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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 431 359
Rank change year-on-year -76 -72 +48
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 48 64 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.24% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.15% 1.69% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 110
10th Percentile £252 £312 £206
25th Percentile £371 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £634 £575
90th Percentile £661 £701 £608
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £49.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.03
75th Percentile £18.75 - £63.01
90th Percentile - - £76.93
UK median hourly rate £48.75 - £56.03
% change year-on-year - - +174.99%

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 4,157 3,779 5,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.01% 14.04% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,791 2,382 3,808
10th Percentile £175 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 129 307
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.44 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £53.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% +76.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.80 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.11 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.25% +16.67% +20.00%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 18 £450 -12.20% 13
South East -24 11 £650 +23.81% 15
South West -18 7 £538 -14.00% 6
North West -25 7 £238 -32.14% 4
North of England -65 7 £238 -32.14% 11
East of England -19 4 £550 +145.81% 8
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 9 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.17%) IIS
4 1 (2.08%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.25%) Azure
2 12 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.42%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.42%) Nutanix
4 4 (8.33%) AWS
5 2 (4.17%) GCP
5 2 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.08%) IaaS
6 1 (2.08%) PaaS
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (56.25%) DHCP
1 27 (56.25%) DNS
2 11 (22.92%) TCP/IP
3 9 (18.75%) Firewall
3 9 (18.75%) LAN
3 9 (18.75%) WAN
4 8 (16.67%) VPN
5 6 (12.50%) NetScaler
6 5 (10.42%) VSAN
7 4 (8.33%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (8.33%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.17%) BIG-IP
8 2 (4.17%) Internet
8 2 (4.17%) Network Security
8 2 (4.17%) SAN
8 2 (4.17%) Skype
9 1 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.08%) NAS
9 1 (2.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Finance
4 3 (6.25%) Legal
5 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.17%) Back Office
5 2 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (2.08%) Electronics
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Architect
2 10 (20.83%) Infrastructure Architect
2 10 (20.83%) IT Support
3 6 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (8.33%) Citrix Support
6 3 (6.25%) Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Senior
6 3 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) VMware Architect
7 2 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Lead
7 2 (4.17%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.17%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Middleware
1 2 (4.17%) ModSecurity
2 1 (2.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.42%) PKI
3 4 (8.33%) Client/Server
3 4 (8.33%) Private Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Clustering
4 2 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.08%) NHS
5 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (97.92%) Windows
2 35 (72.92%) Windows Server
3 27 (56.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (27.08%) Windows 10
5 11 (22.92%) Linux
6 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (2.08%) Android
10 1 (2.08%) CentOS
10 1 (2.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (14.58%) Agile
2 7 (14.58%) Change Management
2 7 (14.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (14.58%) ITIL
2 7 (14.58%) Project Delivery
2 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
3 6 (12.50%) DevOps
3 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.50%) Service Management
4 5 (10.42%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (10.42%) High Availability
4 5 (10.42%) Load Balancing
4 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
4 5 (10.42%) Zero Trust
5 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity
5 4 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (6.25%) Project Management
6 3 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 16 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (29.17%) Degree
3 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (14.58%) DV Cleared
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (8.33%) CCA
6 4 (8.33%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (8.33%) MCSE
7 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.08%) VCP5
8 1 (2.08%) VCP6
8 1 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) NCSC
2 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 21 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 10 (20.83%) vSphere
5 8 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (10.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (8.33%) NFS
7 4 (8.33%) XenApp
7 4 (8.33%) XenDesktop
8 2 (4.17%) Docker
8 2 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) SCCM
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (8.33%) SCVMM
3 4 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (6.25%) vCenter Server
5 2 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (4.17%) OPNET
5 2 (4.17%) SCOM
5 2 (4.17%) Terraform
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) VMware
2 22 (45.83%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.67%) Veeam
4 7 (14.58%) Citrix
5 6 (12.50%) NetApp
6 4 (8.33%) Dell
6 4 (8.33%) F5
6 4 (8.33%) Splunk
7 2 (4.17%) Cisco
7 2 (4.17%) Oracle
8 1 (2.08%) Google
8 1 (2.08%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.08%) QNAP
8 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.08%) SAP
8 1 (2.08%) SolarWinds