Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 96 77
Rank change year-on-year -12 -19 +43
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 5 7 43
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.33% 0.48% 2.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.22% 3.89% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 27
10th Percentile - - £329
25th Percentile £393 £603 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £685 £575
Median % change year-on-year -42.34% +19.13% +17.35%
75th Percentile £398 £705 -
90th Percentile - £735 £608
South East median daily rate £638 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +34.21% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
75th Percentile £18.75 - £56.06
90th Percentile - - £62.45
South East median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Windows Server 2019 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 225 180 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.04% 12.34% 18.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 114 246
10th Percentile £204 £200 £148
25th Percentile £275 £252 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% +2.06% -18.37%
75th Percentile £511 £597 £575
90th Percentile £575 £682 £623
South East median daily rate £449 £435 £400
% change year-on-year +3.19% +8.65% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 14
10th Percentile £17.58 - £31.56
25th Percentile £18.87 £55.87 £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% +0.51%
75th Percentile £24.33 £57.62 £64.06
90th Percentile £81.20 - £68.22
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.25 £55.50
% change year-on-year -63.69% +3.15% +197.99%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
Wokingham -30 3 £395 -45.52%
Reading +12 1 - - 1
Windows Server 2019
South East

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Backup Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Storage Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Storage and Backup Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) 3PAR
1 4 (80.00%) HP
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (80.00%) Veritas
2 3 (60.00%) NetApp
2 3 (60.00%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft