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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 63 39
Rank change year-on-year -30 -24 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 167 313 305
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.02% 3.43% 5.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.72% 27.03% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 130 170 262
10th Percentile £25,675 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £56,844
90th Percentile £60,340 £60,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +3.45%

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 625 1,158 909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.29% 12.68% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 503 494 741
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,825 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,125 £31,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £52,813 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,991 £68,750
England median annual salary £41,355 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.29% -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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -4 98 £32,500 -7.14% 25
West Midlands -32 67 £38,750 -8.82% 22
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 45 (26.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (21.56%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.59%) Skype for Business
4 6 (3.59%) WinCC
5 4 (2.40%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (2.40%) IIS
6 3 (1.80%) Apache
7 2 (1.20%) ArchestrA
8 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (2.40%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.80%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 117 (70.06%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (56.29%) Azure
3 35 (20.96%) Entra ID
4 20 (11.98%) AWS
5 17 (10.18%) SaaS
6 10 (5.99%) Nutanix
7 9 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (5.39%) GCP
8 8 (4.79%) Azure Stack
9 7 (4.19%) PaaS
10 6 (3.59%) iPaaS
10 6 (3.59%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.80%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.80%) GitHub
11 3 (1.80%) IaaS
11 3 (1.80%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.60%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 74 (44.31%) DNS
2 73 (43.71%) DHCP
3 61 (36.53%) Firewall
4 33 (19.76%) WAN
5 28 (16.77%) TCP/IP
6 27 (16.17%) LAN
7 22 (13.17%) VLAN
8 20 (11.98%) VPN
9 17 (10.18%) SAN
10 11 (6.59%) Skype
10 11 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (5.99%) SD-WAN
12 9 (5.39%) Network Security
13 6 (3.59%) Modbus
14 5 (2.99%) iSCSI
15 3 (1.80%) Intranet
15 3 (1.80%) IP Telephony
16 2 (1.20%) Ethernet
16 2 (1.20%) MPLS
16 2 (1.20%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.39%) DTS
3 3 (1.80%) Data Hub
3 3 (1.80%) SQL CLR
4 2 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Git
General
1 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.98%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.38%) Manufacturing
4 13 (7.78%) Law
5 12 (7.19%) Retail
6 10 (5.99%) Finance
6 10 (5.99%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.99%) Billing
10 3 (1.80%) Back Office
10 3 (1.80%) Legal
11 2 (1.20%) Automotive
12 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 68 (40.72%) IT Engineer
2 67 (40.12%) Support Engineer
3 59 (35.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 54 (32.34%) IT Support
5 43 (25.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 28 (16.77%) Infrastructure Support
7 25 (14.97%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 23 (13.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (11.38%) Analyst
10 17 (10.18%) Technical Support
11 15 (8.98%) Support Analyst
12 12 (7.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (7.19%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (6.59%) 1st Line Support
13 11 (6.59%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 11 (6.59%) 1st Line Technical Support
13 11 (6.59%) Senior
13 11 (6.59%) Technical Support Analyst
14 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support
14 9 (5.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.80%) .NET
1 3 (1.80%) .NET Core
1 3 (1.80%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.80%) CSS
1 3 (1.80%) Dapper ORM
1 3 (1.80%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.80%) HTML
1 3 (1.80%) jQuery
1 3 (1.80%) Laravel
1 3 (1.80%) RESTful
2 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (29.34%) Driving Licence
2 23 (13.77%) Onboarding
3 19 (11.38%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.39%) CMDB
5 9 (5.39%) Operational Technology
5 9 (5.39%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.19%) Clustering
6 7 (4.19%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.59%) SCADA
8 4 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.80%) CCTV
9 3 (1.80%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.80%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 167 (100.00%) Windows
2 35 (20.96%) Linux
3 32 (19.16%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (11.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (6.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (5.39%) Rocky
7 7 (4.19%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.99%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.99%) Windows 10
9 3 (1.80%) Android
9 3 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.80%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.20%) AIX
10 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (38.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (33.53%) Customer Service
3 55 (32.93%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (15.57%) ITIL
5 23 (13.77%) Incident Management
6 22 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (11.38%) Infrastructure Management
8 18 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (9.58%) Migration
9 16 (9.58%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 14 (8.38%) Data Security
11 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.19%) Project Delivery
12 12 (7.19%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (6.59%) Agile
13 11 (6.59%) Collaborative Culture
13 11 (6.59%) Problem Management
14 10 (5.99%) ITSM
14 10 (5.99%) Server Management
15 9 (5.39%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.56%) PowerShell
2 22 (13.17%) SQL
3 3 (1.80%) C#
3 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.80%) PHP
4 2 (1.20%) Bash
4 2 (1.20%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (1.20%) Perl
4 2 (1.20%) Python
5 1 (0.60%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (13.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (12.57%) MCSA
3 20 (11.98%) MCP
3 20 (11.98%) MCSE
4 14 (8.38%) DV Cleared
4 14 (8.38%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.78%) CCNA
5 13 (7.78%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (7.78%) Degree
6 11 (6.59%) A+ Certification
6 11 (6.59%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.99%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (5.99%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.79%) CCNP
9 4 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.18%) GDPR
2 6 (3.59%) IEC 61508
2 6 (3.59%) QA
3 5 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.40%) IEC 61131
5 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.80%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (67.07%) Active Directory
2 47 (28.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (27.54%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.59%) XenApp
6 2 (1.20%) Docker
6 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (20.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.78%) SCCM
3 9 (5.39%) Nagios
3 9 (5.39%) ZABBIX
4 8 (4.79%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.59%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (2.99%) Autotask
7 4 (2.40%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.40%) SCOM
8 3 (1.80%) Ansible
9 2 (1.20%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.20%) Puppet
9 2 (1.20%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.20%) SCSM
9 2 (1.20%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.60%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.60%) Terraform
10 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 92 (55.09%) Microsoft
2 55 (32.93%) VMware
3 22 (13.17%) Cisco
4 16 (9.58%) Meraki
5 15 (8.98%) Citrix
6 13 (7.78%) Veeam
7 12 (7.19%) Dell
7 12 (7.19%) Red Hat
8 11 (6.59%) Darktrace
8 11 (6.59%) Google
9 10 (5.99%) HP
10 9 (5.39%) BMC
10 9 (5.39%) Proofpoint
10 9 (5.39%) SolarWinds
10 9 (5.39%) Tanium
10 9 (5.39%) Trend Micro
11 8 (4.79%) Apple
12 7 (4.19%) SAP
12 7 (4.19%) SonicWALL
13 6 (3.59%) CheckPoint