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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 193 142
Rank change year-on-year -38 -51 -25
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 193 167 312
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.01% 1.32% 1.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.03% 10.93% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 118 213
10th Percentile £261 £363 £254
25th Percentile £379 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +16.67% -13.88%
75th Percentile £613 £684 £560
90th Percentile £668 £750 £675
England median daily rate £480 £550 £497
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.78% -0.70%
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 £24.05 £38.50
% change year-on-year +8.11% -37.53% +31.40%

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 1,481 1,528 2,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.75% 12.03% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 1,054 1,476
10th Percentile £206 £235 £210
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £629 £614
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £459 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.76% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 34 69
10th Percentile £21.03 £18.87 £15.30
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.31 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.00 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -54.87%
75th Percentile £57.00 £25.15 £27.00
90th Percentile £75.65 £44.85 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £19.27 £24.18
% change year-on-year +68.66% -20.31% -44.73%

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 26 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 26 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 -33 27 £575 +4.55% 9
West London -21 8 £500 +25.00% 4
South London -4 5 £165 -63.33% 5
North London +1 1 £225 -59.09% 2
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 25 (12.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.15%) nginx
3 8 (4.15%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.55%) IIS
4 3 (1.55%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 106 (54.92%) Azure
2 48 (24.87%) Entra ID
3 35 (18.13%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (17.62%) AWS
5 18 (9.33%) IaaS
6 12 (6.22%) PaaS
7 9 (4.66%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.66%) GCP
8 7 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.63%) GitHub
9 6 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (2.59%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.59%) SaaS
11 4 (2.07%) Azure AKS
11 4 (2.07%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.55%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (1.55%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 70 (36.27%) DNS
2 59 (30.57%) DHCP
3 37 (19.17%) Firewall
4 23 (11.92%) VPN
5 21 (10.88%) WAN
6 16 (8.29%) LAN
7 14 (7.25%) Kerberos
8 12 (6.22%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.66%) SMTP
10 6 (3.11%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.11%) VoIP
11 4 (2.07%) DMZ
11 4 (2.07%) HTTP
12 3 (1.55%) Internet
12 3 (1.55%) MPLS
12 3 (1.55%) SAN
12 3 (1.55%) VSAN
12 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.55%) Wireless
13 2 (1.04%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (23.83%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.74%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.18%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.59%) Big Data
6 4 (2.07%) GIS
7 3 (1.55%) Power BI
8 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.63%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.07%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) Git
4 2 (1.04%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.04%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.04%) MSI
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 48 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.17%) Finance
3 20 (10.36%) Banking
4 17 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.22%) Legal
6 11 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.59%) Local Government
9 4 (2.07%) Law
10 2 (1.04%) Front Office
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.52%) International Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (25.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (8.81%) Developer
3 16 (8.29%) C# Developer
3 16 (8.29%) Support Engineer
4 13 (6.74%) Senior
5 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (4.66%) Architect
5 9 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (4.66%) Infrastructure Support
5 9 (4.66%) Lead
5 9 (4.66%) Server Engineer
6 8 (4.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 8 (4.15%) IT Support
7 7 (3.63%) Analyst
8 6 (3.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (2.59%) NetApp Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.84%) .NET
2 18 (9.33%) LDAP
3 17 (8.81%) .NET Framework
4 15 (7.77%) OAuth
5 14 (7.25%) SAML
6 6 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.07%) ADO
7 4 (2.07%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (2.07%) EJB
7 4 (2.07%) JSON
8 3 (1.55%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.55%) Java EE
8 3 (1.55%) Middleware
8 3 (1.55%) OpenLayers
8 3 (1.55%) Spring
9 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
9 2 (1.04%) Blazor
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (1.04%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.33%) PKI
2 15 (7.77%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.74%) Clustering
3 13 (6.74%) Replication
4 9 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.11%) CMDB
5 6 (3.11%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.11%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.59%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.59%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.55%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 193 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (28.50%) Linux
3 23 (11.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (9.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (8.81%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (5.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (4.66%) Ubuntu
9 8 (4.15%) Solaris
9 8 (4.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (3.11%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (2.59%) Unix
12 4 (2.07%) Alpine Linux
12 4 (2.07%) VMS
13 3 (1.55%) Android
13 3 (1.55%) Mac OS
14 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.52%) AIX
15 1 (0.52%) CentOS
15 1 (0.52%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (25.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 29 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (14.51%) High Availability
5 27 (13.99%) Migration
6 25 (12.95%) DevOps
7 24 (12.44%) Change Management
8 23 (11.92%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (10.88%) CI/CD
9 21 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (10.88%) ITIL
9 21 (10.88%) Task Automation
10 20 (10.36%) RBAC
11 19 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (8.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 15 (7.77%) Data Analysis
14 15 (7.77%) Incident Management
14 15 (7.77%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 75 (38.86%) PowerShell
2 34 (17.62%) SQL
3 22 (11.40%) PL/SQL
4 20 (10.36%) C#
5 15 (7.77%) T-SQL
6 14 (7.25%) Python
7 8 (4.15%) Bash
8 6 (3.11%) Bicep
8 6 (3.11%) Java
9 5 (2.59%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.52%) Korn
11 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 58 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 37 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.99%) Degree
4 17 (8.81%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.63%) CISSP
7 6 (3.11%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.59%) CCNP
8 5 (2.59%) CISM
9 4 (2.07%) CCNA
9 4 (2.07%) MCITP
9 4 (2.07%) MCTS
10 2 (1.04%) ISSAP
10 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.04%) MCSE
11 1 (0.52%) CISA
11 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.36%) QA
2 15 (7.77%) GDPR
3 14 (7.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (4.15%) NIST
6 6 (3.11%) SLA
7 5 (2.59%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.52%) Basel III
9 1 (0.52%) GAAP
9 1 (0.52%) IFRS
9 1 (0.52%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.52%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.52%) NCSC
9 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (60.10%) Active Directory
2 52 (26.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.40%) Docker
4 21 (10.88%) Hyper-V
5 20 (10.36%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.22%) vSphere
7 11 (5.70%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (4.66%) BitLocker
9 8 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (2.59%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (2.07%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (2.07%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.55%) Firmware
13 3 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.52%) KVM
14 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.52%) NFS
14 1 (0.52%) QEMU
14 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (13.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.88%) Ansible
2 21 (10.88%) Kubernetes
3 18 (9.33%) Terraform
4 17 (8.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (8.81%) SCCM
5 14 (7.25%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (6.74%) vCenter Server
7 9 (4.66%) vMotion
8 8 (4.15%) Puppet
9 6 (3.11%) Grafana
9 6 (3.11%) Prometheus
10 5 (2.59%) FortiGate
11 4 (2.07%) Nagios
11 4 (2.07%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (2.07%) SCOM
12 2 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (1.04%) Nessus
12 2 (1.04%) Thomson Reuters DACS
13 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (52.33%) Microsoft
2 63 (32.64%) VMware
3 33 (17.10%) Citrix
4 29 (15.03%) Oracle
5 20 (10.36%) Cisco
6 19 (9.84%) Okta
7 15 (7.77%) ServiceNow
8 14 (7.25%) Red Hat
9 11 (5.70%) Splunk
10 10 (5.18%) Dell
10 10 (5.18%) Google
10 10 (5.18%) Qualys
11 9 (4.66%) IBM
11 9 (4.66%) Tenable
12 6 (3.11%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (3.11%) NetApp
12 6 (3.11%) Rapid7
12 6 (3.11%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.59%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.59%) Palo Alto