Windows Server Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 180 141
Rank change year-on-year -71 -39 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 169 175 310
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 1.41% 1.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.32% 11.84% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 123 205
10th Percentile £281 £363 £260
25th Percentile £415 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £655 £594
90th Percentile £640 £749 £683
England median daily rate £485 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -11.82% +15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £20.93
75th Percentile £19.75 - £33.34
90th Percentile - - £47.83
England median hourly rate £27.88 £18.75 £46.75
% change year-on-year +48.69% -59.89% +37.50%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,372 1,478 2,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.63% 11.90% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,022 1,480
10th Percentile £206 £250 £206
25th Percentile £350 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £743 £750
England median daily rate £450 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 64
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.72 £14.79
25th Percentile £21.14 £21.88 £18.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.58 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.32% +11.73% -39.18%
75th Percentile £57.00 £28.85 £25.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £53.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £21.28 £22.00
% change year-on-year +123.21% -3.27% -41.33%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows Server
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Central London -42 15 £563 +2.27% 20
West London -26 7 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -6 5 £165 -57.42%
North London +1 1 £225 -59.09% 2
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
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 27 (15.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.14%) nginx
3 7 (4.14%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.96%) IIS
5 3 (1.78%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.59%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 93 (55.03%) Azure
2 42 (24.85%) Entra ID
3 38 (22.49%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.65%) IaaS
5 16 (9.47%) AWS
6 10 (5.92%) PaaS
7 9 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.96%) GitHub
10 4 (2.37%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.37%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.78%) MinIO
11 3 (1.78%) SaaS
12 2 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.18%) GCP
12 2 (1.18%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.18%) OCI
12 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (36.09%) DNS
2 47 (27.81%) DHCP
3 38 (22.49%) Firewall
4 22 (13.02%) VPN
5 21 (12.43%) WAN
6 15 (8.88%) Kerberos
6 15 (8.88%) LAN
7 8 (4.73%) SMTP
7 8 (4.73%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.14%) MPLS
8 7 (4.14%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.37%) HTTP
10 3 (1.78%) VoIP
10 3 (1.78%) VSAN
11 2 (1.18%) BGP
11 2 (1.18%) Network Security
11 2 (1.18%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.18%) VLAN
11 2 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (22.49%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.51%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (6.51%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.78%) GIS
5 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.18%) Big Data
5 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.18%) Power BI
5 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.59%) MySQL
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.92%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.96%) JIRA
3 4 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.18%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.18%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.18%) MSI
5 1 (0.59%) Git
5 1 (0.59%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (22.49%) Finance
1 38 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.47%) Banking
3 14 (8.28%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.10%) Legal
5 8 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.37%) Local Government
8 3 (1.78%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.78%) Front Office
9 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.18%) Law
9 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.59%) Back Office
10 1 (0.59%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (22.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.43%) Developer
3 19 (11.24%) C# Developer
4 10 (5.92%) Senior
5 8 (4.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (4.73%) Integration Engineer
5 8 (4.73%) Lead
6 7 (4.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (4.14%) Analyst
6 7 (4.14%) IT Support
6 7 (4.14%) NetApp Engineer
6 7 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (4.14%) Server Engineer
6 7 (4.14%) Storage Engineer
6 7 (4.14%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (2.96%) DBA
8 5 (2.96%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (2.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 5 (2.96%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.02%) .NET
2 20 (11.83%) .NET Framework
3 17 (10.06%) LDAP
4 15 (8.88%) OAuth
5 14 (8.28%) SAML
6 4 (2.37%) ADO
6 4 (2.37%) EJB
6 4 (2.37%) JSON
6 4 (2.37%) Middleware
7 3 (1.78%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.78%) Java EE
7 3 (1.78%) OpenLayers
7 3 (1.78%) Spring
7 3 (1.78%) WinForms
8 2 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.18%) React
8 2 (1.18%) REST
9 1 (0.59%) Express.js
9 1 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.47%) Replication
2 13 (7.69%) PKI
3 12 (7.10%) Clustering
4 10 (5.92%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.33%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (4.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.55%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.78%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.78%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.18%) BYOD
10 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 169 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (24.85%) Linux
3 19 (11.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (9.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (8.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (7.10%) Windows 10
7 7 (4.14%) Solaris
7 7 (4.14%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (4.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.96%) Ubuntu
10 4 (2.37%) VMS
11 3 (1.78%) Android
12 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.59%) AIX
13 1 (0.59%) Debian
13 1 (0.59%) Unix
13 1 (0.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.99%) Disaster Recovery
2 46 (27.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (14.79%) High Availability
4 23 (13.61%) Migration
5 21 (12.43%) Change Management
6 20 (11.83%) ITIL
7 19 (11.24%) Identity Access Management
7 19 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (10.65%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (10.65%) Task Automation
9 17 (10.06%) CI/CD
9 17 (10.06%) RBAC
10 16 (9.47%) Incident Management
11 15 (8.88%) Data Analysis
11 15 (8.88%) DevOps
11 15 (8.88%) Unit Testing
12 13 (7.69%) Agile
12 13 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (7.69%) Project Delivery
13 12 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 65 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 37 (21.89%) SQL
3 25 (14.79%) PL/SQL
4 23 (13.61%) C#
5 20 (11.83%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.96%) Java
6 5 (2.96%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.96%) Python
7 3 (1.78%) Bash
7 3 (1.78%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.59%) JCL
9 1 (0.59%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.59%) REXX
9 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 35 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 28 (16.57%) Degree
4 14 (8.28%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.37%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.37%) CCNA
7 4 (2.37%) CCNP
7 4 (2.37%) MCITP
7 4 (2.37%) MCTS
8 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.18%) CISSP
8 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.18%) MCSE
9 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.83%) QA
2 18 (10.65%) GDPR
3 15 (8.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.96%) SLA
6 4 (2.37%) NIST
7 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.18%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.59%) Basel III
8 1 (0.59%) DICOM
8 1 (0.59%) GAAP
8 1 (0.59%) HL7
8 1 (0.59%) IFRS
8 1 (0.59%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.59%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.59%) NCSC
8 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 99 (58.58%) Active Directory
2 43 (25.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (11.24%) Docker
3 19 (11.24%) Hyper-V
4 15 (8.88%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.92%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (5.33%) vSphere
7 8 (4.73%) BitLocker
8 6 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (2.37%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (1.78%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (1.78%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.18%) Firmware
12 2 (1.18%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.59%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 1 (0.59%) KVM
13 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.59%) NFS
13 1 (0.59%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (15.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 16 (9.47%) SCCM
4 15 (8.88%) Kubernetes
4 15 (8.88%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (8.28%) Ansible
6 9 (5.33%) Terraform
7 8 (4.73%) Puppet
7 8 (4.73%) vCenter Server
7 8 (4.73%) vMotion
8 4 (2.37%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.37%) SCOM
9 3 (1.78%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (1.18%) Control-M
10 2 (1.18%) Grafana
10 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.18%) QRadar
10 2 (1.18%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.59%) CASB
11 1 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 91 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 52 (30.77%) VMware
3 33 (19.53%) Citrix
4 31 (18.34%) Oracle
5 15 (8.88%) Cisco
5 15 (8.88%) Okta
6 12 (7.10%) Red Hat
7 10 (5.92%) Dell
8 9 (5.33%) ServiceNow
9 8 (4.73%) IBM
9 8 (4.73%) NetApp
10 5 (2.96%) Meraki
10 5 (2.96%) Qualys
11 4 (2.37%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.37%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.78%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.78%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.78%) Juniper
12 3 (1.78%) Reuters