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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 163 117
Rank change year-on-year -72 -46 +37
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 172 213 379
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 1.68% 2.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.98% 13.90% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 152 241
10th Percentile £276 £281 £245
25th Percentile £415 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +15.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £603 £588
90th Percentile £644 £736 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile - - £18.11
Median hourly rate £21.46 - £28.68
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £35.88 £38.50
% change year-on-year -37.28% -6.82% +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 1,436 1,532 2,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.54% 12.05% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,081 1,585
10th Percentile £204 £250 £196
25th Percentile £358 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £702 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 71
10th Percentile £20.18 £17.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +12.09% -14.43%
75th Percentile £26.54 £34.25 £33.75
90th Percentile £48.25 £59.20 £60.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -16.07% +27.27% -23.34%

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 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 30 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 -41 20 £550 +4.66% 20
South London -15 5 £165 -49.23%
West London -22 4 £500 +25.00% 5
North London -1 1 £225 -16.67% 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 29 (16.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.91%) IIS
3 5 (2.91%) nginx
3 5 (2.91%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.74%) SAS
4 3 (1.74%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.58%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.58%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 92 (53.49%) Azure
2 44 (25.58%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (23.26%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.72%) IaaS
5 12 (6.98%) AWS
6 9 (5.23%) PaaS
6 9 (5.23%) SaaS
7 6 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.74%) GitHub
9 3 (1.74%) OCI
9 3 (1.74%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.16%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.16%) GCP
10 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.16%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.16%) MinIO
10 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (34.88%) DNS
2 46 (26.74%) DHCP
3 42 (24.42%) Firewall
4 20 (11.63%) VPN
5 19 (11.05%) WAN
6 16 (9.30%) LAN
7 15 (8.72%) Kerberos
8 8 (4.65%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.07%) MPLS
9 7 (4.07%) SMTP
10 6 (3.49%) SD-WAN
11 5 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.91%) Wireless
12 4 (2.33%) HTTP
12 4 (2.33%) IPv4
12 4 (2.33%) VoIP
13 3 (1.74%) BGP
13 3 (1.74%) Network Security
14 2 (1.16%) NetScaler
14 2 (1.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.81%) Oracle Database
3 9 (5.23%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.16%) Big Data
5 2 (1.16%) GIS
5 2 (1.16%) Power BI
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.58%) MySQL
6 1 (0.58%) Redis
6 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.40%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (0.58%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.58%) GitLab
3 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (25.00%) Finance
2 40 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.72%) Banking
5 11 (6.40%) Legal
6 10 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.33%) Front Office
8 4 (2.33%) Local Government
9 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.74%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) International Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.58%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (15.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.21%) Developer
3 18 (10.47%) C# Developer
4 12 (6.98%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (6.40%) Analyst
5 11 (6.40%) Senior
6 10 (5.81%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.23%) Server Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Desktop Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Integration Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Lead
8 8 (4.65%) Windows Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Desktop Support
9 7 (4.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.49%) .NET Developer
10 6 (3.49%) DBA
10 6 (3.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.21%) .NET
2 18 (10.47%) .NET Framework
3 17 (9.88%) LDAP
4 16 (9.30%) OAuth
5 14 (8.14%) SAML
6 6 (3.49%) Middleware
7 5 (2.91%) REST
8 3 (1.74%) React
8 3 (1.74%) WinForms
9 2 (1.16%) ADO
9 2 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.16%) EJB
9 2 (1.16%) ISPF
9 2 (1.16%) Java EE
9 2 (1.16%) OpenLayers
9 2 (1.16%) SOAP
9 2 (1.16%) Spring
9 2 (1.16%) WCF
9 2 (1.16%) Web Services
9 2 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.95%) Data Centre
2 22 (12.79%) Replication
3 15 (8.72%) PKI
4 11 (6.40%) Clustering
5 10 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.07%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.33%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.74%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.74%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.16%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 170 (98.84%) Windows
2 39 (22.67%) Linux
3 14 (8.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (7.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (6.98%) Windows 10
6 11 (6.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (3.49%) Solaris
7 6 (3.49%) Ubuntu
7 6 (3.49%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (3.49%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (2.91%) Android
8 5 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.74%) VMS
10 2 (1.16%) AIX
10 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.16%) Unix
10 2 (1.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.74%) Disaster Recovery
2 33 (19.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (17.44%) Migration
4 27 (15.70%) ITIL
5 22 (12.79%) High Availability
6 21 (12.21%) Task Automation
7 18 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (10.47%) Change Management
7 18 (10.47%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (9.88%) Project Delivery
9 16 (9.30%) Agile
9 16 (9.30%) RBAC
10 15 (8.72%) Incident Management
10 15 (8.72%) Unit Testing
11 14 (8.14%) Data Analysis
12 13 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.56%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (6.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 72 (41.86%) PowerShell
2 38 (22.09%) SQL
3 23 (13.37%) PL/SQL
4 21 (12.21%) C#
5 20 (11.63%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.49%) Python
7 4 (2.33%) Java
7 4 (2.33%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.74%) Bash
9 2 (1.16%) JCL
9 2 (1.16%) REXX
9 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.77%) Degree
3 32 (18.60%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.07%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.91%) CCNP
7 5 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.33%) MCITP
8 4 (2.33%) MCTS
9 3 (1.74%) CCNA
9 3 (1.74%) CISSP
10 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.58%) MCSA
11 1 (0.58%) MCSE
11 1 (0.58%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.79%) QA
2 20 (11.63%) GDPR
3 15 (8.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (4.07%) NIST
6 4 (2.33%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.16%) NCSC
7 2 (1.16%) SLA
8 1 (0.58%) Basel III
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.58%) DICOM
8 1 (0.58%) GAAP
8 1 (0.58%) HL7
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 104 (60.47%) Active Directory
2 35 (20.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.72%) Docker
3 15 (8.72%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (6.40%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.65%) vSphere
6 7 (4.07%) BitLocker
6 7 (4.07%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.74%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.74%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.16%) Firmware
9 2 (1.16%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (1.16%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.58%) NFS
10 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (13.37%) SCCM
3 19 (11.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (8.72%) Ansible
4 15 (8.72%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (6.40%) Kubernetes
6 10 (5.81%) Terraform
7 9 (5.23%) SCOM
8 8 (4.65%) vCenter Server
9 7 (4.07%) Puppet
9 7 (4.07%) vMotion
10 6 (3.49%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.74%) CASB
11 3 (1.74%) Control-M
11 3 (1.74%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (1.74%) SCOrch
12 2 (1.16%) Grafana
12 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
12 2 (1.16%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 2 (1.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 89 (51.74%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.00%) VMware
3 29 (16.86%) Citrix
4 28 (16.28%) Oracle
5 14 (8.14%) Dell
5 14 (8.14%) Okta
6 11 (6.40%) Cisco
7 10 (5.81%) Red Hat
7 10 (5.81%) ServiceNow
8 7 (4.07%) NetApp
9 6 (3.49%) IBM
9 6 (3.49%) Qualys
9 6 (3.49%) Veeam
10 4 (2.33%) HP
10 4 (2.33%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.33%) Reuters
10 4 (2.33%) Splunk
11 3 (1.74%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.74%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.74%) Meraki