Windows Server Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 94 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 106 83 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.20% 2.52% 3.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.12% 16.90% 31.08%
Number of salaries quoted 86 66 134
10th Percentile £29,125 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,438 £28,063 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -10.83% -4.27%
75th Percentile £53,438 £52,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £64,625
England median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -2.17%

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 377 491 679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.28% 14.88% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 289 379 367
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,375 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,250 £29,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.45% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 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
Birmingham -30 35 £47,500 +5.56% 13
Warwickshire +1 21 £42,500 +32.81% 11
Staffordshire -3 15 £43,000 +22.86% 10
Worcestershire -24 15 £34,750 -56.56% 5
Coventry -19 5 £40,000 +8.11% 1
Shropshire -28 4 - - 1
Solihull +9 2 £30,000 -30.64% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £42,500 - 1
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (31.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (30.19%) SharePoint
3 16 (15.09%) IIS
4 8 (7.55%) Apache
4 8 (7.55%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.83%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 81 (76.42%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (50.94%) Azure
3 51 (48.11%) Entra ID
4 13 (12.26%) AWS
5 11 (10.38%) SaaS
6 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (7.55%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (5.66%) OneDrive
8 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.77%) GCP
10 3 (2.83%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.89%) IaaS
12 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (38.68%) DNS
1 41 (38.68%) Firewall
2 31 (29.25%) VPN
3 27 (25.47%) DHCP
4 24 (22.64%) TCP/IP
5 12 (11.32%) VLAN
6 9 (8.49%) Wireless
7 7 (6.60%) SAN
8 6 (5.66%) WAN
8 6 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.77%) LAN
9 4 (3.77%) Network Security
9 4 (3.77%) VoIP
10 2 (1.89%) NAS
11 1 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.77%) Power BI
3 3 (2.83%) MySQL
4 2 (1.89%) Power Query
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Git
2 4 (3.77%) JIRA
3 2 (1.89%) Ant
3 2 (1.89%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (1.89%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.89%) Maven
3 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.94%) Carbide.c++
General
1 59 (55.66%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.55%) Legal
4 7 (6.60%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.66%) Finance
6 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.72%) Retail
7 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.89%) Automotive
8 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 33 (31.13%) IT Engineer
2 29 (27.36%) Support Engineer
3 27 (25.47%) IT Support
4 21 (19.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (17.92%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (16.98%) Analyst
7 14 (13.21%) Senior
8 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (12.26%) Support Analyst
9 11 (10.38%) Administrator
10 10 (9.43%) IT Analyst
11 9 (8.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (8.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (8.49%) Senior Support Engineer
12 8 (7.55%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (7.55%) Technical Support
13 7 (6.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 7 (6.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (6.60%) Systems Administrator
14 6 (5.66%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) CSS
1 3 (2.83%) HTML
1 3 (2.83%) JSON
2 2 (1.89%) Middleware
2 2 (1.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.94%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.72%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.77%) PMI
5 3 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.83%) iSeries
5 3 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.83%) Social Media
6 2 (1.89%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.89%) CCTV
6 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.89%) CMDB
6 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.89%) Replication
7 1 (0.94%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 106 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (16.04%) Linux
3 13 (12.26%) Windows 10
4 8 (7.55%) Ubuntu
5 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.72%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (2.83%) Android
9 2 (1.89%) Solaris
9 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (36.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (35.85%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (32.08%) Service Delivery
4 24 (22.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (20.75%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (17.92%) ITIL
6 19 (17.92%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (16.04%) AI
8 15 (14.15%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (13.21%) Migration
9 14 (13.21%) Problem Management
9 14 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (11.32%) Change Management
11 12 (11.32%) Customer Service
11 12 (11.32%) ITSM
12 11 (10.38%) Project Delivery
13 10 (9.43%) Business Continuity
13 10 (9.43%) Mentoring
14 9 (8.49%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.13%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.38%) SQL
3 7 (6.60%) Python
4 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.83%) PHP
4 3 (2.83%) VBA
5 2 (1.89%) Bash
5 2 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.89%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.94%) Ruby
6 1 (0.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.49%) Degree
4 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (5.66%) Azure Certification
5 6 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (4.72%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.77%) CCNA
7 4 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.77%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.83%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.92%) SLA
2 4 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 57 (53.77%) Active Directory
2 41 (38.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (29.25%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.77%) vSphere
5 2 (1.89%) Docker
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.89%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (18.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.66%) SCCM
3 2 (1.89%) Ansible
3 2 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.89%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.89%) Puppet
4 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 92 (86.79%) Microsoft
2 44 (41.51%) VMware
3 10 (9.43%) Citrix
4 9 (8.49%) SonicWALL
5 8 (7.55%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.66%) Cisco
7 5 (4.72%) Veeam
8 4 (3.77%) Remedy
8 4 (3.77%) Sophos
9 3 (2.83%) Adobe
9 3 (2.83%) Dell
9 3 (2.83%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.89%) Apple
10 2 (1.89%) Google
10 2 (1.89%) Meraki
10 2 (1.89%) NetApp
10 2 (1.89%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (1.89%) Sage
10 2 (1.89%) Splunk