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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 234 169
Rank change year-on-year -6 -65 -55
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 218 140 255
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 1.03% 1.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.60% 9.10% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 96 182
10th Percentile £263 £347 £250
25th Percentile £363 £406 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £509 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +13.06% -16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £660 £550
90th Percentile £668 £750 £638
England median daily rate £483 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.95% +5.00% +1.27%
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% +205.66%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £89.38
90th Percentile - - £95.75
England median hourly rate £45.61 £22.67 £61.60
% change year-on-year +101.24% -63.21% +54.00%

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 1,603 1,539 1,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.98% 11.38% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 1,035 1,380
10th Percentile £206 £241 £220
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
England median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 44 49
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +14.32% -49.81%
75th Percentile £25.34 £26.13 £40.75
90th Percentile £54.40 £60.58 £62.04
England median hourly rate £35.22 £23.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +53.13% -36.40% -9.59%

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 14 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 14 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 -6 41 £525 +5.00% 9
West London -19 7 £500 - 3
South London -10 2 £425 -5.56% 6
East London 0 1 £150 -25.00% 1
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 31 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.75%) IIS
3 6 (2.75%) nginx
3 6 (2.75%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.92%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.46%) Apache
6 1 (0.46%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.46%) Confluence
6 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.92%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 108 (49.54%) Azure
2 49 (22.48%) Entra ID
3 38 (17.43%) AWS
4 35 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.88%) IaaS
6 14 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (5.96%) GCP
8 12 (5.50%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.50%) GitHub
9 9 (4.13%) PaaS
10 7 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (3.21%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.75%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.29%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.29%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.29%) Datadog
13 4 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.83%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 77 (35.32%) DNS
2 54 (24.77%) DHCP
3 45 (20.64%) Firewall
4 25 (11.47%) VPN
5 23 (10.55%) TCP/IP
6 16 (7.34%) WAN
7 15 (6.88%) LAN
8 7 (3.21%) SMTP
8 7 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.75%) Network Security
10 5 (2.29%) VoIP
11 4 (1.83%) DMZ
11 4 (1.83%) SAN
11 4 (1.83%) VLAN
12 3 (1.38%) HTTP
12 3 (1.38%) Internet
12 3 (1.38%) MPLS
12 3 (1.38%) SSH
12 3 (1.38%) VSAN
12 3 (1.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (28.90%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.50%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.29%) Big Data
4 5 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.38%) GIS
5 3 (1.38%) Power BI
5 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.46%) Metadata
7 1 (0.46%) MySQL
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.67%) Git
1 8 (3.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.83%) JIRA
3 3 (1.38%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.38%) GitLab
3 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.92%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.92%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.92%) MSI
5 1 (0.46%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.46%) Subversion
5 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 71 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.48%) Finance
3 27 (12.39%) Banking
4 24 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.75%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.83%) Law
9 4 (1.83%) Local Government
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
11 2 (0.92%) Front Office
11 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Games
12 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 61 (27.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (9.63%) Support Engineer
3 20 (9.17%) Senior
4 13 (5.96%) Developer
5 12 (5.50%) C# Developer
5 12 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (5.05%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (4.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 10 (4.59%) Server Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) Architect
9 8 (3.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (3.67%) Applications Support
9 8 (3.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.67%) Windows Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Lead
10 7 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (2.75%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.17%) .NET
2 14 (6.42%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.83%) ADO
4 4 (1.83%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.83%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.83%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.83%) JSON
5 3 (1.38%) EJB
5 3 (1.38%) LDAP
5 3 (1.38%) REST
6 2 (0.92%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.92%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.92%) Blazor
6 2 (0.92%) Jakarta EE
6 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.92%) Middleware
6 2 (0.92%) OpenLayers
6 2 (0.92%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 18 (8.26%) Data Centre
2 18 (8.26%) PKI
3 14 (6.42%) Clustering
4 12 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.75%) CMDB
6 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (2.75%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.83%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.92%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 218 (100.00%) Windows
2 75 (34.40%) Linux
3 24 (11.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (9.17%) Windows 10
4 20 (9.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (6.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (5.96%) Ubuntu
7 12 (5.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (4.59%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (3.67%) VMS
10 6 (2.75%) Solaris
10 6 (2.75%) Unix
10 6 (2.75%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.83%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.38%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.92%) Android
13 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (35.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (17.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 35 (16.06%) ITIL
5 33 (15.14%) DevOps
6 32 (14.68%) Migration
7 29 (13.30%) Change Management
8 27 (12.39%) CI/CD
8 27 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.93%) Incident Management
10 25 (11.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 23 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (10.09%) Identity Access Management
12 22 (10.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 21 (9.63%) High Availability
14 20 (9.17%) Runbook
15 18 (8.26%) Project Delivery
15 18 (8.26%) Service Management
16 17 (7.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 86 (39.45%) PowerShell
2 37 (16.97%) SQL
3 26 (11.93%) Bash
4 23 (10.55%) Python
5 20 (9.17%) PL/SQL
6 19 (8.72%) C#
7 15 (6.88%) T-SQL
8 9 (4.13%) Bicep
9 8 (3.67%) Java
10 3 (1.38%) Korn
10 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.46%) CodeQL
12 1 (0.46%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (29.36%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.43%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.09%) Degree
3 22 (10.09%) DV Cleared
4 16 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.13%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.21%) CISSP
7 6 (2.75%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.29%) CISM
9 4 (1.83%) CCNA
9 4 (1.83%) CCNP
9 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.83%) MCITP
9 4 (1.83%) MCTS
10 3 (1.38%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.92%) ISSAP
11 2 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.80%) QA
1 17 (7.80%) SLA
2 9 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.67%) NIST
4 5 (2.29%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.92%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 124 (56.88%) Active Directory
2 59 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (13.76%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (11.93%) Hyper-V
5 22 (10.09%) Docker
6 21 (9.63%) vSphere
7 11 (5.05%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (4.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (4.13%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (3.21%) BitLocker
11 5 (2.29%) Firmware
11 5 (2.29%) VMware NSX
12 4 (1.83%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.38%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (1.38%) UAG
13 3 (1.38%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.46%) KVM
14 1 (0.46%) QEMU
14 1 (0.46%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (12.84%) Microsoft Intune
1 28 (12.84%) Terraform
2 26 (11.93%) Ansible
3 23 (10.55%) Kubernetes
4 20 (9.17%) vCenter Server
5 18 (8.26%) SCCM
6 9 (4.13%) Grafana
7 7 (3.21%) vMotion
8 6 (2.75%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.75%) Puppet
8 6 (2.75%) SCOM
9 4 (1.83%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (1.83%) Nagios
10 3 (1.38%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.38%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.38%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.38%) WSUS
11 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.92%) Nessus
11 2 (0.92%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 119 (54.59%) Microsoft
2 90 (41.28%) VMware
3 35 (16.06%) Oracle
4 29 (13.30%) Citrix
5 25 (11.47%) Cisco
6 18 (8.26%) ServiceNow
7 17 (7.80%) Splunk
8 14 (6.42%) Red Hat
9 13 (5.96%) CyberArk
9 13 (5.96%) Google
10 11 (5.05%) Qualys
10 11 (5.05%) Zscaler
11 9 (4.13%) BeyondTrust
11 9 (4.13%) Tenable
11 9 (4.13%) WALLIX
12 8 (3.67%) HP
12 8 (3.67%) NetApp
13 7 (3.21%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (3.21%) Meraki
13 7 (3.21%) Rapid7