Windows Server Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 157 116
Rank change year-on-year -36 -41 +65
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 174 293 569
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.31% 1.66% 2.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.01% 13.83% 14.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 200 443
10th Percentile £363 £258 £263
25th Percentile £425 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £678 £536 £644
90th Percentile £750 £658 £775
England median daily rate £540 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - - £22.08
25th Percentile - £16.00 £22.69
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.93 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.35% -16.29% -23.08%
75th Percentile - £33.34 £32.86
90th Percentile - £47.83 £57.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.50 £29.65
% change year-on-year -22.08% +29.85% +30.33%

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 1,581 2,118 3,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.90% 12.02% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,074 1,480 2,787
10th Percentile £247 £212 £213
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £629 £600 £666
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 68 60
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.19 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £22.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -56.00% +109.12%
75th Percentile £25.25 £27.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £49.60 £60.00 £83.88
England median hourly rate £20.38 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.50% -41.18% +93.18%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in London

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 5 July 2025. 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 +11 44 £550 +4.76% 67
West London +15 8 £500 +177.78% 16
South London -1 3 £450 +40.63% 3
North London -4 1 £550 +120.00% 4
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.02%) IIS
4 4 (2.30%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.30%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.72%) Apache
5 3 (1.72%) Confluence
5 3 (1.72%) JBoss
6 2 (1.15%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.57%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.57%) nginx
7 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) InfoPath
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 92 (52.87%) Azure
2 52 (29.89%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (25.29%) Entra ID
4 33 (18.97%) AWS
5 16 (9.20%) IaaS
6 13 (7.47%) SaaS
7 12 (6.90%) GCP
7 12 (6.90%) GitHub
8 9 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (5.17%) Power Automate
8 9 (5.17%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.60%) PaaS
10 6 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (3.45%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.45%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.30%) Serverless
11 4 (2.30%) ShareGate
12 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.41%) Firewall
2 35 (20.11%) DNS
3 21 (12.07%) DHCP
4 20 (11.49%) VPN
5 11 (6.32%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (4.02%) MPLS
7 7 (4.02%) WAN
8 6 (3.45%) SAN
9 5 (2.87%) LAN
9 5 (2.87%) Network Security
10 4 (2.30%) Kerberos
10 4 (2.30%) NAS
10 4 (2.30%) SMTP
10 4 (2.30%) VLAN
11 3 (1.72%) Internet
11 3 (1.72%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (1.15%) SSL
13 1 (0.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (18.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.87%) Power BI
5 5 (2.87%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.30%) Big Data
7 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.72%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.72%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.15%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.57%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.57%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (7.47%) Git
2 12 (6.90%) JIRA
3 10 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.45%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.87%) Bitbucket
6 4 (2.30%) GitLab
7 3 (1.72%) JUnit
7 3 (1.72%) Selenium
7 3 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.15%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.57%) NUnit
9 1 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 47 (27.01%) Finance
1 47 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.64%) Banking
3 16 (9.20%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.45%) Local Government
7 5 (2.87%) Legal
7 5 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Front Office
8 4 (2.30%) Law
8 4 (2.30%) Spanish Language
9 3 (1.72%) International Banking
9 3 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.72%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (23.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (15.52%) Senior
3 21 (12.07%) Architect
4 16 (9.20%) Analyst
4 16 (9.20%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.47%) Windows Engineer
6 11 (6.32%) Applications Support
7 10 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (5.75%) Senior Architect
7 10 (5.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.75%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (5.17%) IT Engineer
8 9 (5.17%) Security Architect
9 8 (4.60%) Developer
10 7 (4.02%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Senior Security Architect
11 6 (3.45%) IT Support
11 6 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.90%) .NET
2 7 (4.02%) REST
3 6 (3.45%) HTML
3 6 (3.45%) LDAP
4 5 (2.87%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.87%) CSS
5 3 (1.72%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.72%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.72%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.72%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (1.72%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.72%) jQuery
5 3 (1.72%) JSP
5 3 (1.72%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.72%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.72%) Struts
5 3 (1.72%) Swagger
6 2 (1.15%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.05%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.47%) PKI
3 8 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.87%) Clustering
5 5 (2.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.87%) Grid Computing
5 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.30%) Equities
6 4 (2.30%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.15%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 172 (98.85%) Windows
2 38 (21.84%) Linux
3 16 (9.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (8.05%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (6.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (4.02%) CentOS
6 7 (4.02%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.87%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.30%) Android
8 4 (2.30%) Unix
9 3 (1.72%) Solaris
9 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.15%) AIX
10 2 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.57%) VMS
11 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (20.11%) Migration
3 26 (14.94%) DevOps
4 24 (13.79%) ITIL
4 24 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (10.92%) Agile
7 17 (9.77%) Data Loss Prevention
8 16 (9.20%) Cloud Security
8 16 (9.20%) High Availability
8 16 (9.20%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (8.62%) Security Architecture
10 14 (8.05%) Identity Access Management
10 14 (8.05%) SIEM
11 13 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (7.47%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (6.90%) User Experience
13 11 (6.32%) Identity Management
13 11 (6.32%) Project Delivery
13 11 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (40.80%) PowerShell
2 30 (17.24%) SQL
3 26 (14.94%) Python
4 21 (12.07%) C#
5 11 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.75%) Java
7 9 (5.17%) Bash
8 5 (2.87%) C++
9 3 (1.72%) Bicep
9 3 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.15%) C
10 2 (1.15%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.15%) LotusScript
10 2 (1.15%) VB
10 2 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 24 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.62%) Degree
4 6 (3.45%) CISSP
4 6 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.87%) CISM
5 5 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.72%) CCNA
7 3 (1.72%) CISA
7 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.72%) CRISC
7 3 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.72%) PMP
8 2 (1.15%) VCAP
8 2 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.60%) GDPR
2 6 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.87%) NIST
3 5 (2.87%) QA
4 4 (2.30%) NCSC
5 3 (1.72%) SLA
5 3 (1.72%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.57%) HL7
7 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 93 (53.45%) Active Directory
2 36 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.62%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (8.05%) Hyper-V
5 12 (6.90%) Docker
6 11 (6.32%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (4.02%) vSphere
8 6 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (2.30%) Platform Symphony
10 3 (1.72%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.72%) vCloud
10 3 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.15%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.57%) XenApp
12 1 (0.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (12.64%) Terraform
3 16 (9.20%) SCCM
4 15 (8.62%) Ansible
4 15 (8.62%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.60%) Kibana
6 6 (3.45%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (3.45%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.87%) Grafana
8 4 (2.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.72%) CASB
9 3 (1.72%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.72%) SCOrch
9 3 (1.72%) WSUS
10 2 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.15%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.15%) Nagios
10 2 (1.15%) Puppet
10 2 (1.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 82 (47.13%) Microsoft
2 51 (29.31%) VMware
3 17 (9.77%) Cisco
3 17 (9.77%) Citrix
4 12 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.60%) Zscaler
6 6 (3.45%) CyberArk
6 6 (3.45%) IBM
6 6 (3.45%) Oracle
6 6 (3.45%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.87%) Reuters
7 5 (2.87%) SolarWinds
7 5 (2.87%) TIBCO
8 4 (2.30%) Dell
8 4 (2.30%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.30%) Google
8 4 (2.30%) HP
8 4 (2.30%) NetApp
8 4 (2.30%) Remedy
9 3 (1.72%) EMC