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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 420 407
Rank change year-on-year -37 -13 +71
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 74 107 177
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.34% 0.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.79% 2.42% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 74 96
10th Percentile £328 £262 £263
25th Percentile £525 £367 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £471
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +8.93% +0.37%
75th Percentile £609 £608 £564
90th Percentile £650 £687 £645
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £466
% change year-on-year +10.00% +7.41% +2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £49.07
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £64.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +117.48%

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 4,123 4,414 6,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.01% 14.20% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,701 2,723 4,223
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.47%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £623
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 183 323
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.25 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +43.75% +60.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £69.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -54.29% +54.41% +36.00%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 -22 32 £600 -0.83% 32
East of England -1 20 £550 +37.50% 3
London +3 13 £350 -34.88% 32
South West +3 5 £525 -8.70% 8
North West -25 3 £250 -33.33%
North of England -45 3 £250 -34.21% 1
East Midlands -16 1 - - 5
Midlands -29 1 - - 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 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.41%) Apache
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.70%) IIS
5 1 (1.35%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.32%) Cohesity
2 10 (13.51%) Azure
3 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) GitHub
4 2 (2.70%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.35%) PaaS
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (48.65%) DNS
2 24 (32.43%) SAN
3 17 (22.97%) DHCP
4 15 (20.27%) Fibre Channel
4 15 (20.27%) iSCSI
5 9 (12.16%) VPN
6 8 (10.81%) Firewall
6 8 (10.81%) LAN
6 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
6 8 (10.81%) VSAN
6 8 (10.81%) WAN
7 2 (2.70%) Network Security
7 2 (2.70%) Skype
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.35%) Internet
8 1 (1.35%) MPLS
8 1 (1.35%) NAS
8 1 (1.35%) OSPF
8 1 (1.35%) VLAN
8 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) MSI
1 4 (5.41%) Robot Framework
1 4 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.35%) Back Office
4 1 (1.35%) Finance
4 1 (1.35%) Front Office
4 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Architect
2 18 (24.32%) Infrastructure Architect
3 13 (17.57%) VMware Architect
4 8 (10.81%) Administrator
4 8 (10.81%) IT Support
5 7 (9.46%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Backup Administrator
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Storage Administrator
7 4 (5.41%) Storage and Backup Administrator
8 3 (4.05%) Server Administrator
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Architect
9 2 (2.70%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Technical Architect
10 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
10 1 (1.35%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.35%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) PKI
2 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.70%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.70%) Replication
4 1 (1.35%) Clustering
4 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.35%) NHS
4 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (95.95%) Windows
2 58 (78.38%) Windows Server
3 41 (55.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 19 (25.68%) Linux
5 11 (14.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (13.51%) Windows 10
7 7 (9.46%) CentOS
7 7 (9.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (4.05%) Ubuntu
9 3 (4.05%) Unix
10 1 (1.35%) Android
10 1 (1.35%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.35%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Deployment Automation
2 18 (24.32%) Build Automation
2 18 (24.32%) Operations Management
2 18 (24.32%) SIEM
3 10 (13.51%) ITIL
4 9 (12.16%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
5 8 (10.81%) Agile
5 8 (10.81%) Edge Virtualization
5 8 (10.81%) Performance Analysis
6 7 (9.46%) DevOps
6 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (9.46%) Prototyping
7 6 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (6.76%) Service Management
9 4 (5.41%) Batch Scripting
9 4 (5.41%) Operational Stability
9 4 (5.41%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (41.89%) PowerShell
2 25 (33.78%) SQL
3 4 (5.41%) PHP
3 4 (5.41%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 50 (67.57%) Security Cleared
2 37 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 15 (20.27%) MCSE
3 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
5 9 (12.16%) VCP5
5 9 (12.16%) VCP6
5 9 (12.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (10.81%) Degree
7 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.35%) CCNA
8 1 (1.35%) CCNP
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) NCSC
2 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (56.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (48.65%) Active Directory
3 19 (25.68%) Virtual Servers
3 19 (25.68%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (24.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 18 (24.32%) NFS
5 17 (22.97%) vSphere
6 4 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (4.05%) Hyper-V
7 3 (4.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (33.78%) Ansible
2 22 (29.73%) WSUS
3 19 (25.68%) SCCM
4 9 (12.16%) Terraform
5 4 (5.41%) NetBackup
5 4 (5.41%) WMI
6 3 (4.05%) vCenter Server
6 3 (4.05%) VxRail
7 2 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.70%) OPNET
8 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.35%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.35%) vMotion
Vendors
1 52 (70.27%) Microsoft
2 50 (67.57%) VMware
3 36 (48.65%) NetApp
4 33 (44.59%) Splunk
5 16 (21.62%) Veeam
6 7 (9.46%) Red Hat
7 4 (5.41%) 3PAR
7 4 (5.41%) HP
7 4 (5.41%) Veritas
8 3 (4.05%) Cisco
8 3 (4.05%) Dell
8 3 (4.05%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (2.70%) Citrix
10 1 (1.35%) EMC
10 1 (1.35%) Juniper
10 1 (1.35%) Meraki
10 1 (1.35%) Oracle
10 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.35%) Zerto