Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Windows Server 2019 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 173 195
Rank change year-on-year +77 +22 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 107 48 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.94% 0.83% 0.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.95% 3.98% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 29 48
10th Percentile £363 £199 £363
25th Percentile £507 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £487
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% +0.05% +29.93%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £575
90th Percentile - £640 £665
England median daily rate £563 £541 £450
% change year-on-year +3.93% +20.28% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - £26.68 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £40.06 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £49.20 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.20% - -
75th Percentile - £59.72 -
90th Percentile - £72.71 -
England median hourly rate £59.80 £26.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year +125.83% +32.40% -27.27%

All Operating Systems
South East

Windows Server 2019 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 977 1,207 1,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.70% 20.78% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 830 1,015
10th Percentile £200 £197 £150
25th Percentile £263 £263 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £669 £650
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 70 109
10th Percentile £15.98 £18.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.88 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £53.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +165.00% -
75th Percentile £62.25 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.75 £75.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +20.21%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +56 73 £575 +48.58% 9
Berkshire +50 71 £590 +58.39% 8
Hampshire +2 24 £488 -18.75% 10
West Sussex - 5 £145 - 3
Surrey - 4 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 1
Middlesex - 1 £425 -
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (15.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.87%) nginx
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.87%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 40 (37.38%) Azure
2 25 (23.36%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.95%) Entra ID
4 15 (14.02%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (14.02%) Azure Storage
5 13 (12.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (41.12%) DNS
2 41 (38.32%) DHCP
3 34 (31.78%) Firewall
4 26 (24.30%) SAN
5 6 (5.61%) NAS
5 6 (5.61%) Wireless
6 3 (2.80%) Network Security
7 2 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.87%) VSAN
7 2 (1.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.61%) MySQL
3 4 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (13.08%) Robot Framework
1 14 (13.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) MSI
General
1 59 (55.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (27.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (23.36%) Windows Engineer
3 21 (19.63%) Build Engineer
3 21 (19.63%) Windows Build Engineer
4 15 (14.02%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (13.08%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (13.08%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (13.08%) Support Specialist
6 13 (12.15%) Architect
6 13 (12.15%) Support Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Security Architect
8 10 (9.35%) Administrator
8 10 (9.35%) Senior
8 10 (9.35%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 9 (8.41%) Storage Engineer
10 7 (6.54%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 6 (5.61%) Server Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.02%) ARM Templates
2 6 (5.61%) Itk
3 2 (1.87%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (30.84%) PKI
2 17 (15.89%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (12.15%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.74%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.74%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.87%) CCTV
7 1 (0.93%) Clustering
7 1 (0.93%) CMDB
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 107 (100.00%) Windows
2 93 (86.92%) Windows Server
3 75 (70.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 47 (43.93%) Windows 10
5 46 (42.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 42 (39.25%) Linux
7 21 (19.63%) Windows NT
8 13 (12.15%) Windows XP
9 10 (9.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (9.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (6.54%) Windows 7
11 6 (5.61%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.87%) Android
12 2 (1.87%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.93%) CentOS
13 1 (0.93%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (52.34%) ITIL
2 43 (40.19%) Service Management
3 39 (36.45%) Release Management
4 31 (28.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (27.10%) Agile
5 29 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (23.36%) Deployment Automation
7 21 (19.63%) Customer Service
7 21 (19.63%) DevOps
7 21 (19.63%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (16.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (14.02%) Analytics
9 15 (14.02%) CI/CD
9 15 (14.02%) Identity Management
9 15 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (14.02%) Log Analytics
9 15 (14.02%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 15 (14.02%) Privileged Identity Management
9 15 (14.02%) Project Management
9 15 (14.02%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 51 (47.66%) PowerShell
2 16 (14.95%) Python
3 15 (14.02%) Bicep
3 15 (14.02%) C#
3 15 (14.02%) VB
3 15 (14.02%) VBScript
4 8 (7.48%) SQL
5 4 (3.74%) C
5 4 (3.74%) C++
6 3 (2.80%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (79.44%) Security Cleared
2 60 (56.07%) DV Cleared
3 35 (32.71%) SC Cleared
4 33 (30.84%) Degree
5 15 (14.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (12.15%) CCNA
6 13 (12.15%) CCNP
6 13 (12.15%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.74%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.63%) QA
2 7 (6.54%) RMADS
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (78.50%) Active Directory
2 42 (39.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (19.63%) Firmware
4 20 (18.69%) Hyper-V
4 20 (18.69%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (14.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (14.02%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.74%) vSphere
6 4 (3.74%) XenApp
6 4 (3.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (55.14%) SCCM
2 56 (52.34%) WSUS
3 31 (28.97%) SCOM
4 21 (19.63%) Sysprep
5 20 (18.69%) vCenter Server
6 19 (17.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (16.82%) Ansible
8 17 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 16 (14.95%) NetBackup
10 15 (14.02%) Kubernetes
11 14 (13.08%) Terraform
12 13 (12.15%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (5.61%) Nessus
14 4 (3.74%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (3.74%) ZABBIX
15 2 (1.87%) PaperCut
16 1 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
16 1 (0.93%) McAfee ePO
16 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
16 1 (0.93%) vRealize
Vendors
1 71 (66.36%) Microsoft
2 50 (46.73%) VMware
3 19 (17.76%) Veeam
4 18 (16.82%) HP
5 17 (15.89%) Oracle
6 16 (14.95%) 3PAR
7 15 (14.02%) Cisco
8 14 (13.08%) EMC
8 14 (13.08%) Juniper
8 14 (13.08%) Symantec
9 13 (12.15%) Dell
9 13 (12.15%) Extreme Networks
9 13 (12.15%) Palo Alto
10 10 (9.35%) Red Hat
11 5 (4.67%) NetApp
11 5 (4.67%) Nimble Storage
12 4 (3.74%) Citrix
13 3 (2.80%) Veritas
14 2 (1.87%) Sage
14 2 (1.87%) WatchGuard