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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 83 63
Rank change year-on-year -14 -20 -20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 231 180 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.47% 3.24% 3.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.35% 24.62% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 195 144 206
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,375
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.10% -15.88%
75th Percentile £49,500 £48,188 £50,250
90th Percentile £62,000 £58,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% -8.89% -

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 761 731 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.86% 13.15% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 559 568 596
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.10% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +6 122 £42,500 +14.86% 78
East Midlands -25 109 £32,000 -1.54% 40
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 64 (27.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (18.61%) SharePoint
3 21 (9.09%) IIS
4 8 (3.46%) Apache
4 8 (3.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (1.30%) Infor LN
1 3 (1.30%) Infor M3
1 3 (1.30%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.87%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.43%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 168 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (50.22%) Azure
3 96 (41.56%) Entra ID
4 30 (12.99%) AWS
5 16 (6.93%) SaaS
6 12 (5.19%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (3.90%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.46%) GCP
9 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.60%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.16%) IaaS
12 4 (1.73%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.30%) PaaS
14 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.87%) GitHub
14 2 (0.87%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 98 (42.42%) Firewall
2 93 (40.26%) DNS
3 69 (29.87%) DHCP
4 59 (25.54%) VPN
5 47 (20.35%) TCP/IP
6 37 (16.02%) VLAN
7 25 (10.82%) Wireless
8 20 (8.66%) LAN
9 19 (8.23%) WAN
10 14 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (5.19%) Network Security
12 9 (3.90%) IP Telephony
12 9 (3.90%) SAN
12 9 (3.90%) VoIP
13 4 (1.73%) Internet
13 4 (1.73%) MQTT
13 4 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (0.87%) NAS
15 1 (0.43%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.73%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.73%) Power BI
4 3 (1.30%) MySQL
4 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.87%) KNIME
5 2 (0.87%) 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 (3.03%) Git
1 7 (3.03%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) Ant
2 2 (0.87%) Apache Ivy
2 2 (0.87%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.87%) Maven
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) Carbide.c++
General
1 104 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.36%) Manufacturing
3 17 (7.36%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.33%) Finance
4 10 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.46%) Legal
6 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.60%) Retail
7 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.73%) Dutch Language
9 3 (1.30%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.30%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.87%) Advertising
10 2 (0.87%) Automotive
10 2 (0.87%) French Language
10 2 (0.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 76 (32.90%) IT Support
2 75 (32.47%) IT Engineer
3 63 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 49 (21.21%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (18.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (14.29%) Senior
7 25 (10.82%) Analyst
8 24 (10.39%) IT Technician
8 24 (10.39%) Support Technician
9 23 (9.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 22 (9.52%) IT Support Technician
11 18 (7.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 18 (7.79%) Support Analyst
12 17 (7.36%) Administrator
12 17 (7.36%) Senior Support Engineer
13 14 (6.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) Network Engineer
15 11 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 11 (4.76%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.90%) Terraform
2 4 (1.73%) Middleware
3 3 (1.30%) CSS
3 3 (1.30%) EDI
3 3 (1.30%) HTML
3 3 (1.30%) JSON
4 2 (0.87%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.85%) Driving Licence
2 20 (8.66%) CCTV
3 16 (6.93%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.33%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.03%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.60%) Clustering
8 6 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.73%) IoT
10 4 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.73%) PMI
11 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.30%) FMCG
11 3 (1.30%) iSeries
11 3 (1.30%) Replication
11 3 (1.30%) Social Media
12 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 231 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (22.94%) Linux
3 26 (11.26%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.46%) Ubuntu
6 7 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 7 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.16%) Android
8 5 (2.16%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.73%) VMS
10 3 (1.30%) Solaris
11 2 (0.87%) Unix
12 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.53%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (29.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (24.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (18.61%) Disaster Recovery
4 43 (18.61%) Service Delivery
5 40 (17.32%) Customer Service
6 38 (16.45%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (15.58%) ITIL
8 34 (14.72%) ITSM
9 27 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
10 26 (11.26%) Mentoring
11 23 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (9.52%) Migration
13 21 (9.09%) Project Delivery
14 20 (8.66%) AI
15 19 (8.23%) Business Continuity
15 19 (8.23%) Problem Management
16 17 (7.36%) Incident Management
17 16 (6.93%) ERP
17 16 (6.93%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.51%) PowerShell
2 42 (18.18%) SQL
3 16 (6.93%) Python
4 15 (6.49%) VBA
5 6 (2.60%) Bash
6 3 (1.30%) Bicep
6 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.30%) PHP
7 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.87%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Degree
2 19 (8.23%) CCNA
2 19 (8.23%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.19%) CCNP
6 12 (5.19%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.76%) MCSE
8 9 (3.90%) MCSA
8 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.73%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.73%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.87%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.12%) SLA
2 21 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.60%) GDPR
5 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 143 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 87 (37.66%) Hyper-V
3 60 (25.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.46%) vSphere
5 6 (2.60%) Docker
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.87%) XenApp
9 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 52 (22.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.33%) SCCM
3 6 (2.60%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.73%) Ansible
5 3 (1.30%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.30%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (1.30%) Control-M
5 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.30%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.87%) Grafana
6 2 (0.87%) Nessus
6 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.87%) Puppet
6 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.87%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 166 (71.86%) Microsoft
2 79 (34.20%) VMware
3 16 (6.93%) Cisco
4 14 (6.06%) WatchGuard
5 13 (5.63%) SonicWALL
6 12 (5.19%) Citrix
6 12 (5.19%) Veeam
7 11 (4.76%) Mitel
8 10 (4.33%) Google
9 9 (3.90%) Draytek
9 9 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.90%) Meraki
9 9 (3.90%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.46%) Apple
10 8 (3.46%) Sophos
11 7 (3.03%) SolarWinds
12 6 (2.60%) Sage
13 5 (2.16%) SAP
14 4 (1.73%) Oracle
14 4 (1.73%) Remedy