Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.96% - 1.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.75% - 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £466 - £454
25th Percentile £472 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £477
Median % change year-on-year - - +377.00%
75th Percentile £497 - £494
90th Percentile £499 - £503
South West median daily rate £525 £575 £495
% change year-on-year -8.70% +16.16% +16.47%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

Windows Server 2019 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 80 97 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 25.72% 21.65% 35.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 51 101
10th Percentile £178 £338 £415
25th Percentile £220 £460 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £481 £635 £700
90th Percentile £600 £734 £775
South West median daily rate £445 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -15.29% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 20
10th Percentile £25.71 - £64.93
25th Percentile £33.09 - £73.88
Median hourly rate £46.10 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.15% -10.26% +155.61%
75th Percentile £58.40 - -
90th Percentile £65.36 - £85.50
South West median hourly rate £22.19 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -68.30% +7.69% -

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in Gloucestershire

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Gloucester - 2 £488 - 1
Cheltenham - 1 - - 3
Windows Server 2019
South West

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware