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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 121 136
Rank change year-on-year -53 +15 +36
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 192 344 521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.53% 1.93% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.78% 16.25% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 221 390
10th Percentile £320 £263 £231
25th Percentile £413 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £640 £594 £600
90th Percentile £743 £688 £700
England median daily rate £540 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +15.51% -6.50% +17.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 15
10th Percentile - - £22.63
25th Percentile - £16.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate - £24.86 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -0.58% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £34.00
90th Percentile - £48.00 £50.50
England median hourly rate £18.75 £38.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -51.30% +28.33% +33.33%

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 1,502 2,117 3,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.97% 11.87% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 1,510 2,826
10th Percentile £250 £200 £213
25th Percentile £375 £325 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £641 £629 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £764
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 69 61
10th Percentile £17.72 £15.30 £18.93
25th Percentile £21.89 £18.93 £22.63
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -41.08% +52.41%
75th Percentile £32.75 £33.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £53.80 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +10 48 £550 -4.35% 36
West London +14 9 £400 - 15
South London +6 4 £325 +71.05% 9
North London -3 3 £285 +14.00% 2
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 29 (15.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (8.85%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.17%) IIS
3 8 (4.17%) Tomcat
4 7 (3.65%) JBoss
5 4 (2.08%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (1.56%) Apache
6 3 (1.56%) Confluence
7 1 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.52%) CMS
7 1 (0.52%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) InfoPath
3 2 (1.04%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 108 (56.25%) Azure
2 60 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 38 (19.79%) AWS
5 25 (13.02%) IaaS
6 13 (6.77%) SaaS
7 12 (6.25%) GCP
8 11 (5.73%) GitHub
9 10 (5.21%) Azure Stack
9 10 (5.21%) PaaS
10 9 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.69%) Nutanix
10 9 (4.69%) OneDrive
11 8 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (2.60%) Power Automate
13 4 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (2.08%) Power Platform
13 4 (2.08%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.08%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (21.88%) DNS
1 42 (21.88%) Firewall
2 22 (11.46%) DHCP
3 17 (8.85%) VPN
4 13 (6.77%) MPLS
5 12 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (4.17%) Network Security
8 7 (3.65%) NAS
9 6 (3.13%) Kerberos
10 5 (2.60%) SAN
11 4 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (2.08%) SMTP
11 4 (2.08%) WAN
12 3 (1.56%) LAN
12 3 (1.56%) VLAN
13 2 (1.04%) Internet
13 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (19.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.60%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.08%) Big Data
7 3 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.56%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.56%) Sybase ASE
8 2 (1.04%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.52%) IDOL
9 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Git
1 11 (5.73%) JIRA
2 10 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.13%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.56%) GitLab
4 3 (1.56%) JUnit
4 3 (1.56%) Selenium
4 3 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.04%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.52%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.52%) NUnit
6 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.52%) Serena SBM
6 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 61 (31.77%) Finance
2 55 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.02%) Banking
4 17 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.13%) Law
6 6 (3.13%) Legal
7 5 (2.60%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.60%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Electronics
9 3 (1.56%) International Banking
9 3 (1.56%) Marketing
9 3 (1.56%) Police
9 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.04%) Local Government
10 2 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (22.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (17.71%) Senior
3 27 (14.06%) Architect
4 20 (10.42%) Analyst
5 16 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.29%) Windows Engineer
7 12 (6.25%) Applications Support
7 12 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Support Analyst
9 10 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (5.21%) Senior Architect
10 9 (4.69%) Infrastructure Architect
10 9 (4.69%) Integration Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Azure Architect
11 7 (3.65%) Lead
12 6 (3.13%) Applications Support Analyst
12 6 (3.13%) Network Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.60%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.77%) .NET
2 7 (3.65%) LDAP
2 7 (3.65%) REST
3 5 (2.60%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.60%) Web Services
4 4 (2.08%) HTML
5 3 (1.56%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.56%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (1.56%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.56%) CSS
5 3 (1.56%) JSP
5 3 (1.56%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.56%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.56%) Struts
5 3 (1.56%) Swagger
6 2 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.81%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.77%) PKI
3 7 (3.65%) Clustering
3 7 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.13%) Private Cloud
4 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.60%) Equities
5 5 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.60%) Grid Computing
5 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.08%) Replication
7 3 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 191 (99.48%) Windows
2 39 (20.31%) Linux
3 21 (10.94%) Windows 10
4 16 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (7.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.60%) Solaris
7 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.08%) CentOS
9 3 (1.56%) Android
9 3 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.04%) AIX
10 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.04%) Unix
10 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.52%) Debian
11 1 (0.52%) Fedora
11 1 (0.52%) SUSE
11 1 (0.52%) VMS
11 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (20.31%) Migration
3 27 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (11.98%) DevOps
5 22 (11.46%) ITIL
6 21 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (10.42%) Data Loss Prevention
8 18 (9.38%) Agile
9 17 (8.85%) Project Delivery
9 17 (8.85%) Time Management
10 15 (7.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (7.29%) Cloud Security
11 14 (7.29%) Configuration Management
11 14 (7.29%) High Availability
12 13 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
14 11 (5.73%) Security Architecture
14 11 (5.73%) SIEM
14 11 (5.73%) Task Automation
15 10 (5.21%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (38.02%) PowerShell
2 39 (20.31%) SQL
3 33 (17.19%) Python
4 18 (9.38%) C#
5 11 (5.73%) Bash
6 10 (5.21%) Java
6 10 (5.21%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.60%) C++
8 4 (2.08%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.56%) Bicep
10 2 (1.04%) Perl
10 2 (1.04%) VB
10 2 (1.04%) VBScript
11 1 (0.52%) C
11 1 (0.52%) FoxPro (VFP)
11 1 (0.52%) Korn
11 1 (0.52%) Ruby
11 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 27 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.29%) Degree
4 9 (4.69%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.13%) CISSP
5 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.60%) CISM
7 4 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.56%) CISA
8 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.56%) CRISC
8 3 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.56%) PMP
9 2 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.04%) VCAP
9 2 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.52%) GIAC
10 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) GDPR
2 6 (3.13%) QA
3 5 (2.60%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.08%) NCSC
5 3 (1.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.56%) SLA
5 3 (1.56%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.52%) HL7
System Software
1 102 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 40 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.38%) Hyper-V
4 15 (7.81%) Docker
5 12 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (5.21%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (3.65%) vSphere
8 6 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (2.08%) Platform Symphony
10 3 (1.56%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.56%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.56%) vCloud
10 3 (1.56%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.04%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.52%) Firmware
12 1 (0.52%) NFS
12 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.52%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.52%) XenApp
12 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (13.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.46%) Terraform
3 17 (8.85%) Kubernetes
4 16 (8.33%) SCCM
5 15 (7.81%) Ansible
6 9 (4.69%) Kibana
7 7 (3.65%) VxRail
8 5 (2.60%) Grafana
8 5 (2.60%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (2.08%) Progress Chef
9 4 (2.08%) Puppet
10 3 (1.56%) Nagios
10 3 (1.56%) vCenter Server
11 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.04%) CASB
11 2 (1.04%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.04%) Tivoli
11 2 (1.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (1.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 85 (44.27%) Microsoft
2 64 (33.33%) VMware
3 22 (11.46%) Cisco
4 15 (7.81%) Citrix
5 13 (6.77%) Oracle
5 13 (6.77%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.73%) ServiceNow
7 10 (5.21%) EMC
8 8 (4.17%) Zscaler
9 7 (3.65%) Commvault
10 6 (3.13%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.13%) Google
10 6 (3.13%) IBM
11 5 (2.60%) Reuters
11 5 (2.60%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.60%) TIBCO
12 4 (2.08%) Bloomberg
12 4 (2.08%) NetApp
12 4 (2.08%) SAP
12 4 (2.08%) Splunk