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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 66 36
Rank change year-on-year -64 -30 +41
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 132 201 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.28% 4.01% 5.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.53% 20.68% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 117 166 456
10th Percentile £25,950 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £30,563 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £46,000 £51,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £49,033 £53,750 £57,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +2.35% -3.41%

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 586 972 1,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.67% 19.37% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 464 494 1,217
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £30,125 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -12.38%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -38 78 £29,000 -20.00% 18
West Midlands -53 53 £44,000 +17.33% 27
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 25 (18.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (15.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Exchequer
1 3 (2.27%) Primavera
2 2 (1.52%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.76%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (46.21%) Azure
3 41 (31.06%) Entra ID
4 18 (13.64%) SaaS
5 10 (7.58%) AWS
6 9 (6.82%) IaaS
7 7 (5.30%) PaaS
8 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
9 4 (3.03%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.52%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.52%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.76%) GCP
11 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 55 (41.67%) DHCP
1 55 (41.67%) DNS
2 38 (28.79%) Firewall
3 15 (11.36%) LAN
3 15 (11.36%) WAN
4 12 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 9 (6.82%) Network Security
5 9 (6.82%) VPN
6 7 (5.30%) IP Telephony
6 7 (5.30%) VoIP
7 6 (4.55%) Internet
7 6 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (3.79%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.79%) VLAN
8 5 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.03%) MPLS
9 4 (3.03%) PBX
9 4 (3.03%) WLAN
10 3 (2.27%) SAN
11 2 (1.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.52%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.76%) DTS
3 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Git
General
1 28 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.06%) Finance
3 7 (5.30%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.52%) Law
6 1 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (0.76%) Retail
6 1 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) IT Support
2 61 (46.21%) Support Engineer
3 58 (43.94%) IT Engineer
4 50 (37.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (14.39%) Analyst
7 15 (11.36%) Support Analyst
8 12 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
8 12 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Applications Support
9 10 (7.58%) Senior
10 7 (5.30%) IT Technician
10 7 (5.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Field Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) CSS
1 2 (1.52%) HTML
1 2 (1.52%) jQuery
1 2 (1.52%) Laravel
1 2 (1.52%) RESTful
2 1 (0.76%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 45 (34.09%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.30%) CCTV
3 7 (5.30%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.55%) iPad
4 6 (4.55%) PMI
5 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.27%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.52%) Clustering
7 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.76%) CMDB
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.76%) iSeries
8 1 (0.76%) PKI
8 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 132 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 10 (7.58%) Linux
4 7 (5.30%) Android
4 7 (5.30%) Apple iOS
4 7 (5.30%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.64%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (37.88%) Customer Service
3 35 (26.52%) ITIL
4 31 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 21 (15.91%) Service Delivery
7 17 (12.88%) Mentoring
8 16 (12.12%) Migration
9 15 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (11.36%) DevOps
10 14 (10.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 13 (9.85%) CI/CD
11 13 (9.85%) ITSM
12 10 (7.58%) Service Management
13 9 (6.82%) Cloud Operations
14 8 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (5.30%) Server Management
15 7 (5.30%) Time Management
16 6 (4.55%) Coaching
16 6 (4.55%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.88%) PowerShell
2 15 (11.36%) SQL
3 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.52%) PHP
3 2 (1.52%) Python
4 1 (0.76%) Bicep
4 1 (0.76%) VB
4 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (6.06%) Degree
3 7 (5.30%) CCNA
3 7 (5.30%) CCNP
3 7 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.30%) MCSA
3 7 (5.30%) MCSE
3 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 6 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (8.33%) SLA
3 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.03%) NIST
5 2 (1.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 89 (67.42%) Active Directory
2 27 (20.45%) Hyper-V
3 24 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.79%) vSphere
5 4 (3.03%) Terminal Services
5 4 (3.03%) XenApp
6 3 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (20.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (4.55%) WSUS
3 2 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (1.52%) Grafana
4 1 (0.76%) Ansible
4 1 (0.76%) Nagios
4 1 (0.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.76%) Terraform
4 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (46.97%) Microsoft
2 36 (27.27%) VMware
3 9 (6.82%) Veeam
4 8 (6.06%) Citrix
5 7 (5.30%) Cisco
5 7 (5.30%) Draytek
5 7 (5.30%) Meraki
5 7 (5.30%) Mitel
5 7 (5.30%) WatchGuard
6 6 (4.55%) Apple
6 6 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.79%) Google
8 4 (3.03%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.03%) IBM
8 4 (3.03%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.27%) ConnectWise
9 3 (2.27%) Darktrace
9 3 (2.27%) Sage
9 3 (2.27%) SAP
10 2 (1.52%) OpenAI