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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 171 120
Rank change year-on-year -76 -51 +19
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 180 200 363
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 1.57% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.77% 13.16% 16.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 139 235
10th Percentile £280 £313 £245
25th Percentile £415 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £581
90th Percentile £641 £738 £675
England median daily rate £492 £535 £450
% change year-on-year -7.99% +18.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £19.69 - £16.00
25th Percentile £20.36 - £20.21
Median hourly rate £21.46 - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £43.25
England median hourly rate £27.16 £35.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year -24.29% +10.38% +10.92%

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 1,410 1,520 2,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.05% 11.93% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 1,058 1,528
10th Percentile £211 £250 £200
25th Percentile £363 £375 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £643 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -10.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 74
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.85 £14.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +12.09% -26.31%
75th Percentile £29.50 £31.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £52.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +70.07% +12.09% -37.14%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -35 23 £550 - 11
West London -23 9 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -10 5 £165 -49.23% 3
North London 0 1 £225 -21.05% 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 29 (16.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.33%) nginx
3 6 (3.33%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.78%) IIS
5 3 (1.67%) SAS
5 3 (1.67%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.33%) Azure
2 44 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.89%) IaaS
5 14 (7.78%) AWS
6 10 (5.56%) PaaS
7 9 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.33%) SaaS
9 5 (2.78%) GitHub
10 4 (2.22%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.67%) OCI
12 2 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.11%) GCP
12 2 (1.11%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.11%) MinIO
12 2 (1.11%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (34.44%) DNS
2 46 (25.56%) DHCP
3 45 (25.00%) Firewall
4 25 (13.89%) VPN
5 22 (12.22%) WAN
6 18 (10.00%) LAN
7 15 (8.33%) Kerberos
8 8 (4.44%) SMTP
8 8 (4.44%) TCP/IP
9 7 (3.89%) MPLS
9 7 (3.89%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.78%) Wireless
11 4 (2.22%) HTTP
11 4 (2.22%) VoIP
11 4 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.67%) IPv4
12 3 (1.67%) VSAN
13 2 (1.11%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.11%) Network Security
13 2 (1.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.11%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (6.11%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.11%) Big Data
4 2 (1.11%) GIS
4 2 (1.11%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.11%) Power BI
4 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.56%) MySQL
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.11%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.78%) JIRA
3 4 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.11%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.11%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.11%) MSI
5 1 (0.56%) Git
5 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 45 (25.00%) Finance
3 17 (9.44%) Banking
4 14 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.67%) Legal
6 9 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.22%) Local Government
8 4 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.67%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.67%) Front Office
9 3 (1.67%) Law
10 2 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.11%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.56%) Police
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (11.67%) Developer
3 19 (10.56%) C# Developer
4 11 (6.11%) Analyst
4 11 (6.11%) Senior
5 10 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
6 9 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 9 (5.00%) Lead
6 9 (5.00%) Server Engineer
6 9 (5.00%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (4.44%) Integration Engineer
7 8 (4.44%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (3.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.89%) Desktop Support
8 7 (3.89%) IT Support
8 7 (3.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 7 (3.89%) NetApp Engineer
8 7 (3.89%) Storage Engineer
8 7 (3.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.22%) .NET
2 20 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 17 (9.44%) LDAP
4 15 (8.33%) OAuth
5 14 (7.78%) SAML
6 4 (2.22%) ADO
6 4 (2.22%) JSON
6 4 (2.22%) Middleware
6 4 (2.22%) REST
7 3 (1.67%) EJB
7 3 (1.67%) WinForms
8 2 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.11%) ISPF
8 2 (1.11%) Java EE
8 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.11%) OpenLayers
8 2 (1.11%) React
8 2 (1.11%) Spring
9 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.67%) Replication
2 19 (10.56%) Data Centre
3 13 (7.22%) Clustering
3 13 (7.22%) PKI
4 10 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.00%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.22%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.22%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.67%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.67%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.11%) iPhone
10 2 (1.11%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.11%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 178 (98.89%) Windows
2 42 (23.33%) Linux
3 16 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (7.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (7.22%) Windows 10
7 7 (3.89%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (3.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.33%) Solaris
8 6 (3.33%) Ubuntu
8 6 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.78%) Android
10 4 (2.22%) VMS
11 2 (1.11%) AIX
11 2 (1.11%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.11%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.11%) zOS
12 1 (0.56%) Debian
12 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 40 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (16.67%) ITIL
4 28 (15.56%) Migration
5 24 (13.33%) High Availability
6 20 (11.11%) Change Management
7 19 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (10.56%) Task Automation
8 16 (8.89%) DevOps
8 16 (8.89%) Identity Access Management
8 16 (8.89%) Incident Management
8 16 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (8.89%) RBAC
9 15 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 15 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 15 (8.33%) Project Delivery
9 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (8.33%) Unit Testing
10 14 (7.78%) Agile
11 13 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (38.33%) PowerShell
2 37 (20.56%) SQL
3 24 (13.33%) PL/SQL
4 23 (12.78%) C#
5 20 (11.11%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.22%) Java
6 4 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.22%) Python
7 3 (1.67%) Bash
7 3 (1.67%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.11%) JCL
8 2 (1.11%) REXX
9 1 (0.56%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.89%) Degree
2 34 (18.89%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 10 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.89%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.78%) CCNA
6 5 (2.78%) CCNP
7 4 (2.22%) MCITP
7 4 (2.22%) MCTS
8 2 (1.11%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.11%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.11%) CISSP
8 2 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.11%) MCSE
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.78%) QA
2 20 (11.11%) GDPR
3 15 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.78%) NIST
6 3 (1.67%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.67%) SLA
7 2 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.56%) Basel III
8 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.56%) DICOM
8 1 (0.56%) GAAP
8 1 (0.56%) HL7
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (58.89%) Active Directory
2 43 (23.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.00%) Docker
4 17 (9.44%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (8.89%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.56%) Microsoft App-V
6 10 (5.56%) vSphere
7 8 (4.44%) BitLocker
8 7 (3.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.67%) Firmware
10 3 (1.67%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 2 (1.11%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.11%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.56%) KVM
12 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.56%) QEMU
12 1 (0.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (18.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (13.89%) SCCM
3 18 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (9.44%) Ansible
5 15 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (7.22%) Kubernetes
7 10 (5.56%) Terraform
8 9 (5.00%) vCenter Server
9 8 (4.44%) Puppet
9 8 (4.44%) SCOM
9 8 (4.44%) vMotion
10 5 (2.78%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.67%) Control-M
11 3 (1.67%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (1.11%) CASB
12 2 (1.11%) Grafana
12 2 (1.11%) Prometheus
12 2 (1.11%) QRadar
12 2 (1.11%) SCOrch
12 2 (1.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 92 (51.11%) Microsoft
2 50 (27.78%) VMware
3 31 (17.22%) Citrix
3 31 (17.22%) Oracle
4 17 (9.44%) Cisco
5 15 (8.33%) Okta
6 13 (7.22%) Dell
7 11 (6.11%) Red Hat
8 10 (5.56%) ServiceNow
9 8 (4.44%) NetApp
10 7 (3.89%) IBM
11 5 (2.78%) Meraki
11 5 (2.78%) Qualys
11 5 (2.78%) Veeam
12 4 (2.22%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.22%) HP
12 4 (2.22%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.22%) Reuters
13 3 (1.67%) Bloomberg
13 3 (1.67%) CheckPoint