Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 398 350
Rank change year-on-year -133 -48 +26
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 62 92 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.38% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.56% 2.72% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 74 124
10th Percentile £313 £343 £203
25th Percentile £406 £425 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £608
90th Percentile £636 £671 -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £569
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.30% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £50.86
25th Percentile - - £56.50
Median hourly rate - - £59.80
75th Percentile - - £61.60
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - £59.80
% change year-on-year - - +125.83%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server 2019 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,973 3,388 4,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.64% 13.99% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,303 3,407
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £470
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -0.53% -8.29%
75th Percentile £571 £588 £588
90th Percentile £659 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £456 £467 £466
% change year-on-year -2.25% +0.11% -7.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 153 363
10th Percentile £15.96 £15.10 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.33 £15.21
Median hourly rate £42.50 £21.28 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.72% -3.27% -42.11%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £22.00 £22.15
% change year-on-year +90.64% -0.68% -43.28%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in England

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
London -51 23 £488 -7.14% 4
South East -63 15 £600 -0.83% 12
North of England -80 11 £315 -10.00% 8
North West -48 10 £300 -14.29% 2
East of England -40 5 £355 -35.45% 3
Midlands -56 4 £450 +50.00% 1
South West -37 3 £525 -16.00% 5
West Midlands -57 3 £450 +50.00%
Yorkshire -53 1 £625 +66.56% 6
East Midlands - 1 £325 - 1
Windows Server 2019
UK

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (11.29%) nginx
1 7 (11.29%) Tomcat
2 5 (8.06%) IIS
2 5 (8.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.84%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.71%) Azure
2 18 (29.03%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.74%) AWS
4 9 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.68%) Nutanix
6 3 (4.84%) MinIO
7 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.23%) GCP
7 2 (3.23%) IaaS
8 1 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 33 (53.23%) DNS
2 29 (46.77%) DHCP
3 9 (14.52%) LAN
4 8 (12.90%) NetScaler
4 8 (12.90%) WAN
5 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
6 6 (9.68%) Firewall
7 4 (6.45%) HTTP
8 3 (4.84%) BIG-IP
8 3 (4.84%) SAN
8 3 (4.84%) VSAN
9 2 (3.23%) SSL
10 1 (1.61%) DMZ
10 1 (1.61%) DSL
10 1 (1.61%) Internet
10 1 (1.61%) Network Security
10 1 (1.61%) VLAN
10 1 (1.61%) VoIP
10 1 (1.61%) VPN
10 1 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.45%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.84%) GIS
3 3 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) MSI
2 2 (3.23%) AdminStudio
2 2 (3.23%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.61%) Git
3 1 (1.61%) JIRA
3 1 (1.61%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (14.52%) Public Sector
1 9 (14.52%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Legal
3 6 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Finance
4 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.61%) Back Office
4 1 (1.61%) Electronics
4 1 (1.61%) Front Office
4 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.61%) Marketing
4 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Lead
2 8 (12.90%) Platform Engineer
3 7 (11.29%) Senior
4 5 (8.06%) Administrator
4 5 (8.06%) Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Server Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.45%) Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Citrix Support
5 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) IT Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) IT Support
5 4 (6.45%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Support Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Architect
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (4.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) EJB
2 3 (4.84%) Java EE
2 3 (4.84%) JSON
2 3 (4.84%) Middleware
2 3 (4.84%) OpenLayers
2 3 (4.84%) Spring
3 2 (3.23%) ADO
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.61%) JavaBeans
4 1 (1.61%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.68%) PKI
3 5 (8.06%) Clustering
4 4 (6.45%) Client/Server
4 4 (6.45%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (6.45%) Private Cloud
4 4 (6.45%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.23%) Fat Client
6 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.23%) Thin Client
6 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.61%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.61%) iPhone
7 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 61 (98.39%) Windows
2 55 (88.71%) Windows Server
3 29 (46.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (24.19%) Linux
4 15 (24.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (14.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (14.52%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (11.29%) Solaris
7 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
8 4 (6.45%) Ubuntu
9 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (1.61%) Debian
10 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.35%) ITIL
4 10 (16.13%) DevOps
5 9 (14.52%) Change Management
6 8 (12.90%) Business Continuity
6 8 (12.90%) High Availability
6 8 (12.90%) Project Delivery
7 7 (11.29%) ETL
7 7 (11.29%) Load Balancing
7 7 (11.29%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (11.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.68%) Agile
8 6 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.68%) Master Data Management
8 6 (9.68%) Migration
9 5 (8.06%) Asset Management
9 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.06%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 24 (38.71%) PowerShell
2 15 (24.19%) SQL
3 6 (9.68%) Java
3 6 (9.68%) PL/SQL
4 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.84%) Python
6 1 (1.61%) Bash
6 1 (1.61%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (1.61%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (40.32%) Security Cleared
2 19 (30.65%) SC Cleared
3 12 (19.35%) Degree
4 8 (12.90%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) CCA
5 4 (6.45%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.61%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 45 (72.58%) Active Directory
2 42 (67.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (29.03%) vSphere
4 12 (19.35%) Hyper-V
5 9 (14.52%) Docker
5 9 (14.52%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (11.29%) VMware NSX
7 6 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (9.68%) XenApp
7 6 (9.68%) XenDesktop
8 3 (4.84%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (3.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.61%) KVM
10 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.61%) QEMU
10 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (38.71%) SCCM
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (11.29%) WSUS
4 6 (9.68%) vCenter Server
5 5 (8.06%) SCOM
6 4 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (6.45%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (6.45%) Kubernetes
6 4 (6.45%) SCVMM
6 4 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (6.45%) Terraform
7 3 (4.84%) Ansible
7 3 (4.84%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (3.23%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (1.61%) Grafana
9 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (1.61%) NetApp OnCommand
9 1 (1.61%) Prometheus
9 1 (1.61%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (74.19%) VMware
2 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.13%) Citrix
4 9 (14.52%) Dell
5 8 (12.90%) IBM
5 8 (12.90%) Oracle
5 8 (12.90%) Red Hat
6 7 (11.29%) F5
7 6 (9.68%) Veeam
8 5 (8.06%) Cisco
9 4 (6.45%) NetApp
10 3 (4.84%) NVIDIA
10 3 (4.84%) SolarWinds
11 2 (3.23%) HP
11 2 (3.23%) Juniper
12 1 (1.61%) Google
12 1 (1.61%) McAfee
12 1 (1.61%) Remedy
12 1 (1.61%) SAP
12 1 (1.61%) Symantec