Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.63% - 6.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.65% - 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £287 - £278
25th Percentile £324 - £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - £378
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.30%
75th Percentile £414 - £474
90th Percentile £432 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -2.78% +12.50% +10.34%

All Operating Systems
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 35 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 9.24% 26.92% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 20
10th Percentile - £131 £157
25th Percentile £131 £187 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £406 £329
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +23.57% +152.88%
75th Percentile £336 £469 £477
90th Percentile £444 £475 £530
East Midlands median daily rate £300 £420 £400
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £18.32
% change year-on-year +2.39% +37.28% +3.39%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Leicester - 2 £411 - 8
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Stability
1 1 (33.33%) Server Building
1 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft