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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 84 64
Rank change year-on-year +38 -20 -25
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 551 342 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.22% 4.00% 4.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.15% 27.51% 25.16%
Number of salaries quoted 486 271 475
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,625 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,938 £28,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,875 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

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 1,662 1,243 2,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.72% 14.53% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,332 811 1,398
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,625
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +7.92%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +27 310 £35,000 -9.68% 49
East Midlands +35 237 £40,000 +6.67% 41
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
1 111 (20.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (16.70%) SharePoint
3 26 (4.72%) IIS
4 5 (0.91%) Confluence
4 5 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.18%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.18%) TYPO3
Applications
1 63 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) CATIA
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.36%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.36%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.18%) Sage 300 ERP
2 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 364 (66.06%) Microsoft 365
2 257 (46.64%) Azure
3 114 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.62%) AWS
5 29 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 16 (2.90%) Mimecast
7 14 (2.54%) Google Workspace
8 13 (2.36%) GCP
9 11 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.63%) IaaS
10 9 (1.63%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.27%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.09%) SaaS
13 5 (0.91%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.73%) PaaS
14 4 (0.73%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.54%) GitHub
16 2 (0.36%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 184 (33.39%) Firewall
2 172 (31.22%) DNS
3 157 (28.49%) DHCP
4 81 (14.70%) TCP/IP
5 72 (13.07%) WAN
6 67 (12.16%) SAN
7 63 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
8 62 (11.25%) LAN
9 52 (9.44%) VPN
10 43 (7.80%) VLAN
11 20 (3.63%) Wireless
12 16 (2.90%) PBX
13 13 (2.36%) SMTP
14 12 (2.18%) Network Security
15 10 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (1.81%) SSL
16 9 (1.63%) HTTP
16 9 (1.63%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.63%) VSAN
17 8 (1.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (9.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.63%) MySQL
4 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.73%) InfluxDB
4 4 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.73%) Power BI
4 4 (0.73%) Redis
4 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.73%) UniData
5 3 (0.54%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.09%) JIRA
2 3 (0.54%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (0.54%) Jenkins
General
1 152 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 60 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (6.53%) Retail
3 36 (6.53%) Telecoms
4 35 (6.35%) Finance
5 26 (4.72%) Law
6 22 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.00%) Legal
10 9 (1.63%) Marketing
11 7 (1.27%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.09%) Police
13 5 (0.91%) Automotive
14 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.73%) Aviation
14 4 (0.73%) Avionics
15 3 (0.54%) Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 134 (24.32%) IT Engineer
2 121 (21.96%) IT Support
3 117 (21.23%) Support Engineer
4 94 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 75 (13.61%) Senior
6 74 (13.43%) IT Support Engineer
7 64 (11.62%) Analyst
8 51 (9.26%) IT Technician
9 38 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (5.81%) 3rd Line Support
11 31 (5.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 30 (5.44%) 2nd Line Support
12 30 (5.44%) Support Technician
13 26 (4.72%) IT Support Technician
14 25 (4.54%) Support Analyst
15 24 (4.36%) Network Engineer
16 22 (3.99%) Operations Engineer
17 21 (3.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 21 (3.81%) IT Manager
17 21 (3.81%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.63%) .NET
2 8 (1.45%) HTML
3 4 (0.73%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.54%) jQuery
4 3 (0.54%) React
4 3 (0.54%) REST
4 3 (0.54%) Web Services
5 2 (0.36%) ADO
5 2 (0.36%) JSON
5 2 (0.36%) LAMP
5 2 (0.36%) MAPI
5 2 (0.36%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.18%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.62%) Driving Licence
2 41 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 36 (6.53%) Replication
4 23 (4.17%) Clustering
5 22 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.99%) PKI
6 16 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.09%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.09%) EFT
9 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.54%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.36%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.36%) EPoS
13 2 (0.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 551 (100.00%) Windows
2 96 (17.42%) Windows 10
3 79 (14.34%) Windows Server 2019
4 71 (12.89%) Linux
5 65 (11.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 60 (10.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.63%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.36%) Windows 8
9 12 (2.18%) Unix
10 11 (2.00%) Mac OS
10 11 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 8 (1.45%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.45%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (1.09%) CentOS
14 4 (0.73%) AIX
15 3 (0.54%) Android
16 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.36%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (19.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 95 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
4 79 (14.34%) ITIL
5 77 (13.97%) Customer Service
6 41 (7.44%) Project Delivery
7 31 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (5.63%) Proactive Monitoring
8 30 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (5.08%) Migration
10 26 (4.72%) ERP
10 26 (4.72%) ITSM
11 25 (4.54%) Mentoring
11 25 (4.54%) Patch Management
12 23 (4.17%) DevOps
13 21 (3.81%) Change Management
13 21 (3.81%) High Availability
14 20 (3.63%) Cloud Security
14 20 (3.63%) Project Management
15 19 (3.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.52%) PowerShell
2 53 (9.62%) SQL
3 16 (2.90%) Python
4 12 (2.18%) Java
5 10 (1.81%) C#
6 8 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.09%) C++
8 5 (0.91%) Bash
9 4 (0.73%) PHP
9 4 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.54%) R
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
12 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 51 (9.26%) Degree
2 48 (8.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (6.17%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (4.17%) CCNA
6 22 (3.99%) SC Cleared
7 20 (3.63%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.36%) MCSE
8 13 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (2.18%) A+ Certification
10 11 (2.00%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.81%) MCSA
12 9 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.27%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.27%) CCNP
14 6 (1.09%) CCA
14 6 (1.09%) CCDA
14 6 (1.09%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.54%) SLA
2 14 (2.54%) GDPR
3 10 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.54%) JSP 440
5 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 358 (64.97%) Active Directory
2 179 (32.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 151 (27.40%) Hyper-V
4 43 (7.80%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (4.72%) vSphere
6 19 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.36%) Docker
8 10 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.63%) Terminal Services
9 9 (1.63%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.91%) NFS
11 5 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.73%) pfSense
12 4 (0.73%) XenApp
12 4 (0.73%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.18%) Firmware
13 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 88 (15.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (12.89%) SCCM
3 16 (2.90%) SCOM
4 12 (2.18%) Terraform
4 12 (2.18%) vCenter Server
5 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Clustering
5 10 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.27%) Kubernetes
7 5 (0.91%) AirWatch
7 5 (0.91%) Autotask
7 5 (0.91%) Backup Exec
7 5 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.73%) Grafana
8 4 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.73%) SCOrch
8 4 (0.73%) vMotion
8 4 (0.73%) WSUS
9 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.36%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 354 (64.25%) Microsoft
2 251 (45.55%) VMware
3 72 (13.07%) Veeam
4 70 (12.70%) Cisco
5 43 (7.80%) HP
6 42 (7.62%) Dell
7 32 (5.81%) Citrix
8 26 (4.72%) Apple
9 21 (3.81%) Meraki
9 21 (3.81%) Sophos
10 17 (3.09%) Google
11 14 (2.54%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (2.18%) Aruba
12 12 (2.18%) Fortinet
13 10 (1.81%) Acronis
13 10 (1.81%) Globalscape
14 9 (1.63%) Datto
14 9 (1.63%) ServiceNow
15 8 (1.45%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.45%) Rapid7