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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 168 118
Rank change year-on-year -73 -50 +19
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 175 202 361
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.00% 1.59% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.46% 13.42% 17.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 141 234
10th Percentile £278 £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 £630 £584
90th Percentile £640 £738 £675
England median daily rate £500 £535 £450
% change year-on-year -6.54% +18.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile - - £20.21
Median hourly rate £21.46 - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £43.25
England median hourly rate £28.68 £35.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year -20.06% +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 1,405 1,505 2,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.06% 11.84% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 1,048 1,513
10th Percentile £206 £250 £198
25th Percentile £360 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £642 £631
90th Percentile £695 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £455
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.40% -12.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 72
10th Percentile £20.82 £17.85 £14.58
25th Percentile £21.12 £21.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.71 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +12.09% -20.00%
75th Percentile £38.69 £31.50 £34.52
90th Percentile £59.60 £52.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £34.57 £24.83 £22.00
% change year-on-year +39.21% +12.86% -35.29%

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 21 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 21 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 -39 21 £550 - 18
West London -24 8 £500 +25.00% 4
South London -15 5 £165 -49.23% 3
North London -1 1 £225 -21.05% 1
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 (16.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.43%) nginx
3 6 (3.43%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.29%) IIS
5 3 (1.71%) SAS
5 3 (1.71%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 93 (53.14%) Azure
2 43 (24.57%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (22.86%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.14%) IaaS
5 14 (8.00%) AWS
6 10 (5.71%) PaaS
7 8 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.00%) SaaS
9 4 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.71%) GitHub
10 3 (1.71%) OCI
11 2 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.14%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.14%) GCP
11 2 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.14%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.14%) MinIO
11 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (34.86%) DNS
2 46 (26.29%) DHCP
3 44 (25.14%) Firewall
4 24 (13.71%) VPN
5 21 (12.00%) WAN
6 17 (9.71%) LAN
7 15 (8.57%) Kerberos
8 8 (4.57%) SMTP
8 8 (4.57%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.00%) MPLS
9 7 (4.00%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.86%) Wireless
11 4 (2.29%) HTTP
11 4 (2.29%) VoIP
11 4 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.71%) IPv4
12 3 (1.71%) VSAN
13 2 (1.14%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.14%) Network Security
13 2 (1.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (18.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.29%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (6.29%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.14%) Big Data
4 2 (1.14%) GIS
4 2 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.57%) MySQL
5 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.29%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.29%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.29%) JIRA
3 2 (1.14%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.14%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.14%) MSI
4 1 (0.57%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 45 (25.71%) Finance
2 42 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.14%) Banking
4 14 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.86%) Legal
6 8 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.29%) Local Government
7 4 (2.29%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.71%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.71%) Front Office
8 3 (1.71%) Law
9 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.57%) Police
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.00%) Developer
3 19 (10.86%) C# Developer
4 11 (6.29%) Analyst
4 11 (6.29%) Platform Engineer
4 11 (6.29%) Senior
5 9 (5.14%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (5.14%) Lead
5 9 (5.14%) Server Engineer
5 9 (5.14%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (4.57%) Integration Engineer
6 8 (4.57%) Windows Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) Desktop Support
7 7 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) NetApp Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) Storage Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.00%) .NET
2 19 (10.86%) .NET Framework
3 17 (9.71%) LDAP
4 15 (8.57%) OAuth
5 14 (8.00%) SAML
6 5 (2.86%) REST
7 4 (2.29%) ADO
7 4 (2.29%) JSON
7 4 (2.29%) Middleware
8 3 (1.71%) EJB
8 3 (1.71%) WinForms
9 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.14%) ISPF
9 2 (1.14%) Java EE
9 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (1.14%) OpenLayers
9 2 (1.14%) React
9 2 (1.14%) Spring
10 1 (0.57%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.00%) Replication
2 20 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 13 (7.43%) Clustering
3 13 (7.43%) PKI
4 10 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.14%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.29%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.71%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.71%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.14%) iPhone
10 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 173 (98.86%) Windows
2 42 (24.00%) Linux
3 16 (9.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (7.43%) Windows 10
7 7 (4.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.43%) Solaris
8 6 (3.43%) Ubuntu
8 6 (3.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.86%) Android
10 4 (2.29%) VMS
11 2 (1.14%) AIX
11 2 (1.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.14%) zOS
12 1 (0.57%) Debian
12 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (26.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 38 (21.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (16.57%) ITIL
3 29 (16.57%) Migration
4 24 (13.71%) High Availability
5 20 (11.43%) Task Automation
6 19 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (10.86%) Change Management
7 17 (9.71%) Incident Management
8 16 (9.14%) Identity Access Management
8 16 (9.14%) RBAC
9 15 (8.57%) Data Analysis
9 15 (8.57%) DevOps
9 15 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (8.57%) Project Delivery
9 15 (8.57%) Unit Testing
10 13 (7.43%) Agile
10 13 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (6.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 68 (38.86%) PowerShell
2 37 (21.14%) SQL
3 24 (13.71%) PL/SQL
4 21 (12.00%) C#
5 20 (11.43%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.86%) Python
7 4 (2.29%) Java
7 4 (2.29%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.71%) Bash
8 3 (1.71%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.14%) JCL
9 2 (1.14%) REXX
10 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) VB
10 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (26.29%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.43%) Degree
3 32 (18.29%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.57%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.86%) CCNA
7 5 (2.86%) CCNP
8 4 (2.29%) MCITP
8 4 (2.29%) MCTS
9 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.14%) CISSP
9 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.14%) MCSE
10 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.14%) QA
2 20 (11.43%) GDPR
3 15 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.86%) NIST
6 3 (1.71%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.71%) SLA
7 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.57%) Basel III
8 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.57%) DICOM
8 1 (0.57%) GAAP
8 1 (0.57%) HL7
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 41 (23.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (9.71%) Docker
3 17 (9.71%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (9.14%) Hyper-V
5 10 (5.71%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (5.71%) vSphere
6 8 (4.57%) BitLocker
7 7 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.71%) Firmware
8 3 (1.71%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (1.14%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.57%) KVM
10 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.57%) QEMU
10 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (18.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (14.29%) SCCM
3 18 (10.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (9.71%) Ansible
5 15 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (6.29%) Kubernetes
7 9 (5.14%) Terraform
7 9 (5.14%) vCenter Server
8 8 (4.57%) Puppet
8 8 (4.57%) SCOM
8 8 (4.57%) vMotion
9 5 (2.86%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.71%) Control-M
10 3 (1.71%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (1.14%) CASB
11 2 (1.14%) Grafana
11 2 (1.14%) Prometheus
11 2 (1.14%) QRadar
11 2 (1.14%) SCOrch
11 2 (1.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 91 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 46 (26.29%) VMware
3 31 (17.71%) Citrix
4 30 (17.14%) Oracle
5 16 (9.14%) Cisco
6 14 (8.00%) Okta
7 13 (7.43%) Dell
8 11 (6.29%) Red Hat
9 10 (5.71%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.57%) NetApp
11 7 (4.00%) IBM
12 5 (2.86%) Meraki
12 5 (2.86%) Qualys
12 5 (2.86%) Veeam
13 4 (2.29%) HP
13 4 (2.29%) Palo Alto
13 4 (2.29%) Reuters
14 3 (1.71%) Bloomberg
14 3 (1.71%) CheckPoint
14 3 (1.71%) Juniper