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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 31 34
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 62 43 81
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.70% 5.70% 5.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.18% 26.54% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 41 49
10th Percentile £485 £490 £430
25th Percentile £508 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £695 £600 £595
90th Percentile £865 £650 £633
South East median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.30 - £61.60
% change year-on-year - - +2.67%

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 220 162 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.14% 21.49% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 128 184
10th Percentile £346 £371 £250
25th Percentile £487 £456 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £664 £605 £650
90th Percentile £738 £661 £800
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £463
% change year-on-year -3.06% +5.95% -0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 23
10th Percentile £18.70 £51.06 £14.74
25th Percentile £44.86 £53.94 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.75 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% -6.85% +7.83%
75th Percentile £52.58 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £74.00
South East median hourly rate £47.52 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.71% -41.05% -9.52%

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 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 2026. 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 -2 36 £575 - 12
Portsmouth -1 6 £600 +9.09%
Farnborough -2 6 £538 -10.42% 9
Southampton -7 3 £640 +28.58% 3
Winchester 0 2 £850 +37.93%
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 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.84%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.52%) Power Platform
2 7 (11.29%) Azure
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (35.48%) DNS
2 4 (6.45%) DHCP
3 3 (4.84%) VSAN
4 2 (3.23%) Firewall
4 2 (3.23%) WAN
5 1 (1.61%) LAN
5 1 (1.61%) NAS
5 1 (1.61%) SNMP
5 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.61%) VLAN
5 1 (1.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.97%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.52%) Power BI
3 3 (4.84%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Robot Framework
2 5 (8.06%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.61%) MSI
General
1 9 (14.52%) Military
1 9 (14.52%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 10 (16.13%) Architect
1 10 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (16.13%) Senior
2 8 (12.90%) Product Owner
3 6 (9.68%) ITSM Architect
3 6 (9.68%) Senior Architect
3 6 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Lead
6 3 (4.84%) Server Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Technical Leader
7 2 (3.23%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.35%) REST
2 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
2 3 (4.84%) React
2 3 (4.84%) Vue
3 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (38.71%) PKI
2 8 (12.90%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (12.90%) Product Ownership
3 6 (9.68%) Clustering
4 3 (4.84%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (30.65%) Linux
3 7 (11.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.45%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.84%) CentOS
7 2 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Agile
2 21 (33.87%) ITSM
3 17 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.58%) ITIL
4 14 (22.58%) Service Management
5 11 (17.74%) Change Management
5 11 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (17.74%) Prototyping
5 11 (17.74%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (14.52%) eTOM
6 9 (14.52%) High Availability
7 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
8 6 (9.68%) Product Roadmap
8 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.68%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.06%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (8.06%) Mentoring
9 5 (8.06%) Visualisation
10 4 (6.45%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 36 (58.06%) PowerShell
2 17 (27.42%) SQL
3 12 (19.35%) JavaScript
4 11 (17.74%) Python
5 7 (11.29%) C#
6 3 (4.84%) Bash
6 3 (4.84%) Java
Qualifications
1 54 (87.10%) Security Cleared
2 39 (62.90%) DV Cleared
3 12 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (74.19%) Active Directory
2 34 (54.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (16.13%) VMware NSX
4 9 (14.52%) Hyper-V
4 9 (14.52%) vSphere
5 7 (11.29%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (9.68%) vCloud
7 3 (4.84%) Docker
8 1 (1.61%) Sendmail
8 1 (1.61%) UAG
Systems Management
1 18 (29.03%) vCenter Server
2 16 (25.81%) SCOM
3 9 (14.52%) Terraform
4 8 (12.90%) Ansible
5 5 (8.06%) SCCM
6 4 (6.45%) Avamar
6 4 (6.45%) Kubernetes
6 4 (6.45%) WSUS
7 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (3.23%) SCSM
7 2 (3.23%) WMI
8 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.61%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (1.61%) Nessus
8 1 (1.61%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 46 (74.19%) VMware
2 24 (38.71%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) BMC
3 9 (14.52%) Remedy
3 9 (14.52%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.45%) Dell
4 4 (6.45%) Thales
4 4 (6.45%) Veeam
5 3 (4.84%) NVIDIA
6 2 (3.23%) Cisco
6 2 (3.23%) McAfee
6 2 (3.23%) Trend Micro
7 1 (1.61%) Acronis
7 1 (1.61%) Becrypt
7 1 (1.61%) F5
7 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.61%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.61%) Symantec