Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 339 345
Rank change year-on-year -34 +6 +95
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 21 18 47
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.42% 1.11% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 24
10th Percentile - £366 £313
25th Percentile £406 £456 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £593 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.05% +18.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £525 £735 £567
90th Percentile £588 £746 £755
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -

All Operating Systems
London

Windows Server 2019 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,482 1,618 2,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.32% 12.06% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1,085 1,700
10th Percentile £204 £225 £200
25th Percentile £356 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 62
10th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.89 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.50 £26.54 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +14.13% -9.20%
75th Percentile £25.15 £56.50 £46.86
90th Percentile £41.85 £107.90 £64.75
England median hourly rate £22.81 £44.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -48.74% +78.00% -9.09%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in London over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in London

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the London region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
West London - 3 - - 1
Central London -3 1 £413 -37.50% 3
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (19.05%) nginx
1 4 (19.05%) Tomcat
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.52%) WebLogic
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) DHCP
1 10 (47.62%) DNS
1 10 (47.62%) LAN
1 10 (47.62%) WAN
2 5 (23.81%) NetScaler
3 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 3 (14.29%) VPN
4 2 (9.52%) HTTP
5 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (9.52%) GIS
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database
2 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
General
1 5 (23.81%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (23.81%) Legal
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (23.81%) Citrix Support
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (14.29%) IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Server Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EJB
1 2 (9.52%) Java EE
1 2 (9.52%) Middleware
1 2 (9.52%) OpenLayers
1 2 (9.52%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Client/Server
2 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.52%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.76%) iPhone
4 1 (4.76%) NHS
4 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server
3 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (42.86%) Windows 10
5 5 (23.81%) Linux
5 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (19.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (19.05%) Solaris
7 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (19.05%) ETL
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (19.05%) Master Data Management
3 3 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.52%) DevOps
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 2 (9.52%) Microservices
4 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Refactoring
4 2 (9.52%) SDLC
4 2 (9.52%) Service Management
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
5 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (4.76%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (4.76%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
1 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) CCA
2 5 (23.81%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (28.57%) vSphere
4 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
4 5 (23.81%) XenApp
4 5 (23.81%) XenDesktop
5 2 (9.52%) Docker
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) SCCM
1 5 (23.81%) SCVMM
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) VMware
2 6 (28.57%) Dell
3 5 (23.81%) Citrix
4 4 (19.05%) IBM
4 4 (19.05%) Oracle
4 4 (19.05%) Red Hat
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.76%) Cisco
6 1 (4.76%) Equitrac
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.76%) Zerto