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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 78 45
Rank change year-on-year -50 -33 +33
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 140 194 552
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.12% 3.86% 4.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.54% 21.80% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 122 173 481
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -5.41% -4.21%
75th Percentile £45,875 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -11.11%

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 621 890 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.96% 17.70% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 481 600 1,326
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,750 £62,625 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -36 76 £29,625 -15.36% 19
West Midlands -65 63 £39,500 +12.86% 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 27 (19.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (17.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.71%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.14%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.86%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.86%) Primavera
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.71%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (72.86%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (42.86%) Azure
3 37 (26.43%) Entra ID
4 12 (8.57%) SaaS
5 11 (7.86%) IaaS
6 9 (6.43%) PaaS
7 7 (5.00%) AWS
8 3 (2.14%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.43%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.43%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.71%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.71%) GitHub
10 1 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (28.57%) DNS
1 40 (28.57%) Firewall
2 33 (23.57%) DHCP
3 19 (13.57%) VPN
4 13 (9.29%) TCP/IP
4 13 (9.29%) VLAN
5 12 (8.57%) Wireless
6 11 (7.86%) LAN
6 11 (7.86%) WAN
7 9 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (5.71%) Network Security
9 7 (5.00%) VoIP
10 6 (4.29%) Internet
11 4 (2.86%) MQTT
11 4 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (2.14%) SAN
13 2 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
14 1 (0.71%) NAS
14 1 (0.71%) SSH
14 1 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.86%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.14%) MySQL
4 2 (1.43%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.71%) KNIME
5 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Git
2 1 (0.71%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 43 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (5.00%) Finance
5 4 (2.86%) Dutch Language
5 4 (2.86%) Portuguese Language
5 4 (2.86%) Spanish Language
6 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.14%) Retail
6 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.43%) French Language
7 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.71%) Law
8 1 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (42.14%) IT Support
2 49 (35.00%) IT Engineer
3 38 (27.14%) Support Engineer
4 33 (23.57%) Analyst
4 33 (23.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (17.14%) Support Analyst
6 15 (10.71%) Applications Support
6 15 (10.71%) IT Technician
7 14 (10.00%) IT Analyst
7 14 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
7 14 (10.00%) Support Technician
8 13 (9.29%) Senior
9 12 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (8.57%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (6.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 9 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (5.71%) Service Desk Engineer
12 7 (5.00%) Applications Support Analyst
13 6 (4.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.86%) CSS
1 4 (2.86%) HTML
2 3 (2.14%) JSON
3 1 (0.71%) jQuery
3 1 (0.71%) Laravel
3 1 (0.71%) Middleware
3 1 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.71%) RESTful
3 1 (0.71%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.57%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.43%) CCTV
3 9 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.86%) IoT
6 3 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.14%) iPad
6 3 (2.14%) iSeries
6 3 (2.14%) PMI
6 3 (2.14%) Social Media
7 2 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.43%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.71%) PKI
8 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 140 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (11.43%) Linux
3 14 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 11 (7.86%) Apple iOS
5 9 (6.43%) Android
6 4 (2.86%) VMS
7 3 (2.14%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.71%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (24.29%) Customer Service
3 32 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (20.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (17.86%) ITIL
6 22 (15.71%) Service Delivery
7 16 (11.43%) Mentoring
8 13 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (9.29%) Time Management
9 12 (8.57%) ITSM
10 10 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (6.43%) Incident Management
12 8 (5.71%) Case Management
12 8 (5.71%) Change Management
12 8 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (5.00%) Change Control
13 7 (5.00%) DevOps
13 7 (5.00%) High Availability
13 7 (5.00%) Migration
13 7 (5.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.71%) PowerShell
2 24 (17.14%) SQL
3 10 (7.14%) Python
4 9 (6.43%) VBA
5 4 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.86%) PHP
6 2 (1.43%) Bicep
7 1 (0.71%) Bash
7 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.29%) Degree
2 12 (8.57%) DBS Check
3 8 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.43%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.43%) CCNA
8 2 (1.43%) CCNP
8 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.43%) MCSE
8 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.71%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.29%) SLA
2 7 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.14%) NIST
5 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 100 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 37 (26.43%) Hyper-V
3 28 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.00%) vSphere
5 2 (1.43%) Docker
5 2 (1.43%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.86%) SCCM
4 3 (2.14%) Grafana
4 3 (2.14%) WSUS
5 2 (1.43%) Ansible
5 2 (1.43%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.43%) Terraform
6 1 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (24.29%) VMware
3 6 (4.29%) Apple
3 6 (4.29%) Veeam
4 4 (2.86%) Cisco
4 4 (2.86%) Citrix
4 4 (2.86%) Sage
5 3 (2.14%) Adobe
5 3 (2.14%) ConnectWise
5 3 (2.14%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.14%) Google
5 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.14%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.43%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.43%) Meraki
6 2 (1.43%) PagerDuty
6 2 (1.43%) SAP
6 2 (1.43%) Sophos
7 1 (0.71%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.71%) McAfee