Windows Server Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 12 0 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.86% - 15.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 57.14% - 55.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile - - £142
25th Percentile £350 - £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.62%
75th Percentile £538 - £338
90th Percentile - - £680
North West median daily rate £445 £800 £500
% change year-on-year -44.38% +60.00% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 23
10th Percentile - - £26.10
25th Percentile - - £29.30
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £49.46
90th Percentile - - £51.61
North West median hourly rate - - £42.50
% change year-on-year - - +61.90%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 21 17 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 12.00% 8.72% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 24
10th Percentile £350 £170 £140
25th Percentile £425 £189 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £220 £288
Median % change year-on-year +138.64% -23.48% -23.33%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £563
90th Percentile £588 £538 £638
North West median daily rate £393 £438 £476
% change year-on-year -10.17% -7.99% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 25
10th Percentile - £22.01 £25.75
25th Percentile - £26.25 £29.30
Median hourly rate - £48.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.94% +6.99%
75th Percentile - - £49.40
90th Percentile - - £51.09
North West median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £29.30
% change year-on-year +9.00% -45.39% +62.78%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Lancashire

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Lancashire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Lancashire

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Lancashire

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Burnley - 8 - - 1
Preston - 4 £438 -
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (41.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) SAN
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
1 5 (41.67%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Industrial Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (58.33%) Linux
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
5 5 (41.67%) Windows 8
5 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
1 8 (66.67%) Proactive Maintenance
2 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Business Case
3 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 4 (33.33%) High Availability
4 4 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (33.33%) RBAC
5 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (25.00%) Data Management
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) MCSE
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) vCenter Server
2 5 (41.67%) SCCM
3 4 (33.33%) WSUS
4 3 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) Canon
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) Symantec
5 3 (25.00%) Veeam