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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 186 145
Rank change year-on-year -59 -41 -33
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 182 165 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.35% 1.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.80% 11.45% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 116 207
10th Percentile £261 £363 £256
25th Percentile £410 £423 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +16.67% -12.83%
75th Percentile £613 £666 £569
90th Percentile £652 £750 £675
England median daily rate £480 £538 £482
% change year-on-year -10.78% +11.62% -3.60%
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 £17.04 £38.50
% change year-on-year +53.87% -55.74% +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 1,422 1,441 2,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.63% 11.77% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 1,004 1,488
10th Percentile £200 £247 £208
25th Percentile £350 £364 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
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 22 68
10th Percentile £20.67 £20.13 £15.19
25th Percentile £22.53 £22.63 £18.13
Median hourly rate £26.08 £24.34 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.13% +10.64% -53.68%
75th Percentile £58.63 £29.94 £27.59
90th Percentile £72.88 £49.73 £60.43
England median hourly rate £32.50 £18.94 £22.50
% change year-on-year +71.64% -15.84% -48.78%

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 10 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 10 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 19 £600 +9.09% 9
West London -24 8 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -7 5 £165 -63.33% 1
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 27 (14.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.40%) nginx
3 8 (4.40%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.65%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.10%) IIS
6 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 104 (57.14%) Azure
2 48 (26.37%) Entra ID
3 38 (20.88%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (15.93%) AWS
5 19 (10.44%) IaaS
6 12 (6.59%) PaaS
7 9 (4.95%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.85%) GCP
8 7 (3.85%) GitHub
9 6 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.75%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.20%) Azure AKS
11 4 (2.20%) SaaS
12 3 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.65%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (1.65%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.65%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 70 (38.46%) DNS
2 57 (31.32%) DHCP
3 36 (19.78%) Firewall
4 22 (12.09%) VPN
5 20 (10.99%) WAN
6 14 (7.69%) Kerberos
7 13 (7.14%) LAN
8 10 (5.49%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.95%) SMTP
10 7 (3.85%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.30%) VoIP
12 5 (2.75%) MPLS
13 4 (2.20%) HTTP
14 3 (1.65%) Internet
14 3 (1.65%) VSAN
15 2 (1.10%) BGP
15 2 (1.10%) DMZ
15 2 (1.10%) Network Security
15 2 (1.10%) SAN
15 2 (1.10%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.40%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.20%) Big Data
5 4 (2.20%) GIS
6 3 (1.65%) Power BI
7 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.55%) MySQL
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.75%) JIRA
3 3 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.10%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.10%) MSI
5 1 (0.55%) Git
General
1 43 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.23%) Finance
3 17 (9.34%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.24%) Banking
5 12 (6.59%) Legal
6 10 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.30%) Local Government
9 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.20%) Law
11 2 (1.10%) Front Office
11 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.55%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.55%) International Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.79%) Developer
3 15 (8.24%) C# Developer
4 14 (7.69%) Senior
4 14 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 9 (4.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (4.95%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (4.95%) Lead
6 8 (4.40%) Architect
6 8 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support
6 8 (4.40%) IT Support
7 7 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 7 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (3.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) NetApp Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Server Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.89%) .NET
2 17 (9.34%) LDAP
3 16 (8.79%) .NET Framework
4 14 (7.69%) OAuth
5 13 (7.14%) SAML
6 4 (2.20%) ADO
6 4 (2.20%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (2.20%) EJB
6 4 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.65%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.65%) Java EE
7 3 (1.65%) JSON
7 3 (1.65%) Middleware
7 3 (1.65%) OpenLayers
7 3 (1.65%) Spring
8 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.10%) Blazor
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.55%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.44%) PKI
2 13 (7.14%) Clustering
2 13 (7.14%) Replication
3 10 (5.49%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.40%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.75%) CMDB
7 5 (2.75%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.75%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.75%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.65%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.10%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 182 (100.00%) Windows
2 52 (28.57%) Linux
3 22 (12.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (10.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (9.34%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.40%) Solaris
8 8 (4.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (3.85%) Ubuntu
9 7 (3.85%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.20%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (2.20%) VMS
11 3 (1.65%) Android
12 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.10%) Unix
13 1 (0.55%) AIX
13 1 (0.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (25.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (14.84%) High Availability
4 24 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (12.64%) Migration
6 22 (12.09%) Change Management
6 22 (12.09%) Identity Access Management
6 22 (12.09%) ITIL
7 21 (11.54%) DevOps
8 20 (10.99%) Task Automation
9 19 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (10.44%) RBAC
10 18 (9.89%) CI/CD
10 18 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (8.24%) Incident Management
13 14 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (7.69%) Data Analysis
13 14 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (39.01%) PowerShell
2 32 (17.58%) SQL
3 21 (11.54%) PL/SQL
4 19 (10.44%) C#
5 14 (7.69%) T-SQL
6 12 (6.59%) Python
7 7 (3.85%) Bash
8 6 (3.30%) Bicep
8 6 (3.30%) Java
9 5 (2.75%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.55%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 35 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.29%) Degree
4 17 (9.34%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.30%) CISSP
7 4 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.20%) CCNA
7 4 (2.20%) CCNP
7 4 (2.20%) CISM
7 4 (2.20%) MCITP
7 4 (2.20%) MCTS
8 3 (1.65%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.10%) ISSAP
9 2 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.10%) MCSE
10 1 (0.55%) HND
10 1 (0.55%) MCSA
10 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.44%) QA
2 15 (8.24%) GDPR
3 14 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.85%) NIST
6 5 (2.75%) SLA
7 4 (2.20%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.55%) Basel III
9 1 (0.55%) GAAP
9 1 (0.55%) IFRS
9 1 (0.55%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.55%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.55%) NCSC
9 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 113 (62.09%) Active Directory
2 47 (25.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (11.54%) Hyper-V
4 20 (10.99%) Docker
5 16 (8.79%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (6.04%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (4.95%) BitLocker
7 9 (4.95%) vSphere
8 6 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.75%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (1.65%) Firmware
11 3 (1.65%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.65%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.55%) KVM
13 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.55%) NFS
13 1 (0.55%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 28 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (10.99%) Ansible
3 18 (9.89%) Kubernetes
4 17 (9.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (8.79%) Terraform
6 15 (8.24%) SCCM
7 14 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (4.95%) vCenter Server
8 9 (4.95%) vMotion
9 8 (4.40%) Puppet
10 4 (2.20%) FortiGate
10 4 (2.20%) Grafana
10 4 (2.20%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (2.20%) Prometheus
10 4 (2.20%) SCOM
11 3 (1.65%) Nagios
12 2 (1.10%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (1.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
13 1 (0.55%) Kibana
13 1 (0.55%) logstash
Vendors
1 98 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 58 (31.87%) VMware
3 30 (16.48%) Citrix
4 28 (15.38%) Oracle
5 18 (9.89%) Okta
6 16 (8.79%) Cisco
7 14 (7.69%) Red Hat
7 14 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 10 (5.49%) Dell
8 10 (5.49%) Qualys
9 9 (4.95%) IBM
10 8 (4.40%) Google
10 8 (4.40%) Splunk
11 7 (3.85%) NetApp
11 7 (3.85%) Tenable
12 6 (3.30%) Rapid7
13 5 (2.75%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (2.75%) Meraki
14 4 (2.20%) Palo Alto
14 4 (2.20%) SolarWinds