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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 416 367
Rank change year-on-year -94 -49 +30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 50 64 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.25% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.18% 1.73% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 52 122
10th Percentile £305 £340 £201
25th Percentile £406 £358 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -11.90% -
75th Percentile £566 £638 £579
90th Percentile £650 £685 £650
UK median daily rate £481 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +9.38% -12.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £54.56
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £58.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £67.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £48.75 - £58.00
% change year-on-year - - +119.03%

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 4,224 3,696 5,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.40% 14.22% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,823 2,358 3,716
10th Percentile £178 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £313 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £457
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +3.94% -12.12%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £438 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -7.89% +2.15% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 120 362
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.20 £17.22
Median hourly rate £22.50 £34.50 £25.22
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +36.82% -3.02%
75th Percentile £48.75 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £71.77
UK median hourly rate £23.25 £28.41 £25.25
% change year-on-year -18.16% +12.51% -1.79%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -10 24 £450 -10.00% 13
North West -32 9 £238 -32.14% 4
North of England -69 9 £238 -32.14% 4
South East -44 7 £675 +17.39% 10
South West -29 6 £500 -16.67% 5
East of England -20 2 £550 - 3
West Midlands -44 1 £450 -35.71% 1
Midlands -53 1 £450 -35.71% 2
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 8 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) nginx
3 2 (4.00%) IIS
3 2 (4.00%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.00%) Azure
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.00%) AWS
4 6 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.00%) Nutanix
5 2 (4.00%) GCP
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
6 1 (2.00%) MinIO
6 1 (2.00%) PaaS
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) DNS
2 29 (58.00%) DHCP
3 12 (24.00%) LAN
3 12 (24.00%) TCP/IP
3 12 (24.00%) WAN
4 9 (18.00%) NetScaler
5 8 (16.00%) VPN
6 7 (14.00%) Firewall
7 3 (6.00%) VSAN
8 2 (4.00%) BIG-IP
8 2 (4.00%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (4.00%) Internet
8 2 (4.00%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.00%) Network Security
9 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.00%) HTTP
9 1 (2.00%) SSL
9 1 (2.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.00%) GIS
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.00%) Finance
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Legal
6 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.00%) Back Office
7 1 (2.00%) Electronics
7 1 (2.00%) Front Office
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (20.00%) IT Support
2 9 (18.00%) Architect
3 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Architect
4 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (12.00%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Citrix Support
6 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Senior
7 3 (6.00%) Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Lead
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Administrator
8 2 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) EJB
2 1 (2.00%) Java EE
2 1 (2.00%) OpenLayers
2 1 (2.00%) SAML
2 1 (2.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.00%) Private Cloud
2 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Clustering
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) iPhone
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.00%) NHS
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (98.00%) Windows
2 38 (76.00%) Windows Server
3 28 (56.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (26.00%) Windows 10
5 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (14.00%) Linux
7 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (4.00%) Solaris
10 1 (2.00%) Android
10 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (18.00%) Change Management
2 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (18.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (16.00%) DevOps
4 7 (14.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (14.00%) Load Balancing
5 6 (12.00%) Agile
5 6 (12.00%) Business Continuity
5 6 (12.00%) ITIL
5 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (10.00%) High Availability
6 5 (10.00%) Migration
6 5 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (10.00%) Service Management
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (8.00%) Operational Stability
7 4 (8.00%) Zero Trust
8 3 (6.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (28.00%) SQL
3 2 (4.00%) Java
3 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.00%) Python
4 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Degree
1 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) CCA
3 5 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.00%) MCSE
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 31 (62.00%) Active Directory
2 21 (42.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (26.00%) vSphere
4 12 (24.00%) Hyper-V
5 5 (10.00%) Docker
5 5 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (10.00%) VMware NSX
5 5 (10.00%) XenApp
5 5 (10.00%) XenDesktop
6 4 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (4.00%) NFS
7 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (2.00%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (34.00%) SCCM
2 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.00%) SCVMM
4 4 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
4 4 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (6.00%) SCOM
6 2 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Terraform
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.00%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (54.00%) VMware
2 18 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.00%) Veeam
4 7 (14.00%) Citrix
5 6 (12.00%) Dell
5 6 (12.00%) F5
6 4 (8.00%) NetApp
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco
7 3 (6.00%) Oracle
8 2 (4.00%) IBM
8 2 (4.00%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.00%) Splunk
9 1 (2.00%) Equitrac
9 1 (2.00%) Google
9 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.00%) QNAP
9 1 (2.00%) SAP
9 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.00%) Zerto