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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 190 142
Rank change year-on-year -48 -48 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 181 163 306
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.35% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.76% 11.55% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 114 205
10th Percentile £261 £363 £251
25th Percentile £384 £425 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +16.67% -10.27%
75th Percentile £613 £662 £575
90th Percentile £652 £750 £675
England median daily rate £475 £545 £475
% change year-on-year -12.84% +14.74% -5.00%
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 £26.00 £17.04 £38.50
% change year-on-year +52.58% -55.74% +2.67%

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 1,418 1,411 2,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.71% 11.68% 11.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 980 1,472
10th Percentile £204 £250 £206
25th Percentile £350 £375 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £455 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -2.47% -1.79% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 68
10th Percentile £20.67 £21.25 £15.19
25th Percentile £22.53 £23.80 £18.13
Median hourly rate £26.08 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +12.09% -56.00%
75th Percentile £58.63 £30.25 £27.59
90th Percentile £72.88 £49.75 £60.43
England median hourly rate £33.32 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +66.58% -11.11% -47.06%

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 4 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 4 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 -36 17 £563 +2.27% 17
West London -25 7 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -8 5 £165 -63.33%
North London -1 1 £225 -59.09% 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 26 (14.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.18%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.42%) nginx
3 8 (4.42%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.66%) IIS
4 3 (1.66%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 102 (56.35%) Azure
2 51 (28.18%) Entra ID
3 41 (22.65%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (15.47%) AWS
5 17 (9.39%) IaaS
6 11 (6.08%) PaaS
7 8 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.31%) GitHub
9 5 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.76%) Azure Stack
9 5 (2.76%) GCP
9 5 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.21%) SaaS
11 3 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.66%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.66%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.66%) MinIO
11 3 (1.66%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 67 (37.02%) DNS
2 53 (29.28%) DHCP
3 38 (20.99%) Firewall
4 23 (12.71%) VPN
5 20 (11.05%) WAN
6 15 (8.29%) Kerberos
7 13 (7.18%) LAN
8 10 (5.52%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.42%) SMTP
10 7 (3.87%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.31%) MPLS
11 6 (3.31%) VoIP
12 4 (2.21%) HTTP
13 3 (1.66%) Internet
13 3 (1.66%) VSAN
14 2 (1.10%) BGP
14 2 (1.10%) DMZ
14 2 (1.10%) Network Security
14 2 (1.10%) SAN
14 2 (1.10%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (23.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.63%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (4.97%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.21%) GIS
6 3 (1.66%) Power BI
7 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.10%) Big Data
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 (4.42%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.76%) JIRA
3 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.10%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.10%) MSI
5 1 (0.55%) Git
5 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.44%) Finance
3 17 (9.39%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.29%) Banking
5 12 (6.63%) Legal
6 9 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.76%) Local Government
8 4 (2.21%) Law
9 2 (1.10%) Front Office
9 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.55%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) International Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (23.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.84%) Developer
3 15 (8.29%) C# Developer
4 14 (7.73%) Senior
5 12 (6.63%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.97%) Lead
7 8 (4.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (4.42%) Architect
8 7 (3.87%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) IT Support
8 7 (3.87%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) NetApp Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Storage Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Analyst
9 6 (3.31%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (2.76%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.50%) .NET
2 18 (9.94%) LDAP
3 16 (8.84%) .NET Framework
4 15 (8.29%) OAuth
5 14 (7.73%) SAML
6 4 (2.21%) ADO
6 4 (2.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (2.21%) EJB
6 4 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (2.21%) JSON
7 3 (1.66%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.66%) Java EE
7 3 (1.66%) Middleware
7 3 (1.66%) OpenLayers
7 3 (1.66%) 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 17 (9.39%) PKI
2 14 (7.73%) Replication
3 12 (6.63%) Clustering
4 9 (4.97%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.42%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.76%) CMDB
7 5 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.76%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.76%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.66%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 181 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (28.18%) Linux
3 22 (12.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (10.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (8.29%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (4.42%) Solaris
7 8 (4.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (3.87%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.87%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.21%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (2.21%) VMS
10 3 (1.66%) Android
11 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.10%) Unix
12 1 (0.55%) AIX
12 1 (0.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (25.97%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (15.47%) High Availability
4 23 (12.71%) Identity Access Management
5 22 (12.15%) Change Management
5 22 (12.15%) ITIL
5 22 (12.15%) Migration
5 22 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (11.60%) RBAC
7 20 (11.05%) DevOps
8 18 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (9.94%) Task Automation
9 17 (9.39%) CI/CD
10 16 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (8.84%) Incident Management
11 14 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (7.73%) Data Analysis
11 14 (7.73%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (38.12%) PowerShell
2 33 (18.23%) SQL
3 21 (11.60%) PL/SQL
4 18 (9.94%) C#
5 15 (8.29%) T-SQL
6 11 (6.08%) Python
7 7 (3.87%) Bash
8 6 (3.31%) Bicep
8 6 (3.31%) Java
9 5 (2.76%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.66%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.55%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (30.39%) Security Cleared
2 35 (19.34%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.36%) Degree
4 16 (8.84%) DV Cleared
5 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.76%) CISSP
8 4 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.21%) CCNA
8 4 (2.21%) CCNP
8 4 (2.21%) MCITP
8 4 (2.21%) MCTS
9 3 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.66%) CISM
10 2 (1.10%) ISSAP
10 2 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.10%) MCSE
11 1 (0.55%) CISA
11 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.50%) QA
2 18 (9.94%) GDPR
3 15 (8.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.87%) NIST
6 5 (2.76%) SLA
7 4 (2.21%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.10%) NIST 800
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
System Software
1 110 (60.77%) Active Directory
2 46 (25.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (11.05%) Hyper-V
4 19 (10.50%) Docker
5 15 (8.29%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (5.52%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (4.97%) vSphere
8 8 (4.42%) BitLocker
9 5 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.76%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.21%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (1.66%) Firmware
11 3 (1.66%) 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
13 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (16.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (10.50%) Ansible
3 18 (9.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (8.84%) Kubernetes
5 15 (8.29%) SCCM
5 15 (8.29%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (8.29%) Terraform
6 8 (4.42%) vCenter Server
6 8 (4.42%) vMotion
7 7 (3.87%) Puppet
8 4 (2.21%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.21%) Grafana
8 4 (2.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (2.21%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.21%) SCOM
9 2 (1.10%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (1.10%) QRadar
9 2 (1.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
10 1 (0.55%) Kibana
10 1 (0.55%) logstash
Vendors
1 100 (55.25%) Microsoft
2 55 (30.39%) VMware
3 29 (16.02%) Citrix
4 28 (15.47%) Oracle
5 19 (10.50%) Okta
6 17 (9.39%) Cisco
7 14 (7.73%) Red Hat
8 13 (7.18%) ServiceNow
9 11 (6.08%) Qualys
10 10 (5.52%) Dell
11 9 (4.97%) IBM
12 8 (4.42%) NetApp
13 7 (3.87%) Splunk
14 6 (3.31%) Google
14 6 (3.31%) Tenable
15 5 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
15 5 (2.76%) Meraki
15 5 (2.76%) Rapid7
16 4 (2.21%) Palo Alto
16 4 (2.21%) SolarWinds