Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 11 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 5.95% - 2.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 78.57% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £625
75th Percentile £525 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £72.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £75.25 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £74.00 - -

All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 7.57% 6.25% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £351 - £233
25th Percentile £372 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £200 £425
Median % change year-on-year +109.38% -52.94% -34.62%
75th Percentile £478 - £538
90th Percentile £506 - £598
East Midlands median daily rate £275 £360 £375
% change year-on-year -23.61% -4.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £25.75 £15.42 £20.87
25th Percentile £60.06 £15.91 £24.92
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.93 £33.44
Median % change year-on-year +337.16% -49.38% -
75th Percentile - £18.13 £43.55
90th Percentile £74.75 £18.74 £48.56
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.81 £25.15 £17.00
% change year-on-year -9.30% +47.94% -11.41%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Lincoln - 7 £500 - 1
Immingham - 3 - -
Scunthorpe - 1 - - 1
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) DHCP
1 8 (72.73%) DNS
2 6 (54.55%) IPv4
2 6 (54.55%) IPv6
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
2 6 (54.55%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) IT Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (45.45%) Onboarding
2 5 (45.45%) Virtual Team
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) ITIL
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) VMware
2 6 (54.55%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds