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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 74 49
Rank change year-on-year -46 -25 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 146 201 570
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.17% 3.98% 4.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.40% 24.07% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 129 179 482
10th Percentile £27,400 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 624 835 1,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.98% 16.54% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 484 628 1,332
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £49,813 £51,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 20 June 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 June 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 75 £30,000 -14.29% 25
West Midlands -44 70 £42,250 +20.71% 20
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 (21.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (19.18%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.05%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.74%) Primavera
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (70.55%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (47.26%) Azure
3 42 (28.77%) Entra ID
4 12 (8.22%) SaaS
5 11 (7.53%) IaaS
6 9 (6.16%) PaaS
7 7 (4.79%) AWS
8 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.05%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.05%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.37%) GitHub
10 2 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.37%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.37%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.68%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (32.88%) Firewall
2 37 (25.34%) DNS
3 30 (20.55%) DHCP
4 22 (15.07%) VPN
5 17 (11.64%) VLAN
6 14 (9.59%) TCP/IP
7 13 (8.90%) LAN
7 13 (8.90%) WAN
8 12 (8.22%) Wireless
9 10 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (4.79%) VoIP
11 5 (3.42%) Network Security
11 5 (3.42%) SAN
12 4 (2.74%) MQTT
13 3 (2.05%) Internet
14 2 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.68%) DMZ
15 1 (0.68%) NAS
15 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.74%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.05%) MySQL
4 2 (1.37%) InfluxDB
4 2 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.68%) KNIME
5 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Git
2 2 (1.37%) JIRA
2 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.68%) Carbide.c++
General
1 48 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (4.79%) Finance
5 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.74%) Dutch Language
6 4 (2.74%) Portuguese Language
6 4 (2.74%) Spanish Language
7 3 (2.05%) Retail
8 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.37%) French Language
8 2 (1.37%) Legal
8 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.37%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 61 (41.78%) IT Support
2 48 (32.88%) IT Engineer
3 38 (26.03%) Support Engineer
4 33 (22.60%) Analyst
4 33 (22.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (18.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (16.44%) Support Analyst
7 18 (12.33%) IT Technician
8 16 (10.96%) Applications Support
8 16 (10.96%) IT Support Technician
8 16 (10.96%) Support Technician
9 14 (9.59%) IT Analyst
10 13 (8.90%) Senior
11 12 (8.22%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Service Desk Engineer
14 7 (4.79%) Applications Support Analyst
15 6 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) CSS
1 4 (2.74%) HTML
1 4 (2.74%) Middleware
2 3 (2.05%) JSON
3 2 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.68%) jQuery
4 1 (0.68%) Laravel
4 1 (0.68%) RESTful
4 1 (0.68%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.96%) Driving Licence
1 16 (10.96%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (6.16%) CCTV
3 9 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.79%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.74%) IoT
6 3 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (2.05%) iSeries
6 3 (2.05%) Social Media
7 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.37%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.37%) SCADA
8 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.68%) PKI
8 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 146 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (12.33%) Linux
3 15 (10.27%) Windows 10
4 11 (7.53%) Apple iOS
5 9 (6.16%) Android
6 4 (2.74%) VMS
7 3 (2.05%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.68%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (41.78%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (23.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (23.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (19.86%) Customer Service
5 26 (17.81%) ITIL
6 25 (17.12%) Service Delivery
7 19 (13.01%) Mentoring
8 16 (10.96%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (10.27%) ITSM
10 11 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (7.53%) Time Management
11 10 (6.85%) Change Management
12 9 (6.16%) Project Delivery
12 9 (6.16%) Roadmaps
13 8 (5.48%) Case Management
13 8 (5.48%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (5.48%) High Availability
13 8 (5.48%) Migration
13 8 (5.48%) Service Management
14 7 (4.79%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.92%) PowerShell
2 28 (19.18%) SQL
3 11 (7.53%) Python
3 11 (7.53%) VBA
4 4 (2.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.74%) PHP
5 2 (1.37%) Bash
5 2 (1.37%) Bicep
5 2 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.22%) DBS Check
1 12 (8.22%) Degree
2 9 (6.16%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (2.74%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.74%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.37%) CCNA
6 2 (1.37%) CCNP
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.37%) CISSP
6 2 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.90%) SLA
2 6 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.37%) NIST
System Software
1 100 (68.49%) Active Directory
2 42 (28.77%) Hyper-V
3 30 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.79%) vSphere
5 3 (2.05%) Docker
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (14.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.74%) Grafana
3 4 (2.74%) SCCM
4 3 (2.05%) Ansible
4 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.05%) Terraform
5 2 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 99 (67.81%) Microsoft
2 36 (24.66%) VMware
3 6 (4.11%) Veeam
4 4 (2.74%) Cisco
4 4 (2.74%) Citrix
4 4 (2.74%) Sage
5 3 (2.05%) Adobe
5 3 (2.05%) Apple
5 3 (2.05%) ConnectWise
5 3 (2.05%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.05%) SAP
5 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.05%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.37%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.37%) Google
6 2 (1.37%) Meraki
6 2 (1.37%) PagerDuty
6 2 (1.37%) Sophos
7 1 (0.68%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.68%) NetApp