Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.38% 0.78% 2.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.85% 7.14% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £550 - £475
90th Percentile - - £490
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -2.78% +12.50% +10.34%

All Operating Systems
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 26 14 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 9.89% 10.94% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 21
10th Percentile £183 £150 £160
25th Percentile £200 £166 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £171 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -54.40% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £269 £544
90th Percentile £511 £310 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £300 £420 £400
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 6
10th Percentile £21.33 £20.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £21.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.58 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -2.50% +36.46%
75th Percentile - £24.74 -
90th Percentile - £24.99 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £18.32
% change year-on-year +2.39% +37.28% +3.39%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
Derby -6 1 £500 - 4
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM