Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Windows Server
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 33 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 9 20 3
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 2.35% 5.42% 0.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.68% 22.99% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 1
10th Percentile £273 £400 -
25th Percentile £319 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £481 £556 -
90th Percentile £493 £700 -
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £89.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £89.00 - -

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 93 87 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 24.28% 23.58% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 43 71
10th Percentile £180 £244 £406
25th Percentile £322 £419 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% -6.52% +12.20%
75th Percentile £491 £638 £715
90th Percentile £579 £734 £775
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 12
10th Percentile £31.50 £68.40 £19.43
25th Percentile £63.22 £69.00 £24.94
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.66% +45.56%
75th Percentile £197.50 - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £38.22 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -43.38% +8.00% -3.85%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Gloucestershire

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Windows Server
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 within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 -22 6 £338 -28.19% 3
Cheltenham +11 1 - - 9
Windows Server
South West

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (44.44%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) nginx
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DHCP
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Artifactory
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Packager
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
1 1 (11.11%) iPad
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) High Availability
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Line Management
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) WSUS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (22.22%) NetApp OnCommand
2 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
2 2 (22.22%) vMotion
3 1 (11.11%) Ansible
3 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) McAfee
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (11.11%) Starlink