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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 205 153
Rank change year-on-year -37 -52 -34
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 195 160 283
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.18% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.70% 10.08% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 115 195
10th Percentile £263 £363 £260
25th Percentile £363 £406 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +15.00% -15.09%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £550
90th Percentile £668 £750 £648
England median daily rate £483 £529 £500
% change year-on-year -8.74% +5.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £23.30
25th Percentile £19.25 - £34.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -45.45% +120.00%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £78.75
90th Percentile - - £91.50
England median hourly rate £27.88 £30.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -7.07% -46.90% +92.83%

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 1,536 1,587 2,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.69% 11.69% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,082 1,416
10th Percentile £206 £250 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £463 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +0.54% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 40 58
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.87 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £20.13
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £26.25 £25.18 £28.78
90th Percentile £57.00 £50.68 £61.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.30% -8.00% -41.18%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -21 32 £575 +4.55% 12
West London -17 8 £500 - 6
South London -16 4 £295 -34.44% 3
East London +4 1 £150 -25.00% 2
North London -2 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 22 (11.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.10%) nginx
3 8 (4.10%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.56%) IIS
5 3 (1.54%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.51%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) OpenText MBPM
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 100 (51.28%) Azure
2 47 (24.10%) Entra ID
3 35 (17.95%) AWS
4 33 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.21%) IaaS
6 12 (6.15%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (5.13%) GCP
7 10 (5.13%) GitHub
7 10 (5.13%) PaaS
8 7 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.08%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.56%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.56%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.56%) Datadog
11 4 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.05%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (33.33%) DNS
2 49 (25.13%) DHCP
3 42 (21.54%) Firewall
4 25 (12.82%) VPN
5 19 (9.74%) TCP/IP
6 17 (8.72%) WAN
7 16 (8.21%) LAN
8 8 (4.10%) SMTP
9 6 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.56%) Network Security
10 5 (2.56%) VoIP
11 4 (2.05%) DMZ
11 4 (2.05%) HTTP
11 4 (2.05%) SAN
12 3 (1.54%) Internet
12 3 (1.54%) MPLS
12 3 (1.54%) VLAN
12 3 (1.54%) VSAN
12 3 (1.54%) Wireless
13 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (28.21%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.15%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.15%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.56%) Big Data
5 4 (2.05%) GIS
6 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.03%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.03%) Power BI
6 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.51%) MySQL
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Git
2 5 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.05%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.03%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.03%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.03%) JIRA
4 2 (1.03%) MSI
5 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.51%) Subversion
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.51%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 59 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.54%) Finance
3 23 (11.79%) Banking
4 18 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.56%) Legal
7 5 (2.56%) Local Government
7 5 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.05%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.05%) Law
9 2 (1.03%) Front Office
9 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Games
10 1 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 55 (28.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.21%) Senior
2 16 (8.21%) Support Engineer
3 14 (7.18%) Developer
4 13 (6.67%) C# Developer
5 12 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (4.62%) Architect
6 9 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.59%) Analyst
8 7 (3.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.59%) IT Support
8 7 (3.59%) Lead
9 6 (3.08%) Applications Support
9 6 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.74%) .NET
2 15 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.59%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.05%) ADO
4 4 (2.05%) ARM Templates
4 4 (2.05%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (2.05%) EJB
4 4 (2.05%) JSON
5 3 (1.54%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.54%) Jakarta EE
5 3 (1.54%) LDAP
5 3 (1.54%) Middleware
5 3 (1.54%) OpenLayers
5 3 (1.54%) Spring
6 2 (1.03%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.03%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.03%) Blazor
6 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.03%) REST
7 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.23%) PKI
2 17 (8.72%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.15%) Clustering
5 10 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.62%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.10%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.08%) CMDB
8 6 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (3.08%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (3.08%) Security Posture
8 6 (3.08%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.03%) Educational Technology
11 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 195 (100.00%) Windows
2 66 (33.85%) Linux
3 24 (12.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (9.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (7.18%) Windows 10
5 14 (7.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (6.67%) Ubuntu
7 8 (4.10%) Solaris
7 8 (4.10%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.56%) Unix
9 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.05%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (2.05%) VMS
11 3 (1.54%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.03%) Android
13 1 (0.51%) AIX
13 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.51%) CentOS
13 1 (0.51%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (17.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (14.87%) DevOps
5 28 (14.36%) Migration
6 27 (13.85%) ITIL
7 26 (13.33%) Change Management
7 26 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 24 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (10.26%) Incident Management
11 19 (9.74%) Runbook
11 19 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (9.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 18 (9.23%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (8.21%) High Availability
15 15 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
15 15 (7.69%) Project Delivery
16 14 (7.18%) AI
Programming Languages
1 70 (35.90%) PowerShell
2 35 (17.95%) SQL
3 22 (11.28%) PL/SQL
4 19 (9.74%) C#
5 18 (9.23%) Bash
6 16 (8.21%) Python
7 15 (7.69%) T-SQL
8 8 (4.10%) Bicep
8 8 (4.10%) Java
9 3 (1.54%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.54%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.03%) Korn
11 1 (0.51%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.51%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (27.69%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.41%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.31%) Degree
4 18 (9.23%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.08%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.08%) CISSP
7 5 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.56%) CISM
8 4 (2.05%) CCNA
8 4 (2.05%) CCNP
8 4 (2.05%) MCITP
8 4 (2.05%) MCTS
9 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.03%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.51%) GCIH
11 1 (0.51%) GSEC
11 1 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.72%) QA
2 11 (5.64%) SLA
3 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.10%) NIST
5 5 (2.56%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.03%) GDPR
6 2 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) NCSC
7 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (54.87%) Active Directory
2 52 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (11.28%) Docker
5 21 (10.77%) Hyper-V
6 16 (8.21%) vSphere
7 10 (5.13%) Microsoft App-V
7 10 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (4.10%) BitLocker
10 5 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.05%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (2.05%) Terminal Services
11 4 (2.05%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.54%) Firmware
12 3 (1.54%) UAG
12 3 (1.54%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.51%) KVM
13 1 (0.51%) NFS
13 1 (0.51%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 29 (14.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (11.79%) Ansible
2 23 (11.79%) Terraform
3 22 (11.28%) Kubernetes
4 18 (9.23%) vCenter Server
5 17 (8.72%) SCCM
6 8 (4.10%) Grafana
6 8 (4.10%) vMotion
7 7 (3.59%) Puppet
8 6 (3.08%) Prometheus
9 4 (2.05%) FortiGate
9 4 (2.05%) Nagios
9 4 (2.05%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (2.05%) SCOM
10 3 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.03%) Nessus
11 2 (1.03%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.51%) VxRail
Vendors
1 101 (51.79%) Microsoft
2 77 (39.49%) VMware
3 31 (15.90%) Oracle
4 30 (15.38%) Citrix
5 23 (11.79%) Cisco
6 17 (8.72%) Red Hat
7 15 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.67%) Splunk
9 11 (5.64%) Google
10 10 (5.13%) Qualys
11 9 (4.62%) CyberArk
11 9 (4.62%) NetApp
11 9 (4.62%) Tenable
11 9 (4.62%) Zscaler
12 8 (4.10%) IBM
13 7 (3.59%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (3.59%) Dell
13 7 (3.59%) HP
14 6 (3.08%) Okta
14 6 (3.08%) WALLIX