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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 226 174
Rank change year-on-year -6 -52 -62
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 222 139 245
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 1.04% 1.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.50% 9.02% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 95 173
10th Percentile £263 £344 £250
25th Percentile £366 £406 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £550
90th Percentile £668 £738 £638
England median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £57.25
25th Percentile £19.25 - £64.38
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -61.29% +201.44%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £89.38
90th Percentile - - £95.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £22.03 £58.30
% change year-on-year +138.37% -62.22% +45.75%

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 1,645 1,541 2,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.20% 11.52% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,087 1,031 1,381
10th Percentile £206 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -3.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 43
10th Percentile £17.77 £18.87 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.80
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +5.67% -43.22%
75th Percentile £25.78 £25.18 £41.75
90th Percentile £53.28 £58.93 £61.14
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +35.42% -33.64% -10.32%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -1 42 £550 +10.50% 12
West London -22 7 £500 - 4
South London -13 3 £425 -5.56% 3
East London +4 1 £150 -25.00% 4
North London -2 1 £225 -59.09% 1
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 (12.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.70%) IIS
3 6 (2.70%) nginx
4 5 (2.25%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.90%) Confluence
6 2 (0.90%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.45%) Apache
7 1 (0.45%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.90%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 111 (50.00%) Azure
2 50 (22.52%) Entra ID
3 41 (18.47%) AWS
4 35 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.31%) GCP
7 13 (5.86%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.41%) GitHub
8 12 (5.41%) IaaS
9 8 (3.60%) PaaS
10 7 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (3.15%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.70%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.25%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.25%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.25%) Datadog
12 5 (2.25%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 76 (34.23%) DNS
2 53 (23.87%) DHCP
3 45 (20.27%) Firewall
4 25 (11.26%) VPN
5 23 (10.36%) TCP/IP
6 17 (7.66%) WAN
7 14 (6.31%) LAN
8 9 (4.05%) Network Security
9 8 (3.60%) SMTP
10 7 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.25%) SAN
11 5 (2.25%) VoIP
12 4 (1.80%) DMZ
12 4 (1.80%) HTTP
12 4 (1.80%) SSH
12 4 (1.80%) VLAN
13 3 (1.35%) NAS
13 3 (1.35%) VSAN
13 3 (1.35%) Wireless
14 2 (0.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (28.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.50%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.25%) Big Data
4 5 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.35%) GIS
5 3 (1.35%) Power BI
5 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.45%) Metadata
7 1 (0.45%) MySQL
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.50%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.05%) Git
3 5 (2.25%) JIRA
4 4 (1.80%) GitLab
5 3 (1.35%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.90%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.90%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.90%) MSI
7 1 (0.45%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.45%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.45%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 75 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.97%) Finance
3 29 (13.06%) Banking
4 24 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.80%) Law
8 4 (1.80%) Local Government
9 2 (0.90%) Front Office
9 2 (0.90%) Legal
9 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.45%) Military
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (27.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (9.46%) Support Engineer
3 20 (9.01%) Senior
4 12 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (5.41%) Developer
5 11 (4.95%) C# Developer
5 11 (4.95%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (4.50%) Architect
6 10 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (4.50%) Server Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) Applications Support
7 8 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) VMware Engineer
9 6 (2.70%) Analyst
9 6 (2.70%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.51%) Terraform
2 19 (8.56%) .NET
3 13 (5.86%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.15%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.80%) ADO
5 4 (1.80%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.80%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.80%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.80%) JSON
6 3 (1.35%) EJB
6 3 (1.35%) LDAP
6 3 (1.35%) REST
7 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.90%) Blazor
7 2 (0.90%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.90%) Java SE
7 2 (0.90%) JSP
7 2 (0.90%) Middleware
7 2 (0.90%) OpenLayers
7 2 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 18 (8.11%) PKI
3 17 (7.66%) Data Centre
4 16 (7.21%) Clustering
5 13 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.15%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.15%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.70%) CMDB
8 6 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.70%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.70%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.35%) Replication
12 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 222 (100.00%) Windows
2 78 (35.14%) Linux
3 24 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (9.01%) Windows 10
4 20 (9.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (7.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (6.76%) Ubuntu
7 12 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (4.05%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (3.60%) VMS
10 6 (2.70%) Unix
10 6 (2.70%) Windows 7
11 5 (2.25%) Solaris
12 4 (1.80%) Alpine Linux
12 4 (1.80%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.35%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.90%) Android
14 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.90%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (36.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (18.47%) Disaster Recovery
4 36 (16.22%) ITIL
5 35 (15.77%) DevOps
6 31 (13.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (13.96%) Migration
7 29 (13.06%) Change Management
7 29 (13.06%) CI/CD
8 28 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (12.61%) Root Cause Analysis
9 27 (12.16%) Incident Management
9 27 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (10.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 22 (9.91%) High Availability
11 22 (9.91%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (9.46%) Runbook
13 19 (8.56%) Project Delivery
14 18 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (8.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (40.54%) PowerShell
2 36 (16.22%) SQL
3 27 (12.16%) Bash
4 26 (11.71%) Python
5 18 (8.11%) C#
5 18 (8.11%) PL/SQL
6 14 (6.31%) T-SQL
7 9 (4.05%) Bicep
8 8 (3.60%) Java
9 3 (1.35%) Korn
9 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.45%) CodeQL
10 1 (0.45%) Go
10 1 (0.45%) Groovy
10 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.45%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (30.18%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.36%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.91%) Degree
5 15 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.50%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.60%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.15%) CISSP
9 6 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.25%) CISM
11 4 (1.80%) CCNA
11 4 (1.80%) CCNP
11 4 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.80%) MCITP
11 4 (1.80%) MCTS
12 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.90%) ISSAP
13 2 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.66%) SLA
2 16 (7.21%) QA
3 9 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.60%) NIST
5 5 (2.25%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.35%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.90%) GDPR
8 2 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.45%) NCSC
9 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 125 (56.31%) Active Directory
2 60 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (13.96%) VMware ESXi
4 28 (12.61%) Hyper-V
5 24 (10.81%) Docker
6 23 (10.36%) vSphere
7 12 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.50%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (4.05%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (3.15%) BitLocker
11 6 (2.70%) Firmware
12 5 (2.25%) VMware NSX
13 4 (1.80%) Terminal Services
14 3 (1.35%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (1.35%) UAG
15 2 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.45%) NFS
16 1 (0.45%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (12.61%) Ansible
2 27 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (10.81%) Kubernetes
4 21 (9.46%) vCenter Server
5 19 (8.56%) SCCM
6 11 (4.95%) Grafana
7 9 (4.05%) Prometheus
8 7 (3.15%) Puppet
8 7 (3.15%) vMotion
9 6 (2.70%) SCOM
10 5 (2.25%) Nagios
11 4 (1.80%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.80%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.80%) WSUS
12 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.35%) Nessus
12 3 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.90%) Kibana
13 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.90%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 125 (56.31%) Microsoft
2 93 (41.89%) VMware
3 34 (15.32%) Oracle
4 28 (12.61%) Citrix
5 26 (11.71%) Cisco
6 19 (8.56%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.56%) Splunk
7 14 (6.31%) Google
8 13 (5.86%) CyberArk
8 13 (5.86%) Red Hat
9 12 (5.41%) Qualys
10 11 (4.95%) Zscaler
11 10 (4.50%) Tenable
12 9 (4.05%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (4.05%) WALLIX
13 8 (3.60%) HP
13 8 (3.60%) NetApp
14 7 (3.15%) Fortinet
14 7 (3.15%) Meraki
14 7 (3.15%) Rapid7