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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 173 105
Rank change year-on-year -38 -68 +89
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 166 220 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.16% 1.46% 2.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.90% 12.04% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 153 296
10th Percentile £322 £250 £210
25th Percentile £414 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £613
90th Percentile £713 £625 £745
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £102.40 £24.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £106.00 £28.75
Median hourly rate £22.23 £112.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +244.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £24.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile £27.90 - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £53.00 £53.53
% change year-on-year -60.38% -0.99% +114.12%

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 1,523 1,828 2,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.66% 12.13% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 971 1,212 2,007
10th Percentile £204 £225 £205
25th Percentile £359 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 17 45
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.15 £18.37
25th Percentile £21.73 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £28.00 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £104.80 £70.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +76.15% +30.00%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 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 -3 31 £525 +5.00% 14
West London -16 7 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -4 2 - - 1
East London - 1 £200 - 2
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 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.61%) SAS
4 5 (3.01%) IIS
5 3 (1.81%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.60%) Confluence
6 1 (0.60%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.60%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.60%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (51.81%) Azure
2 51 (30.72%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (19.28%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.45%) AWS
5 17 (10.24%) IaaS
6 11 (6.63%) SaaS
7 7 (4.22%) GitHub
8 6 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.61%) PaaS
9 5 (3.01%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.01%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.41%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.81%) GCP
11 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.81%) Serverless
12 2 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 42 (25.30%) Firewall
2 39 (23.49%) DNS
3 27 (16.27%) DHCP
4 17 (10.24%) VPN
5 11 (6.63%) WAN
6 10 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (4.22%) LAN
7 7 (4.22%) Network Security
8 6 (3.61%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.61%) Wireless
9 4 (2.41%) IPv4
9 4 (2.41%) MPLS
10 3 (1.81%) Internet
10 3 (1.81%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.81%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.81%) SSH
11 2 (1.20%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.20%) VLAN
11 2 (1.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.65%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.81%) Power BI
4 2 (1.20%) Apache Hive
4 2 (1.20%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.20%) Impala
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) Redis
5 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.01%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.41%) GitLab
4 3 (1.81%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.20%) Git
5 2 (1.20%) JIRA
5 2 (1.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.60%) Fiddler
General
1 38 (22.89%) Finance
2 31 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.84%) Banking
4 10 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.61%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.41%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.41%) Front Office
8 4 (2.41%) Local Government
8 4 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.20%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.20%) Marketing
9 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) International Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (19.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (8.43%) Developer
2 14 (8.43%) Platform Engineer
3 13 (7.83%) Windows Engineer
4 12 (7.23%) Security Engineer
4 12 (7.23%) Senior
5 11 (6.63%) Architect
6 10 (6.02%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 10 (6.02%) Wintel Engineer
7 9 (5.42%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.82%) C# Developer
8 8 (4.82%) Server Engineer
9 7 (4.22%) Analyst
9 7 (4.22%) Lead
9 7 (4.22%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.61%) Desktop Support
10 6 (3.61%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (3.61%) Senior Wintel Engineer
11 5 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.01%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.23%) .NET
2 8 (4.82%) .NET Framework
3 5 (3.01%) Middleware
3 5 (3.01%) REST
4 4 (2.41%) YAML
5 3 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.81%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.81%) WinForms
6 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.20%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.20%) Express.js
6 2 (1.20%) ISPF
6 2 (1.20%) OAuth
6 2 (1.20%) React
6 2 (1.20%) SAML
6 2 (1.20%) SOAP
6 2 (1.20%) Swing
6 2 (1.20%) WCF
6 2 (1.20%) Web Services
6 2 (1.20%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.27%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (7.83%) PKI
4 10 (6.02%) Replication
5 7 (4.22%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.41%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.41%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.81%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.81%) Clustering
8 3 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.81%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.20%) EPoS
9 2 (1.20%) NHS
9 2 (1.20%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 164 (98.80%) Windows
2 45 (27.11%) Linux
3 13 (7.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (4.82%) Ubuntu
5 6 (3.61%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.41%) CentOS
6 4 (2.41%) Unix
7 3 (1.81%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.20%) AIX
8 2 (1.20%) Android
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.20%) zOS
9 1 (0.60%) Solaris
9 1 (0.60%) VMS
9 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (19.28%) ITIL
3 27 (16.27%) Migration
4 23 (13.86%) DevOps
5 22 (13.25%) Agile
6 20 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (11.45%) CI/CD
8 15 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (8.43%) Project Delivery
10 12 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (7.23%) Information Security
10 12 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.63%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (6.63%) Change Control
11 11 (6.63%) Cloud Security
11 11 (6.63%) Platform Engineering
12 10 (6.02%) Architectural Design
12 10 (6.02%) Change Management
12 10 (6.02%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 63 (37.95%) PowerShell
2 27 (16.27%) SQL
3 19 (11.45%) Python
4 13 (7.83%) C#
5 11 (6.63%) T-SQL
6 9 (5.42%) Bash
7 8 (4.82%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.01%) Bicep
9 3 (1.81%) Java
9 3 (1.81%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.20%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.20%) JCL
10 2 (1.20%) LotusScript
10 2 (1.20%) REXX
11 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (15.66%) Degree
2 20 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.42%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.82%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.41%) CCNA
8 4 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.81%) CCNP
10 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.20%) MCITP
10 2 (1.20%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.43%) QA
2 9 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.82%) NIST
4 6 (3.61%) GDPR
5 5 (3.01%) SLA
6 3 (1.81%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.60%) DICOM
7 1 (0.60%) HL7
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.60%) NCSC
7 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 93 (56.02%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.23%) Hyper-V
4 10 (6.02%) Docker
4 10 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (4.22%) vSphere
6 5 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.01%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.81%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.20%) HDFS
8 2 (1.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.60%) Firmware
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (18.67%) SCCM
2 30 (18.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (13.86%) Terraform
4 15 (9.04%) Ansible
5 14 (8.43%) SCOM
6 7 (4.22%) CASB
6 7 (4.22%) SCOrch
7 6 (3.61%) Kubernetes
8 5 (3.01%) Puppet
9 4 (2.41%) NetBackup
9 4 (2.41%) Packer
9 4 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.81%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.81%) Kibana
11 2 (1.20%) Control-M
11 2 (1.20%) Grafana
11 2 (1.20%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (1.20%) Progress Chef
11 2 (1.20%) QRadar
11 2 (1.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 86 (51.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.90%) VMware
3 18 (10.84%) Oracle
4 16 (9.64%) Citrix
5 14 (8.43%) Cisco
6 13 (7.83%) Dell
7 9 (5.42%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.61%) HP
8 6 (3.61%) Qualys
8 6 (3.61%) Veeam
9 4 (2.41%) Commvault
9 4 (2.41%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.41%) Reuters
9 4 (2.41%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.41%) SnapLogic
9 4 (2.41%) Splunk
9 4 (2.41%) Tenable
10 3 (1.81%) Lotus
10 3 (1.81%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.20%) Canon