Windows Server Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Windows Server
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 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 75 93
Rank change year-on-year -33 +18 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 21 41 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.94% 2.33% 1.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.15% 16.53% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 29 29
10th Percentile £231 £353 £410
25th Percentile £425 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £526 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.66% -15.92% +19.05%
75th Percentile £775 £614 £675
90th Percentile £825 £726 £681
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +23.68%

All Operating Systems
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 130 248 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.85% 14.08% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 178 204
10th Percentile £189 £263 £197
25th Percentile £304 £363 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £458
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +13.66% -14.88%
75th Percentile £651 £663 £650
90th Percentile £763 £714 £725
Central London median daily rate £538 £515 £450
% change year-on-year +4.37% +14.44% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £21.39 - £19.63
25th Percentile £22.24 £162.50 £20.67
Median hourly rate £25.13 £175.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -85.64% +677.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £28.05 £187.50 £24.56
90th Percentile £28.92 - £26.03
Central London median hourly rate £25.13 £98.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -74.55% +338.89% -30.77%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the City of London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the City of London

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Windows Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) OCI
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Database
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) International Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Architect
3 2 (9.52%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support
3 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Lead Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Project Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Migration Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Project Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) BYOD
4 1 (4.76%) Clustering
4 1 (4.76%) PACS
4 1 (4.76%) PKI
4 1 (4.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.76%) VMS
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Migration
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) Server Migrations
4 4 (19.05%) Change Control
4 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Resource Management
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.52%) High Availability
6 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) RBAC
6 2 (9.52%) Runbook
6 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) SIEM
6 2 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (9.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.52%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (9.52%) MCSE
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) MCSA
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) QA
2 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (9.52%) GDPR
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
3 2 (9.52%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.76%) DICOM
4 1 (4.76%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.76%) Firmware
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (14.29%) Ansible
2 3 (14.29%) SCCM
3 2 (9.52%) Terraform
4 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Datto
4 1 (4.76%) EMC
4 1 (4.76%) RedGate
4 1 (4.76%) Veeam