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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 172 128
Rank change year-on-year -67 -44 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 174 181 329
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.97% 1.45% 1.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.46% 12.12% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 125 211
10th Percentile £275 £363 £263
25th Percentile £415 £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £660 £591
90th Percentile £638 £748 £688
England median daily rate £485 £526 £455
% change year-on-year -7.71% +15.49% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £19.69 - -
25th Percentile £20.36 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 - £20.93
75th Percentile - - £33.34
90th Percentile - - £47.83
England median hourly rate £27.16 £18.75 £46.75
% change year-on-year +44.85% -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 1,397 1,493 2,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.81% 11.97% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 1,033 1,503
10th Percentile £207 £250 £200
25th Percentile £357 £375 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £631
90th Percentile £688 £749 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £467
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.82% -8.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 65
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.72 £14.89
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.89 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.24 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +12.09% -45.00%
75th Percentile £33.69 £32.75 £25.28
90th Percentile £65.13 £53.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £23.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +105.18% +5.23% -41.21%

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 9 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 9 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 -36 20 £550 - 24
West London -27 8 £500 +25.00% 4
South London -13 5 £165 -49.23% 3
North London +1 1 £225 -44.10% 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.02%) nginx
3 7 (4.02%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.87%) IIS
5 3 (1.72%) SAS
5 3 (1.72%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) 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 (53.45%) Azure
2 44 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (22.99%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.20%) IaaS
5 15 (8.62%) AWS
6 10 (5.75%) PaaS
7 9 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.87%) GitHub
8 5 (2.87%) SaaS
9 4 (2.30%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.72%) MinIO
10 3 (1.72%) OCI
11 2 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.15%) GCP
11 2 (1.15%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.15%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 64 (36.78%) DNS
2 48 (27.59%) DHCP
3 41 (23.56%) Firewall
4 23 (13.22%) VPN
5 21 (12.07%) WAN
6 16 (9.20%) LAN
7 15 (8.62%) Kerberos
8 8 (4.60%) SMTP
8 8 (4.60%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.02%) MPLS
9 7 (4.02%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.87%) Wireless
11 4 (2.30%) HTTP
11 4 (2.30%) VoIP
12 3 (1.72%) VSAN
13 2 (1.15%) BGP
13 2 (1.15%) IPv4
13 2 (1.15%) Network Security
13 2 (1.15%) Unified Communications
13 2 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.32%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (6.32%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.72%) GIS
5 2 (1.15%) Big Data
5 2 (1.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.15%) Power BI
5 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.57%) MySQL
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.87%) JIRA
3 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.15%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.15%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.15%) MSI
5 1 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.41%) Finance
3 16 (9.20%) Banking
4 15 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.90%) Legal
6 8 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Local Government
8 4 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.72%) Front Office
9 3 (1.72%) Law
10 2 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Back Office
11 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Police
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (11.49%) Developer
3 18 (10.34%) C# Developer
4 11 (6.32%) Senior
5 9 (5.17%) Analyst
5 9 (5.17%) Platform Engineer
5 9 (5.17%) Server Engineer
5 9 (5.17%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (4.60%) Integration Engineer
6 8 (4.60%) IT Support
6 8 (4.60%) Lead
7 7 (4.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (4.02%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 7 (4.02%) NetApp Engineer
7 7 (4.02%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (3.45%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) .NET Developer
9 5 (2.87%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.07%) .NET
2 19 (10.92%) .NET Framework
3 17 (9.77%) LDAP
4 15 (8.62%) OAuth
5 14 (8.05%) SAML
6 4 (2.30%) ADO
6 4 (2.30%) EJB
6 4 (2.30%) JSON
6 4 (2.30%) Middleware
6 4 (2.30%) REST
7 3 (1.72%) Java EE
7 3 (1.72%) OpenLayers
7 3 (1.72%) Spring
7 3 (1.72%) WinForms
8 2 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.15%) ISPF
8 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.15%) React
9 1 (0.57%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.34%) Replication
2 16 (9.20%) Data Centre
3 13 (7.47%) Clustering
3 13 (7.47%) PKI
4 9 (5.17%) Enterprise Storage
4 9 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.30%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.72%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.15%) BYOD
10 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.15%) iPhone
10 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 174 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (23.56%) Linux
3 19 (10.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (9.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (8.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (7.47%) Windows 10
7 7 (4.02%) Solaris
7 7 (4.02%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (4.02%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.87%) Android
9 5 (2.87%) Ubuntu
10 4 (2.30%) VMS
11 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.15%) zOS
12 1 (0.57%) AIX
12 1 (0.57%) Debian
12 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 40 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (17.24%) Migration
4 24 (13.79%) High Availability
5 23 (13.22%) ITIL
6 19 (10.92%) Change Management
7 18 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (10.34%) Task Automation
8 17 (9.77%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.20%) CI/CD
9 16 (9.20%) DevOps
9 16 (9.20%) RBAC
10 15 (8.62%) Project Delivery
11 14 (8.05%) Agile
11 14 (8.05%) Data Analysis
11 14 (8.05%) Incident Management
11 14 (8.05%) Unit Testing
12 13 (7.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (37.93%) PowerShell
2 37 (21.26%) SQL
3 24 (13.79%) PL/SQL
4 22 (12.64%) C#
5 19 (10.92%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.87%) Java
6 5 (2.87%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.30%) Python
8 3 (1.72%) Bash
8 3 (1.72%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.15%) JCL
9 2 (1.15%) REXX
10 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 35 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 31 (17.82%) Degree
4 15 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.30%) CCNA
7 4 (2.30%) CCNP
7 4 (2.30%) MCITP
7 4 (2.30%) MCTS
8 2 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.15%) CISSP
8 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.15%) MCSE
9 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.07%) QA
2 18 (10.34%) GDPR
3 15 (8.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.87%) NIST
6 3 (1.72%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.72%) SLA
7 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.57%) Basel III
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
8 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (59.20%) Active Directory
2 43 (24.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.34%) Docker
4 17 (9.77%) Hyper-V
5 16 (9.20%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (5.75%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (5.17%) vSphere
8 8 (4.60%) BitLocker
9 6 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.72%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (1.15%) Firmware
12 2 (1.15%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
12 2 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.57%) KVM
13 1 (0.57%) QEMU
13 1 (0.57%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (12.07%) SCCM
3 18 (10.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (8.62%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (8.05%) Kubernetes
6 13 (7.47%) Ansible
7 9 (5.17%) Terraform
8 8 (4.60%) Puppet
8 8 (4.60%) vCenter Server
8 8 (4.60%) vMotion
9 5 (2.87%) SCOM
10 4 (2.30%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.72%) Control-M
11 3 (1.72%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (1.15%) Grafana
12 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
12 2 (1.15%) QRadar
12 2 (1.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
13 1 (0.57%) CASB
13 1 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 89 (51.15%) Microsoft
2 51 (29.31%) VMware
3 32 (18.39%) Citrix
4 31 (17.82%) Oracle
5 17 (9.77%) Cisco
6 15 (8.62%) Okta
7 12 (6.90%) Dell
8 11 (6.32%) Red Hat
9 10 (5.75%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.60%) IBM
10 8 (4.60%) NetApp
11 5 (2.87%) Meraki
11 5 (2.87%) Qualys
12 4 (2.30%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.30%) HP
12 4 (2.30%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.30%) Reuters
12 4 (2.30%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.72%) Bloomberg
13 3 (1.72%) CheckPoint