Windows Server Job Trends in Worcestershire

Microsoft Windows Server
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 29 13
Rank change year-on-year -9 -16 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 8 6 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 1.81% 3.66% 11.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.27% 12.00% 52.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 25
10th Percentile £30,625 £36,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,750 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -15.76% +43.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £43,438 £48,750
90th Percentile - £48,879 £50,076
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -

All Operating Systems
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 71 50 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 16.10% 30.49% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 68 16 47
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,754 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.71% +6.12% +9.09%
75th Percentile £39,000 £67,750 £49,375
90th Percentile £55,000 £83,125 £55,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £45,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.58% +7.06% -5.56%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Worcestershire

Windows Server
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bromsgrove - 5 £35,000 - 1
Malvern - 3 £80,000 -
Worcester - 3 £80,000 -
Windows Server
West Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (50.00%) Google Workspace
4 3 (37.50%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Security Support Engineer
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (37.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
1 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Rocky
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 4 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Google
3 3 (37.50%) Dell