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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 234 181
Rank change year-on-year +7 -53 -68
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 246 137 238
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.03% 1.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.29% 9.01% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 95 161
10th Percentile £260 £328 £248
25th Percentile £375 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £550
90th Percentile £680 £745 £638
England median daily rate £483 £508 £475
% change year-on-year -4.83% +6.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £26.08 £23.70 £66.75
25th Percentile £36.31 £24.75 £88.13
Median hourly rate £54.75 £26.50 £106.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.60% -75.00% +351.06%
75th Percentile £74.31 £28.25 £112.00
90th Percentile £85.23 £29.30 -
England median hourly rate £63.31 £16.00 £62.19
% change year-on-year +295.67% -74.27% +25.58%

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 1,721 1,520 2,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.51% 11.45% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 983 1,327
10th Percentile £207 £221 £228
25th Percentile £350 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -0.90% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £600
90th Percentile £715 £738 £725
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 50 31
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.87 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £23.46
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% -6.85% -38.41%
75th Percentile £42.13 £26.75 £60.72
90th Percentile £55.13 £59.23 £81.18
England median hourly rate £35.79 £25.15 £58.49
% change year-on-year +42.30% -57.00% +22.71%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -2 45 £525 +5.00% 32
West London -21 8 £500 - 6
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 4
South London -8 1 - - 3
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 (11.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (6.50%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.25%) IIS
4 5 (2.03%) nginx
5 4 (1.63%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.22%) Confluence
6 3 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.81%) Apache
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.41%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) OpenText MBPM
1 2 (0.81%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 120 (48.78%) Azure
2 61 (24.80%) Entra ID
3 47 (19.11%) AWS
4 44 (17.89%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (6.91%) GCP
6 13 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.28%) GitHub
7 11 (4.47%) IaaS
8 10 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.85%) SaaS
11 6 (2.44%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.44%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.44%) PaaS
12 5 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.03%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.03%) Datadog
12 5 (2.03%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 78 (31.71%) DNS
2 56 (22.76%) DHCP
3 41 (16.67%) Firewall
4 24 (9.76%) TCP/IP
5 22 (8.94%) VPN
6 19 (7.72%) WAN
7 14 (5.69%) LAN
8 13 (5.28%) Network Security
9 8 (3.25%) SAN
9 8 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.44%) SMTP
10 6 (2.44%) SSH
11 5 (2.03%) VLAN
12 4 (1.63%) NAS
12 4 (1.63%) VoIP
13 3 (1.22%) DMZ
13 3 (1.22%) HTTP
13 3 (1.22%) Kerberos
13 3 (1.22%) VSAN
14 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (28.05%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.07%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.22%) Big Data
6 3 (1.22%) GIS
6 3 (1.22%) Metadata
6 3 (1.22%) Power BI
6 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.41%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.47%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.66%) Git
3 7 (2.85%) JIRA
4 6 (2.44%) GitLab
5 3 (1.22%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.81%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.81%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.81%) MSI
6 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.41%) JMeter
7 1 (0.41%) Locust
7 1 (0.41%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.41%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.41%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.41%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 82 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 61 (24.80%) Finance
3 37 (15.04%) Banking
4 24 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.85%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.03%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.03%) Law
9 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.22%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.22%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Front Office
11 1 (0.41%) Games
11 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.41%) Military
11 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (25.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (10.57%) Senior
3 23 (9.35%) Support Engineer
4 17 (6.91%) Applications Support
5 15 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (5.28%) Architect
7 12 (4.88%) VMware Engineer
8 11 (4.47%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (4.07%) Developer
9 10 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) C# Developer
10 9 (3.66%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Wintel Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Server Engineer
12 7 (2.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (2.85%) Consultant
12 7 (2.85%) Lead
12 7 (2.85%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.20%) Terraform
2 26 (10.57%) .NET
3 11 (4.47%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (2.44%) LDAP
4 6 (2.44%) REST
5 4 (1.63%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.63%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.63%) JSON
6 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.22%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.22%) EJB
6 3 (1.22%) Middleware
7 2 (0.81%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.81%) Blazor
7 2 (0.81%) JSP
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.81%) OpenLayers
7 2 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.79%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.94%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (6.50%) PKI
5 12 (4.88%) Clustering
6 10 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.85%) CMDB
9 6 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (2.44%) Replication
9 6 (2.44%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.44%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.63%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.81%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 246 (100.00%) Windows
2 86 (34.96%) Linux
3 26 (10.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (8.13%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (6.50%) Windows 10
5 16 (6.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (5.28%) Ubuntu
6 13 (5.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (4.47%) Unix
8 9 (3.66%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (2.44%) VMS
9 6 (2.44%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.03%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.63%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (1.63%) CentOS
11 4 (1.63%) Solaris
12 3 (1.22%) OpenVMS
12 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.41%) AIX
13 1 (0.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (33.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (23.58%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (19.92%) ITIL
4 48 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (15.85%) Migration
6 37 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (14.63%) Change Management
7 36 (14.63%) DevOps
7 36 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 35 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (13.01%) CI/CD
9 32 (13.01%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (11.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 26 (10.57%) Incident Management
12 24 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
13 23 (9.35%) Problem Management
14 22 (8.94%) Runbook
14 22 (8.94%) Service Management
15 20 (8.13%) Project Delivery
15 20 (8.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 99 (40.24%) PowerShell
2 38 (15.45%) SQL
3 34 (13.82%) Python
4 32 (13.01%) Bash
5 25 (10.16%) C#
6 22 (8.94%) T-SQL
7 16 (6.50%) PL/SQL
8 10 (4.07%) Bicep
9 8 (3.25%) Java
10 5 (2.03%) Go
11 3 (1.22%) Korn
12 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.41%) F#
13 1 (0.41%) Groovy
13 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.41%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.41%) VB
13 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 63 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 42 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) Degree
3 24 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 11 (4.47%) Azure Certification
5 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.66%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.85%) CISSP
8 6 (2.44%) CISM
9 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.63%) CCNP
10 4 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.22%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.22%) CCNA
12 2 (0.81%) CISA
12 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.81%) ISSAP
12 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.32%) SLA
2 16 (6.50%) QA
3 10 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.07%) NIST
4 6 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.03%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.41%) GDPR
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 131 (53.25%) Active Directory
2 70 (28.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (12.60%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (12.20%) Hyper-V
5 28 (11.38%) vSphere
6 22 (8.94%) Docker
7 15 (6.10%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (5.69%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (4.07%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (2.03%) Firmware
12 4 (1.63%) BitLocker
12 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
13 3 (1.22%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.22%) UAG
14 2 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.41%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 31 (12.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (10.16%) Ansible
3 24 (9.76%) SCCM
4 23 (9.35%) Kubernetes
5 19 (7.72%) vCenter Server
6 10 (4.07%) Grafana
7 9 (3.66%) Prometheus
8 8 (3.25%) SCOM
9 6 (2.44%) Nagios
9 6 (2.44%) Puppet
10 5 (2.03%) WSUS
11 4 (1.63%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.63%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.63%) vMotion
12 3 (1.22%) Kibana
12 3 (1.22%) Nessus
13 2 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.81%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 134 (54.47%) Microsoft
2 105 (42.68%) VMware
3 41 (16.67%) Oracle
4 25 (10.16%) Cisco
5 23 (9.35%) Citrix
6 22 (8.94%) Splunk
7 17 (6.91%) ServiceNow
8 16 (6.50%) CyberArk
8 16 (6.50%) Google
9 14 (5.69%) Zscaler
10 13 (5.28%) Qualys
10 13 (5.28%) Red Hat
11 11 (4.47%) Tenable
12 10 (4.07%) BeyondTrust
13 9 (3.66%) WALLIX
14 8 (3.25%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (2.85%) Fortinet
15 7 (2.85%) HP
15 7 (2.85%) Meraki
15 7 (2.85%) Rapid7