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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 71 85
Rank change year-on-year -40 +14 +33
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 19 48 43
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.91% 2.69% 1.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.50% 19.35% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 32
10th Percentile £228 £285 £292
25th Percentile £408 £488 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -1.18% +11.84%
75th Percentile £775 £614 £675
90th Percentile £825 £714 £678
Central London median daily rate £545 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +3.76% +2.49% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

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 131 248 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.30% 13.92% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 176 223
10th Percentile £187 £251 £188
25th Percentile £270 £375 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +16.67% -15.09%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £634
90th Percentile £767 £713 £722
Central London median daily rate £539 £518 £450
% change year-on-year +4.11% +15.00% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £21.39 - £19.39
25th Percentile £22.24 - £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.13 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.56% +397.78% -22.41%
75th Percentile £28.05 £149.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £28.92 £172.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £25.13 £112.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -77.56% +397.78% -10.89%

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 18 March 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) OCI
5 1 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DHCP
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Lead Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Migration Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.26%) Middleware
2 1 (5.26%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) BYOD
4 1 (5.26%) PACS
4 1 (5.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Linux
3 3 (15.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Solaris
4 1 (5.26%) Unix
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Migration
2 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Change Control
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
3 4 (21.05%) Resource Management
3 4 (21.05%) Server Migrations
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) RBAC
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) SIEM
5 2 (10.53%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (10.53%) Zero Trust
6 1 (5.26%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) Bash
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) MCSA
3 1 (5.26%) MCSE
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) QA
2 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) DICOM
4 1 (5.26%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
3 2 (10.53%) Ansible
3 2 (10.53%) Terraform
4 1 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Datto
4 1 (5.26%) Qualys
4 1 (5.26%) Symantec
4 1 (5.26%) Tanium
4 1 (5.26%) Tenable
4 1 (5.26%) Veeam