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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 82 72
Rank change year-on-year +30 -10 -34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 310 226 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.86% 3.88% 4.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.71% 30.87% 25.52%
Number of salaries quoted 262 183 277
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £25,650
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,560 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -8.82% +4.94%
75th Percentile £49,688 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

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 893 732 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.12% 12.56% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 735 538 837
10th Percentile £25,097 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £70,100
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 2 June 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 2 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
Birmingham +5 92 £36,500 -8.75% 14
Staffordshire -16 61 £37,000 +10.45% 14
Worcestershire -7 31 £45,000 +13.52% 2
Warwickshire +47 27 £37,500 -3.23% 10
Solihull +6 16 £29,500 +10.28%
Coventry +16 12 £26,500 -30.72% 8
Shropshire -8 11 £32,000 +23.08%
Wednesbury +2 7 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Wolverhampton +6 4 £20,000 -50.31% 2
Herefordshire 0 3 £60,000 +9.09%
Dudley - 3 £24,500 - 1
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 -
Halesowen - 2 £27,500 -
Walsall - 1 - -
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 56 (18.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (15.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.65%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 37 (11.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 197 (63.55%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (48.39%) Azure
3 82 (26.45%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.71%) AWS
5 18 (5.81%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.58%) GCP
9 7 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.26%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.94%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.94%) SaaS
11 5 (1.61%) IaaS
12 4 (1.29%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.97%) GitHub
13 3 (0.97%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.65%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.65%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.65%) OpenDNS
15 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 102 (32.90%) Firewall
2 91 (29.35%) DNS
3 87 (28.06%) DHCP
4 48 (15.48%) TCP/IP
5 42 (13.55%) WAN
6 40 (12.90%) LAN
7 33 (10.65%) SAN
8 28 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (7.74%) VPN
10 18 (5.81%) VLAN
11 16 (5.16%) PBX
12 14 (4.52%) Wireless
13 12 (3.87%) Network Security
14 11 (3.55%) SMTP
15 9 (2.90%) HTTP
16 7 (2.26%) iSCSI
16 7 (2.26%) VSAN
17 6 (1.94%) SSH
17 6 (1.94%) SSL
17 6 (1.94%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.55%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.94%) MySQL
4 4 (1.29%) InfluxDB
4 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.97%) InterSystems Cache
5 3 (0.97%) Power BI
6 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (0.97%) IBM UrbanCode
1 3 (0.97%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (20.97%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (10.00%) Finance
4 26 (8.39%) Telecoms
5 20 (6.45%) Retail
6 15 (4.84%) Law
7 13 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.94%) Police
10 5 (1.61%) Automotive
10 5 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.61%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.29%) Legal
12 3 (0.97%) Banking
12 3 (0.97%) Military
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
14 1 (0.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 78 (25.16%) IT Engineer
1 78 (25.16%) Support Engineer
2 68 (21.94%) IT Support
3 53 (17.10%) IT Support Engineer
4 47 (15.16%) Senior
5 45 (14.52%) Analyst
6 35 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.77%) 3rd Line Support
8 19 (6.13%) Service Analyst
9 17 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (5.16%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.16%) Service Desk Analyst
11 15 (4.84%) IT Manager
12 14 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) Technical Support
13 13 (4.19%) Administrator
14 12 (3.87%) Support Analyst
14 12 (3.87%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.26%) HTML
2 3 (0.97%) .NET
2 3 (0.97%) AngularJS
2 3 (0.97%) jQuery
2 3 (0.97%) React
2 3 (0.97%) REST
2 3 (0.97%) Web Services
3 2 (0.65%) ADO
3 2 (0.65%) LAMP
3 2 (0.65%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.03%) Replication
2 19 (6.13%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.81%) PKI
4 16 (5.16%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.52%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.55%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.26%) Clustering
8 7 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.94%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.94%) EFT
10 5 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.97%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.65%) EPoS
13 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 310 (100.00%) Windows
2 76 (24.52%) Windows 10
3 57 (18.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 45 (14.52%) Linux
5 41 (13.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (12.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (5.81%) Windows 7
8 13 (4.19%) Windows 8
9 10 (3.23%) Mac OS
10 9 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (2.58%) Apple iOS
11 8 (2.58%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (2.26%) Ubuntu
13 6 (1.94%) Unix
14 4 (1.29%) CentOS
15 2 (0.65%) Android
15 2 (0.65%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.65%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (16.77%) ITIL
3 49 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 47 (15.16%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (14.52%) Customer Service
6 29 (9.35%) Project Delivery
7 24 (7.74%) ERP
8 21 (6.77%) DevOps
9 20 (6.45%) Proactive Monitoring
10 19 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (5.48%) Asset Management
11 17 (5.48%) Change Management
11 17 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (5.16%) Incident Management
13 15 (4.84%) Roadmaps
13 15 (4.84%) Server Management
14 14 (4.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 14 (4.52%) Performance Monitoring
15 13 (4.19%) Cloud Security
16 12 (3.87%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.06%) SQL
3 14 (4.52%) Python
4 9 (2.90%) Java
5 8 (2.58%) C#
6 6 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.61%) Bash
7 5 (1.61%) C++
8 4 (1.29%) PHP
9 3 (0.97%) R
9 3 (0.97%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.65%) Bicep
11 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (10.32%) Security Cleared
2 30 (9.68%) Degree
2 30 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.87%) DBS Check
5 11 (3.55%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.55%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.58%) CCNA
6 8 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.58%) MCSE
7 7 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (1.94%) MCSA
9 5 (1.61%) CCNP
9 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.29%) CCIE
10 4 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.97%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.97%) MCITP
12 2 (0.65%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.74%) SLA
2 7 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.61%) GDPR
4 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.97%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 216 (69.68%) Active Directory
2 105 (33.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (30.32%) Hyper-V
4 43 (13.87%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.52%) vSphere
6 12 (3.87%) Docker
7 10 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.58%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.61%) NFS
9 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.61%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.61%) VMware Server
10 4 (1.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (1.29%) XenApp
10 4 (1.29%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.65%) pfSense
13 1 (0.32%) Firmware
13 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (18.39%) SCCM
2 55 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.87%) Terraform
3 12 (3.87%) vCenter Server
4 10 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.26%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.61%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.61%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.61%) SCOM
7 4 (1.29%) Autotask
7 4 (1.29%) Grafana
7 4 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.65%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 1 (0.32%) VxRail
9 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 196 (63.23%) Microsoft
2 155 (50.00%) VMware
3 52 (16.77%) Veeam
4 48 (15.48%) Cisco
5 28 (9.03%) Dell
6 23 (7.42%) Apple
6 23 (7.42%) Citrix
6 23 (7.42%) HP
7 21 (6.77%) Sophos
8 12 (3.87%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.23%) Aruba
10 9 (2.90%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.58%) Datto
11 8 (2.58%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.26%) IBM
12 7 (2.26%) Nimble Storage
12 7 (2.26%) Zerto
13 6 (1.94%) Globalscape
14 5 (1.61%) ConnectWise
14 5 (1.61%) Meraki