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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 186 147
Rank change year-on-year -59 -39 -30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 186 164 312
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.33% 1.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.82% 11.21% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 116 210
10th Percentile £263 £363 £262
25th Percentile £387 £425 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £613 £678 £560
90th Percentile £662 £751 £675
England median daily rate £475 £540 £492
% change year-on-year -12.04% +9.76% -1.60%
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 £18.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year +39.84% -51.30% +14.07%

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 1,451 1,463 2,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.68% 11.87% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,009 1,466
10th Percentile £204 £245 £209
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £619
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £455 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 67
10th Percentile £20.67 £19.73 £15.09
25th Percentile £22.53 £22.50 £18.13
Median hourly rate £26.08 £24.34 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.13% +10.64% -56.00%
75th Percentile £58.63 £28.06 £26.14
90th Percentile £72.88 £49.63 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £19.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year +69.85% -16.80% -51.58%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 £600 +9.09% 8
West London -22 8 £500 +8.11% 3
South London -4 5 £165 -63.33% 2
North London +1 1 £225 -59.09% 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 27 (14.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.45%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.30%) nginx
3 8 (4.30%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.61%) IIS
4 3 (1.61%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 107 (57.53%) Azure
2 49 (26.34%) Entra ID
3 37 (19.89%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (16.67%) AWS
5 20 (10.75%) IaaS
6 13 (6.99%) PaaS
7 9 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.84%) GCP
8 7 (3.76%) GitHub
9 6 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.69%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.69%) SaaS
11 4 (2.15%) Azure AKS
11 4 (2.15%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.61%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (1.61%) MinIO
12 3 (1.61%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 71 (38.17%) DNS
2 58 (31.18%) DHCP
3 35 (18.82%) Firewall
4 22 (11.83%) VPN
5 19 (10.22%) WAN
6 14 (7.53%) Kerberos
7 12 (6.45%) LAN
8 10 (5.38%) SMTP
8 10 (5.38%) TCP/IP
9 7 (3.76%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.23%) VoIP
11 5 (2.69%) MPLS
12 4 (2.15%) HTTP
13 3 (1.61%) Internet
13 3 (1.61%) VSAN
14 2 (1.08%) DMZ
14 2 (1.08%) SAN
14 2 (1.08%) SSH
14 2 (1.08%) VLAN
14 2 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (23.66%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.53%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (4.84%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.69%) Big Data
6 4 (2.15%) GIS
7 3 (1.61%) Power BI
8 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) MySQL
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.30%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.15%) JIRA
3 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.08%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.08%) Git
4 2 (1.08%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.08%) MSI
General
1 43 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.35%) Finance
3 17 (9.14%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.60%) Banking
5 12 (6.45%) Legal
6 10 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.69%) Local Government
9 4 (2.15%) Law
10 2 (1.08%) Front Office
10 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.54%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.54%) International Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.54%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (26.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (9.14%) Developer
3 16 (8.60%) C# Developer
4 15 (8.06%) Support Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Senior
6 10 (5.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (4.84%) Lead
8 8 (4.30%) Architect
8 8 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) IT Support
8 8 (4.30%) Server Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Analyst
9 6 (3.23%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (3.23%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) NetApp Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.22%) .NET
2 18 (9.68%) LDAP
3 17 (9.14%) .NET Framework
4 15 (8.06%) OAuth
5 14 (7.53%) SAML
6 4 (2.15%) ADO
6 4 (2.15%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (2.15%) EJB
6 4 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (2.15%) JSON
7 3 (1.61%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.61%) Java EE
7 3 (1.61%) Middleware
7 3 (1.61%) OpenLayers
7 3 (1.61%) Spring
8 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.08%) Blazor
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.08%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.08%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.22%) PKI
2 14 (7.53%) Clustering
3 13 (6.99%) Replication
4 12 (6.45%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.84%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.76%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (3.23%) CMDB
8 6 (3.23%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.69%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.69%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.61%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.08%) AI Agents
12 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 186 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (29.03%) Linux
3 23 (12.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (10.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (9.14%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.30%) Solaris
8 8 (4.30%) Ubuntu
8 8 (4.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (3.76%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.15%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (2.15%) VMS
11 3 (1.61%) Android
11 3 (1.61%) Unix
12 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.54%) AIX
13 1 (0.54%) CentOS
13 1 (0.54%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (25.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (14.52%) High Availability
3 27 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (13.98%) Migration
5 23 (12.37%) Change Management
5 23 (12.37%) DevOps
5 23 (12.37%) Identity Access Management
6 21 (11.29%) ITIL
7 20 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (10.75%) RBAC
7 20 (10.75%) Task Automation
8 19 (10.22%) CI/CD
8 19 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (8.06%) Data Analysis
10 15 (8.06%) Incident Management
10 15 (8.06%) Unit Testing
11 14 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 74 (39.78%) PowerShell
2 33 (17.74%) SQL
3 22 (11.83%) PL/SQL
4 20 (10.75%) C#
5 15 (8.06%) T-SQL
6 13 (6.99%) Python
7 7 (3.76%) Bash
8 6 (3.23%) Bicep
8 6 (3.23%) Java
9 5 (2.69%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.61%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.54%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 58 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 28 (15.05%) Degree
4 18 (9.68%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.76%) CISSP
7 6 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.69%) CISM
9 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.15%) CCNA
9 4 (2.15%) CCNP
9 4 (2.15%) MCITP
9 4 (2.15%) MCTS
10 2 (1.08%) ISSAP
10 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.08%) MCSE
11 1 (0.54%) CISA
11 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.75%) QA
2 15 (8.06%) GDPR
3 14 (7.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (4.30%) NIST
6 5 (2.69%) SLA
6 5 (2.69%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.54%) Basel III
8 1 (0.54%) GAAP
8 1 (0.54%) IFRS
8 1 (0.54%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.54%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.54%) NCSC
8 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (62.37%) Active Directory
2 48 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.83%) Docker
3 22 (11.83%) Hyper-V
4 18 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (6.45%) Microsoft App-V
6 10 (5.38%) BitLocker
6 10 (5.38%) vSphere
7 7 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.69%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.15%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (2.15%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.61%) Firmware
11 3 (1.61%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.54%) KVM
12 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.54%) NFS
12 1 (0.54%) QEMU
12 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (14.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.83%) Ansible
3 20 (10.75%) Kubernetes
4 17 (9.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (9.14%) Terraform
5 15 (8.06%) SCCM
6 14 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (5.91%) vCenter Server
8 10 (5.38%) vMotion
9 9 (4.84%) Puppet
10 4 (2.15%) FortiGate
10 4 (2.15%) Grafana
10 4 (2.15%) Nagios
10 4 (2.15%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (2.15%) Prometheus
10 4 (2.15%) SCOM
11 2 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (1.08%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.54%) Kibana
12 1 (0.54%) logstash
Vendors
1 100 (53.76%) Microsoft
2 59 (31.72%) VMware
3 32 (17.20%) Citrix
4 29 (15.59%) Oracle
5 19 (10.22%) Okta
6 16 (8.60%) Cisco
7 15 (8.06%) ServiceNow
8 14 (7.53%) Red Hat
9 10 (5.38%) Dell
9 10 (5.38%) Google
9 10 (5.38%) Qualys
10 9 (4.84%) IBM
10 9 (4.84%) Splunk
11 7 (3.76%) NetApp
11 7 (3.76%) Tenable
12 6 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (3.23%) Rapid7
13 5 (2.69%) Meraki
14 4 (2.15%) Palo Alto
14 4 (2.15%) SolarWinds