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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 89 61
Rank change year-on-year -7 -28 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 234 185 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.49% 3.30% 3.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.55% 25.62% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 196 148 210
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,475
25th Percentile £29,500 £28,688 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -5.41% -12.94%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £58,875
England median annual salary £41,000 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.23% -10.00% -

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 766 722 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.88% 12.86% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 558 564 597
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,713 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.76% -8.22% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,100 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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
West Midlands -4 125 £42,500 +16.44% 72
East Midlands -28 109 £31,000 -4.62% 38
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 65 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (17.95%) SharePoint
3 21 (8.97%) IIS
4 8 (3.42%) Apache
4 8 (3.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (1.28%) Infor LN
1 3 (1.28%) Infor M3
1 3 (1.28%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 170 (72.65%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (49.57%) Azure
3 95 (40.60%) Entra ID
4 31 (13.25%) AWS
5 16 (6.84%) SaaS
6 12 (5.13%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.42%) GCP
9 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.56%) Google Workspace
10 6 (2.56%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.71%) Cloudflare
11 4 (1.71%) IaaS
12 3 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.85%) PaaS
13 2 (0.85%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 99 (42.31%) Firewall
2 96 (41.03%) DNS
3 71 (30.34%) DHCP
4 61 (26.07%) VPN
5 49 (20.94%) TCP/IP
6 37 (15.81%) VLAN
7 25 (10.68%) Wireless
8 20 (8.55%) LAN
9 19 (8.12%) WAN
10 13 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (5.13%) Network Security
12 9 (3.85%) IP Telephony
12 9 (3.85%) SAN
12 9 (3.85%) VoIP
13 4 (1.71%) Internet
13 4 (1.71%) MQTT
13 4 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (0.85%) NAS
15 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.71%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.71%) Power BI
4 3 (1.28%) MySQL
4 3 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.85%) KNIME
5 2 (0.85%) Power Query
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.99%) Git
1 7 (2.99%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) Ant
2 2 (0.85%) Apache Ivy
2 2 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.85%) Maven
2 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) Carbide.c++
General
1 107 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 17 (7.26%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.70%) Finance
6 10 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.85%) Legal
8 6 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.56%) Retail
9 5 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.71%) Dutch Language
11 3 (1.28%) Automotive
11 3 (1.28%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.28%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.85%) Advertising
12 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) French Language
12 2 (0.85%) Local Government
13 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 78 (33.33%) IT Support
2 77 (32.91%) IT Engineer
3 65 (27.78%) Support Engineer
4 51 (21.79%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (18.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (14.53%) Senior
7 24 (10.26%) Analyst
7 24 (10.26%) IT Technician
7 24 (10.26%) Support Technician
8 23 (9.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (9.40%) IT Support Technician
10 19 (8.12%) Administrator
11 18 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 18 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
12 17 (7.26%) Support Analyst
13 14 (5.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (5.98%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (5.56%) Network Engineer
15 12 (5.13%) Senior IT Engineer
15 12 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.85%) Terraform
2 4 (1.71%) Middleware
3 3 (1.28%) CSS
3 3 (1.28%) EDI
3 3 (1.28%) HTML
3 3 (1.28%) JSON
4 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.53%) Driving Licence
2 20 (8.55%) CCTV
3 16 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.27%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.99%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.56%) Clustering
8 6 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.14%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.14%) PMI
10 4 (1.71%) IoT
10 4 (1.71%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.28%) FMCG
11 3 (1.28%) iSeries
11 3 (1.28%) Replication
11 3 (1.28%) Social Media
12 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 234 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (22.65%) Linux
3 27 (11.54%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.42%) Ubuntu
6 7 (2.99%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.14%) Android
8 5 (2.14%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.71%) VMS
10 3 (1.28%) Solaris
11 2 (0.85%) Unix
12 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (39.32%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (28.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (24.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 45 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
5 43 (18.38%) Customer Service
5 43 (18.38%) Service Delivery
6 39 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (15.81%) ITIL
8 36 (15.38%) ITSM
9 27 (11.54%) Mentoring
9 27 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 24 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (9.83%) Project Delivery
12 22 (9.40%) Migration
13 20 (8.55%) AI
13 20 (8.55%) Business Continuity
14 19 (8.12%) Problem Management
15 17 (7.26%) Incident Management
16 16 (6.84%) ERP
16 16 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 41 (17.52%) SQL
3 16 (6.84%) Python
4 15 (6.41%) VBA
5 6 (2.56%) Bash
6 3 (1.28%) Bicep
6 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.28%) PHP
7 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.26%) Degree
2 19 (8.12%) CCNA
2 19 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (8.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.26%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.13%) CCNP
6 12 (5.13%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.70%) MCSE
8 9 (3.85%) MCSA
8 9 (3.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (2.14%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.71%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.97%) SLA
2 22 (9.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.56%) GDPR
5 5 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 144 (61.54%) Active Directory
2 87 (37.18%) Hyper-V
3 61 (26.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.42%) vSphere
5 6 (2.56%) Docker
6 5 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.28%) Firmware
8 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.85%) XenApp
9 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 51 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.27%) SCCM
3 6 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.71%) Ansible
4 4 (1.71%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.28%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (1.28%) Control-M
5 3 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.28%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.85%) Grafana
6 2 (0.85%) Nessus
6 2 (0.85%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) Puppet
6 2 (0.85%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.43%) SCOM
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 169 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 80 (34.19%) VMware
3 16 (6.84%) Cisco
4 14 (5.98%) WatchGuard
5 13 (5.56%) Citrix
5 13 (5.56%) SonicWALL
5 13 (5.56%) Veeam
6 11 (4.70%) Google
6 11 (4.70%) Mitel
7 9 (3.85%) Draytek
7 9 (3.85%) Fortinet
7 9 (3.85%) Meraki
7 9 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.42%) Apple
8 8 (3.42%) Sophos
9 7 (2.99%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.14%) Sage
10 5 (2.14%) SAP
11 4 (1.71%) Oracle
11 4 (1.71%) Remedy