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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 152 111
Rank change year-on-year -86 -41 +60
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 163 219 390
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 1.65% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.13% 13.79% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 151 247
10th Percentile £273 £278 £213
25th Percentile £415 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.52%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £726 £700
England median daily rate £500 £505 £440
% change year-on-year -0.99% +14.77% -9.74%
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 £22.50 £53.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year -57.55% -8.62% +70.59%

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 1,465 1,588 2,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.30% 11.98% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,065 1,675
10th Percentile £204 £225 £196
25th Percentile £356 £363 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £644
90th Percentile £717 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 65
10th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.89 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.50 £26.54 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +17.93% -12.49%
75th Percentile £25.15 £56.50 £46.86
90th Percentile £41.85 £107.90 £64.00
England median hourly rate £22.81 £42.75 £23.25
% change year-on-year -46.64% +83.87% -18.42%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -42 20 £540 +2.86% 22
West London -25 4 £500 +25.00% 2
South London -18 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 31 (19.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.07%) IIS
4 4 (2.45%) nginx
4 4 (2.45%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.84%) SAS
6 2 (1.23%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.61%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (53.99%) Azure
2 45 (27.61%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (23.93%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.98%) IaaS
5 12 (7.36%) AWS
6 9 (5.52%) SaaS
7 6 (3.68%) PaaS
8 3 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.84%) OCI
8 3 (1.84%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.23%) MinIO
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.61%) GitHub
10 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (33.13%) DNS
2 40 (24.54%) DHCP
3 39 (23.93%) Firewall
4 20 (12.27%) WAN
5 15 (9.20%) Kerberos
5 15 (9.20%) VPN
6 14 (8.59%) LAN
7 8 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (4.29%) MPLS
9 6 (3.68%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.68%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.45%) IPv4
10 4 (2.45%) SMTP
11 3 (1.84%) BGP
11 3 (1.84%) HTTP
11 3 (1.84%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.84%) Network Security
11 3 (1.84%) Wireless
12 2 (1.23%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.23%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.34%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.91%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.23%) GIS
4 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Power BI
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.61%) Redis
5 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.45%) JIRA
3 3 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.23%) GitLab
5 1 (0.61%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (24.54%) Finance
2 33 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.82%) Banking
4 12 (7.36%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Legal
6 6 (3.68%) Spanish Language
7 4 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.84%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Front Office
9 2 (1.23%) Local Government
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.61%) Back Office
10 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.61%) International Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (12.27%) Developer
3 16 (9.82%) C# Developer
4 12 (7.36%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (6.75%) Senior
6 10 (6.13%) Windows Engineer
7 9 (5.52%) Analyst
7 9 (5.52%) Lead
7 9 (5.52%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Server Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Support Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Architect
9 7 (4.29%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Wintel Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Desktop Support
10 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.66%) .NET
2 16 (9.82%) .NET Framework
2 16 (9.82%) LDAP
2 16 (9.82%) OAuth
3 14 (8.59%) SAML
4 6 (3.68%) Middleware
5 5 (3.07%) REST
6 3 (1.84%) React
6 3 (1.84%) WinForms
7 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.23%) EJB
7 2 (1.23%) ISPF
7 2 (1.23%) Java EE
7 2 (1.23%) OpenLayers
7 2 (1.23%) SOAP
7 2 (1.23%) Spring
7 2 (1.23%) WCF
7 2 (1.23%) Web Services
7 2 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 22 (13.50%) Replication
3 13 (7.98%) PKI
4 9 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.68%) Clustering
6 5 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.07%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.45%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.84%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.84%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.84%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.23%) EPoS
9 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.23%) NHS
9 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 161 (98.77%) Windows
2 38 (23.31%) Linux
3 13 (7.98%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (7.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.07%) Android
6 5 (3.07%) Solaris
6 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.45%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.45%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.84%) Unix
9 2 (1.23%) AIX
9 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.23%) VMS
9 2 (1.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.93%) Disaster Recovery
2 32 (19.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (19.02%) Migration
4 26 (15.95%) ITIL
5 20 (12.27%) Task Automation
6 18 (11.04%) Identity Access Management
7 17 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (10.43%) High Availability
7 17 (10.43%) Project Delivery
8 16 (9.82%) Agile
8 16 (9.82%) RBAC
9 15 (9.20%) Change Management
10 14 (8.59%) Incident Management
10 14 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (7.98%) Unit Testing
12 12 (7.36%) Data Analysis
13 11 (6.75%) DevOps
13 11 (6.75%) Information Security
14 10 (6.13%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 63 (38.65%) PowerShell
2 29 (17.79%) SQL
3 20 (12.27%) PL/SQL
4 18 (11.04%) C#
4 18 (11.04%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.68%) Python
6 4 (2.45%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.84%) Bash
7 3 (1.84%) Java
8 2 (1.23%) JCL
8 2 (1.23%) REXX
9 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 31 (19.02%) Degree
3 26 (15.95%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.52%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.29%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.45%) CCNP
6 4 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CCNA
7 2 (1.23%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.23%) CISSP
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) CCDP
8 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.61%) MCSE
8 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.61%) PMP
8 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.88%) QA
2 19 (11.66%) GDPR
3 15 (9.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.68%) NIST
6 4 (2.45%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.23%) NCSC
7 2 (1.23%) SLA
8 1 (0.61%) Basel III
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.61%) DICOM
8 1 (0.61%) GAAP
8 1 (0.61%) HL7
8 1 (0.61%) IFRS
8 1 (0.61%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.61%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 96 (58.90%) Active Directory
2 32 (19.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.98%) Docker
4 10 (6.13%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (6.13%) vSphere
5 7 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (3.68%) Hyper-V
7 5 (3.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.45%) BitLocker
8 4 (2.45%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.84%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 2 (1.23%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (1.23%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.61%) Firmware
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (19.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (15.95%) SCCM
3 19 (11.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (8.59%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (7.36%) Ansible
6 11 (6.75%) SCOM
7 9 (5.52%) Kubernetes
7 9 (5.52%) Terraform
8 6 (3.68%) CASB
8 6 (3.68%) SCOrch
9 5 (3.07%) FortiGate
9 5 (3.07%) Puppet
9 5 (3.07%) vCenter Server
10 4 (2.45%) vMotion
11 3 (1.84%) Control-M
12 2 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (1.23%) QRadar
12 2 (1.23%) VxRail
13 1 (0.61%) Grafana
13 1 (0.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (50.31%) Microsoft
2 42 (25.77%) VMware
3 26 (15.95%) Citrix
4 24 (14.72%) Oracle
5 14 (8.59%) Dell
5 14 (8.59%) Okta
6 9 (5.52%) Cisco
6 9 (5.52%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.68%) Qualys
8 6 (3.68%) Veeam
9 5 (3.07%) IBM
9 5 (3.07%) NetApp
10 4 (2.45%) Splunk
11 3 (1.84%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.84%) HP
11 3 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.84%) Reuters
12 2 (1.23%) SAP
12 2 (1.23%) Veritas