Windows Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 82 55
Rank change year-on-year +41 -27 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 535 372 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.51% 4.01% 5.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.67% 28.93% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 480 280 501
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,125 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,589 1,286 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.39% 13.85% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 851 1,447
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +28 302 £35,000 -11.70% 71
East Midlands +37 228 £40,000 +6.67% 45
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
1 109 (20.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (16.26%) SharePoint
3 22 (4.11%) IIS
4 5 (0.93%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.19%) TYPO3
Applications
1 65 (12.15%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Sage 300 ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 357 (66.73%) Microsoft 365
2 248 (46.36%) Azure
3 116 (21.68%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.85%) AWS
5 30 (5.61%) OneDrive
6 17 (3.18%) GCP
7 15 (2.80%) Google Workspace
8 13 (2.43%) Mimecast
9 11 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.68%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.50%) IaaS
12 7 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.12%) SaaS
14 5 (0.93%) ChatGPT
15 4 (0.75%) PaaS
15 4 (0.75%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.56%) GitHub
16 3 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 181 (33.83%) Firewall
2 167 (31.21%) DNS
3 155 (28.97%) DHCP
4 82 (15.33%) TCP/IP
5 65 (12.15%) SAN
6 61 (11.40%) WAN
7 60 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
8 52 (9.72%) LAN
9 48 (8.97%) VPN
10 44 (8.22%) VLAN
11 16 (2.99%) PBX
12 15 (2.80%) SMTP
12 15 (2.80%) Wireless
13 12 (2.24%) SSL
14 11 (2.06%) HTTP
15 10 (1.87%) Network Security
15 10 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (1.87%) SSH
15 10 (1.87%) VoIP
16 8 (1.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.93%) MySQL
4 4 (0.75%) InfluxDB
4 4 (0.75%) Power BI
4 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.75%) UniData
5 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
5 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.56%) Redis
6 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.12%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 156 (29.16%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.29%) Retail
4 35 (6.54%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.36%) Finance
6 24 (4.49%) Law
7 23 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.99%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.24%) Legal
11 9 (1.68%) Marketing
12 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.31%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.12%) Police
15 4 (0.75%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.75%) Aviation
15 4 (0.75%) Avionics
16 3 (0.56%) Banking
16 3 (0.56%) Military
17 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 132 (24.67%) IT Engineer
2 118 (22.06%) Support Engineer
3 117 (21.87%) IT Support
4 94 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 75 (14.02%) IT Support Engineer
6 69 (12.90%) Senior
7 57 (10.65%) Analyst
8 47 (8.79%) IT Technician
9 35 (6.54%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (5.79%) 3rd Line Support
11 30 (5.61%) Support Technician
12 28 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support
13 27 (5.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 26 (4.86%) IT Support Technician
15 23 (4.30%) IT Manager
15 23 (4.30%) Network Engineer
16 22 (4.11%) Operations Engineer
17 21 (3.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 20 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
18 20 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.50%) .NET
2 4 (0.75%) HTML
3 3 (0.56%) .NET Core
3 3 (0.56%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.56%) jQuery
3 3 (0.56%) React
3 3 (0.56%) REST
3 3 (0.56%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) LAMP
4 2 (0.37%) MAPI
4 2 (0.37%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.28%) Driving Licence
2 44 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 35 (6.54%) Replication
4 23 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.93%) Clustering
5 21 (3.93%) PKI
6 15 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.50%) EFT
8 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.12%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.37%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.37%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 535 (100.00%) Windows
2 92 (17.20%) Windows 10
3 71 (13.27%) Windows Server 2019
4 67 (12.52%) Linux
4 67 (12.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 58 (10.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (3.74%) Windows 7
7 13 (2.43%) Unix
7 13 (2.43%) Windows 8
8 11 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (1.87%) Mac OS
10 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (1.68%) Ubuntu
11 7 (1.31%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (1.12%) CentOS
13 4 (0.75%) AIX
13 4 (0.75%) Android
14 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.37%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (24.67%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 90 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
4 80 (14.95%) ITIL
5 73 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 40 (7.48%) Project Delivery
7 30 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (5.61%) Proactive Monitoring
8 28 (5.23%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (5.05%) Migration
10 26 (4.86%) ERP
11 25 (4.67%) ITSM
12 23 (4.30%) DevOps
12 23 (4.30%) Mentoring
13 22 (4.11%) High Availability
14 21 (3.93%) Patch Management
15 20 (3.74%) Change Management
15 20 (3.74%) Cloud Security
15 20 (3.74%) Project Management
15 20 (3.74%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 53 (9.91%) SQL
3 16 (2.99%) Python
4 12 (2.24%) Java
5 10 (1.87%) C#
6 8 (1.50%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.12%) C++
8 5 (0.93%) Bash
9 4 (0.75%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.56%) R
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 47 (8.79%) Degree
3 27 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (4.11%) CCNA
6 20 (3.74%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.18%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.62%) MCSE
9 12 (2.24%) MCSA
9 12 (2.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (2.06%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.87%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.12%) CCNP
15 5 (0.93%) CCA
15 5 (0.93%) CCDA
15 5 (0.93%) Citrix Certification
16 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.11%) SLA
2 14 (2.62%) GDPR
3 10 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.37%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 354 (66.17%) Active Directory
2 176 (32.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 156 (29.16%) Hyper-V
4 40 (7.48%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (4.11%) vSphere
6 19 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.43%) Docker
8 10 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.50%) Terminal Services
9 8 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.50%) VMware Server
10 5 (0.93%) NFS
10 5 (0.93%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.75%) pfSense
12 2 (0.37%) XenApp
12 2 (0.37%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (16.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (13.46%) SCCM
3 15 (2.80%) SCOM
4 12 (2.24%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.68%) Terraform
6 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.31%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.12%) AirWatch
8 6 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (1.12%) WSUS
9 5 (0.93%) Autotask
9 5 (0.93%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.75%) Grafana
10 4 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
11 3 (0.56%) vMotion
12 2 (0.37%) Ansible
12 2 (0.37%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.37%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 345 (64.49%) Microsoft
2 238 (44.49%) VMware
3 71 (13.27%) Veeam
4 67 (12.52%) Cisco
5 44 (8.22%) HP
6 42 (7.85%) Dell
7 33 (6.17%) Citrix
8 25 (4.67%) Apple
9 21 (3.93%) Meraki
9 21 (3.93%) Sophos
10 20 (3.74%) Google
11 15 (2.80%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (2.43%) Fortinet
13 12 (2.24%) Aruba
13 12 (2.24%) Globalscape
14 10 (1.87%) Acronis
15 9 (1.68%) Datto
15 9 (1.68%) ServiceNow
16 8 (1.50%) Dynatrace
16 8 (1.50%) WatchGuard