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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 200 150
Rank change year-on-year -43 -50 -31
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 196 177 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.99% 1.31% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.78% 11.06% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 123 203
10th Percentile £263 £363 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -15.09%
75th Percentile £613 £681 £544
90th Percentile £668 £750 £671
England median daily rate £482 £540 £492
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.76% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £17.69
25th Percentile £19.25 - £20.21
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +20.70% -0.58%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £41.39
90th Percentile - - £51.06
England median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £46.75
% change year-on-year -13.33% -35.83% +59.56%

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 1,534 1,600 2,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.77% 11.83% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,086 1,452
10th Percentile £200 £240 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £499
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.20% -9.27%
75th Percentile £588 £636 £600
90th Percentile £688 £744 £738
England median daily rate £463 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 40 65
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £14.89
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% -56.00%
75th Percentile £26.75 £25.18 £27.00
90th Percentile £58.30 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £31.75 £22.56 £24.68
% change year-on-year +40.74% -8.58% -41.94%

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 15 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 15 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 -21 29 £575 +4.55% 9
West London -15 8 £500 - 3
South London -10 5 £165 -63.33%
East London +3 1 £150 -25.00% 2
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 20 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.08%) nginx
3 8 (4.08%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.04%) IIS
5 3 (1.53%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.51%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) OpenText MBPM
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 104 (53.06%) Azure
2 50 (25.51%) Entra ID
3 36 (18.37%) AWS
4 32 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.16%) IaaS
6 11 (5.61%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.10%) GCP
7 10 (5.10%) PaaS
8 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.57%) GitHub
9 6 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.55%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.55%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.55%) Datadog
11 4 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.04%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.53%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (35.71%) DNS
2 55 (28.06%) DHCP
3 37 (18.88%) Firewall
4 22 (11.22%) VPN
5 16 (8.16%) WAN
6 15 (7.65%) LAN
6 15 (7.65%) TCP/IP
7 11 (5.61%) Kerberos
8 8 (4.08%) SMTP
9 6 (3.06%) VoIP
10 4 (2.04%) DMZ
10 4 (2.04%) HTTP
11 3 (1.53%) Internet
11 3 (1.53%) MPLS
11 3 (1.53%) SAN
11 3 (1.53%) VSAN
11 3 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.53%) Wireless
12 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.02%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.12%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.12%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.55%) Big Data
5 4 (2.04%) GIS
6 3 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.51%) MySQL
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.04%) Git
2 4 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.02%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.02%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.02%) MSI
4 1 (0.51%) GitLab
4 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 55 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.39%) Finance
3 23 (11.73%) Banking
4 17 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.06%) Legal
8 5 (2.55%) Local Government
9 4 (2.04%) Law
10 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.02%) Front Office
10 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 51 (26.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (8.16%) Support Engineer
3 15 (7.65%) C# Developer
3 15 (7.65%) Developer
4 13 (6.63%) Senior
5 12 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (4.59%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (4.59%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (4.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (4.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.08%) Analyst
7 8 (4.08%) Architect
7 8 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 8 (4.08%) IT Support
8 7 (3.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.57%) Lead
8 7 (3.57%) Server Engineer
9 6 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (2.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (2.55%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.69%) .NET
2 16 (8.16%) .NET Framework
3 13 (6.63%) LDAP
4 12 (6.12%) OAuth
5 11 (5.61%) SAML
6 7 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.04%) ADO
7 4 (2.04%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (2.04%) EJB
7 4 (2.04%) JSON
8 3 (1.53%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.53%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.53%) Java EE
8 3 (1.53%) Middleware
8 3 (1.53%) OpenLayers
8 3 (1.53%) Spring
9 2 (1.02%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (1.02%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.02%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.18%) PKI
2 17 (8.67%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.12%) Clustering
4 11 (5.61%) Replication
5 9 (4.59%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.59%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.06%) CMDB
6 6 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.06%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.06%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.55%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.53%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 196 (100.00%) Windows
2 58 (29.59%) Linux
3 24 (12.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (9.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (8.16%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (6.12%) Ubuntu
8 8 (4.08%) Solaris
8 8 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.55%) Unix
9 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.04%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (2.04%) VMS
11 3 (1.53%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.02%) Android
13 1 (0.51%) AIX
13 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.51%) CentOS
13 1 (0.51%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (32.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (22.45%) Disaster Recovery
3 34 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (13.27%) DevOps
4 26 (13.27%) High Availability
5 25 (12.76%) Change Management
5 25 (12.76%) CI/CD
5 25 (12.76%) Migration
6 23 (11.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (11.22%) Identity Access Management
8 20 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (10.20%) ITIL
8 20 (10.20%) Task Automation
9 19 (9.69%) Runbook
10 17 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (8.67%) RBAC
10 17 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (8.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 16 (8.16%) Incident Management
12 14 (7.14%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 75 (38.27%) PowerShell
2 35 (17.86%) SQL
3 22 (11.22%) PL/SQL
4 20 (10.20%) C#
5 16 (8.16%) Python
5 16 (8.16%) T-SQL
6 13 (6.63%) Bash
7 7 (3.57%) Bicep
8 6 (3.06%) Java
9 4 (2.04%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.53%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.02%) Korn
12 1 (0.51%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (30.10%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.90%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.76%) Degree
4 16 (8.16%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.57%) CISSP
7 6 (3.06%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.55%) CISM
9 4 (2.04%) CCNA
9 4 (2.04%) CCNP
9 4 (2.04%) MCITP
9 4 (2.04%) MCTS
10 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.02%) ISSAP
10 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.51%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.18%) QA
2 12 (6.12%) GDPR
3 10 (5.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (4.08%) NIST
6 7 (3.57%) SLA
7 5 (2.55%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.51%) NCSC
9 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 110 (56.12%) Active Directory
2 51 (26.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (12.24%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (11.22%) Docker
5 19 (9.69%) Hyper-V
6 15 (7.65%) vSphere
7 10 (5.10%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (4.08%) BitLocker
10 6 (3.06%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.04%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (2.04%) Terminal Services
11 4 (2.04%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.53%) Firmware
12 3 (1.53%) UAG
12 3 (1.53%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.51%) KVM
13 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.51%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 25 (12.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.22%) Kubernetes
3 20 (10.20%) Ansible
4 19 (9.69%) Terraform
5 17 (8.67%) vCenter Server
6 16 (8.16%) SCCM
7 13 (6.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (5.61%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (4.08%) vMotion
10 7 (3.57%) Grafana
10 7 (3.57%) Puppet
11 6 (3.06%) Prometheus
12 4 (2.04%) FortiGate
12 4 (2.04%) Nagios
12 4 (2.04%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (2.04%) SCOM
13 2 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (1.02%) Nessus
13 2 (1.02%) Thomson Reuters DACS
14 1 (0.51%) logstash
Vendors
1 103 (52.55%) Microsoft
2 69 (35.20%) VMware
3 31 (15.82%) Citrix
3 31 (15.82%) Oracle
4 19 (9.69%) Cisco
5 16 (8.16%) Okta
5 16 (8.16%) Red Hat
6 13 (6.63%) ServiceNow
7 12 (6.12%) Splunk
8 11 (5.61%) Google
9 10 (5.10%) Qualys
10 9 (4.59%) Tenable
11 8 (4.08%) Dell
11 8 (4.08%) IBM
12 7 (3.57%) NetApp
13 6 (3.06%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (3.06%) Meraki
13 6 (3.06%) Rapid7
13 6 (3.06%) Zscaler
14 5 (2.55%) CyberArk