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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 229 168
Rank change year-on-year +15 -61 -50
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 259 140 233
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.26% 1.05% 1.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.69% 9.01% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 98 159
10th Percentile £263 £321 £248
25th Percentile £380 £406 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £675 £720 £638
England median daily rate £484 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -3.30% +6.38% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £26.08 £23.70 £102.40
25th Percentile £36.31 £24.75 £106.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £26.50 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.60% -76.34% +386.96%
75th Percentile £74.31 £28.25 -
90th Percentile £85.23 £29.30 -
England median hourly rate £63.31 £16.00 £69.38
% change year-on-year +295.67% -76.94% +27.15%

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 1,763 1,553 2,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.60% 11.61% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,004 1,324
10th Percentile £208 £214 £225
25th Percentile £350 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £715 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 55 28
10th Percentile £18.76 £18.87 £20.20
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -6.85% -38.41%
75th Percentile £47.50 £25.20 £62.20
90th Percentile £57.30 £58.90 £86.83
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £61.43
% change year-on-year +35.42% -60.93% +26.92%

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 15 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 15 October 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 -5 47 £500 - 30
West London -21 6 £500 - 4
East London +4 1 £150 -25.00% 5
South London -12 1 - - 4
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 30 (11.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.47%) IIS
4 5 (1.93%) nginx
5 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.54%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.16%) Confluence
7 2 (0.77%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.39%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 127 (49.03%) Azure
2 66 (25.48%) Entra ID
3 48 (18.53%) AWS
4 45 (17.37%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (6.95%) GCP
6 15 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.79%) GitHub
7 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (3.86%) IaaS
8 8 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.70%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.70%) SaaS
10 6 (2.32%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.93%) Azure Stack
11 5 (1.93%) Datadog
11 5 (1.93%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (31.66%) DNS
2 57 (22.01%) DHCP
3 40 (15.44%) Firewall
4 26 (10.04%) TCP/IP
5 19 (7.34%) VPN
6 18 (6.95%) WAN
7 14 (5.41%) LAN
7 14 (5.41%) Network Security
8 8 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.70%) SAN
10 6 (2.32%) SSH
10 6 (2.32%) VLAN
11 5 (1.93%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.93%) SMTP
12 4 (1.54%) VoIP
13 3 (1.16%) DMZ
13 3 (1.16%) HTTP
13 3 (1.16%) Internet
13 3 (1.16%) NAS
14 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (28.96%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.86%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.16%) Big Data
6 3 (1.16%) GIS
6 3 (1.16%) Metadata
6 3 (1.16%) Power BI
7 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.39%) Db2
8 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.39%) MySQL
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.63%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.25%) Git
3 8 (3.09%) JIRA
4 6 (2.32%) GitLab
5 5 (1.93%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.54%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.77%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.77%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.77%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.77%) MSI
8 2 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.39%) JMeter
9 1 (0.39%) NUnit
9 1 (0.39%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.39%) Subversion
9 1 (0.39%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.39%) Vagrant
General
1 81 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 68 (26.25%) Finance
3 37 (14.29%) Banking
4 22 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.32%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.54%) Law
10 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.16%) Legal
10 3 (1.16%) Local Government
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Front Office
12 1 (0.39%) Games
12 1 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.39%) Military
12 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (23.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (11.20%) Senior
3 24 (9.27%) Support Engineer
4 20 (7.72%) Applications Support
5 15 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (5.41%) Architect
6 14 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
7 11 (4.25%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (4.25%) Wintel Engineer
8 10 (3.86%) Consultant
8 10 (3.86%) Developer
8 10 (3.86%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 10 (3.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.86%) Server Engineer
9 9 (3.47%) C# Developer
9 9 (3.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.09%) Windows Engineer
11 7 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.70%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.51%) Terraform
2 30 (11.58%) .NET
3 12 (4.63%) .NET Framework
4 8 (3.09%) LDAP
5 7 (2.70%) REST
6 6 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (1.93%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.93%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (1.54%) JSON
9 3 (1.16%) 802.1X
9 3 (1.16%) ARM Templates
9 3 (1.16%) EJB
9 3 (1.16%) Middleware
10 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.77%) Java SE
10 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.77%) Node.js
10 2 (0.77%) OpenLayers
10 2 (0.77%) React
10 2 (0.77%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.97%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (5.79%) PKI
5 11 (4.25%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.25%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.86%) Clustering
7 9 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.09%) CMDB
9 7 (2.70%) Replication
9 7 (2.70%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.32%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.54%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 259 (100.00%) Windows
2 88 (33.98%) Linux
3 28 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (6.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (5.79%) Windows 10
7 14 (5.41%) Ubuntu
8 13 (5.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (4.63%) Unix
10 9 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (2.70%) VMS
12 6 (2.32%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.93%) Alpine Linux
13 5 (1.93%) macOS
14 4 (1.54%) CentOS
14 4 (1.54%) OpenVMS
14 4 (1.54%) Solaris
15 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.39%) Debian
16 1 (0.39%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (32.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (24.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (20.08%) ITIL
4 46 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (16.60%) Migration
6 41 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (15.44%) DevOps
8 39 (15.06%) Root Cause Analysis
9 38 (14.67%) Change Management
9 38 (14.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 36 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (13.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 33 (12.74%) CI/CD
13 29 (11.20%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (10.42%) Incident Management
15 25 (9.65%) Problem Management
15 25 (9.65%) Service Management
16 23 (8.88%) Validation
17 22 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (8.49%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 108 (41.70%) PowerShell
2 41 (15.83%) SQL
3 36 (13.90%) Python
4 34 (13.13%) Bash
5 28 (10.81%) C#
6 24 (9.27%) T-SQL
7 16 (6.18%) PL/SQL
8 11 (4.25%) Bicep
9 9 (3.47%) Java
10 5 (1.93%) Go
11 3 (1.16%) Korn
12 2 (0.77%) CodeQL
12 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.39%) F#
13 1 (0.39%) Groovy
13 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.39%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.39%) VB
13 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (24.71%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.99%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.27%) Degree
4 22 (8.49%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.25%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.86%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.09%) CISSP
8 7 (2.70%) CISM
9 6 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.16%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.16%) CCNP
12 3 (1.16%) ISSAP
13 2 (0.77%) CCNA
13 2 (0.77%) CISA
13 2 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.56%) SLA
2 16 (6.18%) QA
3 11 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.25%) NIST
4 6 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.32%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.39%) GDPR
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 137 (52.90%) Active Directory
2 74 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (12.74%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (12.36%) vSphere
5 30 (11.58%) Hyper-V
6 22 (8.49%) Docker
7 15 (5.79%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (4.25%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.93%) Firmware
9 5 (1.93%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.54%) VMware NSX
11 3 (1.16%) BitLocker
11 3 (1.16%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.16%) UAG
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.39%) Postfix
13 1 (0.39%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 35 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.42%) Ansible
3 26 (10.04%) SCCM
4 23 (8.88%) Kubernetes
5 18 (6.95%) vCenter Server
6 11 (4.25%) Grafana
7 9 (3.47%) Prometheus
8 8 (3.09%) SCOM
9 6 (2.32%) Nagios
10 5 (1.93%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (1.93%) NetBackup
10 5 (1.93%) Puppet
10 5 (1.93%) WSUS
11 3 (1.16%) Kibana
11 3 (1.16%) Nessus
11 3 (1.16%) vMotion
12 2 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 143 (55.21%) Microsoft
2 109 (42.08%) VMware
3 46 (17.76%) Oracle
4 24 (9.27%) Splunk
5 23 (8.88%) Cisco
5 23 (8.88%) Citrix
6 21 (8.11%) ServiceNow
7 19 (7.34%) CyberArk
8 17 (6.56%) Google
9 15 (5.79%) Qualys
10 13 (5.02%) Red Hat
10 13 (5.02%) Tenable
10 13 (5.02%) Zscaler
11 12 (4.63%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (3.47%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (3.47%) Rapid7
12 9 (3.47%) WALLIX
13 7 (2.70%) HP
13 7 (2.70%) Okta
13 7 (2.70%) Veeam