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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 397 406
Rank change year-on-year -32 +9 +79
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 83 131 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.40% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.17% 2.77% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 89 107
10th Percentile £315 £302 £217
25th Percentile £525 £380 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +18.42% +4.63%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £586
90th Percentile £650 £650 £706
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £47.50
25th Percentile - - £48.40
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £58.66
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate - - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +150.00%

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 3,829 4,729 6,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 14.36% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,523 3,019 4,565
10th Percentile £190 £200 £186
25th Percentile £294 £329 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 235 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.83 £20.15 £18.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
Median % change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%
75th Percentile £60.94 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.45% +4.74% +98.66%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
South East -13 36 £603 -0.41% 12
East of England +20 22 £550 +37.50% 2
London +7 12 £350 -35.63% 7
North West -11 6 £325 -15.03% 2
North of England -18 6 £325 -16.67% 4
South West +24 5 £525 -8.70% 10
Midlands -25 2 £300 -47.83% 4
East Midlands -5 1 - - 2
West Midlands -16 1 £300 -50.08% 2
Windows Server 2019
UK

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (9.64%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.82%) Apache
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.61%) IIS
4 1 (1.20%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) Cohesity
2 12 (14.46%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.41%) GitHub
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.20%) IaaS
6 1 (1.20%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (46.99%) DNS
2 29 (34.94%) SAN
3 18 (21.69%) DHCP
4 17 (20.48%) Fibre Channel
4 17 (20.48%) iSCSI
5 12 (14.46%) LAN
6 9 (10.84%) Firewall
6 9 (10.84%) VPN
6 9 (10.84%) WAN
7 8 (9.64%) TCP/IP
7 8 (9.64%) VSAN
8 5 (6.02%) Network Security
9 3 (3.61%) WLAN
10 2 (2.41%) Skype
11 1 (1.20%) Internet
11 1 (1.20%) MPLS
11 1 (1.20%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.20%) SSL
11 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) MSI
1 4 (4.82%) Robot Framework
1 4 (4.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (19.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.20%) Back Office
4 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.20%) Finance
4 1 (1.20%) Front Office
4 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) Architect
2 20 (24.10%) Infrastructure Architect
3 15 (18.07%) VMware Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Administrator
5 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (8.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) IT Support
7 4 (4.82%) Backup Administrator
7 4 (4.82%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Storage Administrator
7 4 (4.82%) Storage and Backup Administrator
8 3 (3.61%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Industrial Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Server Administrator
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Architect
9 2 (2.41%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.41%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.41%) VMWare Administrator
9 2 (2.41%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.20%) Middleware
2 1 (1.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) PKI
2 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.41%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.41%) Replication
3 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.20%) Clustering
4 1 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 81 (97.59%) Windows
2 68 (81.93%) Windows Server
3 45 (54.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 23 (27.71%) Linux
5 11 (13.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (10.84%) Windows 10
7 8 (9.64%) CentOS
7 8 (9.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (4.82%) Ubuntu
8 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (3.61%) Unix
9 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.20%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.92%) Deployment Automation
2 20 (24.10%) Build Automation
2 20 (24.10%) Operations Management
2 20 (24.10%) SIEM
3 15 (18.07%) ITIL
4 10 (12.05%) Edge Virtualization
4 10 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (12.05%) Performance Analysis
5 9 (10.84%) Agile
5 9 (10.84%) Customer Requirements
5 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
6 8 (9.64%) DevOps
6 8 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.64%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.43%) Prototyping
8 5 (6.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (6.02%) High Availability
8 5 (6.02%) Service Management
9 4 (4.82%) Web Development
9 4 (4.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 34 (40.96%) PowerShell
2 26 (31.33%) SQL
3 4 (4.82%) PHP
3 4 (4.82%) Python
3 4 (4.82%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.20%) Bicep
4 1 (1.20%) C#
4 1 (1.20%) Java
4 1 (1.20%) VB
4 1 (1.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (67.47%) Security Cleared
2 42 (50.60%) DV Cleared
3 20 (24.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (20.48%) MCSE
5 14 (16.87%) SC Cleared
6 11 (13.25%) VCP5
6 11 (13.25%) VCP6
6 11 (13.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (12.05%) Degree
8 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CCNA
9 1 (1.20%) CCNP
9 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) NCSC
1 2 (2.41%) SLA
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 47 (56.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (49.40%) Active Directory
3 22 (26.51%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (25.30%) Virtual Servers
5 20 (24.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 20 (24.10%) NFS
5 20 (24.10%) vSphere
6 6 (7.23%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (4.82%) Hyper-V
8 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
9 2 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (1.20%) XenApp
10 1 (1.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (32.53%) Ansible
2 26 (31.33%) WSUS
3 22 (26.51%) SCCM
4 10 (12.05%) Terraform
5 7 (8.43%) vCenter Server
6 4 (4.82%) NetBackup
6 4 (4.82%) WMI
7 3 (3.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (3.61%) Backup Exec
7 3 (3.61%) VxRail
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (2.41%) NetApp OnCommand
8 2 (2.41%) OPNET
8 2 (2.41%) vMotion
9 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (1.20%) SCOM
9 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (71.08%) Microsoft
2 58 (69.88%) VMware
3 40 (48.19%) NetApp
4 37 (44.58%) Splunk
5 21 (25.30%) Veeam
6 8 (9.64%) Red Hat
7 5 (6.02%) Cisco
8 4 (4.82%) 3PAR
8 4 (4.82%) HP
8 4 (4.82%) Veritas
9 3 (3.61%) Citrix
9 3 (3.61%) Dell
9 3 (3.61%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (3.61%) Symantec
10 1 (1.20%) ForeScout
10 1 (1.20%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (1.20%) Meraki
10 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.20%) Zerto