Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Microsoft Windows Server
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 10 28
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 6 13 5
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 4.48% 13.83% 4.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.32% 41.94% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 1
10th Percentile £263 £389 -
25th Percentile £316 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.58% -10.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £453 £498 -
90th Percentile £494 £550 -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £350 £473 £500
% change year-on-year -25.93% -5.50% +6.38%

All Operating Systems
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 53 31 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 39.55% 32.98% 38.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 21 30
10th Percentile £201 £363 £509
25th Percentile £306 £413 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £470 £588
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% -20.00% +23.68%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £701
90th Percentile £470 £734 £775
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -19.05% -8.70% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £21.60
25th Percentile £20.79 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £22.19 - £35.00
75th Percentile £23.60 - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +53.80%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Gloucester over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Gloucester

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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 4 (66.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) nginx
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) iPad
1 1 (16.67%) iPhone
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) High Availability
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) WSUS
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (33.33%) NetApp OnCommand
2 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 2 (33.33%) vMotion
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) McAfee
3 1 (16.67%) Starlink