Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Microsoft Windows Server
Essex > Chelmsford

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 6.67% - 22.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £449 - -
Essex median daily rate £425 - £231
% change year-on-year - - +28.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - - £13.59
Median hourly rate - - £14.31
75th Percentile - - £15.04
90th Percentile - - £15.47
Essex median hourly rate - - £14.31
% change year-on-year - - -41.88%

All Operating Systems
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 36.67% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £240 - -
25th Percentile £283 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £444 - -
Essex median daily rate £338 £388 £250
% change year-on-year -12.90% +55.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile £16.17 - £13.59
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £14.31
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.88%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £15.04
90th Percentile - - £15.47
Essex median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £19.38
% change year-on-year +111.11% +16.10% -21.28%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki