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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 165 98
Rank change year-on-year -55 -67 +74
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 175 208 422
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 1.53% 2.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.85% 12.57% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 141 276
10th Percentile £323 £250 £210
25th Percentile £415 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £613
90th Percentile £704 £660 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £431
% change year-on-year - +16.01% -9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile - - £18.11
Median hourly rate £21.46 £112.00 £28.68
Median % change year-on-year -80.84% +290.55% +14.71%
75th Percentile £22.23 - £33.75
90th Percentile £22.69 - -
England median hourly rate £21.80 £53.00 £53.53
% change year-on-year -58.87% -0.99% +64.71%

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 1,477 1,655 2,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.94% 12.21% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 1,084 1,784
10th Percentile £204 £220 £201
25th Percentile £356 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
England median daily rate £447 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.89% +2.70% -11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 23 61
10th Percentile £19.80 £17.03 £14.27
25th Percentile £21.00 £22.53 £18.93
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.41 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% +14.30% -1.56%
75th Percentile £25.15 £59.38 £46.86
90th Percentile £39.30 £69.70 £62.50
England median hourly rate £22.58 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -49.83% +80.00% -3.85%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 24 £540 +2.86% 17
West London -18 4 £344 -14.06% 1
South London -6 3 £165 -49.23% 4
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 30 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.86%) IIS
3 5 (2.86%) SAS
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.57%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) 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
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (55.43%) Azure
2 47 (26.86%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (24.57%) Entra ID
4 17 (9.71%) IaaS
5 13 (7.43%) AWS
6 10 (5.71%) SaaS
7 6 (3.43%) PaaS
8 5 (2.86%) GitHub
9 4 (2.29%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.71%) OCI
10 3 (1.71%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.71%) Serverless
11 1 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (32.00%) DNS
2 42 (24.00%) DHCP
3 37 (21.14%) Firewall
4 20 (11.43%) WAN
5 18 (10.29%) VPN
6 15 (8.57%) Kerberos
7 13 (7.43%) LAN
8 8 (4.57%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (4.00%) Network Security
9 7 (4.00%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.43%) TCP/IP
11 5 (2.86%) MPLS
11 5 (2.86%) Wireless
12 4 (2.29%) IPv4
12 4 (2.29%) SMTP
13 3 (1.71%) NetScaler
14 2 (1.14%) BGP
14 2 (1.14%) iSCSI
14 2 (1.14%) VoIP
14 2 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.86%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) Redis
5 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (6.29%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.29%) JIRA
3 3 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.57%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (23.43%) Finance
2 32 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.86%) Banking
4 10 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.57%) Legal
6 7 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.43%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.29%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.71%) Front Office
9 3 (1.71%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.14%) International Banking
10 2 (1.14%) Local Government
10 2 (1.14%) Marketing
10 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Retail
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Police
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (10.86%) Developer
3 15 (8.57%) C# Developer
4 14 (8.00%) Senior
5 12 (6.86%) Platform Engineer
6 11 (6.29%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Architect
7 10 (5.71%) Windows Engineer
8 9 (5.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 9 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Manager
9 8 (4.57%) Lead
9 8 (4.57%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Server Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Desktop Support
11 6 (3.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Senior Wintel Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Support Analyst
12 5 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.29%) .NET
2 16 (9.14%) LDAP
2 16 (9.14%) OAuth
3 15 (8.57%) .NET Framework
3 15 (8.57%) SAML
4 5 (2.86%) REST
5 4 (2.29%) Middleware
6 3 (1.71%) React
6 3 (1.71%) WinForms
6 3 (1.71%) YAML
7 2 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.14%) Bootstrap
7 2 (1.14%) Express.js
7 2 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.14%) ISPF
7 2 (1.14%) SOAP
7 2 (1.14%) Swing
7 2 (1.14%) WCF
7 2 (1.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.71%) Data Centre
2 22 (12.57%) Replication
3 14 (8.00%) PKI
4 13 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.43%) Clustering
6 6 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.86%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.71%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.71%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.71%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.14%) EPoS
9 2 (1.14%) iPhone
9 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.14%) NHS
9 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 173 (98.86%) Windows
2 39 (22.29%) Linux
3 11 (6.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (5.71%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (4.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.29%) Android
8 4 (2.29%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.29%) Unix
8 4 (2.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.14%) AIX
9 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.14%) VMS
9 2 (1.14%) zOS
10 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.57%) Solaris
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (22.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (16.00%) Migration
4 27 (15.43%) ITIL
5 21 (12.00%) Agile
6 20 (11.43%) High Availability
6 20 (11.43%) Task Automation
7 19 (10.86%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (9.71%) DevOps
9 16 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (9.14%) RBAC
9 16 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (8.57%) Project Delivery
11 14 (8.00%) Change Management
11 14 (8.00%) Unit Testing
12 13 (7.43%) CI/CD
12 13 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (6.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 25 (14.29%) SQL
3 17 (9.71%) C#
3 17 (9.71%) T-SQL
4 15 (8.57%) PL/SQL
5 11 (6.29%) Python
6 3 (1.71%) Bash
6 3 (1.71%) Bicep
7 2 (1.14%) Java
7 2 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.14%) JCL
7 2 (1.14%) REXX
8 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (20.57%) Degree
2 30 (17.14%) Security Cleared
3 23 (13.14%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.57%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.29%) CCNP
6 4 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.14%) CCNA
8 2 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.14%) CISSP
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.14%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.57%) MCSA
9 1 (0.57%) MCSE
9 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.43%) QA
2 19 (10.86%) GDPR
3 15 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (4.57%) NIST
5 7 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.29%) SLA
7 3 (1.71%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.57%) Basel III
9 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
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
1 102 (58.29%) Active Directory
2 33 (18.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.86%) vSphere
4 10 (5.71%) Docker
5 9 (5.14%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.57%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (4.57%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (3.43%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (2.29%) BitLocker
9 4 (2.29%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.71%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 1 (0.57%) Firmware
12 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (16.57%) SCCM
3 19 (10.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (10.29%) Terraform
5 15 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (6.86%) Ansible
6 12 (6.86%) SCOM
7 8 (4.57%) Kubernetes
8 7 (4.00%) Puppet
9 6 (3.43%) CASB
9 6 (3.43%) SCOrch
10 5 (2.86%) FortiGate
10 5 (2.86%) vCenter Server
11 4 (2.29%) vMotion
12 3 (1.71%) Control-M
12 3 (1.71%) NetBackup
12 3 (1.71%) Packer
13 2 (1.14%) QRadar
13 2 (1.14%) vRealize
14 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 91 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (25.14%) VMware
3 22 (12.57%) Citrix
4 19 (10.86%) Oracle
5 18 (10.29%) Dell
6 14 (8.00%) Okta
7 11 (6.29%) Cisco
8 7 (4.00%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.43%) Qualys
9 6 (3.43%) Veeam
10 5 (2.86%) NetApp
10 5 (2.86%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.29%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.71%) Commvault
12 3 (1.71%) HP
12 3 (1.71%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.71%) Reuters
12 3 (1.71%) SnapLogic
12 3 (1.71%) Splunk
12 3 (1.71%) Tenable