Windows Server Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Windows Server
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 7 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 7.14% 7.27% 5.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.84% 41.38% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £175 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £185 £160
Median % change year-on-year +157.02% +15.34% -19.08%
75th Percentile £538 £194 £160
90th Percentile £568 - -
South West median daily rate £575 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £72.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +21.25% -13.11%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 29 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 19.39% 17.58% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 48
10th Percentile £202 £175 £160
25th Percentile £223 £175 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £189 £450
Median % change year-on-year +65.07% -57.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £539 £606 £603
90th Percentile £658 £769 £613
South West median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 14
10th Percentile - - £17.04
25th Percentile - - £17.31
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £51.13
Median % change year-on-year - -72.62% +4.90%
75th Percentile - - £57.25
90th Percentile - - £59.06
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Blandford Forum - 5 £525 -
Bournemouth -7 2 £475 +157.02% 7
Windows Server
South West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Skype
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Wintel Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Report Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Report Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Reporting Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 10
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) VMS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) NsoIT
1 4 (57.14%) Service Management
1 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Server Building
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) WSUS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) PowerCLI
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware