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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 230 174
Rank change year-on-year -13 -56 -61
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 227 141 248
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.05% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.65% 9.18% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 96 176
10th Percentile £263 £347 £248
25th Percentile £363 £423 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £550
90th Percentile £668 £744 £631
England median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £26.08 - £57.25
25th Percentile £36.31 - £64.38
Median hourly rate £54.75 £30.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.50% -61.29% +201.44%
75th Percentile £74.31 - £89.38
90th Percentile £85.23 - £95.75
England median hourly rate £53.75 £22.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year +144.04% -59.95% +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 1,663 1,536 2,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.28% 11.47% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 1,024 1,398
10th Percentile £206 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -4.15% -9.09%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £600
90th Percentile £711 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 44 40
10th Percentile £17.93 £18.87 £19.81
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.94
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £23.98
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +4.90% -35.79%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.18 £42.75
90th Percentile £58.95 £58.93 £61.74
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +35.42% -38.46% -8.24%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 0 42 £550 +10.00% 14
West London -19 8 £500 - 4
South London -15 3 £425 -5.56% 4
East London +2 1 £150 -25.00% 3
North London 0 1 £225 -59.09%
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 (12.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.64%) IIS
3 6 (2.64%) nginx
4 5 (2.20%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.88%) Confluence
6 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.44%) Apache
7 1 (0.44%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 112 (49.34%) Azure
2 52 (22.91%) Entra ID
3 42 (18.50%) AWS
4 35 (15.42%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.17%) GCP
7 12 (5.29%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (5.29%) GitHub
8 11 (4.85%) IaaS
9 8 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (3.52%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.64%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.64%) PaaS
12 5 (2.20%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.20%) Datadog
12 5 (2.20%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (33.48%) DNS
2 54 (23.79%) DHCP
3 44 (19.38%) Firewall
4 24 (10.57%) TCP/IP
4 24 (10.57%) VPN
5 17 (7.49%) WAN
6 13 (5.73%) LAN
7 11 (4.85%) Network Security
8 7 (3.08%) SAN
8 7 (3.08%) SMTP
8 7 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.20%) VLAN
10 4 (1.76%) HTTP
10 4 (1.76%) NAS
10 4 (1.76%) SSH
10 4 (1.76%) VoIP
11 3 (1.32%) DMZ
11 3 (1.32%) Wireless
12 2 (0.88%) Internet
12 2 (0.88%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (27.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.41%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.20%) Big Data
6 3 (1.32%) GIS
6 3 (1.32%) Power BI
6 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.88%) MySQL
7 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.44%) Metadata
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.96%) Git
3 5 (2.20%) GitLab
3 5 (2.20%) JIRA
4 3 (1.32%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.88%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.88%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.88%) MSI
6 1 (0.44%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.44%) Subversion
6 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.44%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 76 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.91%) Finance
3 30 (13.22%) Banking
4 24 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.64%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.76%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.76%) Law
8 4 (1.76%) Local Government
9 2 (0.88%) Front Office
9 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.44%) Legal
10 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.44%) Military
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (27.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (10.57%) Senior
3 23 (10.13%) Support Engineer
4 12 (5.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 11 (4.85%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (4.41%) Applications Support
6 10 (4.41%) Architect
6 10 (4.41%) Developer
6 10 (4.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (4.41%) Server Engineer
7 9 (3.96%) C# Developer
7 9 (3.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (3.96%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (3.52%) Windows Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.64%) IT Support
10 6 (2.64%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.78%) Terraform
2 19 (8.37%) .NET
3 11 (4.85%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.76%) ADO
5 4 (1.76%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.76%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.76%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.76%) JSON
5 4 (1.76%) LDAP
6 3 (1.32%) EJB
6 3 (1.32%) REST
7 2 (0.88%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.88%) Blazor
7 2 (0.88%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.88%) Java SE
7 2 (0.88%) JSP
7 2 (0.88%) Middleware
7 2 (0.88%) OpenLayers
7 2 (0.88%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.37%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.93%) Data Centre
3 16 (7.05%) Clustering
3 16 (7.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (7.05%) PKI
4 9 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (2.64%) CMDB
6 6 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.64%) Replication
6 6 (2.64%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.64%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.76%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 227 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (34.80%) Linux
3 24 (10.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (8.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (7.93%) Windows 10
6 16 (7.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (6.61%) Ubuntu
8 12 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (3.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (3.52%) VMS
11 7 (3.08%) Unix
12 6 (2.64%) Windows 7
13 5 (2.20%) Solaris
14 4 (1.76%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (1.76%) Mac OS
15 3 (1.32%) OpenVMS
15 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.88%) CentOS
17 1 (0.44%) Android
17 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (36.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (19.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (16.74%) ITIL
5 37 (16.30%) DevOps
6 34 (14.98%) Migration
7 32 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (13.66%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (13.66%) Root Cause Analysis
8 31 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (13.22%) Change Management
9 30 (13.22%) CI/CD
10 27 (11.89%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 22 (9.69%) High Availability
12 22 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
12 22 (9.69%) Runbook
13 21 (9.25%) Project Delivery
14 19 (8.37%) Service Management
15 18 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 94 (41.41%) PowerShell
2 35 (15.42%) SQL
3 29 (12.78%) Bash
3 29 (12.78%) Python
4 17 (7.49%) C#
4 17 (7.49%) PL/SQL
5 15 (6.61%) T-SQL
6 9 (3.96%) Bicep
7 8 (3.52%) Java
8 3 (1.32%) Go
8 3 (1.32%) Korn
8 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.44%) Groovy
9 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (29.52%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.50%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.57%) Degree
3 24 (10.57%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.41%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.96%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.08%) CISSP
8 5 (2.20%) CCNA
8 5 (2.20%) CCNP
8 5 (2.20%) CISM
8 5 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.32%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.32%) MCITP
10 3 (1.32%) MCTS
11 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.88%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.49%) SLA
2 14 (6.17%) QA
3 10 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.52%) NIST
5 6 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.20%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.88%) GDPR
8 2 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.88%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 123 (54.19%) Active Directory
2 62 (27.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (14.10%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (13.22%) Hyper-V
5 25 (11.01%) vSphere
6 23 (10.13%) Docker
7 13 (5.73%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (5.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (4.41%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (3.52%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (2.64%) BitLocker
11 6 (2.64%) Firmware
12 4 (1.76%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.76%) VMware NSX
13 3 (1.32%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (1.32%) UAG
14 1 (0.44%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.44%) Postfix
14 1 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (11.45%) Ansible
1 26 (11.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.69%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.81%) SCCM
3 20 (8.81%) vCenter Server
4 11 (4.85%) Grafana
5 10 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.08%) SCOM
7 6 (2.64%) Nagios
7 6 (2.64%) Puppet
7 6 (2.64%) vMotion
8 4 (1.76%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.76%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.76%) WSUS
9 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.32%) Kibana
9 3 (1.32%) Nessus
9 3 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 128 (56.39%) Microsoft
2 97 (42.73%) VMware
3 36 (15.86%) Oracle
4 27 (11.89%) Cisco
5 23 (10.13%) Citrix
6 19 (8.37%) Splunk
7 17 (7.49%) ServiceNow
8 14 (6.17%) Google
8 14 (6.17%) Red Hat
9 13 (5.73%) CyberArk
10 12 (5.29%) Qualys
11 11 (4.85%) Zscaler
12 10 (4.41%) Tenable
13 9 (3.96%) BeyondTrust
13 9 (3.96%) WALLIX
14 8 (3.52%) Fortinet
14 8 (3.52%) HP
14 8 (3.52%) NetApp
15 7 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (3.08%) Rapid7