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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 198 157
Rank change year-on-year -58 -41 -42
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 193 172 293
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.27% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.53% 10.80% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 124 201
10th Percentile £263 £363 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -15.09%
75th Percentile £588 £678 £538
90th Percentile £668 £750 £650
England median daily rate £475 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +7.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.65
25th Percentile £19.25 - £25.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -16.67% +44.00%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £47.63
90th Percentile - - £53.55
England median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.33% -45.45% +87.71%

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 1,540 1,593 2,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.78% 11.75% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,086 1,433
10th Percentile £206 £243 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 40 64
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £14.79
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.11 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £26.75 £25.18 £27.59
90th Percentile £58.30 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £24.34
% change year-on-year +41.30% -5.51% -42.73%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -19 30 £563 +2.27% 9
West London -14 8 £500 - 3
South London -11 5 £165 -63.33% 2
East London +2 1 £150 -25.00% 3
North London -1 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 20 (10.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.15%) nginx
3 8 (4.15%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.07%) IIS
5 3 (1.55%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.52%) Apache
6 1 (0.52%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) OpenText MBPM
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 100 (51.81%) Azure
2 47 (24.35%) Entra ID
3 36 (18.65%) AWS
4 31 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.29%) IaaS
6 11 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.18%) GCP
7 10 (5.18%) PaaS
8 8 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.15%) GitHub
9 6 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.59%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.59%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.59%) Datadog
11 4 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.07%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.55%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (34.72%) DNS
2 52 (26.94%) DHCP
3 37 (19.17%) Firewall
4 22 (11.40%) VPN
5 15 (7.77%) TCP/IP
5 15 (7.77%) WAN
6 14 (7.25%) LAN
7 8 (4.15%) Kerberos
7 8 (4.15%) SMTP
8 6 (3.11%) VoIP
9 4 (2.07%) DMZ
9 4 (2.07%) HTTP
10 3 (1.55%) Internet
10 3 (1.55%) MPLS
10 3 (1.55%) SAN
10 3 (1.55%) VSAN
10 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.55%) Wireless
11 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.04%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (25.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.22%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.22%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.59%) Big Data
5 4 (2.07%) GIS
6 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.04%) Power BI
7 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.52%) MySQL
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.07%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.04%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.04%) MSI
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 56 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.69%) Finance
3 23 (11.92%) Banking
4 17 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.59%) Legal
8 5 (2.59%) Local Government
9 4 (2.07%) Law
10 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.04%) Front Office
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 50 (25.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.29%) Support Engineer
3 15 (7.77%) C# Developer
3 15 (7.77%) Developer
4 13 (6.74%) Senior
5 12 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (4.66%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (4.66%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) Architect
7 8 (4.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) IT Support
7 8 (4.15%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Analyst
8 7 (3.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Lead
9 6 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Active Directory Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.84%) .NET
2 16 (8.29%) .NET Framework
3 10 (5.18%) LDAP
4 9 (4.66%) OAuth
5 8 (4.15%) SAML
6 7 (3.63%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.07%) ADO
7 4 (2.07%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (2.07%) EJB
7 4 (2.07%) JSON
8 3 (1.55%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.55%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.55%) Java EE
8 3 (1.55%) Middleware
8 3 (1.55%) OpenLayers
8 3 (1.55%) Spring
9 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
9 2 (1.04%) Blazor
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.33%) PKI
2 17 (8.81%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.22%) Clustering
4 9 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.66%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.15%) Replication
6 6 (3.11%) CMDB
6 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.11%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.11%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.59%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (2.59%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.55%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 193 (100.00%) Windows
2 59 (30.57%) Linux
3 24 (12.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (9.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (8.29%) Windows 10
6 15 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (6.22%) Ubuntu
8 8 (4.15%) Solaris
8 8 (4.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (4.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.59%) Unix
9 5 (2.59%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.07%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (2.07%) VMS
11 3 (1.55%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.04%) Android
13 1 (0.52%) AIX
13 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.52%) CentOS
13 1 (0.52%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (21.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 34 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.99%) DevOps
5 25 (12.95%) Change Management
5 25 (12.95%) CI/CD
5 25 (12.95%) Migration
6 23 (11.92%) High Availability
6 23 (11.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (11.40%) ITIL
8 20 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (9.84%) Identity Access Management
9 19 (9.84%) Runbook
9 19 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (9.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (8.81%) Task Automation
12 16 (8.29%) Incident Management
13 14 (7.25%) AI
13 14 (7.25%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (37.31%) PowerShell
2 35 (18.13%) SQL
3 22 (11.40%) PL/SQL
4 20 (10.36%) C#
5 16 (8.29%) Python
5 16 (8.29%) T-SQL
6 13 (6.74%) Bash
7 7 (3.63%) Bicep
8 6 (3.11%) Java
9 4 (2.07%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.04%) Korn
12 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (29.53%) Security Cleared
2 37 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.95%) Degree
4 16 (8.29%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.63%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.63%) CISSP
7 6 (3.11%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.59%) CISM
9 4 (2.07%) CCNA
9 4 (2.07%) CCNP
9 4 (2.07%) MCITP
9 4 (2.07%) MCTS
10 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.04%) ISSAP
10 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.52%) CISA
11 1 (0.52%) GIAC
11 1 (0.52%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.33%) QA
2 9 (4.66%) GDPR
2 9 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.15%) NIST
3 8 (4.15%) SLA
4 7 (3.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.59%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (55.44%) Active Directory
2 51 (26.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (12.44%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (11.40%) Docker
5 20 (10.36%) Hyper-V
6 15 (7.77%) vSphere
7 10 (5.18%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (4.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.66%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (4.15%) BitLocker
10 6 (3.11%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.07%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (2.07%) Terminal Services
11 4 (2.07%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.55%) Firmware
12 3 (1.55%) UAG
12 3 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.52%) NFS
13 1 (0.52%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 25 (12.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.40%) Kubernetes
3 21 (10.88%) Ansible
4 20 (10.36%) Terraform
5 17 (8.81%) SCCM
5 17 (8.81%) vCenter Server
6 10 (5.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (4.15%) vMotion
8 7 (3.63%) Grafana
8 7 (3.63%) Puppet
9 6 (3.11%) Prometheus
10 4 (2.07%) FortiGate
10 4 (2.07%) Nagios
10 4 (2.07%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (2.07%) SCOM
11 2 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (1.04%) Nessus
11 2 (1.04%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (52.33%) Microsoft
2 69 (35.75%) VMware
3 31 (16.06%) Citrix
3 31 (16.06%) Oracle
4 19 (9.84%) Cisco
5 16 (8.29%) Red Hat
6 14 (7.25%) ServiceNow
7 13 (6.74%) Okta
8 12 (6.22%) Splunk
9 11 (5.70%) Google
10 10 (5.18%) Qualys
11 9 (4.66%) Tenable
12 8 (4.15%) IBM
13 7 (3.63%) Dell
13 7 (3.63%) NetApp
14 6 (3.11%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (3.11%) Rapid7
14 6 (3.11%) Zscaler
15 5 (2.59%) CyberArk
15 5 (2.59%) Meraki