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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 163 111
Rank change year-on-year -54 -52 +73
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 176 210 406
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.50% 2.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.69% 12.47% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 141 264
10th Percentile £325 £263 £200
25th Percentile £415 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £603
90th Percentile £701 £625 £700
England median daily rate £500 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +2.51% +8.39% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile - £102.40 £19.37
25th Percentile - £106.00 £24.43
Median hourly rate £21.46 £112.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.84% +244.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £22.23 - £33.75
90th Percentile £22.69 - -
England median hourly rate £21.63 £62.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -65.53% +13.51% +66.26%

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 1,506 1,684 2,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.31% 12.05% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,114 1,784
10th Percentile £204 £228 £201
25th Percentile £358 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £738 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 21 53
10th Percentile £20.69 £16.75 £14.62
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.41 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year -11.47% +10.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £28.75 £60.00 £49.88
90th Percentile £61.35 £100.00 £71.35
England median hourly rate £23.79 £54.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -55.95% +103.77% +3.07%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 29 £513 -1.68% 9
West London -22 4 £344 -14.06% 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 (17.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.41%) SAS
3 5 (2.84%) IIS
3 5 (2.84%) SharePoint
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 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.70%) 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 (1.70%) 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 96 (54.55%) Azure
2 46 (26.14%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (22.16%) Entra ID
4 18 (10.23%) IaaS
5 16 (9.09%) AWS
6 12 (6.82%) SaaS
7 7 (3.98%) GitHub
7 7 (3.98%) PaaS
8 5 (2.84%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.70%) OCI
10 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.70%) Serverless
11 2 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.57%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 54 (30.68%) DNS
2 40 (22.73%) DHCP
3 39 (22.16%) Firewall
4 19 (10.80%) VPN
5 18 (10.23%) WAN
6 15 (8.52%) Kerberos
7 11 (6.25%) LAN
8 9 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (3.98%) Network Security
9 7 (3.98%) TCP/IP
10 6 (3.41%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.41%) Wireless
11 5 (2.84%) MPLS
12 4 (2.27%) IPv4
12 4 (2.27%) SMTP
13 3 (1.70%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.70%) SSH
14 2 (1.14%) iSCSI
14 2 (1.14%) Softphone
14 2 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.34%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.84%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Hive
3 2 (1.14%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.14%) Impala
3 2 (1.14%) Power BI
4 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.57%) Redis
4 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.68%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.41%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.27%) JIRA
4 3 (1.70%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.14%) Git
5 2 (1.14%) GitLab
5 2 (1.14%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.57%) Fiddler
General
1 44 (25.00%) Finance
2 33 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.80%) Banking
4 8 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.98%) Legal
6 6 (3.41%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.41%) Spanish Language
7 4 (2.27%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.70%) Front Office
9 2 (1.14%) International Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Marketing
9 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Retail
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Local Government
10 1 (0.57%) Police
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (10.23%) Developer
3 15 (8.52%) Platform Engineer
4 14 (7.95%) C# Developer
4 14 (7.95%) Senior
5 11 (6.25%) Security Engineer
6 10 (5.68%) Architect
6 10 (5.68%) Windows Engineer
7 9 (5.11%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 9 (5.11%) Lead
7 9 (5.11%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.55%) Wintel Engineer
9 7 (3.98%) Analyst
9 7 (3.98%) Infrastructure Manager
9 7 (3.98%) Server Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Desktop Support
10 6 (3.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Senior Wintel Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.66%) .NET
2 16 (9.09%) LDAP
2 16 (9.09%) OAuth
3 15 (8.52%) SAML
4 14 (7.95%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.84%) REST
6 4 (2.27%) Middleware
7 3 (1.70%) React
7 3 (1.70%) WinForms
7 3 (1.70%) YAML
8 2 (1.14%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.14%) Bootstrap
8 2 (1.14%) Express.js
8 2 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.14%) ISPF
8 2 (1.14%) SOAP
8 2 (1.14%) Swing
8 2 (1.14%) WCF
8 2 (1.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.20%) Data Centre
2 22 (12.50%) Replication
3 14 (7.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (7.39%) PKI
5 8 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.41%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.84%) Clustering
8 4 (2.27%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.14%) EPoS
10 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.14%) Market Risk
10 2 (1.14%) NHS
10 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.14%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 174 (98.86%) Windows
2 43 (24.43%) Linux
3 10 (5.68%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (5.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.27%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.27%) Unix
8 3 (1.70%) Android
8 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.14%) AIX
9 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.14%) zOS
10 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.57%) CentOS
10 1 (0.57%) Solaris
10 1 (0.57%) VMS
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.16%) Disaster Recovery
2 37 (21.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (17.05%) ITIL
4 28 (15.91%) Migration
5 23 (13.07%) Agile
6 21 (11.93%) DevOps
7 20 (11.36%) High Availability
7 20 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
7 20 (11.36%) Task Automation
8 18 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 16 (9.09%) Project Delivery
9 16 (9.09%) RBAC
10 15 (8.52%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (8.52%) Change Management
10 15 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (7.39%) Service Management
12 13 (7.39%) Unit Testing
13 12 (6.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 74 (42.05%) PowerShell
2 28 (15.91%) SQL
3 17 (9.66%) Python
4 16 (9.09%) C#
4 16 (9.09%) T-SQL
5 14 (7.95%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.84%) Bash
7 4 (2.27%) Bicep
8 3 (1.70%) Java
9 2 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.14%) JCL
9 2 (1.14%) REXX
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (18.75%) Degree
2 31 (17.61%) Security Cleared
3 25 (14.20%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.27%) CCNP
6 4 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.14%) CCNA
8 2 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.14%) CISSP
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.14%) MCITP
8 2 (1.14%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.80%) GDPR
1 19 (10.80%) QA
2 15 (8.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.98%) NIST
5 6 (3.41%) SLA
6 3 (1.70%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.57%) Basel III
8 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.57%) DICOM
8 1 (0.57%) GAAP
8 1 (0.57%) HL7
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 100 (56.82%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.82%) Docker
4 10 (5.68%) vSphere
5 9 (5.11%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (3.41%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (2.84%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.70%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.70%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.70%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.14%) HDFS
11 2 (1.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 1 (0.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.57%) Firmware
12 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (15.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (14.20%) SCCM
3 21 (11.93%) Terraform
4 16 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (8.52%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (7.95%) Ansible
6 14 (7.95%) SCOM
7 8 (4.55%) Kubernetes
8 7 (3.98%) Puppet
9 6 (3.41%) CASB
9 6 (3.41%) SCOrch
10 4 (2.27%) FortiGate
10 4 (2.27%) NetBackup
10 4 (2.27%) vCenter Server
11 3 (1.70%) Control-M
11 3 (1.70%) Kibana
11 3 (1.70%) Packer
11 3 (1.70%) vMotion
12 2 (1.14%) QRadar
12 2 (1.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 90 (51.14%) Microsoft
2 39 (22.16%) VMware
3 21 (11.93%) Citrix
4 20 (11.36%) Oracle
5 16 (9.09%) Dell
6 14 (7.95%) Okta
7 13 (7.39%) Cisco
8 7 (3.98%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.41%) Qualys
9 6 (3.41%) Veeam
10 5 (2.84%) HP
10 5 (2.84%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.27%) Commvault
11 4 (2.27%) CyberArk
11 4 (2.27%) NetApp
11 4 (2.27%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.27%) SnapLogic
12 3 (1.70%) Reuters
12 3 (1.70%) Splunk
12 3 (1.70%) Tenable