Windows Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 83 55
Rank change year-on-year +43 -28 -20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 537 370 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.52% 3.99% 5.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.58% 29.13% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 481 280 502
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,125 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.74% +4.71% -

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,599 1,270 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.47% 13.71% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 844 1,440
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the Midlands

Windows Server
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
West Midlands +26 303 £35,000 -11.71% 65
East Midlands +39 229 £40,000 +6.67% 43
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 112 (20.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (16.20%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.91%) IIS
4 5 (0.93%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.19%) TYPO3
Applications
1 65 (12.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.19%) Sage 300 ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 359 (66.85%) Microsoft 365
2 249 (46.37%) Azure
3 117 (21.79%) Entra ID
4 44 (8.19%) AWS
5 30 (5.59%) OneDrive
6 17 (3.17%) GCP
7 15 (2.79%) Google Workspace
8 13 (2.42%) Mimecast
9 11 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.68%) IaaS
10 9 (1.68%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.12%) SaaS
13 5 (0.93%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.74%) PaaS
14 4 (0.74%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.56%) GitHub
15 3 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 181 (33.71%) Firewall
2 167 (31.10%) DNS
3 156 (29.05%) DHCP
4 82 (15.27%) TCP/IP
5 66 (12.29%) SAN
6 62 (11.55%) WAN
7 60 (11.17%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (9.87%) LAN
9 48 (8.94%) VPN
10 44 (8.19%) VLAN
11 16 (2.98%) PBX
12 15 (2.79%) SMTP
12 15 (2.79%) Wireless
13 12 (2.23%) SSL
14 11 (2.05%) HTTP
14 11 (2.05%) VoIP
15 10 (1.86%) Network Security
15 10 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (1.86%) SSH
16 8 (1.49%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.19%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.93%) MySQL
4 4 (0.74%) InfluxDB
4 4 (0.74%) Power BI
4 4 (0.74%) UniData
5 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
5 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.56%) Redis
5 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.12%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 156 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.26%) Retail
4 35 (6.52%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.33%) Finance
6 23 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.28%) Law
6 23 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.23%) Legal
9 9 (1.68%) Marketing
10 8 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.30%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.74%) Aviation
13 4 (0.74%) Avionics
14 3 (0.56%) Banking
14 3 (0.56%) Military
15 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 133 (24.77%) IT Engineer
2 117 (21.79%) IT Support
2 117 (21.79%) Support Engineer
3 96 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 75 (13.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 69 (12.85%) Senior
6 58 (10.80%) Analyst
7 47 (8.75%) IT Technician
8 35 (6.52%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support
9 30 (5.59%) Support Technician
10 28 (5.21%) 2nd Line Support
11 26 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 26 (4.84%) IT Support Technician
12 24 (4.47%) Network Engineer
13 23 (4.28%) IT Manager
14 21 (3.91%) Operations Engineer
15 20 (3.72%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 20 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.72%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.49%) .NET
2 4 (0.74%) HTML
3 3 (0.56%) .NET Core
3 3 (0.56%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.56%) jQuery
3 3 (0.56%) React
3 3 (0.56%) REST
3 3 (0.56%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) LAMP
4 2 (0.37%) MAPI
4 2 (0.37%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.24%) Driving Licence
2 45 (8.38%) Data Centre
3 35 (6.52%) Replication
4 24 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.91%) Clustering
5 21 (3.91%) PKI
6 15 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.49%) EFT
8 7 (1.30%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.12%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.74%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.37%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.37%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 537 (100.00%) Windows
2 92 (17.13%) Windows 10
3 71 (13.22%) Windows Server 2019
4 68 (12.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 67 (12.48%) Linux
6 58 (10.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.91%) Windows 7
8 14 (2.61%) Unix
9 13 (2.42%) Windows 8
10 12 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (1.86%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.68%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.30%) Apple iOS
13 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (1.12%) CentOS
15 4 (0.74%) AIX
15 4 (0.74%) Android
16 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.37%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (20.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 90 (16.76%) Cybersecurity
4 81 (15.08%) ITIL
5 74 (13.78%) Customer Service
6 41 (7.64%) Project Delivery
7 30 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (5.59%) Proactive Monitoring
8 29 (5.40%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (5.21%) Migration
10 26 (4.84%) ERP
11 25 (4.66%) ITSM
12 23 (4.28%) DevOps
12 23 (4.28%) Mentoring
13 22 (4.10%) Server Management
14 21 (3.91%) High Availability
15 20 (3.72%) Change Management
15 20 (3.72%) Cloud Security
15 20 (3.72%) Patch Management
15 20 (3.72%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (13.22%) PowerShell
2 53 (9.87%) SQL
3 16 (2.98%) Python
4 12 (2.23%) Java
5 10 (1.86%) C#
6 8 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.12%) C++
8 5 (0.93%) Bash
9 4 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.56%) R
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 50 (9.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 47 (8.75%) Degree
3 27 (5.03%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (3.91%) CCNA
6 20 (3.72%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.17%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.79%) MCSE
9 13 (2.42%) MCSA
9 13 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (2.05%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.86%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
13 8 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.30%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.93%) CCA
15 5 (0.93%) CCDA
15 5 (0.93%) CCNP
15 5 (0.93%) Citrix Certification
16 4 (0.74%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.28%) SLA
2 14 (2.61%) GDPR
3 10 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.37%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 357 (66.48%) Active Directory
2 179 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (29.24%) Hyper-V
4 40 (7.45%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (4.10%) vSphere
6 19 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.42%) Docker
8 10 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.49%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.49%) VMware Server
11 5 (0.93%) NFS
11 5 (0.93%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.74%) pfSense
13 2 (0.37%) XenApp
13 2 (0.37%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 87 (16.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (13.78%) SCCM
3 16 (2.98%) SCOM
4 12 (2.23%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.68%) Terraform
6 8 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.30%) AirWatch
7 7 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (1.30%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.12%) WSUS
9 5 (0.93%) Autotask
9 5 (0.93%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.74%) Grafana
10 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
11 3 (0.56%) vMotion
12 2 (0.37%) Ansible
12 2 (0.37%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.37%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 347 (64.62%) Microsoft
2 241 (44.88%) VMware
3 71 (13.22%) Veeam
4 67 (12.48%) Cisco
5 45 (8.38%) HP
6 43 (8.01%) Dell
7 33 (6.15%) Citrix
8 26 (4.84%) Apple
9 22 (4.10%) Meraki
10 21 (3.91%) Google
10 21 (3.91%) Sophos
11 15 (2.79%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (2.42%) Fortinet
13 12 (2.23%) Aruba
13 12 (2.23%) Globalscape
14 10 (1.86%) Acronis
14 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.68%) Datto
16 8 (1.49%) Dynatrace
16 8 (1.49%) WatchGuard