Windows Server Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Windows Server
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 90 90
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 43 43 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 2.18% 1.82% 2.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.54% 13.27% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 65
10th Percentile £341 £350 £231
25th Percentile £500 £422 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +3.37% +4.00%
75th Percentile £643 £642 £625
90th Percentile £729 £675 £700
London median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - £20.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -16.29% -23.08%

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 260 324 545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.19% 13.71% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 235 383
10th Percentile £246 £213 £153
25th Percentile £350 £350 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £648 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £728
London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £24.35 £21.95 £22.38
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.00 £24.06
Median hourly rate £28.50 £26.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -30.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £108.88 £27.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £156.05 £28.43 £74.38
London median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -56.00% +109.12%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Central London

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Central London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Central London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Central London

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Central London

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 2 July 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 +2 35 £550 - 76
West End of London +4 3 £600 +14.29% 3
City of Westminster - 2 - - 6
Windows Server
London

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (53.49%) Azure
2 19 (44.19%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (23.26%) Entra ID
4 7 (16.28%) AWS
5 5 (11.63%) IaaS
5 5 (11.63%) SaaS
6 4 (9.30%) GitHub
7 3 (6.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.65%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.65%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (4.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (4.65%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (4.65%) GCP
8 2 (4.65%) PaaS
8 2 (4.65%) Serverless
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) Firewall
2 7 (16.28%) DNS
3 3 (6.98%) MPLS
3 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.65%) LAN
4 2 (4.65%) Network Security
4 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.65%) VPN
5 1 (2.33%) DHCP
5 1 (2.33%) HTTP
5 1 (2.33%) SAN
5 1 (2.33%) SMTP
5 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
2 2 (4.65%) Git
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (46.51%) Finance
2 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Front Office
6 2 (4.65%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.65%) Japanese Language
6 2 (4.65%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.33%) International Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Analyst
2 7 (16.28%) Applications Support
2 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Support Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 3 (6.98%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) VMware Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Applications Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Applications Support Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) ARM Templates
1 2 (4.65%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (6.98%) Equities
2 3 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Clustering
3 2 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.65%) Reinsurance
3 2 (4.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (4.65%) Wiki
4 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.33%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.33%) HP Storage
4 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (11.63%) Linux
4 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.33%) Android
6 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.33%) Unix
6 1 (2.33%) VMS
6 1 (2.33%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (16.28%) Migration
4 5 (11.63%) ITIL
5 4 (9.30%) CRM
5 4 (9.30%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (9.30%) DevOps
5 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.98%) Configuration Management
6 3 (6.98%) Data Protection
6 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.98%) Time Management
7 2 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.65%) High Availability
7 2 (4.65%) ITSM
7 2 (4.65%) Patch Management
7 2 (4.65%) Risk Management
7 2 (4.65%) Security Hardening
7 2 (4.65%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.88%) PowerShell
2 9 (20.93%) SQL
3 5 (11.63%) Python
4 3 (6.98%) Bash
5 2 (4.65%) Bicep
5 2 (4.65%) C#
5 2 (4.65%) Java
6 1 (2.33%) C
6 1 (2.33%) C++
6 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.65%) VCAP
3 2 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.33%) NIST
3 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (48.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.33%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.33%) Docker
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.33%) Platform Symphony
5 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.33%) XenApp
5 1 (2.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.98%) Ansible
3 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.65%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (4.65%) Progress Chef
3 2 (4.65%) SCCM
3 2 (4.65%) Terraform
4 1 (2.33%) Grafana
4 1 (2.33%) Kibana
4 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) VMware
3 5 (11.63%) Citrix
4 3 (6.98%) Bloomberg
4 3 (6.98%) Refinitiv
4 3 (6.98%) Reuters
5 2 (4.65%) Atempo
5 2 (4.65%) Databricks
5 2 (4.65%) F5
5 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.65%) Mellanox
5 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.33%) Commvault
6 1 (2.33%) Dell
6 1 (2.33%) HP
6 1 (2.33%) Juniper
6 1 (2.33%) NetApp
6 1 (2.33%) NETGEAR
6 1 (2.33%) Sun
6 1 (2.33%) TIBCO