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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 42 88
Rank change year-on-year -60 +46 -30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 202 537 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.82% 4.46% 3.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.78% 33.56% 28.09%
Number of salaries quoted 179 481 271
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £28,500
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 £53,875
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,250 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% -7.78% +5.88%

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 972 1,600 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.56% 13.28% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 607 1,307 833
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 18 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 18 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 -49 108 £35,000 - 50
East Midlands -42 92 £35,000 -12.50% 57
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 60 (29.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (14.85%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 42 (20.79%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.97%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 111 (54.95%) Azure
1 111 (54.95%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (10.89%) Entra ID
3 17 (8.42%) AWS
4 15 (7.43%) Google Workspace
5 13 (6.44%) IaaS
5 13 (6.44%) PaaS
5 13 (6.44%) SaaS
6 4 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.98%) Route 53
7 3 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.49%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.99%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.99%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 96 (47.52%) Firewall
2 67 (33.17%) DHCP
3 63 (31.19%) DNS
4 54 (26.73%) WAN
5 46 (22.77%) LAN
6 42 (20.79%) VPN
7 34 (16.83%) VLAN
8 33 (16.34%) TCP/IP
9 20 (9.90%) SAN
10 16 (7.92%) Remote Desktop
11 14 (6.93%) BGP
12 13 (6.44%) Network Security
12 13 (6.44%) OSPF
12 13 (6.44%) WLAN
13 9 (4.46%) SD-WAN
13 9 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (3.47%) Ethernet
15 5 (2.48%) Wireless
16 4 (1.98%) HTTPS
17 2 (0.99%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.50%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.50%) SQL CLR
General
1 64 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (8.42%) Law
4 16 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.92%) Retail
5 13 (6.44%) Automotive
6 12 (5.94%) Legal
6 12 (5.94%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.96%) Finance
9 4 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.49%) Marketing
11 2 (0.99%) Advertising
11 2 (0.99%) Electronics
11 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Back Office
12 1 (0.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 53 (26.24%) Support Engineer
2 51 (25.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (21.29%) IT Engineer
4 42 (20.79%) IT Support
5 25 (12.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 24 (11.88%) Infrastructure Support
7 19 (9.41%) 3rd Line Support
7 19 (9.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (7.43%) Analyst
9 14 (6.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 14 (6.93%) Senior
9 14 (6.93%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (5.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 12 (5.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 12 (5.94%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (5.94%) Lead
11 12 (5.94%) Support Technician
12 11 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.49%) .NET
2 2 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.50%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.50%) Dapper ORM
3 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.85%) Driving Licence
2 17 (8.42%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.92%) Onboarding
4 13 (6.44%) Smartphone
5 8 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.48%) Clustering
8 4 (1.98%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.99%) FMCG
10 2 (0.99%) IoT
10 2 (0.99%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.50%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.50%) PlayStation
11 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 199 (98.51%) Windows
2 43 (21.29%) Linux
3 41 (20.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (18.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 36 (17.82%) Windows 10
6 20 (9.90%) Ubuntu
7 13 (6.44%) Mac OS X
8 12 (5.94%) Apple iOS
9 10 (4.95%) Windows 7
10 7 (3.47%) Android
10 7 (3.47%) CentOS
10 7 (3.47%) Rocky
11 6 (2.97%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.81%) Customer Service
3 38 (18.81%) ITIL
4 27 (13.37%) Mentoring
5 22 (10.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (10.40%) Infrastructure Management
7 20 (9.90%) Data Security
8 19 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (8.42%) Migration
10 16 (7.92%) Computer Science
10 16 (7.92%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (6.93%) Network Design
12 13 (6.44%) Business Case
12 13 (6.44%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (6.44%) Systems Engineering
13 12 (5.94%) Data Protection
13 12 (5.94%) Virtual Environments
14 11 (5.45%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 59 (29.21%) PowerShell
2 39 (19.31%) SQL
3 4 (1.98%) Bash
3 4 (1.98%) Python
4 2 (0.99%) Perl
5 1 (0.50%) C#
5 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (23.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (17.82%) Degree
3 33 (16.34%) MCSE
4 28 (13.86%) MCSA
5 24 (11.88%) MCP
6 17 (8.42%) A+ Certification
7 16 (7.92%) Azure Certification
7 16 (7.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (7.43%) CCNA
8 15 (7.43%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (6.44%) HNC
9 13 (6.44%) HND
10 8 (3.96%) CCNP
10 8 (3.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (3.96%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.97%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.98%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.92%) SLA
2 8 (3.96%) GDPR
3 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 158 (78.22%) Active Directory
2 62 (30.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (19.80%) Hyper-V
4 14 (6.93%) XenApp
5 11 (5.45%) vSphere
6 10 (4.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (2.97%) Terminal Services
8 5 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.99%) Docker
10 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.50%) Firmware
11 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (12.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.45%) Ansible
3 9 (4.46%) SCCM
4 8 (3.96%) SCOM
5 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.98%) AirWatch
6 4 (1.98%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.98%) Puppet
6 4 (1.98%) Terraform
7 3 (1.49%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.99%) Autotask
8 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.99%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.99%) SCSM
9 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.50%) VxRail
9 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (66.83%) Microsoft
2 73 (36.14%) VMware
3 40 (19.80%) Cisco
4 27 (13.37%) Apple
5 25 (12.38%) Meraki
6 24 (11.88%) Dell
7 16 (7.92%) Citrix
7 16 (7.92%) Google
8 15 (7.43%) HP
9 14 (6.93%) CheckPoint
9 14 (6.93%) Fortinet
9 14 (6.93%) SonicWALL
10 13 (6.44%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (3.47%) NetApp
11 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.47%) Sophos
11 7 (3.47%) Veeam
12 6 (2.97%) SAP
13 4 (1.98%) Acronis
13 4 (1.98%) Samsung