Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Microsoft Windows Server
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 27.78% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £453 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.32 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £26.44 - -

All Operating Systems
Abingdon

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 61.11% 14.29% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £426 - £135
25th Percentile £453 £463 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £145
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +227.59% -62.58%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £148
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £275 £475 £250
% change year-on-year -42.11% +90.00% -37.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.32 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £22.00 £21.90 £32.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -32.62% +79.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Abingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Abingdon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
1 3 (60.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Runbook
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) BeyondTrust