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 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 358 395
Rank change year-on-year +2 +37 +117
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 12 22 40
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.090% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.78% 1.09% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 29
10th Percentile £225 £420 £407
25th Percentile £263 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% +7.50% +10.13%
75th Percentile £438 £623 £568
90th Percentile £475 £650 £630
England median daily rate £550 £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +4.63%

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 1,539 2,014 3,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.56% 12.56% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,318 2,271
10th Percentile £225 £225 £206
25th Percentile £358 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 30 55
10th Percentile £18.90 £20.79 £18.37
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% -26.43% +82.65%
75th Percentile £25.75 £61.07 £64.50
90th Percentile £58.98 £83.06 £82.34
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £46.69
% change year-on-year -58.08% +28.51% +94.54%

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 6 October 2025.

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 6 October 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
West London - 6 - -
Central London -2 2 - -
East London - 1 £200 -
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 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) DHCP
1 8 (66.67%) DNS
1 8 (66.67%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) WAN
3 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 1 (8.33%) BGP
5 1 (8.33%) Internet
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) VSAN
5 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (50.00%) IT Support
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Network Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) Replication
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) DevOps
1 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) Change Control
2 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (8.33%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (8.33%) High Availability
2 1 (8.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.33%) Password Management
2 1 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) ForeScout
3 1 (8.33%) Juniper
3 1 (8.33%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (8.33%) Meraki
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow