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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 221 163
Rank change year-on-year -14 -58 -47
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 205 153 269
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 1.13% 1.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.35% 9.78% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 109 187
10th Percentile £263 £363 £255
25th Percentile £358 £406 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £550
90th Percentile £668 £750 £647
England median daily rate £480 £534 £500
% change year-on-year -10.03% +6.70% -
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 £29.48 £30.00 £59.80
% change year-on-year -1.73% -49.83% +72.58%

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 1,564 1,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.74% 11.50% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,068 1,396
10th Percentile £206 £241 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.47%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £735
England median daily rate £467 £460 £478
% change year-on-year +1.41% -3.66% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 52
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +10.23% -53.68%
75th Percentile £25.25 £25.23 £31.72
90th Percentile £55.05 £58.98 £61.29
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.30% -16.36% -35.29%

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 29 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 29 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 -8 35 £525 -2.33% 13
West London -17 8 £500 - 4
South London -18 3 £425 -5.56% 5
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 2
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 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.90%) nginx
3 8 (3.90%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.44%) IIS
5 3 (1.46%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.49%) Apache
7 1 (0.49%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.98%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 102 (49.76%) Azure
2 47 (22.93%) Entra ID
3 35 (17.07%) AWS
3 35 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.80%) IaaS
5 12 (5.85%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.37%) GitHub
7 10 (4.88%) GCP
7 10 (4.88%) PaaS
8 7 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (3.41%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.44%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.44%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.44%) Datadog
11 4 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.95%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (34.15%) DNS
2 52 (25.37%) DHCP
3 43 (20.98%) Firewall
4 25 (12.20%) VPN
5 21 (10.24%) TCP/IP
6 17 (8.29%) WAN
7 16 (7.80%) LAN
8 8 (3.90%) SMTP
9 7 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.93%) Network Security
11 5 (2.44%) VoIP
12 4 (1.95%) DMZ
12 4 (1.95%) HTTP
12 4 (1.95%) SAN
13 3 (1.46%) Internet
13 3 (1.46%) MPLS
13 3 (1.46%) VLAN
13 3 (1.46%) VSAN
13 3 (1.46%) Wireless
14 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (27.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.34%) Oracle Database
3 12 (5.85%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.44%) Big Data
6 4 (1.95%) GIS
7 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.98%) Power BI
7 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.49%) MySQL
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Git
2 5 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.98%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.98%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.98%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.98%) JIRA
4 2 (0.98%) MSI
5 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.49%) GitLab
5 1 (0.49%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.49%) Subversion
5 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.49%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 65 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.46%) Finance
3 24 (11.71%) Banking
4 22 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.29%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.93%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.44%) Legal
8 5 (2.44%) Local Government
9 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.95%) Law
10 2 (0.98%) Front Office
10 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 58 (28.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (8.78%) Senior
2 18 (8.78%) Support Engineer
3 13 (6.34%) Developer
4 12 (5.85%) C# Developer
4 12 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (4.88%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (4.39%) Architect
6 9 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 9 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (3.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.90%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.41%) Analyst
8 7 (3.41%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.41%) IT Support
8 7 (3.41%) Lead
9 6 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.27%) .NET
2 14 (6.83%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.41%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.95%) ADO
4 4 (1.95%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.95%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.95%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.95%) EJB
4 4 (1.95%) JSON
5 3 (1.46%) Jakarta EE
5 3 (1.46%) LDAP
5 3 (1.46%) Middleware
5 3 (1.46%) OpenLayers
5 3 (1.46%) Spring
6 2 (0.98%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.98%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.98%) Blazor
6 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.98%) REST
7 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.78%) PKI
2 17 (8.29%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.85%) Clustering
5 11 (5.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.39%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.90%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.93%) CMDB
8 6 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.93%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.93%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.93%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 205 (100.00%) Windows
2 69 (33.66%) Linux
3 24 (11.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (9.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (8.78%) Windows 10
6 15 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (6.34%) Ubuntu
8 9 (4.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (3.90%) Solaris
10 6 (2.93%) VMS
11 5 (2.44%) Unix
11 5 (2.44%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.95%) Alpine Linux
13 3 (1.46%) Mac OS
13 3 (1.46%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.98%) Android
14 2 (0.98%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.49%) AIX
15 1 (0.49%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (35.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (16.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 33 (16.10%) ITIL
5 31 (15.12%) Migration
6 30 (14.63%) DevOps
7 28 (13.66%) Change Management
8 26 (12.68%) CI/CD
8 26 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (11.22%) Incident Management
11 22 (10.73%) Root Cause Analysis
12 21 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (10.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 19 (9.27%) Runbook
14 18 (8.78%) Identity Access Management
15 17 (8.29%) High Availability
16 16 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
16 16 (7.80%) Project Delivery
17 15 (7.32%) AI
Programming Languages
1 73 (35.61%) PowerShell
2 37 (18.05%) SQL
3 22 (10.73%) PL/SQL
4 19 (9.27%) Bash
4 19 (9.27%) C#
5 16 (7.80%) Python
6 15 (7.32%) T-SQL
7 8 (3.90%) Bicep
7 8 (3.90%) Java
8 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.98%) Korn
10 1 (0.49%) CodeQL
10 1 (0.49%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (28.78%) Security Cleared
2 35 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.22%) Degree
4 20 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.41%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.93%) CISSP
8 5 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.44%) CISM
9 4 (1.95%) CCNA
9 4 (1.95%) CCNP
9 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.95%) MCITP
9 4 (1.95%) MCTS
10 2 (0.98%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.98%) ISSAP
10 2 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.49%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.80%) QA
1 16 (7.80%) SLA
2 9 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.90%) NIST
4 5 (2.44%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.98%) GDPR
5 2 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.98%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) NCSC
6 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 116 (56.59%) Active Directory
2 55 (26.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (13.17%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (11.22%) Hyper-V
5 22 (10.73%) Docker
6 17 (8.29%) vSphere
7 11 (5.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (4.88%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.90%) BitLocker
11 7 (3.41%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (2.44%) VMware NSX
13 4 (1.95%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.95%) Terminal Services
14 3 (1.46%) Firmware
14 3 (1.46%) UAG
14 3 (1.46%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.49%) KVM
15 1 (0.49%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 31 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (11.71%) Ansible
2 24 (11.71%) Terraform
3 22 (10.73%) Kubernetes
4 19 (9.27%) vCenter Server
5 18 (8.78%) SCCM
6 8 (3.90%) Grafana
6 8 (3.90%) vMotion
7 7 (3.41%) Puppet
8 6 (2.93%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.95%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.95%) Nagios
9 4 (1.95%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.95%) SCOM
10 3 (1.46%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.98%) Nessus
11 2 (0.98%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.98%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.49%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 111 (54.15%) Microsoft
2 83 (40.49%) VMware
3 33 (16.10%) Oracle
4 30 (14.63%) Citrix
5 24 (11.71%) Cisco
6 17 (8.29%) Red Hat
7 15 (7.32%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.34%) Splunk
9 11 (5.37%) Google
10 10 (4.88%) CyberArk
10 10 (4.88%) Qualys
10 10 (4.88%) Zscaler
11 9 (4.39%) NetApp
11 9 (4.39%) Tenable
12 8 (3.90%) HP
12 8 (3.90%) IBM
13 7 (3.41%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (3.41%) WALLIX
14 6 (2.93%) Okta