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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 44 84
Rank change year-on-year -64 +40 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 191 547 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.76% 4.25% 3.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.01% 32.97% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 170 485 268
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,713
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £41,355 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% -11.11% +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 909 1,659 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.15% 12.90% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 589 1,333 813
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,100
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £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 31 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 31 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 -45 103 £35,000 - 51
East Midlands -36 86 £35,000 -12.50% 56
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 61 (31.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (16.75%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.76%) IIS
4 2 (1.05%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 40 (20.94%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (3.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 106 (55.50%) Azure
2 104 (54.45%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (10.47%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.42%) AWS
5 13 (6.81%) Google Workspace
6 12 (6.28%) IaaS
6 12 (6.28%) PaaS
6 12 (6.28%) SaaS
7 4 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.09%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.09%) Route 53
8 3 (1.57%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.05%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.05%) GitHub
9 2 (1.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 88 (46.07%) Firewall
2 60 (31.41%) DHCP
3 56 (29.32%) DNS
4 55 (28.80%) WAN
5 47 (24.61%) LAN
6 36 (18.85%) VPN
7 31 (16.23%) TCP/IP
8 30 (15.71%) VLAN
9 17 (8.90%) SAN
10 15 (7.85%) Remote Desktop
11 12 (6.28%) BGP
11 12 (6.28%) Network Security
12 11 (5.76%) OSPF
12 11 (5.76%) WLAN
13 9 (4.71%) SD-WAN
14 7 (3.66%) Ethernet
14 7 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (2.09%) HTTPS
15 4 (2.09%) Wireless
16 3 (1.57%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) Data Hub
2 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.05%) SQL CLR
3 1 (0.52%) MySQL
General
1 61 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.33%) Law
3 14 (7.33%) Retail
4 12 (6.28%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.76%) Automotive
5 11 (5.76%) Legal
5 11 (5.76%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.71%) Finance
7 3 (1.57%) Billing
7 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.57%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Advertising
8 2 (1.05%) Back Office
8 2 (1.05%) Electronics
8 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (29.32%) Support Engineer
2 46 (24.08%) IT Engineer
3 45 (23.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (21.99%) IT Support
5 29 (15.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 25 (13.09%) Infrastructure Support
7 23 (12.04%) 3rd Line Support
7 23 (12.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (7.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 14 (7.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 14 (7.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
9 14 (7.33%) Analyst
9 14 (7.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (7.33%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (6.28%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (6.28%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support
11 11 (5.76%) Project Engineer
11 11 (5.76%) Senior
11 11 (5.76%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) .NET
2 2 (1.05%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.05%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.05%) Dapper ORM
2 2 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.05%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.23%) Driving Licence
2 18 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 14 (7.33%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.76%) Smartphone
5 8 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.14%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.62%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.57%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.05%) FMCG
9 2 (1.05%) IoT
9 2 (1.05%) NB-IoT
9 2 (1.05%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.52%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 191 (100.00%) Windows
2 43 (22.51%) Linux
3 40 (20.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (19.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (16.75%) Windows 10
6 18 (9.42%) Ubuntu
7 14 (7.33%) Apple iOS
8 11 (5.76%) Mac OS X
9 10 (5.24%) Windows 7
10 9 (4.71%) Android
11 7 (3.66%) CentOS
11 7 (3.66%) Rocky
12 6 (3.14%) Mac OS
13 3 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (20.42%) ITIL
4 35 (18.32%) Customer Service
5 28 (14.66%) Mentoring
6 22 (11.52%) Data Security
6 22 (11.52%) Infrastructure Management
7 20 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (10.47%) Migration
8 19 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (8.38%) Network Design
10 15 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (7.85%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (7.33%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (6.81%) Computer Science
13 12 (6.28%) Data Protection
13 12 (6.28%) Virtual Environments
14 11 (5.76%) Business Case
14 11 (5.76%) Project Delivery
14 11 (5.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (31.94%) PowerShell
2 34 (17.80%) SQL
3 4 (2.09%) Bash
3 4 (2.09%) Python
4 2 (1.05%) C#
4 2 (1.05%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (24.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (17.28%) Degree
3 32 (16.75%) MCSE
4 30 (15.71%) MCSA
5 25 (13.09%) MCP
6 19 (9.95%) A+ Certification
7 17 (8.90%) CCNA
7 17 (8.90%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (7.85%) Azure Certification
9 13 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (5.76%) HNC
10 11 (5.76%) HND
11 9 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (4.19%) CCNP
13 7 (3.66%) Security Cleared
14 6 (3.14%) DV Cleared
14 6 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (2.09%) AWS Certification
16 3 (1.57%) SC Cleared
17 2 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.38%) SLA
2 9 (4.71%) GDPR
3 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 149 (78.01%) Active Directory
2 61 (31.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (19.37%) Hyper-V
4 16 (8.38%) XenApp
5 11 (5.76%) vSphere
6 9 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (3.14%) Terminal Services
8 4 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.05%) Docker
9 2 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.76%) Ansible
2 11 (5.76%) SCCM
3 7 (3.66%) SCOM
4 5 (2.62%) AirWatch
5 4 (2.09%) Autotask
5 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.09%) Puppet
5 4 (2.09%) Terraform
6 2 (1.05%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.05%) SCOrch
6 2 (1.05%) SCSM
6 2 (1.05%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.52%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 128 (67.02%) Microsoft
2 73 (38.22%) VMware
3 40 (20.94%) Cisco
4 28 (14.66%) Meraki
5 25 (13.09%) Apple
6 21 (10.99%) Dell
7 18 (9.42%) HP
8 17 (8.90%) Citrix
8 17 (8.90%) SonicWALL
9 16 (8.38%) CheckPoint
10 14 (7.33%) Google
11 11 (5.76%) Fortinet
11 11 (5.76%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (3.66%) NetApp
12 7 (3.66%) ServiceNow
12 7 (3.66%) Sophos
13 6 (3.14%) SAP
13 6 (3.14%) Veeam
14 5 (2.62%) Samsung
15 4 (2.09%) Aruba