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

 6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 119 73
Rank change year-on-year -50 -46 +34
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 503 637 1,177
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.04% 2.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.88% 14.41% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 420 772
10th Percentile £238 £250 £206
25th Percentile £391 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £583 £575 £600
90th Percentile £685 £638 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.15%
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 £19.25 £61.19 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -68.54% +24.71% +96.26%
75th Percentile £30.69 £103.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £74.58 £112.00 £76.97
UK median hourly rate £19.25 £51.50 £49.07
% change year-on-year -62.62% +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 4,234 4,422 6,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.85% 14.14% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,778 2,720 4,230
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £268 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £673 £696 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 184 326
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.08 £15.38
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.44 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +52.01% +51.31%
75th Percentile £55.85 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £49.50 £34.75
% change year-on-year -51.52% +42.45% +39.00%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -39 165 £500 +5.26% 183
South East -34 98 £500 -2.91% 203
South West -11 73 £550 +15.79% 77
North of England -20 65 £420 -4.55% 93
Midlands -53 51 £525 +40.00% 71
East of England +5 46 £500 -9.05% 61
North West 0 45 £464 -2.32% 53
West Midlands -25 41 £525 +64.06% 40
Yorkshire -41 18 £375 -14.77% 37
East Midlands -34 10 £415 +3.75% 30
North East -5 5 £550 +76.00% 3
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 (12.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (8.35%) SharePoint
3 28 (5.57%) IIS
4 23 (4.57%) Apache
5 20 (3.98%) WebSphere
6 10 (1.99%) Confluence
7 9 (1.79%) JBoss
8 8 (1.59%) iPlanet
8 8 (1.59%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.99%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.80%) SAS
11 3 (0.60%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.40%) Documentum
12 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.40%) WordPress
13 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
13 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.20%) MQSeries
13 1 (0.20%) nginx
13 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.40%) Windchill
4 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.20%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) Maximo
2 2 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 175 (34.79%) Azure
2 100 (19.88%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (13.72%) Entra ID
4 50 (9.94%) AWS
5 20 (3.98%) IaaS
5 20 (3.98%) SaaS
6 11 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.19%) PaaS
7 9 (1.79%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.59%) GCP
8 8 (1.59%) GitHub
8 8 (1.59%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.19%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.19%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.19%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.99%) Serverless
11 4 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 126 (25.05%) DNS
2 99 (19.68%) Firewall
3 86 (17.10%) DHCP
4 51 (10.14%) TCP/IP
5 39 (7.75%) VPN
6 33 (6.56%) LAN
7 32 (6.36%) WAN
8 24 (4.77%) SAN
9 22 (4.37%) VLAN
10 19 (3.78%) Cisco IOS
11 18 (3.58%) iSCSI
11 18 (3.58%) Network Security
12 17 (3.38%) Cisco Firepower
12 17 (3.38%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (3.38%) Junos
13 15 (2.98%) Wireless
14 14 (2.78%) Fibre Channel
15 12 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
16 11 (2.19%) Kerberos
17 9 (1.79%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.77%) Oracle Database
3 10 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.39%) DB2
4 7 (1.39%) Power BI
5 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.40%) Impala
7 2 (0.40%) MySQL
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.20%) Redis
8 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (5.77%) Git
2 25 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.98%) GitLab
4 12 (2.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 11 (2.19%) JIRA
6 9 (1.79%) Bitbucket Server
6 9 (1.79%) CA Release Automation
7 7 (1.39%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.19%) MSI
9 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.80%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.60%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.20%) GoCD
13 1 (0.20%) Postman
13 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 125 (24.85%) Social Skills
2 52 (10.34%) Finance
3 48 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 46 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (3.98%) Banking
7 19 (3.78%) Legal
8 13 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.59%) Law
11 6 (1.19%) Front Office
11 6 (1.19%) Local Government
11 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.99%) Marketing
12 5 (0.99%) Military
12 5 (0.99%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.60%) Back Office
13 3 (0.60%) Electronics
13 3 (0.60%) Japanese Language
13 3 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 79 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (10.54%) Support Engineer
3 48 (9.54%) Architect
4 45 (8.95%) Analyst
5 34 (6.76%) Senior
6 32 (6.36%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (5.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 27 (5.37%) Network Engineer
9 24 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
9 24 (4.77%) Support Analyst
10 23 (4.57%) IT Support
11 22 (4.37%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (4.37%) Cloud Engineer
12 21 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
12 21 (4.17%) IT Engineer
12 21 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
12 21 (4.17%) Windows Engineer
13 20 (3.98%) Developer
14 19 (3.78%) Technical Support
14 19 (3.78%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.97%) OAuth
2 23 (4.57%) SAML
3 22 (4.37%) OpenID
4 15 (2.98%) .NET
4 15 (2.98%) Middleware
5 14 (2.78%) LDAP
6 13 (2.58%) OAuth2
7 12 (2.39%) SOAP
8 11 (2.19%) REST
8 11 (2.19%) Web Services
9 9 (1.79%) XML
10 6 (1.19%) XMPP
11 5 (0.99%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.99%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (0.99%) React
11 5 (0.99%) YAML
12 4 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.80%) RESTful
12 4 (0.80%) WCF
13 3 (0.60%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.95%) PKI
2 39 (7.75%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (3.98%) NHS
3 20 (3.98%) Replication
4 17 (3.38%) Private Cloud
5 13 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.79%) CMDB
9 8 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.39%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.39%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.39%) iPhone
10 7 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.99%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 499 (99.20%) Windows
2 137 (27.24%) Linux
3 44 (8.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (8.15%) Windows 10
5 39 (7.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (5.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (4.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (3.78%) Unix
9 18 (3.58%) CentOS
10 17 (3.38%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.39%) Android
12 7 (1.39%) VMS
13 6 (1.19%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.99%) Debian
15 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.60%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.40%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (17.10%) ITIL
2 86 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (14.71%) Agile
4 68 (13.52%) Service Management
5 67 (13.32%) Migration
6 61 (12.13%) DevOps
7 55 (10.93%) CI/CD
8 49 (9.74%) ITSM
9 48 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (8.15%) Identity Access Management
11 35 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 33 (6.56%) Change Management
12 33 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (6.56%) High Availability
13 32 (6.36%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (6.36%) Project Delivery
14 30 (5.96%) Change Control
15 29 (5.77%) Platform Engineering
16 27 (5.37%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 173 (34.39%) PowerShell
2 75 (14.91%) SQL
3 66 (13.12%) Python
4 31 (6.16%) Bash
5 19 (3.78%) C#
6 13 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.19%) Shell Script
8 10 (1.99%) Perl
9 9 (1.79%) Groovy
10 8 (1.59%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.19%) Bicep
11 6 (1.19%) Java
12 5 (0.99%) PHP
13 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.60%) VBScript
15 2 (0.40%) Formula Language
15 2 (0.40%) LotusScript
15 2 (0.40%) VB
15 2 (0.40%) VBA
16 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 185 (36.78%) Security Cleared
2 112 (22.27%) SC Cleared
3 78 (15.51%) DV Cleared
4 69 (13.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (10.14%) Degree
6 32 (6.36%) MCSE
7 23 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.17%) CCNA
9 20 (3.98%) CCNP
10 18 (3.58%) AWS Certification
11 16 (3.18%) Azure Certification
12 15 (2.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.79%) CCDP
16 8 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (1.39%) VCP5
17 7 (1.39%) VCP6
18 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
18 6 (1.19%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.58%) QA
2 12 (2.39%) SLA
3 10 (1.99%) GDPR
4 9 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.59%) NIST
6 6 (1.19%) NCSC
7 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 299 (59.44%) Active Directory
2 129 (25.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (9.54%) Hyper-V
4 35 (6.96%) vSphere
5 33 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (5.57%) Docker
7 26 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (4.97%) VMware NSX
9 17 (3.38%) NFS
10 13 (2.58%) Terminal Services
11 12 (2.39%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
13 6 (1.19%) Tivoli Directory Server
14 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.80%) Firmware
16 3 (0.60%) XenDesktop
17 2 (0.40%) HDFS
18 1 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
18 1 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
18 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 65 (12.92%) SCCM
2 58 (11.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (8.75%) Ansible
4 43 (8.55%) Terraform
5 32 (6.36%) vCenter Server
6 29 (5.77%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (5.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 22 (4.37%) SCOM
9 20 (3.98%) WSUS
10 17 (3.38%) Kubernetes
11 10 (1.99%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.79%) CA Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.59%) CA Wily
14 7 (1.39%) SCOrch
14 7 (1.39%) vRealize
15 6 (1.19%) CASB
15 6 (1.19%) Tivoli
16 5 (0.99%) Grafana
16 5 (0.99%) Puppet
17 4 (0.80%) Packer
Vendors
1 256 (50.89%) Microsoft
2 184 (36.58%) VMware
3 61 (12.13%) Cisco
4 51 (10.14%) Citrix
5 44 (8.75%) Oracle
6 40 (7.95%) Red Hat
7 36 (7.16%) Veeam
8 32 (6.36%) Splunk
9 30 (5.96%) SolarWinds
10 23 (4.57%) Dell
11 22 (4.37%) Juniper
12 19 (3.78%) IBM
13 16 (3.18%) NetApp
14 11 (2.19%) HP
15 10 (1.99%) Broadcom
16 9 (1.79%) Atlassian
16 9 (1.79%) Qualys
16 9 (1.79%) ServiceNow
17 8 (1.59%) AppDynamics
17 8 (1.59%) F5
640 Windows Server jobs in England