Windows Server Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 52 78 63
Rank change year-on-year +26 -15 -24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 303 252 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.11% 3.94% 4.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.27% 32.39% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 263 199 295
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £25,600
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,125 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,641 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% -6.73% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £64,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.74% +4.71% -

All Operating Systems
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 859 778 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.66% 12.18% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 733 552 868
10th Percentile £24,775 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,900
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 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 9 May 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 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
Birmingham +10 91 £36,500 -15.61% 13
Staffordshire -19 58 £37,000 +13.85% 14
Worcestershire -9 31 £45,000 +13.52% 10
Warwickshire +58 22 £37,000 -7.50% 8
Coventry +26 15 £42,500 +11.84% 5
Solihull +7 14 £29,500 +9.26%
Shropshire -8 11 £32,000 +23.08% 4
Wednesbury +4 7 £30,000 +9.09%
Wolverhampton +4 4 £20,750 -50.60% 2
Herefordshire +2 3 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Dudley - 3 £24,500 - 1
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 -
Halesowen - 2 £27,500 -
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 58 (19.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (15.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.66%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 38 (12.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 193 (63.70%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (47.85%) Azure
3 82 (27.06%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.91%) AWS
5 18 (5.94%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.63%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (2.97%) GCP
8 7 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.98%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.98%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.98%) SaaS
10 4 (1.32%) IaaS
11 3 (0.99%) GitHub
11 3 (0.99%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.66%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.66%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.66%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 102 (33.66%) Firewall
2 88 (29.04%) DNS
3 86 (28.38%) DHCP
4 49 (16.17%) TCP/IP
5 35 (11.55%) SAN
6 34 (11.22%) WAN
7 32 (10.56%) LAN
8 25 (8.25%) VPN
9 23 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (5.61%) VLAN
11 16 (5.28%) PBX
12 13 (4.29%) SMTP
13 12 (3.96%) Wireless
14 11 (3.63%) HTTP
15 9 (2.97%) Network Security
16 8 (2.64%) FTP
16 8 (2.64%) SNMP
16 8 (2.64%) SSH
16 8 (2.64%) SSL
16 8 (2.64%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.58%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.32%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.99%) InterSystems Cache
4 3 (0.99%) Power BI
4 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.66%) MySQL
6 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (0.99%) IBM UrbanCode
1 3 (0.99%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (23.10%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.57%) Finance
4 25 (8.25%) Telecoms
5 21 (6.93%) Retail
6 15 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.95%) Law
7 11 (3.63%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.98%) Police
10 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.65%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.32%) Legal
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Military
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
14 1 (0.33%) Automotive
14 1 (0.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 79 (26.07%) IT Engineer
1 79 (26.07%) Support Engineer
2 64 (21.12%) IT Support
3 53 (17.49%) IT Support Engineer
4 46 (15.18%) Senior
5 39 (12.87%) Analyst
6 34 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.93%) 3rd Line Support
8 18 (5.94%) Service Analyst
9 16 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (5.28%) IT Technician
10 15 (4.95%) IT Manager
10 15 (4.95%) Service Desk Analyst
11 14 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (3.96%) Administrator
12 12 (3.96%) Support Technician
12 12 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.99%) .NET
1 3 (0.99%) AngularJS
1 3 (0.99%) HTML
1 3 (0.99%) jQuery
1 3 (0.99%) React
1 3 (0.99%) REST
1 3 (0.99%) Web Services
2 2 (0.66%) LAMP
2 2 (0.66%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.91%) Replication
2 19 (6.27%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.94%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.94%) PKI
4 10 (3.30%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.97%) Clustering
6 8 (2.64%) EFT
6 8 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.98%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.99%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.66%) EPoS
11 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 303 (100.00%) Windows
2 72 (23.76%) Windows 10
3 57 (18.81%) Windows Server 2012
4 42 (13.86%) Linux
5 38 (12.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (10.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (6.60%) Windows 7
8 13 (4.29%) Windows 8
9 10 (3.30%) Mac OS
10 9 (2.97%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (2.64%) Unix
12 7 (2.31%) Apple iOS
12 7 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (2.31%) Ubuntu
12 7 (2.31%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.32%) CentOS
14 2 (0.66%) Android
14 2 (0.66%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.66%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (17.49%) ITIL
3 48 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (14.52%) Customer Service
5 41 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (9.57%) Project Delivery
7 24 (7.92%) ERP
8 21 (6.93%) DevOps
9 19 (6.27%) Proactive Monitoring
10 18 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (5.94%) Server Management
11 16 (5.28%) Asset Management
11 16 (5.28%) Change Management
11 16 (5.28%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (4.62%) High Availability
12 14 (4.62%) Roadmaps
13 13 (4.29%) Cloud Security
13 13 (4.29%) Incident Management
13 13 (4.29%) Performance Monitoring
14 12 (3.96%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.51%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.91%) SQL
3 14 (4.62%) Python
4 9 (2.97%) Java
5 8 (2.64%) C#
6 6 (1.98%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.65%) Bash
7 5 (1.65%) C++
8 3 (0.99%) R
8 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.66%) Bicep
10 1 (0.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 31 (10.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (9.24%) Degree
3 25 (8.25%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.94%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.63%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.63%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.97%) MCSE
8 8 (2.64%) MCSA
9 7 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.98%) CCNA
10 6 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.99%) CCIE
12 3 (0.99%) CCNP
12 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.99%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.26%) SLA
2 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.65%) GDPR
4 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.99%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.66%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 215 (70.96%) Active Directory
2 107 (35.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (32.01%) Hyper-V
4 40 (13.20%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.96%) Docker
5 12 (3.96%) vSphere
6 10 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.65%) NFS
9 5 (1.65%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.65%) VMware Server
10 4 (1.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.66%) pfSense
12 2 (0.66%) XenApp
12 2 (0.66%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 60 (19.80%) SCCM
2 52 (17.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.96%) vCenter Server
4 9 (2.97%) Terraform
5 8 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.31%) AirWatch
6 7 (2.31%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (2.31%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.98%) SCOM
8 5 (1.65%) Backup Exec
9 4 (1.32%) Autotask
9 4 (1.32%) Grafana
9 4 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.66%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.33%) Ansible
11 1 (0.33%) VxRail
11 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 196 (64.69%) Microsoft
2 148 (48.84%) VMware
3 50 (16.50%) Veeam
4 44 (14.52%) Cisco
5 29 (9.57%) Dell
6 25 (8.25%) HP
7 24 (7.92%) Apple
7 24 (7.92%) Citrix
8 21 (6.93%) Sophos
9 12 (3.96%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.30%) Aruba
10 10 (3.30%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.64%) Datto
11 8 (2.64%) Globalscape
11 8 (2.64%) Nimble Storage
11 8 (2.64%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.31%) IBM
12 7 (2.31%) Symantec
12 7 (2.31%) Toshiba
13 6 (1.98%) Zerto