Windows Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 40 84
Rank change year-on-year -41 +44 -31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 209 551 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.01% 4.72% 3.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.43% 34.72% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 185 495 277
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,300 £58,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% +3.53%

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 1,023 1,587 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.73% 13.59% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 595 1,315 859
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £46,323 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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
West Midlands -46 116 £35,000 -2.78% 42
East Midlands -27 91 £35,000 -12.50% 52
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 61 (29.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (14.83%) SharePoint
3 16 (7.66%) IIS
4 2 (0.96%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
5 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (3.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 115 (55.02%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (54.55%) Azure
3 22 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 17 (8.13%) Google Workspace
5 14 (6.70%) IaaS
6 13 (6.22%) AWS
7 12 (5.74%) PaaS
7 12 (5.74%) SaaS
8 6 (2.87%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.91%) Route 53
10 3 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.96%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.96%) GCP
12 1 (0.48%) GitHub
12 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 101 (48.33%) Firewall
2 68 (32.54%) DHCP
3 65 (31.10%) DNS
4 50 (23.92%) WAN
5 43 (20.57%) VPN
6 42 (20.10%) LAN
7 39 (18.66%) VLAN
8 34 (16.27%) TCP/IP
9 21 (10.05%) SAN
10 16 (7.66%) BGP
10 16 (7.66%) Remote Desktop
11 15 (7.18%) OSPF
11 15 (7.18%) WLAN
12 13 (6.22%) Network Security
13 12 (5.74%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (4.31%) SD-WAN
15 7 (3.35%) Ethernet
16 4 (1.91%) HTTPS
16 4 (1.91%) Wireless
17 2 (0.96%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.48%) SQL CLR
General
1 68 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.09%) Law
2 19 (9.09%) Retail
3 18 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.18%) Automotive
6 12 (5.74%) Legal
7 11 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.78%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.83%) Finance
10 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 2 (0.96%) Advertising
11 2 (0.96%) Electronics
11 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Police
12 1 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 52 (24.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 52 (24.88%) Support Engineer
2 46 (22.01%) IT Engineer
3 39 (18.66%) IT Support
4 25 (11.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 22 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
6 20 (9.57%) 3rd Line Support
6 20 (9.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 16 (7.66%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (7.18%) Senior
9 14 (6.70%) Analyst
10 13 (6.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 13 (6.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 13 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (5.74%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 12 (5.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.74%) Support Technician
12 11 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.44%) .NET
2 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.48%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.48%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.48%) Dapper ORM
3 1 (0.48%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.48%) LDAP
3 1 (0.48%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.92%) Driving Licence
2 21 (10.05%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.66%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.18%) Smartphone
5 9 (4.31%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.35%) Clustering
8 4 (1.91%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.96%) FMCG
10 2 (0.96%) IoT
10 2 (0.96%) NB-IoT
10 2 (0.96%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.48%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 204 (97.61%) Windows
2 42 (20.10%) Windows Server 2016
3 41 (19.62%) Linux
4 38 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 38 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (10.53%) Ubuntu
6 15 (7.18%) Mac OS X
7 11 (5.26%) Apple iOS
8 10 (4.78%) Windows 7
9 7 (3.35%) Android
9 7 (3.35%) CentOS
9 7 (3.35%) Rocky
10 5 (2.39%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (25.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 33 (15.79%) ITIL
5 26 (12.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (11.48%) Mentoring
7 21 (10.05%) Infrastructure Management
8 19 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 19 (9.09%) Data Security
9 18 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (8.61%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (8.13%) Business Case
11 16 (7.66%) Migration
12 15 (7.18%) Systems Engineering
13 14 (6.70%) High Availability
13 14 (6.70%) Network Design
14 13 (6.22%) Collaborative Culture
14 13 (6.22%) Project Delivery
15 12 (5.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (28.71%) PowerShell
2 43 (20.57%) SQL
3 4 (1.91%) Bash
3 4 (1.91%) Python
4 2 (0.96%) Perl
4 2 (0.96%) VB
5 1 (0.48%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (17.22%) Degree
3 29 (13.88%) MCSE
4 22 (10.53%) MCSA
5 19 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (8.61%) MCP
7 17 (8.13%) Azure Certification
8 15 (7.18%) A+ Certification
8 15 (7.18%) HNC
8 15 (7.18%) HND
9 11 (5.26%) CCNA
9 11 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.83%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (3.35%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.39%) CCNP
12 5 (2.39%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.91%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.66%) SLA
2 8 (3.83%) GDPR
3 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 165 (78.95%) Active Directory
2 64 (30.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (20.57%) Hyper-V
4 14 (6.70%) XenApp
5 12 (5.74%) vSphere
6 9 (4.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (2.87%) Terminal Services
8 5 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.96%) Docker
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.48%) Firmware
11 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (14.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.26%) Ansible
3 8 (3.83%) SCOM
4 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (3.35%) SCCM
5 4 (1.91%) AirWatch
5 4 (1.91%) Puppet
5 4 (1.91%) Terraform
6 3 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.44%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.96%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.96%) SCSM
7 2 (0.96%) VxRail
8 1 (0.48%) Autotask
8 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 139 (66.51%) Microsoft
2 75 (35.89%) VMware
3 41 (19.62%) Cisco
4 27 (12.92%) Apple
5 26 (12.44%) Dell
6 23 (11.00%) Meraki
7 19 (9.09%) Google
8 17 (8.13%) Citrix
8 17 (8.13%) Fortinet
9 15 (7.18%) Ubiquiti
10 14 (6.70%) CheckPoint
10 14 (6.70%) SonicWALL
11 13 (6.22%) HP
12 8 (3.83%) Sophos
13 7 (3.35%) Acronis
13 7 (3.35%) NetApp
13 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
14 6 (2.87%) SAP
14 6 (2.87%) Veeam
14 6 (2.87%) WatchGuard