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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 167 103
Rank change year-on-year -62 -64 +87
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 162 231 487
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.16% 1.46% 2.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.14% 12.06% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 158 339
10th Percentile £315 £250 £237
25th Percentile £413 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.05% +3.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £641
90th Percentile £768 £625 £745
England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £102.40 £24.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £106.00 £28.75
Median hourly rate £22.23 £112.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +244.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £24.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile £27.90 - -
England median hourly rate £19.25 £61.19 £49.73
% change year-on-year -68.54% +23.04% +98.92%

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 1,598 1,915 2,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.43% 12.12% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,253 2,137
10th Percentile £204 £233 £204
25th Percentile £359 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 17 49
10th Percentile £19.06 £18.70 £18.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £27.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +84.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £71.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £53.20 £104.80 £68.10
England median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -61.67% +71.43% +40.00%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 -1 31 £513 +2.50% 19
West London -5 8 £375 -6.25% 7
South London -9 2 - - 3
East London +5 1 £200 -28.57% 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 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.47%) SAS
4 3 (1.85%) HCL Notes
5 2 (1.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.62%) Confluence
6 1 (0.62%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.62%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.62%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (51.85%) Azure
2 48 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (19.75%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.88%) AWS
5 14 (8.64%) IaaS
6 11 (6.79%) SaaS
7 8 (4.94%) GitHub
7 8 (4.94%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.09%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.09%) PaaS
8 5 (3.09%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.47%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.47%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.85%) GCP
10 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (22.84%) DNS
1 37 (22.84%) Firewall
2 28 (17.28%) DHCP
3 16 (9.88%) VPN
4 10 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (5.56%) WAN
6 8 (4.94%) Network Security
7 7 (4.32%) LAN
8 6 (3.70%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.70%) Wireless
9 4 (2.47%) IPv4
9 4 (2.47%) VLAN
10 3 (1.85%) Internet
10 3 (1.85%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.85%) SAN
10 3 (1.85%) SSH
11 2 (1.23%) NAS
11 2 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.23%) Softphone
11 2 (1.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.35%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.70%) Power BI
3 5 (3.09%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Hive
4 2 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.23%) Impala
5 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.62%) Redis
5 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.70%) GitLab
1 6 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.09%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.47%) Git
4 2 (1.23%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.23%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.23%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.62%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.62%) JIRA
5 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (20.99%) Finance
2 32 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.26%) Banking
4 11 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.09%) Local Government
7 5 (3.09%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.47%) Front Office
8 4 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.85%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.23%) Back Office
10 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.23%) Marketing
10 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) International Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (9.26%) Senior
3 14 (8.64%) Architect
4 12 (7.41%) Developer
4 12 (7.41%) Platform Engineer
4 12 (7.41%) Support Engineer
5 11 (6.79%) Windows Engineer
6 10 (6.17%) Security Engineer
6 10 (6.17%) Wintel Engineer
7 9 (5.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Lead
8 7 (4.32%) Server Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Desktop Support
9 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.56%) .NET
2 5 (3.09%) Middleware
2 5 (3.09%) REST
3 4 (2.47%) .NET Framework
3 4 (2.47%) YAML
4 3 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (1.23%) Bootstrap
5 2 (1.23%) CSS
5 2 (1.23%) Express.js
5 2 (1.23%) HTML
5 2 (1.23%) jQuery
5 2 (1.23%) React
5 2 (1.23%) SOAP
5 2 (1.23%) Swing
5 2 (1.23%) WCF
5 2 (1.23%) Web Services
5 2 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.79%) PKI
4 8 (4.94%) Replication
5 5 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.09%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.47%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.23%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.23%) iPad
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 158 (97.53%) Windows
2 43 (26.54%) Linux
3 13 (8.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (4.94%) Ubuntu
5 7 (4.32%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (3.09%) CentOS
8 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.47%) Unix
9 3 (1.85%) Android
9 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.23%) AIX
10 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.62%) Solaris
11 1 (0.62%) VMS
11 1 (0.62%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.62%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (20.37%) ITIL
3 29 (17.90%) Migration
4 22 (13.58%) DevOps
5 20 (12.35%) Agile
6 19 (11.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
8 16 (9.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (7.41%) Project Delivery
12 11 (6.79%) Customer Service
12 11 (6.79%) Service Management
13 10 (6.17%) Architectural Design
13 10 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (5.56%) Cloud Security
14 9 (5.56%) Information Security
14 9 (5.56%) Platform Engineering
14 9 (5.56%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (37.65%) PowerShell
2 22 (13.58%) SQL
3 18 (11.11%) Python
4 11 (6.79%) C#
5 10 (6.17%) Bash
6 6 (3.70%) T-SQL
7 5 (3.09%) Bicep
7 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.47%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.85%) Java
10 2 (1.23%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.23%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.62%) JCL
11 1 (0.62%) REXX
11 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (12.96%) Degree
1 21 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.02%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.17%) DV Cleared
3 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.09%) CCNA
6 4 (2.47%) CCNP
6 4 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.23%) MCITP
8 2 (1.23%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.62%) CCDP
9 1 (0.62%) CISSP
9 1 (0.62%) MCSA
9 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.17%) QA
2 7 (4.32%) NIST
3 6 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.09%) SLA
5 3 (1.85%) GDPR
6 2 (1.23%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (58.02%) Active Directory
2 32 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.02%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.79%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (4.94%) Docker
5 8 (4.94%) vSphere
6 7 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.23%) HDFS
9 2 (1.23%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.62%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.62%) Firmware
10 1 (0.62%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.62%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 30 (18.52%) SCCM
2 29 (17.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (13.58%) Terraform
4 15 (9.26%) SCOM
5 14 (8.64%) Ansible
6 6 (3.70%) CASB
6 6 (3.70%) SCOrch
7 5 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.47%) Kubernetes
8 4 (2.47%) Packer
9 3 (1.85%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.85%) Kibana
9 3 (1.85%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.85%) Puppet
10 2 (1.23%) Grafana
10 2 (1.23%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 82 (50.62%) Microsoft
2 45 (27.78%) VMware
3 14 (8.64%) Cisco
4 13 (8.02%) Dell
5 12 (7.41%) Citrix
5 12 (7.41%) Oracle
6 10 (6.17%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.70%) HP
8 5 (3.09%) Veeam
9 4 (2.47%) Qualys
9 4 (2.47%) Reuters
9 4 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.47%) Tenable
10 3 (1.85%) Commvault
10 3 (1.85%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.85%) Lotus
10 3 (1.85%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.85%) SnapLogic
10 3 (1.85%) Splunk
11 2 (1.23%) Canon