Windows Server Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 86 115
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 891 1,370 1,729
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.42% 2.79% 2.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.82% 16.99% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 1,028 1,288
10th Percentile £210 £213 £185
25th Percentile £313 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £436
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +14.61% +9.06%
75th Percentile £594 £613 £575
90th Percentile £699 £700 £652
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 55 57
10th Percentile £14.89 £20.52 £16.24
25th Percentile £16.06 £25.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £46.75 £34.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +51.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £49.52 £46.16
90th Percentile £66.88 £60.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £46.75 £30.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +55.83% +30.43% -8.00%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,001 8,063 11,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.58% 16.42% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,422 5,713 7,589
10th Percentile £183 £195 £173
25th Percentile £300 £326 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 386 547
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.38
25th Percentile £14.95 £17.72 £15.90
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.42 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.21% +70.09% +23.80%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in England

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +6 329 £450 -10.00% 134
South East +9 219 £550 +6.54% 149
North of England +5 141 £450 +4.65% 110
Midlands -5 85 £350 -12.50% 108
North West -10 73 £800 +64.10% 55
South West -35 68 £500 -9.09% 69
West Midlands +2 53 £350 -26.32% 66
Yorkshire +23 51 £325 -14.75% 41
East of England -36 33 £250 -41.18% 87
East Midlands -7 29 £338 +3.85% 42
North East +17 17 £500 +93.24% 15
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
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
1 173 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (7.63%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.37%) IIS
4 27 (3.03%) Confluence
5 25 (2.81%) Exchange Server 2013
6 24 (2.69%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (1.23%) Skype for Business
8 10 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2003
8 10 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (1.01%) Apache
9 9 (1.01%) nginx
9 9 (1.01%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.67%) JBoss
11 3 (0.34%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.11%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 51 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.67%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.67%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.22%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.11%) Eikon
4 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.11%) RMDS
4 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.11%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 291 (32.66%) Azure
2 274 (30.75%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (12.01%) AWS
4 95 (10.66%) Entra ID
5 44 (4.94%) IaaS
6 36 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
7 26 (2.92%) OneDrive
8 22 (2.47%) GCP
9 21 (2.36%) Azure Storage
10 20 (2.24%) PaaS
11 18 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (1.68%) OCI
12 15 (1.68%) SaaS
13 14 (1.57%) Nutanix
14 11 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.12%) GitHub
15 10 (1.12%) Rubrik
16 9 (1.01%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 233 (26.15%) DNS
2 229 (25.70%) Firewall
3 151 (16.95%) DHCP
4 109 (12.23%) VPN
5 85 (9.54%) SAN
6 68 (7.63%) LAN
7 67 (7.52%) WAN
8 37 (4.15%) TCP/IP
9 31 (3.48%) NAS
10 22 (2.47%) VLAN
11 21 (2.36%) Wireless
12 19 (2.13%) Skype
12 19 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.68%) MPLS
14 12 (1.35%) Internet
14 12 (1.35%) NetScaler
15 11 (1.23%) Network Security
15 11 (1.23%) VoIP
16 10 (1.12%) FTP
16 10 (1.12%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (13.13%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.91%) MySQL
3 15 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.12%) RDBMS
6 8 (0.90%) Power BI
7 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.45%) Big Data
7 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.45%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.22%) Looker
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.22%) Tableau
9 1 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 48 (5.39%) JIRA
2 31 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.58%) Git
4 20 (2.24%) Robot Framework
5 15 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.46%) Subversion
7 11 (1.23%) Artifactory
7 11 (1.23%) GitLab
7 11 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.90%) Selenium
9 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.22%) JMeter
12 2 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.11%) AppScan
13 1 (0.11%) MSI
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 231 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 93 (10.44%) Finance
3 79 (8.87%) Public Sector
4 78 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (2.24%) Military
7 18 (2.02%) Legal
8 16 (1.80%) Banking
8 16 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.46%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (0.90%) Marketing
11 8 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.67%) Electronics
14 5 (0.56%) French Language
14 5 (0.56%) Front Office
14 5 (0.56%) Law
15 4 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (19.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (9.76%) Architect
3 83 (9.32%) Support Engineer
4 62 (6.96%) Senior
5 61 (6.85%) Windows Engineer
6 57 (6.40%) Analyst
7 55 (6.17%) Administrator
8 46 (5.16%) Technical Architect
9 45 (5.05%) IT Support
10 43 (4.83%) Wintel Engineer
11 42 (4.71%) Lead
12 38 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
13 37 (4.15%) IT Engineer
14 34 (3.82%) Lead Architect
14 34 (3.82%) Technical Leader
15 32 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
15 32 (3.59%) Systems Administrator
16 31 (3.48%) Server Engineer
17 26 (2.92%) Support Specialist
18 25 (2.81%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.39%) Node.js
2 32 (3.59%) .NET
3 20 (2.24%) ARM Templates
4 17 (1.91%) Middleware
5 15 (1.68%) LDAP
6 7 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.79%) XML
7 6 (0.67%) CSS
7 6 (0.67%) IBM Integration Bus
7 6 (0.67%) Itk
7 6 (0.67%) Web Services
7 6 (0.67%) YAML
8 5 (0.56%) HTML
8 5 (0.56%) JSON
8 5 (0.56%) REST
8 5 (0.56%) XSLT
9 4 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.45%) HTML5
10 3 (0.34%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.44%) PKI
2 48 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 46 (5.16%) Public Cloud
4 40 (4.49%) Replication
5 39 (4.38%) Clustering
6 27 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.58%) Client/Server
7 23 (2.58%) NHS
8 19 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
9 16 (1.80%) Management Information System
10 15 (1.68%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.57%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.01%) Fat Client
14 9 (1.01%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.01%) Thin Client
15 8 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 7 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
17 6 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 888 (99.66%) Windows
2 192 (21.55%) Linux
3 180 (20.20%) Windows Server 2012
4 162 (18.18%) Windows 10
5 159 (17.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 142 (15.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 62 (6.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 55 (6.17%) Apple iOS
9 52 (5.84%) Android
10 43 (4.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 28 (3.14%) Unix
12 26 (2.92%) Windows 7
13 24 (2.69%) VMS
14 20 (2.24%) Windows NT
15 18 (2.02%) Ubuntu
16 17 (1.91%) Mac OS
17 15 (1.68%) Windows XP
18 14 (1.57%) Windows Server 2003
19 12 (1.35%) CentOS
20 9 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (24.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 153 (17.17%) ITIL
3 141 (15.82%) DevOps
4 136 (15.26%) Agile
5 109 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (11.67%) Migration
7 89 (9.99%) Customer Service
8 86 (9.65%) CI/CD
9 79 (8.87%) Mobile Device Management
10 70 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 64 (7.18%) Service Management
12 62 (6.96%) Change Management
13 57 (6.40%) Release Management
14 53 (5.95%) Server Management
15 52 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
16 51 (5.72%) Security Architecture
17 46 (5.16%) High Availability
17 46 (5.16%) Risk Management
18 43 (4.83%) Zero Trust
19 41 (4.60%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 261 (29.29%) PowerShell
2 124 (13.92%) SQL
3 95 (10.66%) Python
4 46 (5.16%) C#
5 35 (3.93%) Bash
6 34 (3.82%) VBScript
7 22 (2.47%) Java
7 22 (2.47%) VB
8 20 (2.24%) Bicep
9 13 (1.46%) C++
10 12 (1.35%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.01%) F#
12 7 (0.79%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.56%) C
14 4 (0.45%) PHP
14 4 (0.45%) Ruby
15 3 (0.34%) Korn
15 3 (0.34%) Perl
15 3 (0.34%) VBA
16 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 311 (34.90%) Security Cleared
2 170 (19.08%) DV Cleared
3 139 (15.60%) SC Cleared
4 105 (11.78%) Degree
5 73 (8.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (3.93%) MCSE
7 25 (2.81%) MCSA
7 25 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 23 (2.58%) CCNA
8 23 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 17 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.91%) CCNP
11 16 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.01%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.79%) MCITP
14 5 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.56%) MCTS
15 3 (0.34%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.04%) QA
2 23 (2.58%) SLA
3 12 (1.35%) GDPR
3 12 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.12%) NIST
5 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.79%) RMADS
7 6 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.11%) COBIT
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 537 (60.27%) Active Directory
2 257 (28.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (8.98%) Hyper-V
4 67 (7.52%) VMware ESXi
5 43 (4.83%) vSphere
6 40 (4.49%) VMware NSX
7 37 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
8 34 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 29 (3.25%) Docker
10 26 (2.92%) Firmware
11 24 (2.69%) XenApp
12 16 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (1.57%) XenDesktop
14 8 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 6 (0.67%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.56%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.45%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 3 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 167 (18.74%) SCCM
2 92 (10.33%) WSUS
3 69 (7.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 60 (6.73%) Ansible
5 59 (6.62%) vCenter Server
6 57 (6.40%) SCOM
7 51 (5.72%) Kubernetes
8 50 (5.61%) Terraform
9 49 (5.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 24 (2.69%) EMC NetWorker
11 20 (2.24%) Sysprep
12 17 (1.91%) NetBackup
13 12 (1.35%) Puppet
14 11 (1.23%) Nessus
15 10 (1.12%) Autotask
15 10 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
16 9 (1.01%) BladeLogic
16 9 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
16 9 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
17 8 (0.90%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 422 (47.36%) Microsoft
2 369 (41.41%) VMware
3 87 (9.76%) Veeam
4 78 (8.75%) Citrix
5 68 (7.63%) Cisco
6 52 (5.84%) Oracle
7 49 (5.50%) Dell
8 43 (4.83%) HP
9 35 (3.93%) ServiceNow
10 34 (3.82%) Palo Alto
11 33 (3.70%) Red Hat
12 29 (3.25%) EMC
13 24 (2.69%) Juniper
14 21 (2.36%) Splunk
15 20 (2.24%) Apple
15 20 (2.24%) Qualys
16 19 (2.13%) Google
17 17 (1.91%) IBM
17 17 (1.91%) Symantec
18 14 (1.57%) SAP