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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 232 178
Rank change year-on-year -2 -54 -69
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 232 142 247
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 1.05% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.81% 9.18% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 97 176
10th Percentile £263 £350 £248
25th Percentile £363 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £668 £743 £631
England median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £57.25
25th Percentile £19.25 - £64.38
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -61.29% +201.44%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £89.38
90th Percentile - - £95.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £22.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year +138.37% -59.95% +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 1,680 1,547 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.31% 11.49% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,109 1,031 1,383
10th Percentile £206 £225 £226
25th Percentile £350 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -1.90% -9.09%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £600
90th Percentile £706 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 40
10th Percentile £17.77 £18.87 £19.81
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.94
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £23.98
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +4.90% -40.06%
75th Percentile £25.78 £25.18 £42.75
90th Percentile £53.28 £58.93 £61.74
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +35.42% -38.46% -8.24%

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 29 August 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 29 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
Central London +2 43 £550 +10.00% 15
West London -20 8 £500 - 4
South London -13 3 £425 -5.56% 5
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 3
North London 0 1 £225 -59.09%
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.59%) IIS
3 6 (2.59%) nginx
4 5 (2.16%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.86%) Confluence
6 2 (0.86%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.43%) Apache
7 1 (0.43%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 116 (50.00%) Azure
2 53 (22.84%) Entra ID
3 42 (18.10%) AWS
4 37 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.03%) GCP
7 13 (5.60%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (5.60%) GitHub
8 12 (5.17%) IaaS
9 8 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (3.45%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.45%) PaaS
10 7 (3.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.59%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.16%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.16%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.16%) Datadog
12 5 (2.16%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (33.19%) DNS
2 55 (23.71%) DHCP
3 45 (19.40%) Firewall
4 25 (10.78%) VPN
5 24 (10.34%) TCP/IP
6 18 (7.76%) WAN
7 14 (6.03%) LAN
8 11 (4.74%) Network Security
9 8 (3.45%) SMTP
10 7 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.59%) SAN
12 5 (2.16%) VLAN
12 5 (2.16%) VoIP
13 4 (1.72%) HTTP
13 4 (1.72%) NAS
13 4 (1.72%) SSH
13 4 (1.72%) Wireless
14 3 (1.29%) DMZ
15 2 (0.86%) HTTPS
15 2 (0.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (28.02%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.74%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.16%) Big Data
6 3 (1.29%) GIS
6 3 (1.29%) Power BI
6 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.86%) MySQL
7 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.43%) Metadata
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.74%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.88%) Git
3 5 (2.16%) GitLab
3 5 (2.16%) JIRA
4 3 (1.29%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.86%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.86%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.86%) MSI
6 1 (0.43%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.43%) Subversion
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.43%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 79 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.41%) Finance
3 30 (12.93%) Banking
4 24 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.72%) Law
9 4 (1.72%) Local Government
10 2 (0.86%) Front Office
10 2 (0.86%) Legal
10 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.43%) Military
11 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (28.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (10.34%) Senior
3 22 (9.48%) Support Engineer
4 13 (5.60%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (5.17%) Developer
6 11 (4.74%) C# Developer
6 11 (4.74%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (4.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 10 (4.31%) Server Engineer
8 9 (3.88%) Architect
8 9 (3.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.88%) VMware Engineer
9 8 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (3.45%) Applications Support
9 8 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (3.45%) Windows Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.59%) DBA
11 6 (2.59%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.93%) Terraform
2 19 (8.19%) .NET
3 13 (5.60%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.02%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.72%) ADO
5 4 (1.72%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.72%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.72%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.72%) JSON
5 4 (1.72%) LDAP
6 3 (1.29%) EJB
6 3 (1.29%) REST
7 2 (0.86%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.86%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.86%) Blazor
7 2 (0.86%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.86%) Java SE
7 2 (0.86%) JSP
7 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.86%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.33%) Clustering
2 17 (7.33%) Data Centre
2 17 (7.33%) PKI
3 16 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.88%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (3.02%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.59%) CMDB
7 6 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.59%) Replication
7 6 (2.59%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.59%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.72%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 232 (100.00%) Windows
2 80 (34.48%) Linux
3 24 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (8.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (8.19%) Windows 10
6 17 (7.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (6.47%) Ubuntu
8 12 (5.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (3.88%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (3.45%) VMS
11 7 (3.02%) Unix
12 6 (2.59%) Windows 7
13 5 (2.16%) Solaris
14 4 (1.72%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (1.29%) OpenVMS
16 2 (0.86%) CentOS
17 1 (0.43%) Android
17 1 (0.43%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (36.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (16.38%) ITIL
5 37 (15.95%) DevOps
6 34 (14.66%) Migration
7 32 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (13.36%) Change Management
8 31 (13.36%) CI/CD
8 31 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.93%) Root Cause Analysis
9 30 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (12.07%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.34%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 23 (9.91%) High Availability
13 22 (9.48%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (9.48%) Runbook
14 21 (9.05%) Project Delivery
15 19 (8.19%) Service Management
16 18 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 96 (41.38%) PowerShell
2 37 (15.95%) SQL
3 29 (12.50%) Bash
3 29 (12.50%) Python
4 18 (7.76%) C#
4 18 (7.76%) PL/SQL
5 15 (6.47%) T-SQL
6 9 (3.88%) Bicep
7 8 (3.45%) Java
8 3 (1.29%) Go
8 3 (1.29%) Korn
8 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.43%) Groovy
9 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.43%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (30.17%) Security Cleared
2 44 (18.97%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.78%) Degree
3 25 (10.78%) DV Cleared
4 15 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.31%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.88%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.02%) CISSP
8 5 (2.16%) CCNA
8 5 (2.16%) CCNP
8 5 (2.16%) CISM
8 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.72%) MCITP
9 4 (1.72%) MCTS
10 3 (1.29%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.86%) ISSAP
11 2 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.33%) SLA
2 16 (6.90%) QA
3 10 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.45%) NIST
5 6 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.16%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.86%) GDPR
8 2 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.86%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 127 (54.74%) Active Directory
2 63 (27.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (14.22%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (12.93%) Hyper-V
5 25 (10.78%) vSphere
6 24 (10.34%) Docker
7 13 (5.60%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (4.31%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (3.88%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (3.02%) BitLocker
12 6 (2.59%) Firmware
13 4 (1.72%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.72%) VMware NSX
14 3 (1.29%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (1.29%) UAG
15 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.43%) Postfix
15 1 (0.43%) Squid
15 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (11.64%) Ansible
3 24 (10.34%) Kubernetes
4 21 (9.05%) vCenter Server
5 20 (8.62%) SCCM
6 11 (4.74%) Grafana
7 10 (4.31%) Prometheus
8 7 (3.02%) Puppet
8 7 (3.02%) SCOM
8 7 (3.02%) vMotion
9 6 (2.59%) Nagios
10 4 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (1.72%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.72%) WSUS
11 3 (1.29%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.29%) Kibana
11 3 (1.29%) Nessus
11 3 (1.29%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.86%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 131 (56.47%) Microsoft
2 98 (42.24%) VMware
3 36 (15.52%) Oracle
4 27 (11.64%) Cisco
5 26 (11.21%) Citrix
6 19 (8.19%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.19%) Splunk
7 14 (6.03%) Google
7 14 (6.03%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.60%) CyberArk
9 12 (5.17%) Qualys
10 11 (4.74%) Zscaler
11 10 (4.31%) Tenable
12 9 (3.88%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (3.88%) NetApp
12 9 (3.88%) WALLIX
13 8 (3.45%) Fortinet
13 8 (3.45%) HP
14 7 (3.02%) Meraki
14 7 (3.02%) Rapid7