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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 66 39
Rank change year-on-year -68 -27 +38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 136 208 543
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.06% 4.03% 4.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.01% 20.78% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 118 186 488
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £44,521 £48,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,766 £52,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -5.14%

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 591 1,001 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.60% 19.38% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 458 600 1,315
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,313 £29,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,291 £48,188 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -41 78 £29,000 -17.14% 18
West Midlands -70 57 £39,750 +13.57% 18
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 23 (16.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (16.18%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.21%) IIS
4 1 (0.74%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.21%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.94%) Primavera
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.74%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (33.82%) Azure
3 36 (26.47%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.03%) SaaS
5 11 (8.09%) IaaS
6 9 (6.62%) PaaS
7 7 (5.15%) AWS
8 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.94%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.47%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.74%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (34.56%) DNS
2 41 (30.15%) DHCP
3 30 (22.06%) Firewall
4 16 (11.76%) LAN
4 16 (11.76%) WAN
5 11 (8.09%) VPN
5 11 (8.09%) Wireless
6 10 (7.35%) VoIP
6 10 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (6.62%) Internet
8 8 (5.88%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.15%) Network Security
10 5 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.94%) PBX
11 4 (2.94%) WLAN
12 3 (2.21%) MQTT
13 1 (0.74%) NAS
13 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.74%) SSH
13 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.21%) MySQL
3 2 (1.47%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Git
General
1 35 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.68%) Finance
5 4 (2.94%) Dutch Language
5 4 (2.94%) Portuguese Language
5 4 (2.94%) Spanish Language
6 3 (2.21%) Retail
6 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.47%) French Language
8 1 (0.74%) Law
8 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (46.32%) IT Support
2 58 (42.65%) IT Engineer
3 52 (38.24%) Support Engineer
4 44 (32.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 30 (22.06%) Analyst
6 24 (17.65%) Support Analyst
7 17 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (10.29%) Applications Support
8 14 (10.29%) IT Analyst
9 13 (9.56%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (8.82%) IT Support Analyst
11 10 (7.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (7.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (7.35%) Senior
12 8 (5.88%) Service Desk Engineer
13 7 (5.15%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (5.15%) IT Technician
14 6 (4.41%) Field Engineer
14 6 (4.41%) Field Service Engineer
14 6 (4.41%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.94%) CSS
1 4 (2.94%) HTML
2 3 (2.21%) JSON
3 1 (0.74%) jQuery
3 1 (0.74%) Laravel
3 1 (0.74%) RESTful
3 1 (0.74%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.26%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.62%) CCTV
3 8 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.41%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.41%) iPad
4 6 (4.41%) PMI
5 4 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.21%) IoT
6 3 (2.21%) iSeries
6 3 (2.21%) Social Media
7 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.74%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.74%) PKI
8 1 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 136 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (10.29%) Windows 10
3 12 (8.82%) Linux
4 9 (6.62%) Android
4 9 (6.62%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.21%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.21%) VMS
7 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.74%) Solaris
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (40.44%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (33.82%) Customer Service
3 25 (18.38%) ITIL
4 24 (17.65%) Service Delivery
5 23 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 16 (11.76%) Time Management
8 15 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (8.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 11 (8.09%) ITSM
10 11 (8.09%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.35%) DevOps
11 10 (7.35%) Migration
12 9 (6.62%) Service Management
13 8 (5.88%) Case Management
13 8 (5.88%) CI/CD
13 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
14 7 (5.15%) Change Management
15 6 (4.41%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.44%) PowerShell
1 21 (15.44%) SQL
2 8 (5.88%) Python
3 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.94%) PHP
4 3 (2.21%) VBA
5 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (11.03%) Degree
2 12 (8.82%) DBS Check
3 7 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.41%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.47%) MCSE
8 1 (0.74%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.09%) SLA
2 10 (7.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 98 (72.06%) Active Directory
2 26 (19.12%) Hyper-V
3 23 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.15%) vSphere
5 4 (2.94%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (4.41%) WSUS
4 2 (1.47%) Grafana
4 2 (1.47%) SCCM
5 1 (0.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (52.21%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.32%) VMware
3 9 (6.62%) Apple
4 5 (3.68%) Veeam
5 4 (2.94%) Google
5 4 (2.94%) Sage
5 4 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.21%) Adobe
6 3 (2.21%) Citrix
6 3 (2.21%) ConnectWise
6 3 (2.21%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.47%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.47%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.47%) SAP
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco
8 1 (0.74%) Commvault
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) McAfee
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle
8 1 (0.74%) Sophos