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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 102 67 89
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 5.26% 7.00% 6.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.12% 32.52% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 63 61
10th Percentile £263 £500 £360
25th Percentile £463 £502 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £591
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £515 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +0.33% +16.67%

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 308 206 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.88% 21.53% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 174 192
10th Percentile £260 £376 £351
25th Percentile £428 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -3.05% +6.96%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £615
90th Percentile £700 £650 £672
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 19
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.87 £21.34
25th Percentile £20.50 £19.00 £40.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -64.07% +19.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 - -
90th Percentile £61.30 £58.50 £70.75
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £18.87 £57.00
% change year-on-year +105.19% -66.89% +0.38%

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 September 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 14 September 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 -1 70 £538 -10.42% 1
Farnborough -12 8 £560 +14.87% 8
Fareham -3 5 £275 - 15
Portsmouth -9 3 £600 +9.09% 7
Southampton -6 2 £613 +15.84% 11
Andover - 2 £450 -
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 3 (2.94%) IIS
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Apache
2 2 (1.96%) nginx
2 2 (1.96%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (8.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.69%) Azure
2 15 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.92%) AWS
6 2 (1.96%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.96%) IaaS
6 2 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.29%) DNS
2 6 (5.88%) DHCP
2 6 (5.88%) Firewall
2 6 (5.88%) VLAN
3 3 (2.94%) VPN
3 3 (2.94%) Wireless
4 2 (1.96%) SAN
5 1 (0.98%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.98%) LAN
5 1 (0.98%) NAS
5 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.98%) VSAN
5 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.82%) Power BI
3 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.96%) MySQL
4 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) MSI
1 1 (0.98%) Robot Framework
1 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (1.96%) Finance
3 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (22.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 20 (19.61%) Cloud Engineer
2 20 (19.61%) Support Engineer
3 18 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (17.65%) Lead
3 18 (17.65%) Storage Engineer
4 11 (10.78%) Senior
5 9 (8.82%) Technical Leader
6 8 (7.84%) Team Leader
7 7 (6.86%) Server Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (5.88%) IT Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) VMware Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) IT Support
10 4 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Test Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) Architect
12 2 (1.96%) Senior Architect
12 2 (1.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.80%) REST
2 8 (7.84%) Terraform
3 2 (1.96%) LAMP
3 2 (1.96%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (1.96%) YAML
4 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.98%) React
4 1 (0.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (27.45%) PKI
2 9 (8.82%) Clustering
2 9 (8.82%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (14.71%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (12.75%) Linux
4 11 (10.78%) Windows 10
5 8 (7.84%) Ubuntu
6 7 (6.86%) CentOS
7 6 (5.88%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.98%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (45.10%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (42.16%) ITSM
3 28 (27.45%) Change Management
3 28 (27.45%) Technical Leadership
4 23 (22.55%) Service Management
5 22 (21.57%) Agile
6 18 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (17.65%) Software Distribution
7 12 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.78%) ITIL
9 9 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.82%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (8.82%) eTOM
9 9 (8.82%) Visualisation
10 7 (6.86%) Coaching
10 7 (6.86%) Service Delivery
11 6 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (5.88%) Migration
11 6 (5.88%) Operational Stability
12 5 (4.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 49 (48.04%) PowerShell
2 25 (24.51%) SQL
3 10 (9.80%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.86%) Python
5 3 (2.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.98%) C#
6 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 86 (84.31%) Security Cleared
2 80 (78.43%) DV Cleared
3 13 (12.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.96%) MCSA
6 1 (0.98%) Degree
6 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) NCSC
2 1 (0.98%) NIST
2 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (67.65%) Active Directory
2 55 (53.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (35.29%) VMware ESXi
4 27 (26.47%) VMware NSX
5 24 (23.53%) vCloud
6 12 (11.76%) vSphere
7 7 (6.86%) Hyper-V
8 6 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (4.90%) VMware Server
10 2 (1.96%) Dovecot
10 2 (1.96%) Postfix
11 1 (0.98%) Docker
11 1 (0.98%) UAG
11 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (46.08%) vCenter Server
2 40 (39.22%) SCOM
3 13 (12.75%) Avamar
4 8 (7.84%) Ansible
5 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.92%) WMI
6 3 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.96%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.96%) SCCM
7 2 (1.96%) SCSM
7 2 (1.96%) WSUS
8 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.98%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 76 (74.51%) VMware
2 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
3 15 (14.71%) Dell
4 13 (12.75%) Thales
5 11 (10.78%) Remedy
6 10 (9.80%) Juniper
7 9 (8.82%) BMC
7 9 (8.82%) ServiceNow
8 6 (5.88%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.94%) Cisco
10 2 (1.96%) F5
10 2 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.96%) Trend Micro
10 2 (1.96%) Veeam
11 1 (0.98%) Becrypt
11 1 (0.98%) Broadcom
11 1 (0.98%) McAfee
11 1 (0.98%) NVIDIA