Windows Server Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 75 83
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 -39
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 253 183 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.62% 3.61% 3.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.27% 27.81% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 201 161 297
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,700 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -

All Operating Systems
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 784 658 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.21% 12.96% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 550 523 905
10th Percentile £25,249 £25,783 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,550 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,250 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the West Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the West Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the West Midlands

Windows Server
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 Windows Server within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Birmingham +9 71 £36,500 -9.88% 11
Staffordshire -12 46 £35,000 +1.45% 3
Warwickshire +39 37 £40,750 +1.88% 7
Worcestershire -17 17 £35,000 -13.46% 4
Solihull +14 13 £29,500 +9.77%
Shropshire +4 13 £32,000 +6.67% 3
Coventry +10 12 £26,500 -45.92% 3
Wednesbury -4 5 £30,000 -14.29%
Herefordshire +4 4 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Wolverhampton +1 3 £45,000 -16.67% 2
Walsall - 1 - - 1
Halesowen - 1 £25,000 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £35,000 -
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 44 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (17.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.79%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (10.28%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 165 (65.22%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (48.22%) Azure
3 59 (23.32%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.51%) AWS
5 14 (5.53%) OneDrive
6 11 (4.35%) Google Workspace
7 10 (3.95%) IaaS
8 9 (3.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.37%) SaaS
11 5 (1.98%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.58%) PaaS
13 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.79%) GCP
15 1 (0.40%) Azure Functions
15 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
15 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
15 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 82 (32.41%) DNS
2 76 (30.04%) DHCP
3 72 (28.46%) Firewall
4 48 (18.97%) WAN
5 43 (17.00%) LAN
5 43 (17.00%) TCP/IP
6 35 (13.83%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (8.30%) SAN
7 21 (8.30%) VLAN
8 14 (5.53%) Network Security
9 11 (4.35%) PBX
9 11 (4.35%) Wireless
10 10 (3.95%) SMTP
10 10 (3.95%) VPN
11 9 (3.56%) VSAN
12 7 (2.77%) WLAN
13 6 (2.37%) BGP
13 6 (2.37%) OSPF
13 6 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (2.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.35%) MySQL
3 4 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.58%) InfluxDB
3 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.19%) Power BI
5 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
General
1 58 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.28%) Finance
4 22 (8.70%) Retail
5 15 (5.93%) Automotive
5 15 (5.93%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.95%) Law
8 8 (3.16%) Legal
9 6 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.98%) Police
11 3 (1.19%) Military
11 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.40%) Back Office
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (22.13%) IT Engineer
2 51 (20.16%) Support Engineer
3 49 (19.37%) IT Support
4 39 (15.42%) Analyst
5 37 (14.62%) Senior
6 35 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (12.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (7.11%) Technical Support
9 16 (6.32%) Administrator
10 14 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 12 (4.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 12 (4.74%) Support Technician
11 12 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (4.35%) Help Desk Analyst
13 10 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.95%) IT Technician
13 10 (3.95%) Service Analyst
13 10 (3.95%) Service Desk Analyst
13 10 (3.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.56%) HTML
2 5 (1.98%) ADO
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) JSON
3 1 (0.40%) LAMP
3 1 (0.40%) Node.js
3 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.30%) Replication
2 19 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.32%) PKI
4 14 (5.53%) Data Centre
5 13 (5.14%) Driving Licence
6 11 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.77%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.37%) Clustering
9 6 (2.37%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.37%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.98%) EFT
10 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.19%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 253 (100.00%) Windows
2 73 (28.85%) Windows 10
3 46 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 42 (16.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 40 (15.81%) Linux
6 38 (15.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (6.72%) Windows 7
8 11 (4.35%) Windows 8
9 10 (3.95%) Ubuntu
10 9 (3.56%) Apple iOS
11 7 (2.77%) Mac OS X
12 4 (1.58%) CentOS
12 4 (1.58%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (1.19%) Android
13 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (17.79%) ITIL
4 40 (15.81%) Customer Service
5 29 (11.46%) Project Delivery
6 20 (7.91%) Incident Management
7 18 (7.11%) Change Management
7 18 (7.11%) Proactive Monitoring
8 17 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.32%) DevOps
9 16 (6.32%) ERP
10 15 (5.93%) Change Control
10 15 (5.93%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 15 (5.93%) Roadmaps
11 14 (5.53%) Asset Management
11 14 (5.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (5.53%) Patch Management
11 14 (5.53%) Server Management
12 13 (5.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.13%) PowerShell
2 30 (11.86%) SQL
3 10 (3.95%) Python
4 9 (3.56%) PHP
5 6 (2.37%) Java
5 6 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.98%) C#
6 5 (1.98%) C++
7 4 (1.58%) Bash
8 3 (1.19%) R
9 1 (0.40%) RPG
9 1 (0.40%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 36 (14.23%) Degree
2 31 (12.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.14%) MCSE
5 10 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.56%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.16%) CCNA
7 8 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.77%) MCSA
9 6 (2.37%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.37%) HNC
9 6 (2.37%) HND
10 5 (1.98%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.98%) CCNP
10 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.58%) CCIE
12 3 (1.19%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) SLA
2 8 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.58%) GDPR
4 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.19%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.79%) NIST
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 172 (67.98%) Active Directory
2 82 (32.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (24.11%) Hyper-V
4 38 (15.02%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.53%) vSphere
6 11 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.77%) Docker
7 7 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.77%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.98%) XenApp
8 5 (1.98%) XenDesktop
9 4 (1.58%) NFS
9 4 (1.58%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (22.13%) SCCM
2 52 (20.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.32%) Terraform
4 13 (5.14%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (5.14%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.16%) SCOM
6 7 (2.77%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.58%) Grafana
9 3 (1.19%) AirWatch
9 3 (1.19%) Autotask
9 3 (1.19%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.19%) VxRail
10 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 161 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 130 (51.38%) VMware
3 42 (16.60%) Veeam
4 34 (13.44%) Cisco
5 29 (11.46%) Dell
6 22 (8.70%) Apple
7 13 (5.14%) Citrix
8 12 (4.74%) Fortinet
8 12 (4.74%) Sophos
9 11 (4.35%) HP
10 8 (3.16%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.16%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (2.77%) Meraki
12 6 (2.37%) Aruba
12 6 (2.37%) Datto
12 6 (2.37%) Google
12 6 (2.37%) WatchGuard
13 5 (1.98%) Draytek
13 5 (1.98%) Remedy
13 5 (1.98%) Webroot