Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 123 118
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +36
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.082% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.10% 1.28% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £665 £485
25th Percentile £406 £672 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £687 £550
Median % change year-on-year -39.91% +24.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £419 £705 £756
90th Percentile - £714 £865
Central London median daily rate £413 £687 £550
% change year-on-year -39.91% +24.82% +25.71%

All Operating Systems
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 181 234 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.42% 12.77% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 168 199
10th Percentile £188 £256 £228
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +8.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £648
90th Percentile £674 £714 £725
Central London median daily rate £500 £515 £450
% change year-on-year -2.91% +14.44% -10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £19.28 £24.35 £23.90
25th Percentile £19.31 £25.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £20.25 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +5.56% -46.00%
75th Percentile £21.81 £108.88 £28.19
90th Percentile £22.23 £156.05 £28.90
Central London median hourly rate £20.25 £28.50 £26.63
% change year-on-year -28.95% +7.04% -29.00%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the City of London

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Support
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (50.00%) ForeScout
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) VMware