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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 398 376
Rank change year-on-year -156 -22 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 66 101 186
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.37% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.52% 2.72% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 80 119
10th Percentile £344 £349 £210
25th Percentile £409 £497 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £615 £608
90th Percentile £625 £651 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.22% +8.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £19.43 - £49.73
25th Percentile £24.94 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £35.75 - £58.00
75th Percentile £47.44 - £61.60
90th Percentile £53.48 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.75 - £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 4,346 3,717 5,067
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.70% 13.66% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,808 2,479 3,330
10th Percentile £190 £200 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £654 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £465 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 220 382
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.93 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £24.34
Median % change year-on-year +41.30% -5.51% -42.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.70 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.34
% change year-on-year +13.04% -5.51% -42.73%

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 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in England

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 July 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 -73 24 £488 -7.14% 4
South East -86 22 £538 -10.42% 10
North of England -81 8 £400 +14.29% 4
East of England -38 4 £335 -39.09% 1
South West -40 4 £425 -19.05% 1
Yorkshire -40 4 £469 +17.19% 1
Midlands -56 4 £450 +50.00% 1
North West -58 4 £400 +14.29% 2
West Midlands -58 3 £450 +50.00%
East Midlands -14 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 9 (13.64%) nginx
1 9 (13.64%) Tomcat
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
3 6 (9.09%) IIS
4 3 (4.55%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.03%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) Azure
2 15 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (19.70%) AWS
4 11 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 3 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.55%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (4.55%) AWS KMS
6 3 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.55%) AWS Step Functions
6 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.55%) Datadog
6 3 (4.55%) IaaS
6 3 (4.55%) MinIO
6 3 (4.55%) Nutanix
6 3 (4.55%) Serverless
6 3 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (3.03%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 32 (48.48%) DNS
2 17 (25.76%) DHCP
3 11 (16.67%) Firewall
3 11 (16.67%) WAN
4 10 (15.15%) LAN
5 5 (7.58%) SAN
5 5 (7.58%) VPN
6 4 (6.06%) HTTP
6 4 (6.06%) SSL
6 4 (6.06%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.55%) NetScaler
7 3 (4.55%) VLAN
7 3 (4.55%) VSAN
8 2 (3.03%) BIG-IP
8 2 (3.03%) NAS
9 1 (1.52%) BGP
9 1 (1.52%) DSL
9 1 (1.52%) MPLS
9 1 (1.52%) OSPF
9 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.55%) GIS
3 3 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.03%) MySQL
4 2 (3.03%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.55%) MSI
2 2 (3.03%) AdminStudio
2 2 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) InstallShield
2 2 (3.03%) JIRA
3 1 (1.52%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.06%) Legal
5 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Finance
6 2 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (15.15%) Lead
3 8 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Team Leader
5 5 (7.58%) Network Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Senior
6 4 (6.06%) Administrator
6 4 (6.06%) Server Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) EJB
2 3 (4.55%) Java EE
2 3 (4.55%) JSON
2 3 (4.55%) OpenLayers
2 3 (4.55%) Spring
3 2 (3.03%) ADO
3 2 (3.03%) LAMP
3 2 (3.03%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.03%) Middleware
3 2 (3.03%) YAML
4 1 (1.52%) .NET
4 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.52%) JavaBeans
4 1 (1.52%) JSP
4 1 (1.52%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 6 (9.09%) PKI
2 4 (6.06%) Clustering
2 4 (6.06%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.03%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.52%) iPhone
5 1 (1.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 65 (98.48%) Windows
2 55 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 24 (36.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 19 (28.79%) Linux
5 13 (19.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (10.61%) Solaris
9 6 (9.09%) Ubuntu
10 5 (7.58%) Windows 10
11 2 (3.03%) CentOS
12 1 (1.52%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (1.52%) Debian
12 1 (1.52%) Mac OS
12 1 (1.52%) Windows 7
12 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (24.24%) ITIL
3 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (15.15%) Agile
4 10 (15.15%) DevOps
5 9 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 9 (13.64%) ITSM
6 8 (12.12%) Change Management
6 8 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.12%) Migration
6 8 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 8 (12.12%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (10.61%) ETL
7 7 (10.61%) Project Delivery
7 7 (10.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (9.09%) High Availability
8 6 (9.09%) Master Data Management
8 6 (9.09%) Problem Management
8 6 (9.09%) Service Management
9 5 (7.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (37.88%) PowerShell
2 12 (18.18%) SQL
3 7 (10.61%) Python
4 6 (9.09%) PL/SQL
5 5 (7.58%) Java
6 4 (6.06%) Bash
6 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.52%) C
7 1 (1.52%) C#
7 1 (1.52%) Groovy
7 1 (1.52%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (43.94%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 14 (21.21%) DV Cleared
4 7 (10.61%) Degree
5 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.03%) MCSA
7 1 (1.52%) CCA
7 1 (1.52%) CCNA
7 1 (1.52%) CCNP
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.03%) SLA
3 1 (1.52%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 48 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 41 (62.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (24.24%) vSphere
4 11 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (10.61%) Docker
6 6 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (7.58%) Hyper-V
7 5 (7.58%) VMware NSX
8 4 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (4.55%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (4.55%) XenApp
9 3 (4.55%) XenDesktop
10 2 (3.03%) Dovecot
10 2 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (3.03%) Postfix
10 2 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (1.52%) KVM
11 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (1.52%) QEMU
11 1 (1.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (18.18%) SCCM
2 10 (15.15%) Terraform
2 10 (15.15%) vCenter Server
3 9 (13.64%) Ansible
4 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (10.61%) WSUS
6 6 (9.09%) SCOM
7 4 (6.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (4.55%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (4.55%) Packer
8 3 (4.55%) Puppet
8 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (3.03%) HAProxy
9 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
10 1 (1.52%) Grafana
10 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (1.52%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.52%) vMotion
Vendors
1 44 (66.67%) VMware
2 30 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 13 (19.70%) Red Hat
4 10 (15.15%) Cisco
5 9 (13.64%) Juniper
6 8 (12.12%) IBM
6 8 (12.12%) Oracle
7 7 (10.61%) Citrix
7 7 (10.61%) Dell
8 5 (7.58%) F5
8 5 (7.58%) SolarWinds
9 4 (6.06%) Broadcom
10 3 (4.55%) NVIDIA
10 3 (4.55%) PagerDuty
10 3 (4.55%) Veeam
11 2 (3.03%) HP
11 2 (3.03%) Meraki
11 2 (3.03%) NetApp
11 2 (3.03%) Remedy
11 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow