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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 178 150
Rank change year-on-year -67 -28 -30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 176 173 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.96% 1.43% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.49% 12.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 122 205
10th Percentile £258 £363 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +16.72% -10.54%
75th Percentile £613 £662 £575
90th Percentile £657 £750 £675
England median daily rate £478 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.18% +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 £26.22 £17.04 £38.50
% change year-on-year +53.87% -55.74% +7.69%

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 1,409 1,422 2,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.66% 11.73% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 992 1,498
10th Percentile £205 £250 £206
25th Percentile £350 £375 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £455 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -2.62% -1.63% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 66
10th Percentile £20.51 £20.88 £14.99
25th Percentile £22.21 £23.85 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% +12.09% -54.87%
75th Percentile £60.25 £29.94 £26.57
90th Percentile £75.75 £53.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -11.11% -47.06%

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 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 29 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 -41 18 £550 - 11
West London -29 7 £500 +25.00% 4
South London -8 5 £165 -63.33%
North London -1 1 £225 -59.09% 3
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 26 (14.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.98%) nginx
3 7 (3.98%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.70%) IIS
4 3 (1.70%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) 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 98 (55.68%) Azure
2 48 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 40 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (14.20%) AWS
5 17 (9.66%) IaaS
6 10 (5.68%) PaaS
7 7 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.84%) GCP
8 5 (2.84%) GitHub
9 4 (2.27%) Azure Stack
9 4 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.27%) SaaS
10 3 (1.70%) AWS Control Tower
10 3 (1.70%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.70%) MinIO
10 3 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 66 (37.50%) DNS
2 52 (29.55%) DHCP
3 37 (21.02%) Firewall
4 22 (12.50%) VPN
5 20 (11.36%) WAN
6 15 (8.52%) Kerberos
7 14 (7.95%) LAN
8 10 (5.68%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.55%) SMTP
10 7 (3.98%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.41%) MPLS
12 5 (2.84%) VoIP
13 4 (2.27%) HTTP
14 3 (1.70%) Internet
14 3 (1.70%) VSAN
15 2 (1.14%) BGP
15 2 (1.14%) Network Security
15 2 (1.14%) Unified Communications
15 2 (1.14%) VLAN
15 2 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (23.30%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.68%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.70%) GIS
5 3 (1.70%) Power BI
6 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.14%) Big Data
6 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.57%) MySQL
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.84%) JIRA
3 3 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.14%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.14%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.14%) MSI
5 1 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.59%) Finance
3 16 (9.09%) Banking
3 16 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.82%) Legal
5 8 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Local Government
7 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.70%) Law
9 2 (1.14%) Front Office
9 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.57%) International Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (23.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (10.23%) Developer
3 17 (9.66%) C# Developer
4 14 (7.95%) Senior
5 10 (5.68%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (4.55%) Architect
6 8 (4.55%) Lead
7 7 (3.98%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) IT Support
7 7 (3.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) NetApp Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) Server Engineer
7 7 (3.98%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (3.41%) Analyst
8 6 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (2.84%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (2.84%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.93%) .NET
2 18 (10.23%) .NET Framework
2 18 (10.23%) LDAP
3 15 (8.52%) OAuth
4 14 (7.95%) SAML
5 4 (2.27%) ADO
5 4 (2.27%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (2.27%) EJB
5 4 (2.27%) JSON
6 3 (1.70%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.70%) Java EE
6 3 (1.70%) Middleware
6 3 (1.70%) OpenLayers
6 3 (1.70%) Spring
7 2 (1.14%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.14%) Blazor
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.57%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.09%) PKI
2 15 (8.52%) Replication
3 12 (6.82%) Clustering
4 9 (5.11%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.84%) CMDB
7 5 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.84%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.27%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.70%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.14%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 176 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (27.84%) Linux
3 19 (10.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (10.80%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (8.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (7.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (4.55%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.98%) Solaris
7 7 (3.98%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (3.98%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.27%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (2.27%) VMS
10 3 (1.70%) Android
11 2 (1.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.57%) AIX
12 1 (0.57%) Debian
12 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.84%) Disaster Recovery
1 49 (27.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (15.91%) High Availability
3 23 (13.07%) Identity Access Management
4 22 (12.50%) Migration
5 21 (11.93%) Change Management
5 21 (11.93%) ITIL
5 21 (11.93%) RBAC
6 20 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (10.80%) DevOps
8 18 (10.23%) Task Automation
9 17 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 16 (9.09%) Incident Management
11 15 (8.52%) Data Analysis
11 15 (8.52%) Unit Testing
12 14 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 68 (38.64%) PowerShell
2 35 (19.89%) SQL
3 23 (13.07%) PL/SQL
4 20 (11.36%) C#
5 17 (9.66%) T-SQL
6 8 (4.55%) Python
7 6 (3.41%) Bicep
8 5 (2.84%) Bash
8 5 (2.84%) Java
8 5 (2.84%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.70%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (29.55%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.32%) SC Cleared
3 28 (15.91%) Degree
4 16 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 11 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.27%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.27%) CCNA
7 4 (2.27%) CCNP
7 4 (2.27%) CISSP
7 4 (2.27%) MCITP
7 4 (2.27%) MCTS
8 2 (1.14%) CISM
8 2 (1.14%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.14%) MCSE
9 1 (0.57%) HND
9 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.57%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.36%) QA
2 18 (10.23%) GDPR
3 15 (8.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.41%) NIST
6 5 (2.84%) SLA
7 4 (2.27%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.14%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.57%) Basel III
9 1 (0.57%) DICOM
9 1 (0.57%) GAAP
9 1 (0.57%) HL7
9 1 (0.57%) IFRS
9 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (60.23%) Active Directory
2 45 (25.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (10.80%) Docker
3 19 (10.80%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.95%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.68%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (5.11%) vSphere
7 8 (4.55%) BitLocker
8 5 (2.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.70%) Firmware
10 3 (1.70%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (1.70%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.14%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.57%) KVM
12 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.57%) NFS
12 1 (0.57%) QEMU
12 1 (0.57%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (16.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 18 (10.23%) Ansible
3 15 (8.52%) Kubernetes
3 15 (8.52%) SCCM
3 15 (8.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (7.39%) Terraform
5 8 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 8 (4.55%) vMotion
6 7 (3.98%) Puppet
7 4 (2.27%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.27%) SCOM
8 3 (1.70%) Grafana
8 3 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.14%) QRadar
9 2 (1.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
10 1 (0.57%) Kibana
10 1 (0.57%) logstash
10 1 (0.57%) vRealize
Vendors
1 97 (55.11%) Microsoft
2 53 (30.11%) VMware
3 31 (17.61%) Citrix
4 29 (16.48%) Oracle
5 19 (10.80%) Okta
6 17 (9.66%) Cisco
7 13 (7.39%) Red Hat
8 10 (5.68%) Dell
8 10 (5.68%) ServiceNow
9 9 (5.11%) Qualys
10 8 (4.55%) IBM
10 8 (4.55%) NetApp
11 6 (3.41%) Google
11 6 (3.41%) Splunk
12 5 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (2.84%) Meraki
12 5 (2.84%) Tenable
13 4 (2.27%) Palo Alto
13 4 (2.27%) Rapid7
13 4 (2.27%) SolarWinds