Windows Server Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 149 114
Rank change year-on-year -45 -35 +64
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 178 294 568
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.31% 1.68% 2.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.08% 14.00% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 203 440
10th Percentile £363 £263 £263
25th Percentile £425 £359 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.69% +5.50%
75th Percentile £678 £538 £645
90th Percentile £750 £671 £778
England median daily rate £540 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +11.17% -2.85% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £17.69 £22.08
25th Percentile - £20.21 £22.69
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.86 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.70% -0.58% -23.08%
75th Percentile - £41.39 £32.86
90th Percentile - £51.06 £57.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £46.75 £29.30
% change year-on-year -35.83% +59.56% +23.37%

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 1,606 2,100 3,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.80% 12.01% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 1,461 2,766
10th Percentile £244 £210 £212
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -10.45% -
75th Percentile £632 £600 £666
90th Percentile £749 £738 £752
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 65 62
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.89 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.13 £22.94
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £50.21
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -56.18% +110.00%
75th Percentile £25.18 £27.00 £65.08
90th Percentile £50.68 £60.00 £83.68
England median hourly rate £22.50 £24.86 £42.50
% change year-on-year -9.47% -41.52% +88.89%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 12 July 2025. 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 42 £550 +4.76% 17
West London +8 9 £500 +72.41% 7
South London +2 3 £450 - 3
North London -4 1 £550 +120.00% 3
East London -4 1 £200 -47.37% 9
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (8.99%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.93%) IIS
4 4 (2.25%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.25%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.69%) Apache
5 3 (1.69%) Confluence
5 3 (1.69%) JBoss
6 2 (1.12%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.56%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.56%) nginx
7 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.25%) InfoPath
1 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 93 (52.25%) Azure
2 54 (30.34%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (25.28%) Entra ID
4 33 (18.54%) AWS
5 15 (8.43%) IaaS
6 13 (7.30%) SaaS
7 12 (6.74%) GCP
7 12 (6.74%) GitHub
8 9 (5.06%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (5.06%) Power Automate
8 9 (5.06%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.49%) PaaS
10 7 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (3.37%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.37%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.37%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.25%) Serverless
12 4 (2.25%) ShareGate
13 3 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (22.47%) Firewall
2 36 (20.22%) DNS
3 23 (12.92%) DHCP
4 19 (10.67%) VPN
5 11 (6.18%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.93%) WAN
6 7 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.37%) MPLS
7 6 (3.37%) SAN
8 5 (2.81%) Network Security
9 4 (2.25%) Internet
9 4 (2.25%) Kerberos
9 4 (2.25%) LAN
9 4 (2.25%) NAS
9 4 (2.25%) SMTP
9 4 (2.25%) VLAN
10 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (1.12%) SSL
12 1 (0.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.74%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.81%) Power BI
5 5 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.25%) Big Data
7 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.69%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.69%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.12%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.56%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Git
2 12 (6.74%) JIRA
3 10 (5.62%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.37%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.81%) Bitbucket
6 4 (2.25%) GitLab
7 3 (1.69%) JUnit
7 3 (1.69%) Selenium
7 3 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.56%) NUnit
9 1 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (26.97%) Finance
2 46 (25.84%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.36%) Banking
4 17 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.93%) Local Government
7 5 (2.81%) Legal
7 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.25%) Front Office
8 4 (2.25%) Law
9 3 (1.69%) International Banking
9 3 (1.69%) Japanese Language
9 3 (1.69%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.12%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Back Office
11 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (14.61%) Senior
3 22 (12.36%) Architect
4 17 (9.55%) Analyst
5 16 (8.99%) Windows Engineer
6 15 (8.43%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.18%) Applications Support
7 11 (6.18%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.62%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (5.62%) Senior Architect
9 9 (5.06%) Security Architect
9 9 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Developer
10 8 (4.49%) IT Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Senior Security Architect
11 7 (3.93%) Server Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) Lead
13 5 (2.81%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) .NET
2 7 (3.93%) REST
3 6 (3.37%) HTML
3 6 (3.37%) LDAP
4 5 (2.81%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.81%) CSS
5 3 (1.69%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.69%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.69%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (1.69%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.69%) jQuery
5 3 (1.69%) JSP
5 3 (1.69%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.69%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.69%) Struts
5 3 (1.69%) Swagger
6 2 (1.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.30%) PKI
3 9 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.81%) Clustering
5 5 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.81%) Grid Computing
5 5 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (2.25%) Equities
6 4 (2.25%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.69%) Replication
8 2 (1.12%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 176 (98.88%) Windows
2 39 (21.91%) Linux
3 16 (8.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (7.87%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (6.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.49%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.93%) CentOS
8 5 (2.81%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.25%) Android
9 4 (2.25%) Unix
10 3 (1.69%) Solaris
10 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.12%) AIX
11 2 (1.12%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.56%) VMS
12 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (19.66%) Migration
3 26 (14.61%) DevOps
3 26 (14.61%) ITIL
4 25 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (10.67%) Agile
7 16 (8.99%) Cloud Security
7 16 (8.99%) Data Loss Prevention
7 16 (8.99%) High Availability
7 16 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (8.43%) Security Architecture
9 14 (7.87%) Identity Access Management
9 14 (7.87%) SIEM
10 13 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (7.30%) Vulnerability Management
11 12 (6.74%) User Experience
12 11 (6.18%) Identity Management
12 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (5.62%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (42.13%) PowerShell
2 30 (16.85%) SQL
3 26 (14.61%) Python
4 21 (11.80%) C#
5 11 (6.18%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.62%) Java
7 9 (5.06%) Bash
8 5 (2.81%) C++
9 3 (1.69%) Bicep
9 3 (1.69%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.12%) C
10 2 (1.12%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.12%) LotusScript
10 2 (1.12%) VB
10 2 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 24 (13.48%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.43%) Degree
4 6 (3.37%) CISSP
4 6 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.81%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.81%) CISM
5 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.69%) CCNA
7 3 (1.69%) CISA
7 3 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.69%) CRISC
7 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.69%) PMP
8 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.12%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.49%) GDPR
2 6 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.81%) NIST
3 5 (2.81%) QA
4 4 (2.25%) NCSC
5 3 (1.69%) SLA
5 3 (1.69%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.56%) HL7
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (54.49%) Active Directory
2 38 (21.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 15 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (6.74%) Docker
5 11 (6.18%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.93%) vSphere
7 6 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.25%) Platform Symphony
9 3 (1.69%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.69%) vCloud
9 3 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (1.12%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.56%) XenApp
11 1 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (12.36%) Terraform
3 19 (10.67%) SCCM
4 15 (8.43%) Ansible
4 15 (8.43%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.49%) Kibana
6 6 (3.37%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (3.37%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.81%) Grafana
8 4 (2.25%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.69%) CASB
9 3 (1.69%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.69%) SCOrch
9 3 (1.69%) WSUS
10 2 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.12%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.12%) Nagios
10 2 (1.12%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 87 (48.88%) Microsoft
2 53 (29.78%) VMware
3 17 (9.55%) Cisco
3 17 (9.55%) Citrix
4 12 (6.74%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.49%) Zscaler
6 7 (3.93%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.37%) CyberArk
7 6 (3.37%) IBM
7 6 (3.37%) Oracle
8 5 (2.81%) Reuters
8 5 (2.81%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.81%) TIBCO
9 4 (2.25%) Dell
9 4 (2.25%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.25%) Google
9 4 (2.25%) HP
9 4 (2.25%) NetApp
9 4 (2.25%) Remedy
10 3 (1.69%) EMC