.81%) WAN
5 10 (6.76%) Network Security
5 10 (6.76%) VLAN
6 7 (4.73%) IP Telephony
6 7 (4.73%) SAN
6 7 (4.73%) Skype
7 6 (4.05%) Internet
7 6 (4.05%) Modbus
7 6 (4.05%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (4.05%) SD-WAN
7 6 (4.05%) VPN
8 5 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.70%) MPLS
9 4 (2.70%) PBX
9 4 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.73%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Git
General
1 37 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.76%) Manufacturing
3 7 (4.73%) Retail
3 7 (4.73%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (4.05%) Law
5 5 (3.38%) Finance
6 2 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.68%) Automotive
7 1 (0.68%) Legal
7 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 78 (52.70%) Support Engineer
2 70 (47.30%) IT Engineer
3 68 (45.95%) IT Support
4 61 (41.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 38 (25.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (14.19%) Infrastructure Support
6 21 (14.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 16 (10.81%) Technical Support
8 15 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (9.46%) Analyst
10 11 (7.43%) Senior
10 11 (7.43%) Support Analyst
10 11 (7.43%) Technical Analyst
11 10 (6.76%) Technical Support Analyst
12 9 (6.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 9 (6.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (6.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (5.41%) 1st Line Support
13 8 (5.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 8 (5.41%) 1st Line Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.03%) CSS
1 3 (2.03%) HTML
1 3 (2.03%) jQuery
1 3 (2.03%) Laravel
1 3 (2.03%) RESTful
2 1 (0.68%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (37.16%) Driving Licence
2 13 (8.78%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.73%) CCTV
4 7 (4.73%) Clustering
4 7 (4.73%) CMDB
4 7 (4.73%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.05%) iPad
5 6 (4.05%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.05%) PMI
5 6 (4.05%) SCADA
6 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (2.03%) Legacy Code
8 3 (2.03%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 148 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (12.16%) Linux
3 14 (9.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.41%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.03%) Android
7 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.68%) Rocky
8 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (43.92%) Customer Service
2 59 (39.86%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (27.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (22.30%) Incident Management
5 27 (18.24%) ITIL
6 20 (13.51%) Service Delivery
7 18 (12.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 17 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (10.81%) Migration
10 14 (9.46%) Mentoring
11 13 (8.78%) Infrastructure Management
11 13 (8.78%) Server Management
12 12 (8.11%) CI/CD
12 12 (8.11%) DevOps
13 10 (6.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (6.76%) ITSM
14 9 (6.08%) Cloud Operations
14 9 (6.08%) Root Cause Analysis
15 8 (5.41%) Service Management
16 7 (4.73%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.14%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.46%) SQL
3 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.03%) PHP
4 2 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.68%) Bicep
5 1 (0.68%) VB
5 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (4.73%) CCNA
2 7 (4.73%) CCNP
2 7 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (4.73%) MCP
2 7 (4.73%) MCSA
2 7 (4.73%) MCSE
3 6 (4.05%) Degree
3 6 (4.05%) PMI Certification
3 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.35%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.11%) GDPR
2 11 (7.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.08%) SLA
4 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.05%) IEC 61508
5 6 (4.05%) QA
6 4 (2.70%) IEC 61131
6 4 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 93 (62.84%) Active Directory
2 39 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.70%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.70%) XenApp
6 2 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (19.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.73%) Nagios
2 7 (4.73%) ZABBIX
3 6 (4.05%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (4.05%) WSUS
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 49 (33.11%) VMware
3 12 (8.11%) Citrix
4 11 (7.43%) Google
5 10 (6.76%) Veeam
6 9 (6.08%) Darktrace
7 7 (4.73%) BMC
7 7 (4.73%) Cisco
7 7 (4.73%) Draytek
7 7 (4.73%) Meraki
7 7 (4.73%) Mitel
7 7 (4.73%) Proofpoint
7 7 (4.73%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.73%) SolarWinds
7 7 (4.73%) Tanium
7 7 (4.73%) Trend Micro
7 7 (4.73%) WatchGuard
8 6 (4.05%) Apple
8 6 (4.05%) Rockwell
8 6 (4.05%) Siemens