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

 6 months to
11 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 120 74
Rank change year-on-year -63 -46 +37
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 479 633 1,177
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.07% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.57% 14.59% 18.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 421 774
10th Percentile £238 £248 £200
25th Percentile £400 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £660 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £505 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +6.32% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 40
10th Percentile £12.97 £42.17 £21.18
25th Percentile £15.50 £48.75 £30.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £61.19 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% +24.71% +96.26%
75th Percentile £26.50 £103.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £48.40 £112.00 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £51.50 £49.07
% change year-on-year -68.93% +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 4,140 4,340 6,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.93% 14.16% 15.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 2,671 4,265
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% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £615
90th Percentile £673 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 178 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.31 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +52.01% +51.31%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -52.00% +43.88% +43.30%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -61 149 £500 +11.11% 182
South East -28 94 £510 -5.60% 202
South West -9 68 £550 +4.76% 85
North of England -16 63 £450 +7.14% 87
East of England +5 54 £550 - 58
Midlands -54 47 £500 +32.45% 76
North West +2 42 £475 - 51
West Midlands -33 37 £525 +64.06% 44
Yorkshire -40 18 £375 -14.77% 30
East Midlands -37 10 £415 +3.75% 32
North East -11 6 £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 61 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 26 (5.43%) IIS
4 20 (4.18%) Apache
4 20 (4.18%) WebSphere
5 10 (2.09%) Confluence
6 9 (1.88%) JBoss
7 8 (1.67%) iPlanet
7 8 (1.67%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (1.04%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.63%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.63%) SAS
9 3 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.42%) Documentum
11 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.21%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.21%) nginx
11 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.42%) Windchill
4 1 (0.21%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Maximo
2 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.42%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 164 (34.24%) Azure
2 93 (19.42%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (12.73%) Entra ID
4 47 (9.81%) AWS
5 21 (4.38%) IaaS
6 19 (3.97%) SaaS
7 14 (2.92%) Cohesity
8 12 (2.51%) PaaS
9 10 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.88%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.67%) GitHub
11 8 (1.67%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.46%) GCP
13 6 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.25%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (1.04%) Serverless
15 4 (0.84%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 122 (25.47%) DNS
2 94 (19.62%) Firewall
3 72 (15.03%) DHCP
4 48 (10.02%) TCP/IP
5 38 (7.93%) VPN
6 34 (7.10%) SAN
7 32 (6.68%) WAN
8 31 (6.47%) LAN
9 19 (3.97%) Cisco IOS
9 19 (3.97%) iSCSI
9 19 (3.97%) VLAN
10 18 (3.76%) Network Security
11 17 (3.55%) Cisco Firepower
11 17 (3.55%) Cisco ISE
11 17 (3.55%) Junos
12 15 (3.13%) Fibre Channel
13 13 (2.71%) Wireless
14 12 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (2.30%) Kerberos
16 10 (2.09%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.38%) Oracle Database
3 10 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.46%) DB2
4 7 (1.46%) Power BI
5 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.42%) Impala
7 2 (0.42%) MySQL
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.21%) Redis
8 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (6.05%) Git
2 24 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.76%) GitLab
4 12 (2.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 11 (2.30%) JIRA
6 9 (1.88%) Bitbucket Server
6 9 (1.88%) CA Release Automation
7 7 (1.46%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.46%) MSI
8 4 (0.84%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.63%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.42%) 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
1 109 (22.76%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.02%) Finance
3 46 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 26 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (3.76%) Banking
5 18 (3.76%) Legal
6 14 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.88%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.46%) Law
9 6 (1.25%) Local Government
9 6 (1.25%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.25%) Military
10 5 (1.04%) Front Office
10 5 (1.04%) Spanish Language
11 4 (0.84%) Marketing
12 3 (0.63%) Electronics
12 3 (0.63%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (10.44%) Support Engineer
3 47 (9.81%) Architect
4 38 (7.93%) Analyst
5 32 (6.68%) Senior
6 28 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
7 26 (5.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 25 (5.22%) Network Engineer
9 22 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
9 22 (4.59%) Infrastructure Architect
9 22 (4.59%) IT Engineer
9 22 (4.59%) Support Analyst
10 21 (4.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 21 (4.38%) IT Support
10 21 (4.38%) Windows Engineer
11 20 (4.18%) Technical Analyst
12 19 (3.97%) 3rd Line Support
12 19 (3.97%) Technical Support
12 19 (3.97%) Wintel Engineer
13 18 (3.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.01%) OAuth
2 22 (4.59%) SAML
3 21 (4.38%) OpenID
4 14 (2.92%) LDAP
4 14 (2.92%) Middleware
5 12 (2.51%) OAuth2
6 11 (2.30%) SOAP
7 10 (2.09%) .NET
7 10 (2.09%) Web Services
8 9 (1.88%) XML
9 7 (1.46%) REST
10 6 (1.25%) XMPP
11 5 (1.04%) YAML
12 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.84%) React
12 4 (0.84%) RESTful
13 3 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
13 3 (0.63%) HTML5 Canvas
13 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.72%) PKI
2 33 (6.89%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.18%) NHS
4 17 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (3.55%) Private Cloud
5 16 (3.34%) Replication
6 13 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.51%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.88%) CMDB
10 8 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.25%) iPhone
12 6 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 475 (99.16%) Windows
2 128 (26.72%) Linux
3 53 (11.06%) Windows Server 2019
4 45 (9.39%) Windows 10
5 40 (8.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 37 (7.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (6.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (3.97%) Unix
9 18 (3.76%) CentOS
10 17 (3.55%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.67%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.46%) VMS
13 6 (1.25%) Android
14 5 (1.04%) Debian
14 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.63%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.63%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (20.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (16.28%) ITIL
4 65 (13.57%) Service Management
5 64 (13.36%) Agile
6 59 (12.32%) DevOps
7 58 (12.11%) Migration
8 50 (10.44%) CI/CD
9 48 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (9.60%) ITSM
11 40 (8.35%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (6.68%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (6.68%) High Availability
13 30 (6.26%) Change Management
13 30 (6.26%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (5.85%) Containerisation
14 28 (5.85%) SIEM
15 27 (5.64%) Mentoring
15 27 (5.64%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 171 (35.70%) PowerShell
2 71 (14.82%) SQL
3 65 (13.57%) Python
4 30 (6.26%) Bash
5 15 (3.13%) C#
6 13 (2.71%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.30%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.88%) Groovy
8 9 (1.88%) Perl
9 7 (1.46%) Java
10 6 (1.25%) Bicep
11 4 (0.84%) PHP
11 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.63%) VB
12 3 (0.63%) VBScript
13 2 (0.42%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.42%) LotusScript
13 2 (0.42%) VBA
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (38.20%) Security Cleared
2 104 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 84 (17.54%) DV Cleared
4 65 (13.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (9.39%) Degree
6 33 (6.89%) MCSE
7 23 (4.80%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.38%) CCNA
9 20 (4.18%) CCNP
10 17 (3.55%) AWS Certification
11 16 (3.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (3.13%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (1.88%) CCDP
14 9 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.67%) VCP5
15 8 (1.67%) VCP6
16 6 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (1.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.13%) SLA
2 12 (2.51%) QA
3 10 (2.09%) GDPR
4 9 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.67%) NIST
6 6 (1.25%) NCSC
7 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.21%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 287 (59.92%) Active Directory
2 129 (26.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (9.81%) Hyper-V
4 36 (7.52%) vSphere
5 34 (7.10%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (5.22%) Docker
7 25 (5.22%) VMware NSX
8 23 (4.80%) Virtual Servers
9 18 (3.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 17 (3.55%) NFS
11 11 (2.30%) Terminal Services
12 10 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
13 6 (1.25%) Tivoli Directory Server
14 4 (0.84%) Firmware
15 3 (0.63%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.42%) HDFS
17 1 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
17 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 68 (14.20%) SCCM
2 52 (10.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (10.65%) Ansible
4 43 (8.98%) Terraform
5 35 (7.31%) WSUS
6 32 (6.68%) vCenter Server
7 27 (5.64%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (5.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (3.76%) SCOM
10 15 (3.13%) Kubernetes
11 10 (2.09%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.88%) CA Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.67%) CA Wily
14 7 (1.46%) vRealize
15 6 (1.25%) CASB
15 6 (1.25%) SCOrch
15 6 (1.25%) Tivoli
16 5 (1.04%) Grafana
16 5 (1.04%) Puppet
17 4 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 258 (53.86%) Microsoft
2 184 (38.41%) VMware
3 57 (11.90%) Cisco
4 45 (9.39%) Citrix
4 45 (9.39%) Splunk
5 40 (8.35%) Oracle
6 37 (7.72%) Red Hat
7 33 (6.89%) Veeam
8 30 (6.26%) NetApp
9 27 (5.64%) SolarWinds
10 23 (4.80%) Dell
11 22 (4.59%) Juniper
12 19 (3.97%) IBM
13 9 (1.88%) Broadcom
13 9 (1.88%) HP
13 9 (1.88%) Qualys
14 8 (1.67%) AppDynamics
14 8 (1.67%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.67%) F5
14 8 (1.67%) Tenable
649 Windows Server jobs in England