Windows Server Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 119 73
Rank change year-on-year -64 -46 +34
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 484 630 1,179
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.05% 2.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.58% 14.46% 19.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 414 772
10th Percentile £229 £248 £206
25th Percentile £400 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% +2.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £660 £634 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 38
10th Percentile £12.97 £42.17 £21.03
25th Percentile £15.50 £48.75 £31.25
Median hourly rate £16.75 £61.19 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -72.63% +24.71% +96.26%
75th Percentile £24.75 £103.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £45.17 £112.00 £76.97
UK median hourly rate £16.75 £51.50 £49.07
% change year-on-year -67.48% +4.96% +96.26%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server 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 4,181 4,358 6,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.88% 14.20% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 2,684 4,239
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.46% -4.51%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £689 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 180 327
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £58.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.34% +44.99% +60.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £71.03 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £37.83
% change year-on-year -54.29% +38.79% +51.31%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London -45 157 £500 +11.11% 193
South East -29 97 £505 -1.94% 227
South West -6 69 £550 +15.79% 75
North of England -22 62 £449 +12.13% 91
Midlands -59 48 £500 +31.58% 85
East of England +1 47 £538 +7.55% 56
North West +1 42 £475 +8.57% 55
West Midlands -31 38 £525 +64.06% 49
Yorkshire -39 18 £375 -14.77% 30
East Midlands -39 10 £415 +3.75% 36
North East -8 5 £550 +76.00% 6
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
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 62 (12.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (8.68%) SharePoint
3 25 (5.17%) IIS
4 20 (4.13%) Apache
4 20 (4.13%) WebSphere
5 10 (2.07%) Confluence
6 9 (1.86%) JBoss
7 8 (1.65%) iPlanet
7 8 (1.65%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (1.03%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.83%) SAS
10 3 (0.62%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.41%) Documentum
11 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.41%) WordPress
12 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.21%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.21%) nginx
12 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.41%) Windchill
4 1 (0.21%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 7 (1.45%) Maximo
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 165 (34.09%) Azure
2 96 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (12.81%) Entra ID
4 46 (9.50%) AWS
5 20 (4.13%) IaaS
5 20 (4.13%) SaaS
6 11 (2.27%) PaaS
7 10 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.86%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.65%) GCP
9 8 (1.65%) GitHub
9 8 (1.65%) OpenShift
10 6 (1.24%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.24%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.03%) Serverless
12 4 (0.83%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 121 (25.00%) DNS
2 95 (19.63%) Firewall
3 80 (16.53%) DHCP
4 50 (10.33%) TCP/IP
5 38 (7.85%) VPN
6 32 (6.61%) WAN
7 31 (6.40%) LAN
8 26 (5.37%) SAN
9 22 (4.55%) VLAN
10 19 (3.93%) Cisco IOS
11 18 (3.72%) iSCSI
11 18 (3.72%) Network Security
12 17 (3.51%) Cisco Firepower
12 17 (3.51%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (3.51%) Junos
13 14 (2.89%) Fibre Channel
13 14 (2.89%) Wireless
14 12 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (2.27%) Kerberos
16 10 (2.07%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.16%) SQL Server
2 22 (4.55%) Oracle Database
3 10 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.45%) DB2
4 7 (1.45%) Power BI
5 3 (0.62%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.41%) Impala
6 2 (0.41%) MySQL
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.21%) Redis
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.79%) Git
2 24 (4.96%) Jenkins
3 17 (3.51%) GitLab
4 12 (2.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 11 (2.27%) JIRA
6 9 (1.86%) Bitbucket Server
6 9 (1.86%) CA Release Automation
7 7 (1.45%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.45%) MSI
8 4 (0.83%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.62%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.21%) GoCD
11 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 114 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.33%) Finance
3 46 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (9.50%) Public Sector
4 29 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (3.93%) Banking
6 18 (3.72%) Legal
7 13 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.45%) Law
10 6 (1.24%) Local Government
10 6 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.03%) Front Office
11 5 (1.03%) Military
11 5 (1.03%) Spanish Language
12 4 (0.83%) Marketing
13 3 (0.62%) Electronics
13 3 (0.62%) Japanese Language
13 3 (0.62%) Retail
14 2 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 78 (16.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (10.54%) Support Engineer
3 46 (9.50%) Architect
4 41 (8.47%) Analyst
5 35 (7.23%) Senior
6 30 (6.20%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (5.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 25 (5.17%) Network Engineer
9 23 (4.75%) Support Analyst
10 22 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
11 21 (4.34%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (4.34%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.34%) Infrastructure Architect
11 21 (4.34%) IT Engineer
11 21 (4.34%) IT Support
11 21 (4.34%) Technical Analyst
11 21 (4.34%) Windows Engineer
12 19 (3.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (3.93%) Technical Support
12 19 (3.93%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.96%) OAuth
2 22 (4.55%) SAML
3 21 (4.34%) OpenID
4 14 (2.89%) LDAP
4 14 (2.89%) Middleware
5 12 (2.48%) OAuth2
6 11 (2.27%) .NET
6 11 (2.27%) SOAP
7 10 (2.07%) Web Services
8 9 (1.86%) REST
8 9 (1.86%) XML
9 6 (1.24%) XMPP
10 5 (1.03%) YAML
11 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.83%) React
11 4 (0.83%) RESTful
12 3 (0.62%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (0.62%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.06%) PKI
2 37 (7.64%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.13%) NHS
4 18 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (3.72%) Replication
5 17 (3.51%) Private Cloud
6 13 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.48%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.86%) CMDB
10 7 (1.45%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.24%) iPhone
12 5 (1.03%) Clustering
12 5 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 480 (99.17%) Windows
2 131 (27.07%) Linux
3 42 (8.68%) Windows 10
4 41 (8.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (8.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (5.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (3.93%) Unix
8 18 (3.72%) CentOS
9 17 (3.51%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.65%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (1.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (1.45%) Android
11 7 (1.45%) VMS
12 6 (1.24%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.03%) Debian
14 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.62%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.41%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (16.74%) ITIL
4 68 (14.05%) Service Management
5 66 (13.64%) Agile
6 64 (13.22%) Migration
7 59 (12.19%) DevOps
8 49 (10.12%) CI/CD
8 49 (10.12%) ITSM
9 46 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (8.06%) Identity Access Management
11 33 (6.82%) Change Management
11 33 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (6.61%) Disaster Recovery
13 30 (6.20%) High Availability
14 29 (5.99%) Infrastructure as Code
15 28 (5.79%) Platform Engineering
15 28 (5.79%) Project Delivery
16 27 (5.58%) Containerisation
17 26 (5.37%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 169 (34.92%) PowerShell
2 72 (14.88%) SQL
3 65 (13.43%) Python
4 30 (6.20%) Bash
5 16 (3.31%) C#
6 13 (2.69%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.27%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.86%) Groovy
8 9 (1.86%) Perl
9 6 (1.24%) Bicep
9 6 (1.24%) Java
10 5 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.83%) PHP
12 3 (0.62%) VB
12 3 (0.62%) VBScript
13 2 (0.41%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.41%) LotusScript
13 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.41%) VBA
14 1 (0.21%) JCL
Qualifications
1 176 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 105 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 75 (15.50%) DV Cleared
4 65 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 47 (9.71%) Degree
6 32 (6.61%) MCSE
7 23 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.34%) CCNA
9 20 (4.13%) CCNP
10 16 (3.31%) AWS Certification
11 15 (3.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 14 (2.89%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (1.86%) CCDP
15 8 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (1.45%) VCP5
16 7 (1.45%) VCP6
17 6 (1.24%) Master's Degree
17 6 (1.24%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.89%) QA
2 12 (2.48%) SLA
3 10 (2.07%) GDPR
3 10 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.86%) NIST
5 6 (1.24%) NCSC
6 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.21%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 288 (59.50%) Active Directory
2 128 (26.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (9.71%) Hyper-V
4 35 (7.23%) vSphere
5 32 (6.61%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (5.58%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (5.17%) VMware NSX
8 24 (4.96%) Docker
9 16 (3.31%) NFS
10 13 (2.69%) Terminal Services
10 13 (2.69%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
12 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.24%) Tivoli Directory Server
14 4 (0.83%) Firmware
15 3 (0.62%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.41%) HDFS
17 1 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
17 1 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
17 1 (0.21%) KVM
Systems Management
1 65 (13.43%) SCCM
2 51 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (8.47%) Terraform
4 40 (8.26%) Ansible
5 32 (6.61%) vCenter Server
6 27 (5.58%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (4.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 23 (4.75%) WSUS
9 21 (4.34%) SCOM
10 14 (2.89%) Kubernetes
11 10 (2.07%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.86%) CA Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.65%) CA Wily
14 7 (1.45%) vRealize
15 6 (1.24%) CASB
15 6 (1.24%) SCOrch
15 6 (1.24%) Tivoli
16 5 (1.03%) Grafana
16 5 (1.03%) Puppet
17 4 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 249 (51.45%) Microsoft
2 182 (37.60%) VMware
3 59 (12.19%) Cisco
4 48 (9.92%) Citrix
5 41 (8.47%) Oracle
6 36 (7.44%) Red Hat
7 34 (7.02%) Splunk
7 34 (7.02%) Veeam
8 28 (5.79%) SolarWinds
9 23 (4.75%) Dell
10 22 (4.55%) Juniper
11 19 (3.93%) IBM
12 18 (3.72%) NetApp
13 11 (2.27%) HP
14 10 (2.07%) Broadcom
15 9 (1.86%) Qualys
16 8 (1.65%) AppDynamics
16 8 (1.65%) Atlassian
16 8 (1.65%) F5
16 8 (1.65%) ServiceNow
679 Windows Server jobs in England