Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 21 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 56 85 106
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.87% 7.70% 7.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.63% 31.02% 33.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 61 28
10th Percentile £466 £388 £237
25th Percentile £500 £475 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £613
South East median daily rate £509 £541 £472
% change year-on-year -5.87% +14.63% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £30.65
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate - - £69.00
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.14 £52.77 £60.00
% change year-on-year -52.37% -12.05% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 237 274 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 20.63% 24.82% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 173 147
10th Percentile £200 £331 £194
25th Percentile £412 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £636
90th Percentile £639 £675 £652
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 36
10th Percentile £15.95 £26.25 £17.37
25th Percentile £18.87 £62.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.86% +21.74% +76.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £69.06
90th Percentile £46.39 £75.00 £74.00
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -69.81% +13.64% +197.30%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Hampshire

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Basingstoke +8 34 £550 - 10
Fareham - 3 - - 13
Romsey - 3 £508 -
Farnborough -7 2 £375 -34.78% 2
Fleet - 2 £508 - 1
Southampton - 2 £550 - 6
Havant - 2 £191 -
Winchester -2 1 £200 -62.10% 3
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
Windows Server
South East

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (7.14%) Apache
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.36%) Cisco Firepower
1 17 (30.36%) Cisco IOS
1 17 (30.36%) Cisco ISE
1 17 (30.36%) Junos
2 13 (23.21%) Fibre Channel
2 13 (23.21%) iSCSI
3 7 (12.50%) DNS
4 4 (7.14%) DHCP
4 4 (7.14%) VSAN
5 1 (1.79%) NAS
5 1 (1.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) MSI
2 4 (7.14%) Robot Framework
2 4 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.79%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.79%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.79%) Selenium
General
1 3 (5.36%) Finance
2 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.79%) Automotive
3 1 (1.79%) Banking
3 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) Cloud Network Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 16 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (26.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) Network Support
3 15 (26.79%) Network Support Engineer
4 13 (23.21%) Architect
4 13 (23.21%) Infrastructure Architect
5 12 (21.43%) VMware Architect
6 4 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Administrator
7 3 (5.36%) Exchange Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Server Administrator
7 3 (5.36%) Windows Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) .NET
1 1 (1.79%) REST
1 1 (1.79%) RESTful
1 1 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) PKI
2 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (42.86%) Windows Server 2019
3 10 (17.86%) Linux
4 6 (10.71%) CentOS
5 5 (8.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (5.36%) Unix
6 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.57%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Service Management
2 18 (32.14%) ITSM
3 7 (12.50%) Agile
3 7 (12.50%) Edge Virtualization
3 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 7 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (10.71%) Change Management
4 6 (10.71%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (10.71%) Prototyping
5 5 (8.93%) CI/CD
5 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.93%) DevOps
5 5 (8.93%) Operational Stability
5 5 (8.93%) Test Automation
6 4 (7.14%) Batch Scripting
6 4 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (7.14%) Server Management
6 4 (7.14%) Web Development
6 4 (7.14%) Workflow
7 3 (5.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.14%) SQL
2 14 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.93%) Python
4 4 (7.14%) C#
4 4 (7.14%) PHP
5 3 (5.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (69.64%) Security Cleared
2 35 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 14 (25.00%) MCSE
3 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (12.50%) VCP5
5 7 (12.50%) VCP6
6 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.79%) MCSA
System Software
1 27 (48.21%) Active Directory
2 19 (33.93%) VMware NSX
3 18 (32.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (28.57%) NFS
4 16 (28.57%) vSphere
5 14 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.79%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 18 (32.14%) vCenter Server
2 8 (14.29%) Ansible
2 8 (14.29%) Terraform
3 4 (7.14%) SCCM
3 4 (7.14%) WMI
4 3 (5.36%) VxRail
4 3 (5.36%) WSUS
5 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
1 25 (44.64%) VMware
2 17 (30.36%) Cisco
2 17 (30.36%) Juniper
2 17 (30.36%) SolarWinds
3 13 (23.21%) NetApp
3 13 (23.21%) Splunk
3 13 (23.21%) Veeam
4 2 (3.57%) CyberArk
4 2 (3.57%) EMC
4 2 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.79%) Dell
5 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow