Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Windows Server
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 99 79
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 +37
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 31 35 73
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.58% 1.48% 2.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.03% 12.07% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 48
10th Percentile £255 £270 £348
25th Percentile £394 £403 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.31% +12.37%
75th Percentile £628 £561 £591
90th Percentile £810 £623 £663
London median daily rate £500 £450 £512
% change year-on-year +11.11% -12.07% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +397.78% +9.76%
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £22.23 £112.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -80.15% +244.62% +30.00%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 221 290 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.29% 12.30% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 198 297
10th Percentile £200 £218 £185
25th Percentile £355 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +4.17% -5.88%
75th Percentile £668 £625 £613
90th Percentile £775 £710 £700
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £21.08 £44.00 -
25th Percentile £24.41 £69.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.75 £112.00 £20.72
Median % change year-on-year -75.22% +440.67% +2.30%
75th Percentile £29.69 - £30.94
90th Percentile £30.03 - £43.88
London median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £34.67
% change year-on-year -56.26% +65.85% +38.68%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Central London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Central London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Central London

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
City of London -3 27 £513 +2.50% 54
City of Westminster - 3 - - 4
West End of London +9 1 - - 3
Windows Server
London

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Azure
2 14 (45.16%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (19.35%) AWS
4 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 3 (9.68%) IaaS
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (6.45%) PaaS
6 2 (6.45%) SaaS
7 1 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.23%) GCP
7 1 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (32.26%) Firewall
2 6 (19.35%) DNS
3 4 (12.90%) DHCP
4 2 (6.45%) Softphone
4 2 (6.45%) WAN
4 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.45%) Wireless
5 1 (3.23%) Kerberos
5 1 (3.23%) LAN
5 1 (3.23%) MPLS
5 1 (3.23%) SSH
5 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.23%) VPN
5 1 (3.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Apache Hive
2 1 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.23%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.23%) Impala
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
1 1 (3.23%) SonarQube
1 1 (3.23%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Banking
4 3 (9.68%) Japanese Language
5 2 (6.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (12.90%) Lead
1 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Applications Support
3 2 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
3 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (6.45%) Lead Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Service Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Applications Support Specialist
4 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 1 (3.23%) IT Operations Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Project Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
1 1 (3.23%) Regular Expression
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Data Centre
1 5 (16.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.45%) iPad
2 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.23%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.23%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.23%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.23%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.23%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 29 (93.55%) Windows
2 8 (25.81%) Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Unix
4 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.23%) Solaris
4 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Migration
2 9 (29.03%) ITIL
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Service Delivery
4 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.90%) Change Control
6 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (9.68%) Resource Management
7 3 (9.68%) Server Management
7 3 (9.68%) Server Migrations
7 3 (9.68%) Service Management
8 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (6.45%) Cost Optimisation
8 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.45%) Observability
8 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
8 2 (6.45%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Bash
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) Java
3 2 (6.45%) SQL
4 1 (3.23%) C
4 1 (3.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.45%) MCITP
4 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (3.23%) MCSA
4 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.68%) QA
3 2 (6.45%) GDPR
3 2 (6.45%) SLA
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
4 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (58.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.23%) Docker
4 1 (3.23%) HDFS
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.68%) Ansible
2 3 (9.68%) SCCM
3 2 (6.45%) SCOM
3 2 (6.45%) Terraform
4 1 (3.23%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (3.23%) Kibana
4 1 (3.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) VMware
3 3 (9.68%) Oracle
4 2 (6.45%) HP
4 2 (6.45%) Polycom
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) Citrix
5 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.23%) Datto
5 1 (3.23%) Dell
5 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.23%) Qualys
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.23%) Symantec
5 1 (3.23%) Tanium
5 1 (3.23%) Tenable
5 1 (3.23%) Veeam