Server Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Server Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Server Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 - 225
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Engineer 4 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.059% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £42,864
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £43,227
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.40%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £46,432
90th Percentile - - £80,000
England median annual salary £50,580 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.03% +43.75% -23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,115 3,100 5,905
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 89.39% 93.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,728 1,786 4,658
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,754 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,188 £67,500 £63,217
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Server Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Server Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Server Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Coventry - 3 - -
Birmingham - 1 £72,500 - 1
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Meraki
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (25.00%) Zscaler