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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 77 42
Rank change year-on-year -57 -35 +41
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 134 186 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 3.79% 4.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.93% 20.62% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 116 165 481
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,438 £29,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £45,250 £48,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% +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 611 902 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.62% 18.36% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 471 570 1,314
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,563 £53,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,125
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 24 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 24 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 -34 76 £29,625 -15.36% 24
West Midlands -68 57 £39,500 +12.86% 21
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 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (15.67%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.24%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.99%) Primavera
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.75%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 98 (73.13%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (38.81%) Azure
3 34 (25.37%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.70%) SaaS
5 11 (8.21%) IaaS
6 9 (6.72%) PaaS
7 7 (5.22%) AWS
8 4 (2.99%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.49%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.75%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (30.60%) DNS
2 34 (25.37%) DHCP
2 34 (25.37%) Firewall
3 15 (11.19%) VPN
4 14 (10.45%) LAN
4 14 (10.45%) WAN
5 11 (8.21%) Wireless
6 9 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (5.97%) TCP/IP
8 7 (5.22%) Internet
8 7 (5.22%) VoIP
9 6 (4.48%) Network Security
10 5 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (3.73%) VLAN
11 4 (2.99%) MQTT
12 2 (1.49%) SAN
12 2 (1.49%) WLAN
13 1 (0.75%) DMZ
13 1 (0.75%) FTP
13 1 (0.75%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.99%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.24%) MySQL
4 2 (1.49%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.75%) KNIME
5 1 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Git
General
1 35 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (4.48%) Finance
4 4 (2.99%) Dutch Language
4 4 (2.99%) Portuguese Language
4 4 (2.99%) Spanish Language
5 3 (2.24%) Retail
5 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.49%) French Language
7 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Law
7 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (44.78%) IT Support
2 50 (37.31%) IT Engineer
3 42 (31.34%) Support Engineer
4 36 (26.87%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (23.88%) Analyst
6 24 (17.91%) Support Analyst
7 18 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (11.19%) Applications Support
9 14 (10.45%) IT Analyst
10 13 (9.70%) Senior
11 12 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (8.96%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (8.96%) IT Technician
12 11 (8.21%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (8.21%) Support Technician
13 9 (6.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 9 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 8 (5.97%) Service Desk Engineer
15 7 (5.22%) Applications Support Analyst
16 5 (3.73%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.99%) CSS
1 4 (2.99%) HTML
2 3 (2.24%) JSON
3 1 (0.75%) jQuery
3 1 (0.75%) Laravel
3 1 (0.75%) RESTful
3 1 (0.75%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.40%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.72%) CCTV
3 9 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.22%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.99%) IoT
6 4 (2.99%) iPad
6 4 (2.99%) PMI
7 3 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.24%) iSeries
7 3 (2.24%) Social Media
8 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.75%) PKI
9 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (11.19%) Linux
3 11 (8.21%) Windows 10
4 10 (7.46%) Apple iOS
5 9 (6.72%) Android
6 4 (2.99%) VMS
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.75%) Solaris
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (29.85%) Customer Service
3 26 (19.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (17.16%) ITIL
5 22 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (15.67%) Service Delivery
7 14 (10.45%) Incident Management
8 13 (9.70%) Time Management
9 12 (8.96%) Mentoring
10 11 (8.21%) ITSM
11 10 (7.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 9 (6.72%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (5.97%) Case Management
13 8 (5.97%) Change Management
13 8 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (5.97%) DevOps
13 8 (5.97%) Migration
14 6 (4.48%) Change Control
14 6 (4.48%) Coaching
14 6 (4.48%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.66%) PowerShell
2 22 (16.42%) SQL
3 9 (6.72%) Python
4 6 (4.48%) VBA
5 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.99%) PHP
6 2 (1.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (10.45%) Degree
2 12 (8.96%) DBS Check
3 8 (5.97%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.49%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.49%) MCSE
7 2 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.75%) CCNA
8 1 (0.75%) CCNP
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) SLA
2 7 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.99%) NIST
5 2 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 95 (70.90%) Active Directory
2 28 (20.90%) Hyper-V
3 21 (15.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.22%) vSphere
5 2 (1.49%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.22%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.99%) WSUS
4 2 (1.49%) Grafana
4 2 (1.49%) SCCM
5 1 (0.75%) Ansible
5 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (58.21%) Microsoft
2 27 (20.15%) VMware
3 7 (5.22%) Apple
4 5 (3.73%) Veeam
5 4 (2.99%) Citrix
5 4 (2.99%) Google
5 4 (2.99%) Sage
6 3 (2.24%) Adobe
6 3 (2.24%) ConnectWise
6 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.24%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.49%) Cisco
7 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.49%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.49%) SAP
8 1 (0.75%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.75%) Commvault
8 1 (0.75%) Dell
8 1 (0.75%) McAfee
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle