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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 78 51
Rank change year-on-year -28 -27 +18
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 182 207 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.29% 3.62% 3.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.07% 23.26% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 162 176 356
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,313 £29,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.11% -9.88%
75th Percentile £48,353 £49,375 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -5.88% -5.56%

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 726 890 1,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.15% 15.57% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 554 685 924
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,938 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -30 98 £32,500 -7.14% 22
West Midlands -46 84 £42,500 +21.43% 34
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 47 (25.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (17.03%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.04%) IIS
4 4 (2.20%) Apache
5 3 (1.65%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (9.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.65%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.20%) Primavera
2 2 (1.10%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.10%) Infor LN
2 2 (1.10%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.10%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.10%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.55%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 126 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (45.05%) Azure
3 62 (34.07%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.79%) SaaS
5 15 (8.24%) AWS
6 10 (5.49%) IaaS
7 9 (4.95%) PaaS
8 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (3.30%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.30%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.20%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.65%) Cloudflare
13 2 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.10%) GCP
13 2 (1.10%) GitHub
13 2 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.10%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 67 (36.81%) Firewall
2 63 (34.62%) DNS
3 47 (25.82%) DHCP
4 36 (19.78%) VPN
5 32 (17.58%) TCP/IP
6 28 (15.38%) VLAN
7 18 (9.89%) Wireless
8 15 (8.24%) WAN
9 14 (7.69%) LAN
10 9 (4.95%) VoIP
10 9 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (4.40%) SAN
12 7 (3.85%) Network Security
13 4 (2.20%) MQTT
14 3 (1.65%) Internet
14 3 (1.65%) NAS
15 2 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
16 1 (0.55%) DMZ
16 1 (0.55%) Intranet
16 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.20%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.20%) Power BI
3 3 (1.65%) MySQL
4 2 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.10%) InfluxDB
4 2 (1.10%) KNIME
4 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.55%) Power Query
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Git
1 7 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.55%) Ant
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Ivy
3 1 (0.55%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Maven
General
1 72 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (4.40%) Finance
4 8 (4.40%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.20%) Dutch Language
6 4 (2.20%) Portuguese Language
6 4 (2.20%) Retail
6 4 (2.20%) Spanish Language
7 3 (1.65%) Legal
7 3 (1.65%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.10%) Automotive
8 2 (1.10%) French Language
9 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.55%) Law
9 1 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 61 (33.52%) IT Support
2 53 (29.12%) IT Engineer
3 42 (23.08%) Support Engineer
4 33 (18.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (18.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 31 (17.03%) Analyst
6 24 (13.19%) Support Analyst
7 22 (12.09%) IT Technician
8 19 (10.44%) IT Support Technician
8 19 (10.44%) Support Technician
9 16 (8.79%) Applications Support
10 15 (8.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (7.69%) Senior
12 13 (7.14%) IT Analyst
13 12 (6.59%) Network Engineer
14 11 (6.04%) IT Support Analyst
15 10 (5.49%) Administrator
16 9 (4.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 9 (4.95%) Applications Support Analyst
17 8 (4.40%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.20%) CSS
1 4 (2.20%) HTML
1 4 (2.20%) Middleware
2 3 (1.65%) JSON
3 2 (1.10%) EDI
3 2 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.55%) .NET
4 1 (0.55%) jQuery
4 1 (0.55%) Laravel
4 1 (0.55%) RESTful
4 1 (0.55%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.34%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.04%) CCTV
3 11 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.40%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.30%) Clustering
6 5 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.75%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.20%) IoT
7 4 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.65%) iSeries
8 3 (1.65%) Replication
8 3 (1.65%) Social Media
9 2 (1.10%) FMCG
9 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.10%) SCADA
10 1 (0.55%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 182 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (15.93%) Linux
3 18 (9.89%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.40%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.30%) Android
6 5 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.20%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.20%) VMS
7 4 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (39.01%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (20.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (18.13%) Service Delivery
5 29 (15.93%) Customer Service
5 29 (15.93%) ITIL
6 24 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (12.64%) Mentoring
7 23 (12.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 22 (12.09%) ITSM
9 16 (8.79%) ERP
9 16 (8.79%) Project Delivery
10 15 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (7.69%) Problem Management
12 12 (6.59%) Change Management
12 12 (6.59%) Service Management
13 11 (6.04%) AI
13 11 (6.04%) Migration
13 11 (6.04%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (23.63%) PowerShell
2 40 (21.98%) SQL
3 15 (8.24%) VBA
4 14 (7.69%) Python
5 4 (2.20%) Bash
5 4 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.20%) PHP
6 3 (1.65%) Bicep
7 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (8.79%) Degree
2 12 (6.59%) DBS Check
2 12 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.30%) CCNA
6 6 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.75%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.10%) CCNP
9 2 (1.10%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) MCSE
10 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.19%) SLA
2 9 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.20%) GDPR
5 3 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 121 (66.48%) Active Directory
2 66 (36.26%) Hyper-V
3 40 (21.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.85%) vSphere
5 5 (2.75%) Docker
6 1 (0.55%) Firmware
6 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (3.30%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (3.30%) SCCM
3 6 (3.30%) Terraform
4 5 (2.75%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.20%) Ansible
5 4 (2.20%) Grafana
6 3 (1.65%) BMC PATROL
6 3 (1.65%) Control-M
6 3 (1.65%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (1.10%) Nessus
7 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.55%) Puppet
8 1 (0.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 127 (69.78%) Microsoft
2 48 (26.37%) VMware
3 11 (6.04%) Veeam
4 10 (5.49%) Cisco
5 9 (4.95%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.40%) Sage
7 6 (3.30%) Citrix
7 6 (3.30%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.30%) SAP
7 6 (3.30%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.75%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.20%) Apple
9 4 (2.20%) Remedy
9 4 (2.20%) Sophos
10 3 (1.65%) Adobe
10 3 (1.65%) BMC
10 3 (1.65%) Meraki
10 3 (1.65%) Oracle
11 2 (1.10%) Splunk
11 2 (1.10%) SYSPRO