Windows Server Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Windows Server
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -48 -2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 10 55 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 1.04% 10.30% 11.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.41% 49.11% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3 42 39
10th Percentile £29,500 - £28,150
25th Percentile £34,375 £32,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -10.26% +27.87%
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,438 £48,125
90th Percentile - £53,300 £52,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +1.19%

All Operating Systems
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 49 112 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.10% 20.97% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 42 74 70
10th Percentile £23,000 £27,825 £25,790
25th Percentile £23,500 £32,125 £26,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,938 £35,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.04% -1.41% -11.25%
75th Percentile £30,250 £48,438 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,000 £53,300 £53,750
West Midlands median annual salary £39,000 £47,500 £43,871
% change year-on-year -17.89% +8.27% -2.51%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Staffordshire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Tamworth 0 2 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Stoke-on-Trent -13 1 £27,500 -21.43% 2
Windows Server
West Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 6 (60.00%) WinCC
2 4 (40.00%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (20.00%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) Modbus
3 2 (20.00%) Profibus
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Lead
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IT Support
4 2 (20.00%) Control Systems Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Manager
5 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 6 (60.00%) SCADA
3 4 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (10.00%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (40.00%) Presales
2 3 (30.00%) Coaching
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Ladder Logic
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) IEC 61508
1 6 (60.00%) QA
2 4 (40.00%) IEC 61131
3 3 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Rockwell
1 6 (60.00%) Siemens
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec