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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 225 170
Rank change year-on-year -3 -55 -61
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 228 140 246
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.05% 1.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.62% 9.12% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 95 173
10th Percentile £263 £344 £250
25th Percentile £369 £409 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £550
90th Percentile £668 £738 £635
England median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £57.25
25th Percentile £19.25 - £64.38
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -61.29% +201.44%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £89.38
90th Percentile - - £95.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £22.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year +138.37% -59.95% +37.50%

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 1,674 1,535 2,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.33% 11.47% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 1,025 1,378
10th Percentile £206 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -1.90% -9.09%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £600
90th Percentile £706 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 44
10th Percentile £17.77 £18.87 £18.69
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +5.67% -43.22%
75th Percentile £25.78 £25.18 £41.25
90th Percentile £53.28 £58.93 £61.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +35.42% -30.43% -13.75%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 0 43 £550 +10.00% 17
West London -22 8 £500 - 5
South London -12 3 £425 -5.56% 4
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 3
North London -2 1 £225 -59.09% 1
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 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.58%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.63%) IIS
3 6 (2.63%) nginx
4 5 (2.19%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.88%) Confluence
6 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.44%) Apache
7 1 (0.44%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (50.44%) Azure
2 53 (23.25%) Entra ID
3 42 (18.42%) AWS
4 37 (16.23%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.14%) GCP
7 13 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.26%) GitHub
8 12 (5.26%) IaaS
9 8 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (3.51%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.51%) PaaS
10 7 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.63%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.19%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.19%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.19%) Datadog
12 5 (2.19%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (33.77%) DNS
2 54 (23.68%) DHCP
3 45 (19.74%) Firewall
4 25 (10.96%) VPN
5 24 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 18 (7.89%) WAN
7 14 (6.14%) LAN
8 11 (4.82%) Network Security
9 8 (3.51%) SMTP
10 7 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.63%) SAN
12 5 (2.19%) VoIP
13 4 (1.75%) HTTP
13 4 (1.75%) NAS
13 4 (1.75%) SSH
13 4 (1.75%) VLAN
14 3 (1.32%) DMZ
14 3 (1.32%) Wireless
15 2 (0.88%) Internet
15 2 (0.88%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (28.07%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.19%) Big Data
5 5 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.32%) GIS
6 3 (1.32%) Power BI
6 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.44%) Metadata
8 1 (0.44%) MySQL
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.82%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.95%) Git
3 5 (2.19%) GitLab
3 5 (2.19%) JIRA
4 3 (1.32%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.88%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.88%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.88%) MSI
6 1 (0.44%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.44%) Subversion
6 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.44%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 79 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.25%) Finance
3 30 (13.16%) Banking
4 24 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.75%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.75%) Law
9 4 (1.75%) Local Government
10 2 (0.88%) Front Office
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
10 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Games
11 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.44%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (27.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (9.65%) Senior
3 21 (9.21%) Support Engineer
4 12 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (5.26%) Developer
5 11 (4.82%) C# Developer
5 11 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (4.39%) Server Engineer
7 9 (3.95%) Architect
8 8 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (3.51%) Applications Support
8 8 (3.51%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (3.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.51%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (3.51%) Windows Engineer
9 7 (3.07%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.07%) Analyst
9 7 (3.07%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.63%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.72%) Terraform
2 19 (8.33%) .NET
3 13 (5.70%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.75%) ADO
5 4 (1.75%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.75%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.75%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.75%) JSON
5 4 (1.75%) LDAP
6 3 (1.32%) EJB
6 3 (1.32%) REST
7 2 (0.88%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.88%) Blazor
7 2 (0.88%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.88%) Java SE
7 2 (0.88%) JSP
7 2 (0.88%) Middleware
7 2 (0.88%) OpenLayers
7 2 (0.88%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.89%) Data Centre
3 17 (7.46%) PKI
4 16 (7.02%) Clustering
5 14 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.51%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (3.07%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.63%) CMDB
9 6 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.63%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.19%) Replication
10 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 228 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (34.65%) Linux
3 24 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (8.77%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (6.58%) Ubuntu
7 12 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (3.95%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (3.51%) VMS
10 7 (3.07%) Unix
11 6 (2.63%) Windows 7
12 5 (2.19%) Solaris
13 4 (1.75%) Alpine Linux
13 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (1.32%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.88%) Android
15 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.88%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (35.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (18.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (16.67%) ITIL
5 36 (15.79%) DevOps
6 33 (14.47%) Migration
7 31 (13.60%) Change Management
8 30 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (12.72%) CI/CD
9 29 (12.72%) Root Cause Analysis
10 28 (12.28%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 22 (9.65%) High Availability
12 22 (9.65%) Identity Access Management
12 22 (9.65%) Project Delivery
13 21 (9.21%) Runbook
14 18 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (7.89%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 93 (40.79%) PowerShell
2 35 (15.35%) SQL
3 28 (12.28%) Bash
3 28 (12.28%) Python
4 18 (7.89%) C#
4 18 (7.89%) PL/SQL
5 14 (6.14%) T-SQL
6 9 (3.95%) Bicep
7 8 (3.51%) Java
8 3 (1.32%) Korn
8 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.88%) Go
10 1 (0.44%) CodeQL
10 1 (0.44%) Groovy
10 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.42%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 23 (10.09%) Degree
5 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.39%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.95%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.07%) CISSP
9 6 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.19%) CISM
11 4 (1.75%) CCNA
11 4 (1.75%) CCNP
11 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.75%) MCITP
11 4 (1.75%) MCTS
12 3 (1.32%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.88%) ISSAP
13 2 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.46%) SLA
2 16 (7.02%) QA
3 9 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.07%) NIST
5 5 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.19%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.88%) GDPR
7 2 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.88%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 127 (55.70%) Active Directory
2 61 (26.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (14.04%) VMware ESXi
4 28 (12.28%) Hyper-V
5 24 (10.53%) Docker
5 24 (10.53%) vSphere
6 12 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.39%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (3.95%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (3.07%) BitLocker
10 6 (2.63%) Firmware
11 4 (1.75%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.75%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.32%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (1.32%) UAG
13 2 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.44%) NFS
14 1 (0.44%) Squid
14 1 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (11.84%) Ansible
3 24 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 21 (9.21%) vCenter Server
5 20 (8.77%) SCCM
6 11 (4.82%) Grafana
7 10 (4.39%) Prometheus
8 7 (3.07%) Puppet
8 7 (3.07%) vMotion
9 6 (2.63%) Nagios
9 6 (2.63%) SCOM
10 4 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (1.75%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.75%) WSUS
11 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.32%) Kibana
11 3 (1.32%) Nessus
11 3 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.88%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 129 (56.58%) Microsoft
2 96 (42.11%) VMware
3 35 (15.35%) Oracle
4 28 (12.28%) Citrix
5 26 (11.40%) Cisco
6 19 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.33%) Splunk
7 14 (6.14%) Google
8 13 (5.70%) CyberArk
8 13 (5.70%) Red Hat
9 12 (5.26%) Qualys
10 11 (4.82%) Zscaler
11 10 (4.39%) Tenable
12 9 (3.95%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (3.95%) NetApp
12 9 (3.95%) WALLIX
13 8 (3.51%) Fortinet
13 8 (3.51%) HP
14 7 (3.07%) Meraki
14 7 (3.07%) Rapid7