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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 56 79
Rank change year-on-year -40 +23 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 105 322 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.60% 3.69% 3.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.95% 32.79% 30.08%
Number of salaries quoted 89 258 183
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £38,950
Median % change year-on-year - -10.14% -8.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +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 585 982 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.49% 11.25% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 421 722 551
10th Percentile £26,375 £25,024 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

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 20 June 2025.

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 20 June 2025. 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 -10 36 £46,750 +29.86% 27
Staffordshire +2 30 £35,000 - 21
Warwickshire -6 12 £32,500 -15.03% 11
Shropshire +12 11 £28,500 -10.94% 20
Herefordshire +12 5 £52,500 -12.50% 4
Worcestershire -2 5 £80,000 +77.78% 13
Solihull -1 3 £47,500 +61.02%
Coventry -13 1 £47,500 +79.25% 7
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 28 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.76%) IIS
4 2 (1.90%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 27 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (5.71%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (51.43%) Azure
2 53 (50.48%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.62%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.67%) AWS
6 4 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (3.81%) Route 53
7 3 (2.86%) Azure Stack
7 3 (2.86%) GitHub
7 3 (2.86%) SaaS
8 2 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.90%) IaaS
8 2 (1.90%) PaaS
9 1 (0.95%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (48.57%) Firewall
2 45 (42.86%) WAN
3 41 (39.05%) LAN
4 26 (24.76%) DHCP
5 24 (22.86%) VPN
6 20 (19.05%) DNS
6 20 (19.05%) TCP/IP
6 20 (19.05%) VLAN
7 9 (8.57%) BGP
8 8 (7.62%) OSPF
8 8 (7.62%) WLAN
9 7 (6.67%) SAN
10 4 (3.81%) HTTPS
10 4 (3.81%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.90%) Network Security
11 2 (1.90%) Skype
11 2 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.95%) 5G
12 1 (0.95%) NAS
12 1 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.86%) Data Hub
2 3 (2.86%) SQL CLR
3 1 (0.95%) MySQL
General
1 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 13 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Law
5 11 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (10.48%) Telecoms
6 9 (8.57%) Retail
7 8 (7.62%) Automotive
7 8 (7.62%) Finance
7 8 (7.62%) Legal
8 3 (2.86%) Back Office
8 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.90%) Advertising
9 2 (1.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 38 (36.19%) Support Engineer
2 36 (34.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (24.76%) IT Engineer
4 21 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 21 (20.00%) IT Support
5 17 (16.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 13 (12.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 12 (11.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 12 (11.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 12 (11.43%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (11.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (8.57%) Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) Support Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) .NET
2 3 (2.86%) .NET Core
2 3 (2.86%) .NET Framework
2 3 (2.86%) Dapper ORM
2 3 (2.86%) Entity Framework
3 2 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.14%) Onboarding
2 14 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 10 (9.52%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.62%) Smartphone
5 7 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.76%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.76%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.86%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.86%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.90%) FMCG
10 1 (0.95%) IoT
10 1 (0.95%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 105 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
3 29 (27.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 28 (26.67%) Windows 10
5 23 (21.90%) Linux
6 11 (10.48%) Apple iOS
7 8 (7.62%) Mac OS X
7 8 (7.62%) Ubuntu
8 6 (5.71%) Mac OS
9 5 (4.76%) Android
10 4 (3.81%) Windows 7
11 3 (2.86%) Rocky
12 2 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.95%) Unix
13 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.95%) ITIL
4 20 (19.05%) Data Security
5 19 (18.10%) Customer Service
6 18 (17.14%) Infrastructure Management
7 16 (15.24%) Mentoring
8 14 (13.33%) Network Design
9 13 (12.38%) Performance Tuning
10 11 (10.48%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (8.57%) Problem Management
12 8 (7.62%) Business Case
12 8 (7.62%) Case Management
12 8 (7.62%) Computer Science
12 8 (7.62%) ERP
12 8 (7.62%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (7.62%) Systems Engineering
13 7 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 28 (26.67%) SQL
3 3 (2.86%) Bash
3 3 (2.86%) C#
3 3 (2.86%) Python
4 2 (1.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (29.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (19.05%) MCSE
3 18 (17.14%) MCSA
4 17 (16.19%) A+ Certification
4 17 (16.19%) Degree
4 17 (16.19%) MCP
5 9 (8.57%) Azure Certification
6 8 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (7.62%) HNC
6 8 (7.62%) HND
6 8 (7.62%) Security Cleared
7 7 (6.67%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.81%) AWS Certification
10 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
11 3 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.90%) GDPR
1 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.90%) SLA
System Software
1 81 (77.14%) Active Directory
2 34 (32.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (13.33%) XenApp
4 11 (10.48%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.76%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.81%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.81%) SCOM
4 3 (2.86%) Ansible
4 3 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.86%) Puppet
4 3 (2.86%) Terraform
5 2 (1.90%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.90%) SCCM
5 2 (1.90%) SCOrch
5 2 (1.90%) SCSM
6 1 (0.95%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 62 (59.05%) Microsoft
2 41 (39.05%) VMware
3 26 (24.76%) Cisco
4 22 (20.95%) Apple
5 15 (14.29%) Citrix
5 15 (14.29%) Dell
5 15 (14.29%) Meraki
5 15 (14.29%) SonicWALL
6 14 (13.33%) CheckPoint
7 9 (8.57%) Fortinet
7 9 (8.57%) Google
8 8 (7.62%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (6.67%) ServiceNow
10 6 (5.71%) SAP
11 5 (4.76%) HP
11 5 (4.76%) Samsung
12 4 (3.81%) Sophos
12 4 (3.81%) Veeam
13 2 (1.90%) ArcSight
13 2 (1.90%) Splunk