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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 82 63
Rank change year-on-year -20 -19 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 215 192 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.41% 3.40% 3.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.21% 24.77% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 185 157 238
10th Percentile £27,600 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.10% -15.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,188
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,875
England median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -0.22%

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 736 775 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.82% 13.74% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 551 598 672
10th Percentile £27,325 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% -10.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -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 14 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 14 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
East Midlands -26 108 £32,000 -1.54% 30
West Midlands -12 107 £42,500 +21.43% 61
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 60 (27.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 21 (9.77%) IIS
4 8 (3.72%) Apache
4 8 (3.72%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.40%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (1.40%) Infor LN
1 3 (1.40%) Infor M3
1 3 (1.40%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.93%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.47%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 159 (73.95%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (48.37%) Azure
3 88 (40.93%) Entra ID
4 24 (11.16%) AWS
5 16 (7.44%) SaaS
6 11 (5.12%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (4.19%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (3.26%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.33%) IaaS
13 4 (1.86%) Cloudflare
13 4 (1.86%) GCP
14 3 (1.40%) PaaS
15 2 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.93%) GitHub
15 2 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
16 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 92 (42.79%) Firewall
2 86 (40.00%) DNS
3 63 (29.30%) DHCP
4 53 (24.65%) VPN
5 44 (20.47%) TCP/IP
6 35 (16.28%) VLAN
7 23 (10.70%) Wireless
8 17 (7.91%) LAN
9 16 (7.44%) WAN
10 13 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (5.12%) Network Security
12 9 (4.19%) VoIP
13 8 (3.72%) SAN
14 7 (3.26%) IP Telephony
15 4 (1.86%) Internet
15 4 (1.86%) MQTT
15 4 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
16 2 (0.93%) NAS
17 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.33%) Power BI
3 4 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.40%) MySQL
5 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.93%) KNIME
5 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.93%) Power Query
6 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.26%) Git
1 7 (3.26%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Ant
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Ivy
2 2 (0.93%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.93%) Maven
2 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.47%) Carbide.c++
General
1 95 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.91%) Manufacturing
4 15 (6.98%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.72%) Legal
7 6 (2.79%) Finance
8 5 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.33%) Retail
9 4 (1.86%) Dutch Language
9 4 (1.86%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (1.86%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Automotive
10 2 (0.93%) French Language
11 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (32.56%) IT Support
2 67 (31.16%) IT Engineer
3 57 (26.51%) Support Engineer
4 44 (20.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (17.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (13.95%) Senior
7 26 (12.09%) Analyst
8 25 (11.63%) IT Technician
9 24 (11.16%) Support Technician
10 22 (10.23%) 2nd Line Support
10 22 (10.23%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (8.84%) Support Analyst
12 17 (7.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 17 (7.91%) Administrator
13 16 (7.44%) Senior Support Engineer
14 13 (6.05%) Network Engineer
15 11 (5.12%) Systems Administrator
16 10 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 10 (4.65%) Applications Support
16 10 (4.65%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.79%) Terraform
2 4 (1.86%) Middleware
3 3 (1.40%) CSS
3 3 (1.40%) EDI
3 3 (1.40%) HTML
3 3 (1.40%) JSON
4 2 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.09%) Driving Licence
2 18 (8.37%) CCTV
3 16 (7.44%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.72%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.26%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.79%) Clustering
8 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.33%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.86%) IoT
9 4 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.86%) PMI
10 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.40%) FMCG
10 3 (1.40%) iSeries
10 3 (1.40%) Replication
10 3 (1.40%) Social Media
11 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 215 (100.00%) Windows
2 47 (21.86%) Linux
3 24 (11.16%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.72%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.72%) Ubuntu
4 8 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.79%) Android
5 6 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.86%) VMS
8 3 (1.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (39.07%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (31.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (22.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 37 (17.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 36 (16.74%) Customer Service
7 33 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (14.42%) ITIL
9 30 (13.95%) ITSM
10 26 (12.09%) Mentoring
11 23 (10.70%) Root Cause Analysis
12 21 (9.77%) AI
13 20 (9.30%) Project Delivery
13 20 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (8.37%) Problem Management
15 17 (7.91%) Business Continuity
15 17 (7.91%) Migration
16 16 (7.44%) ERP
16 16 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
17 14 (6.51%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.26%) PowerShell
2 40 (18.60%) SQL
3 15 (6.98%) VBA
4 13 (6.05%) Python
5 4 (1.86%) Bash
6 3 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.40%) PHP
7 2 (0.93%) Bicep
7 2 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Ruby
8 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (11.63%) Degree
2 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (7.91%) CCNA
3 17 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (7.44%) Security Cleared
5 15 (6.98%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.58%) DBS Check
7 11 (5.12%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.65%) CCNP
9 9 (4.19%) MCSE
10 7 (3.26%) MCSA
10 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (2.79%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.33%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.86%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.93%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.02%) SLA
2 18 (8.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.79%) GDPR
5 4 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 134 (62.33%) Active Directory
2 83 (38.60%) Hyper-V
3 54 (25.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.79%) Docker
5 5 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.33%) vSphere
6 3 (1.40%) Firmware
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.93%) XenApp
8 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 48 (22.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.72%) SCCM
3 6 (2.79%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.86%) Ansible
5 3 (1.40%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (1.40%) Control-M
5 3 (1.40%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.93%) Grafana
6 2 (0.93%) Nessus
6 2 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.93%) Puppet
6 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 154 (71.63%) Microsoft
2 70 (32.56%) VMware
3 12 (5.58%) Cisco
3 12 (5.58%) SonicWALL
4 11 (5.12%) Citrix
4 11 (5.12%) WatchGuard
5 10 (4.65%) Veeam
6 9 (4.19%) Mitel
6 9 (4.19%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.72%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.26%) Apple
8 7 (3.26%) Draytek
8 7 (3.26%) Sophos
9 6 (2.79%) Sage
9 6 (2.79%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.33%) SAP
11 4 (1.86%) Meraki
11 4 (1.86%) Oracle
11 4 (1.86%) Remedy
12 3 (1.40%) SYSPRO