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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 414 360
Rank change year-on-year -89 -54 +43
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 49 68 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.26% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.17% 1.85% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 56 122
10th Percentile £306 £340 £201
25th Percentile £406 £362 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £581 £661 £579
90th Percentile £650 £722 £650
UK median daily rate £494 £460 £501
% change year-on-year +7.34% -8.09% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £55.05
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £59.80
75th Percentile £18.75 - £65.84
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £48.75 - £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 4,198 3,671 5,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.07% 14.20% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,799 2,369 3,681
10th Percentile £178 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.30% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £449 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.38% +2.15% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 119 361
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.25 £16.79
Median hourly rate £22.50 £41.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.12% +64.00% -7.70%
75th Percentile £52.45 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £22.91 £29.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year -21.02% +15.17% -4.91%

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 22 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 22 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 -28 25 £450 -14.29% 17
North West -28 9 £238 -32.14% 3
North of England -68 9 £238 -32.14% 4
South East -40 7 £675 +17.39% 11
South West -31 4 £525 -12.50% 5
East of England -23 2 £550 - 4
Midlands -50 1 £450 -35.71% 2
West Midlands -60 1 £450 -35.71% 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) nginx
2 4 (8.16%) Tomcat
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (4.08%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (16.33%) AWS
4 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.24%) Nutanix
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
5 2 (4.08%) GitHub
5 2 (4.08%) MinIO
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.04%) IaaS
6 1 (2.04%) PaaS
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (59.18%) DNS
2 28 (57.14%) DHCP
3 12 (24.49%) LAN
3 12 (24.49%) WAN
4 11 (22.45%) TCP/IP
5 9 (18.37%) NetScaler
6 6 (12.24%) Firewall
6 6 (12.24%) VPN
7 2 (4.08%) BIG-IP
7 2 (4.08%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (4.08%) HTTP
7 2 (4.08%) Internet
7 2 (4.08%) iSCSI
7 2 (4.08%) VSAN
8 1 (2.04%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.04%) Network Security
8 1 (2.04%) SSL
8 1 (2.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.08%) GIS
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Legal
4 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.04%) Back Office
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Front Office
6 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) IT Support
3 7 (14.29%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (10.20%) Citrix Support
5 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Lead
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
7 3 (6.12%) Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.08%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Middleware
2 2 (4.08%) EJB
2 2 (4.08%) Java EE
2 2 (4.08%) OpenLayers
2 2 (4.08%) Spring
3 1 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Client/Server
1 5 (10.20%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.16%) Private Cloud
2 4 (8.16%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.12%) PKI
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) iPhone
5 1 (2.04%) NHS
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (97.96%) Windows
2 38 (77.55%) Windows Server
3 26 (53.06%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (24.49%) Windows 10
5 10 (20.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (18.37%) Linux
7 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (10.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (8.16%) Solaris
10 1 (2.04%) Android
10 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (18.37%) Change Management
2 9 (18.37%) DevOps
2 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.33%) Project Delivery
4 7 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
5 6 (12.24%) ITIL
5 6 (12.24%) Mentoring
5 6 (12.24%) Migration
5 6 (12.24%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (10.20%) ETL
6 5 (10.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (10.20%) Service Management
7 4 (8.16%) Agile
7 4 (8.16%) High Availability
7 4 (8.16%) Master Data Management
7 4 (8.16%) Operational Stability
7 4 (8.16%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.82%) PowerShell
2 15 (30.61%) SQL
3 4 (8.16%) PL/SQL
4 3 (6.12%) Java
4 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) Python
5 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Degree
1 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) CCA
3 5 (10.20%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.08%) MCSE
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 30 (61.22%) Active Directory
2 22 (44.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (28.57%) vSphere
4 12 (24.49%) Hyper-V
5 6 (12.24%) Docker
5 6 (12.24%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (10.20%) XenApp
6 5 (10.20%) XenDesktop
7 4 (8.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (8.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (4.08%) NFS
8 2 (4.08%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (34.69%) SCCM
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.20%) SCVMM
4 4 (8.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
4 4 (8.16%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (6.12%) SCOM
6 2 (4.08%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (4.08%) Terraform
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) VMware
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.33%) Veeam
4 7 (14.29%) Citrix
5 6 (12.24%) Dell
5 6 (12.24%) F5
6 5 (10.20%) Oracle
7 4 (8.16%) IBM
7 4 (8.16%) NetApp
7 4 (8.16%) Red Hat
8 3 (6.12%) Cisco
9 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.08%) Splunk
10 1 (2.04%) Equitrac
10 1 (2.04%) Google
10 1 (2.04%) Infoblox
10 1 (2.04%) QNAP
10 1 (2.04%) SAP
10 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.04%) Zerto