Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Durham

Microsoft Windows Server
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Windows Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 3.45% 1.67% 1.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 12.50% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £238 £275 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £247 £300 £510
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% -41.18% +155.00%
75th Percentile £255 £325 £515
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £500 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -27.27%

All Operating Systems
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 20.69% 13.33% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £197 - £354
25th Percentile £224 - £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £261 £190 £443
Median % change year-on-year +37.24% -57.06% -15.71%
75th Percentile £288 - £489
90th Percentile - £271 £505
North East median daily rate £275 £400 £388
% change year-on-year -31.25% +3.23% -26.19%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Durham

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Hartlepool +2 1 £247 -17.83%
Windows Server
North East

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory