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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 70 39
Rank change year-on-year -22 -31 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 152 301 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.71% 3.39% 5.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.88% 27.41% 34.21%
Number of salaries quoted 124 155 264
10th Percentile £25,225 £27,700 £26,825
25th Percentile £25,875 £31,250 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -10.11% +4.71%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,380 £60,000 £62,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +1.12%

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 611 1,098 877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.90% 12.37% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 487 470 719
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,875 £31,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,875
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £50,521
% change year-on-year -16.00% -1.03% -3.77%

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 5 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 5 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 +2 92 £30,000 -7.69% 42
West Midlands -37 60 £40,000 -5.88% 46
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 38 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (19.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.92%) Skype for Business
4 6 (3.95%) WinCC
5 4 (2.63%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (1.97%) Apache
6 3 (1.97%) IIS
7 2 (1.32%) ArchestrA
8 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.97%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 111 (73.03%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (59.87%) Azure
3 42 (27.63%) Entra ID
4 20 (13.16%) AWS
5 14 (9.21%) SaaS
6 9 (5.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (5.92%) GCP
6 9 (5.92%) Nutanix
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Stack
8 6 (3.95%) iPaaS
8 6 (3.95%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.63%) PaaS
10 3 (1.97%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.97%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.32%) GitHub
11 2 (1.32%) IaaS
12 1 (0.66%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 66 (43.42%) DNS
2 60 (39.47%) DHCP
3 54 (35.53%) Firewall
4 27 (17.76%) WAN
5 22 (14.47%) LAN
6 21 (13.82%) VLAN
7 19 (12.50%) TCP/IP
8 14 (9.21%) SAN
9 13 (8.55%) VPN
10 10 (6.58%) SD-WAN
10 10 (6.58%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (5.92%) Skype
12 7 (4.61%) IP Telephony
13 6 (3.95%) Modbus
14 5 (3.29%) iSCSI
14 5 (3.29%) Network Security
15 3 (1.97%) Intranet
15 3 (1.97%) MPLS
16 2 (1.32%) Ethernet
16 2 (1.32%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.92%) DTS
3 2 (1.32%) Data Hub
3 2 (1.32%) SQL CLR
4 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Git
General
1 34 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.18%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.55%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.89%) Retail
5 10 (6.58%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.92%) Law
7 7 (4.61%) Finance
8 6 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.29%) Billing
10 3 (1.97%) Legal
11 2 (1.32%) Automotive
11 2 (1.32%) Back Office
12 1 (0.66%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 77 (50.66%) Support Engineer
2 71 (46.71%) IT Engineer
3 57 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (34.87%) IT Support
5 50 (32.89%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (17.76%) Infrastructure Support
6 27 (17.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 22 (14.47%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (11.18%) Technical Support
9 15 (9.87%) Analyst
10 12 (7.89%) Support Analyst
10 12 (7.89%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (7.24%) 1st Line Support
11 11 (7.24%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 11 (7.24%) 1st Line Technical Support
11 11 (7.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 11 (7.24%) Technical Support Analyst
12 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.97%) CSS
1 3 (1.97%) HTML
1 3 (1.97%) jQuery
1 3 (1.97%) Laravel
1 3 (1.97%) RESTful
2 2 (1.32%) .NET
2 2 (1.32%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.32%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.32%) Dapper ORM
2 2 (1.32%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.66%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (33.55%) Driving Licence
2 23 (15.13%) Onboarding
3 19 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.92%) CMDB
4 9 (5.92%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.61%) CCTV
6 7 (4.61%) Clustering
6 7 (4.61%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.95%) SCADA
8 5 (3.29%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.97%) Legacy Code
11 2 (1.32%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.32%) Smartphone
11 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.66%) iSeries
12 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 152 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (20.39%) Linux
3 29 (19.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (13.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (6.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (5.26%) Rocky
7 5 (3.29%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.97%) Android
8 3 (1.97%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.32%) AIX
9 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (40.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (33.55%) Customer Service
4 25 (16.45%) Incident Management
5 21 (13.82%) ITIL
6 19 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
7 16 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (10.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 15 (9.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (9.21%) Migration
10 12 (7.89%) Mentoring
11 11 (7.24%) ITSM
12 10 (6.58%) Data Security
12 10 (6.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 10 (6.58%) Server Management
12 10 (6.58%) Service Delivery
13 9 (5.92%) Problem Management
14 8 (5.26%) Agile
14 8 (5.26%) Containerisation
14 8 (5.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.45%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.84%) SQL
3 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.97%) PHP
4 2 (1.32%) C#
4 2 (1.32%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.66%) Bicep
5 1 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (14.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (12.50%) MCSA
3 18 (11.84%) MCP
3 18 (11.84%) MCSE
4 14 (9.21%) CCNA
4 14 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.58%) A+ Certification
5 10 (6.58%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (5.92%) CCNP
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 8 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 8 (5.26%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.63%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.97%) Degree
10 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.21%) GDPR
2 8 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.95%) IEC 61508
3 6 (3.95%) QA
4 4 (2.63%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 100 (65.79%) Active Directory
2 45 (29.61%) Hyper-V
3 41 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (4.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (25.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.58%) SCCM
3 9 (5.92%) Nagios
3 9 (5.92%) ZABBIX
4 8 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.95%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (3.29%) Autotask
7 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.66%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.66%) Terraform
8 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (49.34%) Microsoft
2 53 (34.87%) VMware
3 22 (14.47%) Cisco
4 16 (10.53%) Citrix
5 15 (9.87%) Meraki
6 12 (7.89%) Veeam
7 11 (7.24%) Darktrace
8 10 (6.58%) Dell
8 10 (6.58%) Google
8 10 (6.58%) Red Hat
9 9 (5.92%) BMC
9 9 (5.92%) Proofpoint
9 9 (5.92%) SolarWinds
9 9 (5.92%) Tanium
9 9 (5.92%) Trend Micro
10 8 (5.26%) HP
10 8 (5.26%) SonicWALL
11 7 (4.61%) Draytek
11 7 (4.61%) Mitel
11 7 (4.61%) WatchGuard