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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 221 163
Rank change year-on-year -17 -58 -47
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 208 153 269
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.04% 1.13% 1.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.44% 9.78% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 109 187
10th Percentile £263 £363 £255
25th Percentile £358 £406 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £550
90th Percentile £668 £750 £647
England median daily rate £480 £534 £500
% change year-on-year -10.03% +6.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £23.30
25th Percentile £19.25 - £34.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -45.45% +120.00%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £78.75
90th Percentile - - £91.50
England median hourly rate £29.48 £30.00 £59.80
% change year-on-year -1.73% -49.83% +72.58%

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 1,548 1,564 1,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.73% 11.50% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,068 1,396
10th Percentile £205 £241 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.47%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £735
England median daily rate £467 £460 £478
% change year-on-year +1.56% -3.66% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 52
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +10.23% -53.68%
75th Percentile £25.25 £25.23 £31.72
90th Percentile £55.05 £58.98 £61.29
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.30% -16.36% -35.29%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -11 36 £550 +2.33% 13
West London -18 8 £500 - 4
South London -18 3 £425 -5.56% 5
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 3
North London -1 1 £225 -59.09% 3
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 28 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.85%) nginx
3 8 (3.85%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.40%) IIS
5 3 (1.44%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.48%) Apache
7 1 (0.48%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.96%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 105 (50.48%) Azure
2 48 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 36 (17.31%) AWS
3 36 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.69%) IaaS
5 13 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (5.77%) GitHub
7 11 (5.29%) GCP
8 10 (4.81%) PaaS
9 7 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.37%) OneDrive
10 6 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.40%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Stack
11 5 (2.40%) Datadog
11 5 (2.40%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (35.10%) DNS
2 54 (25.96%) DHCP
3 44 (21.15%) Firewall
4 25 (12.02%) VPN
5 21 (10.10%) TCP/IP
6 17 (8.17%) WAN
7 16 (7.69%) LAN
8 8 (3.85%) SMTP
9 7 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.88%) Network Security
11 5 (2.40%) VoIP
12 4 (1.92%) DMZ
12 4 (1.92%) HTTP
12 4 (1.92%) SAN
13 3 (1.44%) Internet
13 3 (1.44%) MPLS
13 3 (1.44%) VLAN
13 3 (1.44%) VSAN
13 3 (1.44%) Wireless
14 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (27.40%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.25%) Oracle Database
3 12 (5.77%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.40%) Big Data
6 4 (1.92%) GIS
7 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Power BI
7 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.48%) MySQL
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.37%) Git
2 6 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.96%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.96%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.96%) GitLab
4 2 (0.96%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.96%) JIRA
4 2 (0.96%) MSI
5 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.48%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.48%) Subversion
5 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.48%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 66 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.15%) Finance
3 24 (11.54%) Banking
4 22 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.40%) Legal
8 5 (2.40%) Local Government
9 4 (1.92%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.92%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Front Office
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Games
11 1 (0.48%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 59 (28.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (8.65%) Senior
2 18 (8.65%) Support Engineer
3 13 (6.25%) Developer
4 12 (5.77%) C# Developer
4 12 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (4.81%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (4.33%) Architect
6 9 (4.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 9 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
6 9 (4.33%) Server Engineer
7 8 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (3.85%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.37%) Analyst
8 7 (3.37%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (3.37%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.37%) IT Support
8 7 (3.37%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.13%) .NET
2 14 (6.73%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.92%) ADO
4 4 (1.92%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.92%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.92%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.92%) EJB
4 4 (1.92%) JSON
5 3 (1.44%) Jakarta EE
5 3 (1.44%) LDAP
5 3 (1.44%) Middleware
5 3 (1.44%) OpenLayers
5 3 (1.44%) Spring
6 2 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.96%) Blazor
6 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.96%) REST
7 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.65%) PKI
2 17 (8.17%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.21%) Onboarding
4 13 (6.25%) Clustering
5 11 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.33%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.85%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.88%) CMDB
8 6 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.88%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.88%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.88%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.40%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.44%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 208 (100.00%) Windows
2 70 (33.65%) Linux
3 24 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (9.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (9.13%) Windows 10
6 15 (7.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (6.25%) Ubuntu
8 9 (4.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (3.85%) Solaris
10 6 (2.88%) VMS
11 5 (2.40%) Unix
11 5 (2.40%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.92%) Alpine Linux
12 4 (1.92%) Mac OS
13 3 (1.44%) Android
13 3 (1.44%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.96%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.48%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (36.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (16.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 34 (16.35%) ITIL
5 33 (15.87%) Migration
6 32 (15.38%) DevOps
7 28 (13.46%) Change Management
8 27 (12.98%) CI/CD
9 26 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (12.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (11.06%) Incident Management
12 22 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (10.10%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 19 (9.13%) Runbook
15 18 (8.65%) High Availability
15 18 (8.65%) Identity Access Management
16 17 (8.17%) Project Delivery
17 16 (7.69%) AI
17 16 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 76 (36.54%) PowerShell
2 37 (17.79%) SQL
3 22 (10.58%) PL/SQL
4 20 (9.62%) Bash
5 19 (9.13%) C#
6 17 (8.17%) Python
7 15 (7.21%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.85%) Bicep
8 8 (3.85%) Java
9 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.44%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.96%) Korn
11 1 (0.48%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (29.33%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.06%) Degree
4 20 (9.62%) DV Cleared
5 15 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.88%) CISSP
8 5 (2.40%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.40%) CISM
9 4 (1.92%) CCNA
9 4 (1.92%) CCNP
9 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.92%) MCITP
9 4 (1.92%) MCTS
10 2 (0.96%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.96%) ISSAP
10 2 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.48%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.69%) QA
1 16 (7.69%) SLA
2 9 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.85%) NIST
4 5 (2.40%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
5 2 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
System Software
1 118 (56.73%) Active Directory
2 55 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (12.98%) VMware ESXi
4 24 (11.54%) Hyper-V
5 23 (11.06%) Docker
6 18 (8.65%) vSphere
7 11 (5.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (4.81%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.85%) BitLocker
11 7 (3.37%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (2.40%) VMware NSX
13 4 (1.92%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.92%) Terminal Services
14 3 (1.44%) Firmware
14 3 (1.44%) UAG
14 3 (1.44%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.48%) KVM
15 1 (0.48%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 32 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (12.50%) Ansible
2 26 (12.50%) Terraform
3 23 (11.06%) Kubernetes
4 19 (9.13%) SCCM
4 19 (9.13%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.85%) Grafana
5 8 (3.85%) vMotion
6 7 (3.37%) Puppet
7 6 (2.88%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.92%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.92%) Nagios
8 4 (1.92%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.92%) SCOM
9 3 (1.44%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.96%) Nessus
10 2 (0.96%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.96%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.48%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (54.81%) Microsoft
2 84 (40.38%) VMware
3 33 (15.87%) Oracle
4 30 (14.42%) Citrix
5 24 (11.54%) Cisco
6 17 (8.17%) Red Hat
7 16 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.25%) Splunk
9 12 (5.77%) Google
10 10 (4.81%) CyberArk
10 10 (4.81%) Qualys
10 10 (4.81%) Zscaler
11 9 (4.33%) NetApp
11 9 (4.33%) Tenable
12 8 (3.85%) HP
12 8 (3.85%) IBM
13 7 (3.37%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (3.37%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (3.37%) WALLIX
14 6 (2.88%) Okta