Windows Server Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 21 35
Rank change year-on-year -47 +14 +18
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 7 46 33
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.82% 6.01% 3.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.48% 35.66% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 33 23
10th Percentile £335 £353 £202
25th Percentile £369 £363 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £525 £474 £538
90th Percentile £555 £505 £636
England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 108 129 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.69% 16.86% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 76 97
10th Percentile £133 £176 £130
25th Percentile £171 £320 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +45.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £473 £475 £500
90th Percentile £489 £525 £610
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 23
10th Percentile £17.27 £14.65 £12.15
25th Percentile £21.04 £17.58 £14.39
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +6.80%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £20.00
90th Percentile - £58.75 £49.10
England median hourly rate £23.00 £58.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -60.34% +32.56% +75.00%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the East Midlands

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Derbyshire +1 5 £550 +46.67% 10
Nottinghamshire -13 1 £325 -13.33% 10
Northamptonshire -28 1 £450 +9.49% 3
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (14.29%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) Terminal Services
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) VMware