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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 68 50
Rank change year-on-year -37 -18 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 172 210 517
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.29% 3.72% 4.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.96% 23.81% 31.07%
Number of salaries quoted 155 183 439
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,250 £57,300 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -3.61% -7.78%

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 689 882 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.16% 15.64% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 536 681 1,226
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,625 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,925 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.32% -13.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £53,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £61,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -18 92 £31,000 -11.43% 19
West Midlands -40 79 £42,250 +20.71% 25
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 46 (26.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (17.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.07%) IIS
4 2 (1.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.74%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.33%) Primavera
2 2 (1.16%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (68.60%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (43.60%) Azure
3 54 (31.40%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.56%) AWS
4 13 (7.56%) SaaS
5 9 (5.23%) IaaS
5 9 (5.23%) PaaS
6 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.91%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.33%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.16%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.16%) GitHub
8 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.16%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.16%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.58%) GCP
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 61 (35.47%) Firewall
2 57 (33.14%) DNS
3 47 (27.33%) DHCP
4 30 (17.44%) VPN
5 26 (15.12%) TCP/IP
6 25 (14.53%) VLAN
7 15 (8.72%) Wireless
8 14 (8.14%) WAN
9 13 (7.56%) LAN
10 12 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (5.23%) VoIP
12 7 (4.07%) SAN
13 5 (2.91%) Network Security
14 4 (2.33%) MQTT
15 3 (1.74%) Internet
16 2 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
16 2 (1.16%) NAS
17 1 (0.58%) DMZ
17 1 (0.58%) Intranet
17 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.74%) MySQL
3 3 (1.74%) Power BI
4 2 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.16%) InfluxDB
4 2 (1.16%) KNIME
4 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.33%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.58%) Carbide.c++
General
1 60 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (5.81%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (4.65%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.07%) Finance
6 4 (2.33%) Dutch Language
6 4 (2.33%) Portuguese Language
6 4 (2.33%) Spanish Language
7 3 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Retail
8 2 (1.16%) Automotive
8 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.16%) French Language
8 2 (1.16%) Legal
8 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.58%) Law
9 1 (0.58%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 66 (38.37%) IT Support
2 54 (31.40%) IT Engineer
3 41 (23.84%) Support Engineer
4 34 (19.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (18.60%) Analyst
6 31 (18.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (13.37%) IT Technician
8 22 (12.79%) Support Analyst
9 20 (11.63%) IT Support Technician
9 20 (11.63%) Support Technician
10 16 (9.30%) Applications Support
11 14 (8.14%) IT Analyst
12 13 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (6.98%) IT Support Analyst
14 11 (6.40%) Network Engineer
14 11 (6.40%) Senior
15 8 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 8 (4.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (4.65%) Service Desk Engineer
16 7 (4.07%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.33%) CSS
1 4 (2.33%) HTML
1 4 (2.33%) Middleware
2 3 (1.74%) JSON
3 2 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.58%) .NET
4 1 (0.58%) jQuery
4 1 (0.58%) Laravel
4 1 (0.58%) RESTful
4 1 (0.58%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.58%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.47%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.14%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (5.81%) CCTV
5 8 (4.65%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.49%) Clustering
7 5 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.33%) IoT
9 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.74%) iSeries
9 3 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.74%) Social Media
10 2 (1.16%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) SCADA
11 1 (0.58%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.58%) PKI
11 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 172 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (12.79%) Linux
3 16 (9.30%) Windows 10
4 11 (6.40%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.23%) Android
6 4 (2.33%) VMS
6 4 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.74%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.58%) Solaris
8 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (38.37%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (27.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (18.60%) Service Delivery
5 30 (17.44%) ITIL
6 26 (15.12%) Customer Service
7 22 (12.79%) Mentoring
8 20 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
9 19 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (11.05%) ITSM
10 16 (9.30%) ERP
11 14 (8.14%) Project Delivery
12 13 (7.56%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (6.40%) Time Management
14 11 (6.40%) Virtual Environments
15 10 (5.81%) Change Management
15 10 (5.81%) Problem Management
16 9 (5.23%) Migration
16 9 (5.23%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.67%) PowerShell
1 39 (22.67%) SQL
2 15 (8.72%) VBA
3 12 (6.98%) Python
4 4 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.33%) PHP
5 3 (1.74%) Bash
5 3 (1.74%) Bicep
6 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (7.56%) Degree
2 12 (6.98%) DBS Check
3 11 (6.40%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.81%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.91%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.91%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.91%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.74%) CCNA
8 3 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.16%) CCNP
9 2 (1.16%) CISSP
9 2 (1.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.47%) SLA
2 5 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 122 (70.93%) Active Directory
2 63 (36.63%) Hyper-V
3 36 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.91%) vSphere
5 4 (2.33%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 23 (13.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (3.49%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (2.91%) SCCM
5 4 (2.33%) Grafana
5 4 (2.33%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.74%) Ansible
6 3 (1.74%) Terraform
7 2 (1.16%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.16%) Control-M
7 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.58%) SCOM
Vendors
1 116 (67.44%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.00%) VMware
3 8 (4.65%) Cisco
3 8 (4.65%) Veeam
4 6 (3.49%) Sage
4 6 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.91%) Citrix
5 5 (2.91%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.33%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.33%) Remedy
6 4 (2.33%) SAP
7 3 (1.74%) Adobe
7 3 (1.74%) Apple
7 3 (1.74%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.16%) BMC
8 2 (1.16%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.16%) Meraki
8 2 (1.16%) PagerDuty
8 2 (1.16%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.16%) Sophos