Windows Server Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 145 172
Rank change year-on-year +27 +27 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 365 520 693
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.04% 1.89% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.06% 13.28% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 386 536
10th Percentile £245 £231 £278
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £588
90th Percentile £681 £700 £663
England median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 15
10th Percentile £16.00 £22.63 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.21 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +19.05% -50.88%
75th Percentile £33.75 £34.00 £46.33
90th Percentile £43.25 £50.50 £59.93
England median hourly rate £32.50 £29.30 £22.25
% change year-on-year +10.92% +31.69% -11.00%

All Operating Systems
London

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,140 3,916 5,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.98% 14.22% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 2,860 3,986
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £313 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £669 £664
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
England median daily rate £450 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 64 112
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.86 £16.09
25th Percentile £18.93 £22.29 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +22.45% -38.75%
75th Percentile £36.84 £61.25 £49.06
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.70 £71.94
England median hourly rate £22.00 £29.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -24.91% +36.28% +19.44%

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 18 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

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 18 April 2024. 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 +18 45 £588 +23.68% 17
East London +8 14 £440 +25.71% 11
West London +15 10 £245 -54.42% 5
South London +16 6 £190 -15.56% 2
North London -2 1 £250 -18.37% 1
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 68 (18.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.12%) Exchange Server 2013
3 25 (6.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (5.21%) SharePoint
5 17 (4.66%) IIS
6 11 (3.01%) Confluence
7 10 (2.74%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (2.47%) Skype for Business
9 6 (1.64%) Tomcat
10 5 (1.37%) Apache
10 5 (1.37%) JBoss
10 5 (1.37%) nginx
11 2 (0.55%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.55%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
1 5 (1.37%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.27%) Eikon
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 152 (41.64%) Azure
2 120 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (20.00%) AWS
4 56 (15.34%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.22%) IaaS
6 22 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.21%) GCP
8 14 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (3.84%) PaaS
9 11 (3.01%) OneDrive
9 11 (3.01%) SaaS
10 10 (2.74%) Nutanix
10 10 (2.74%) Rubrik
11 9 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.47%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.47%) GitHub
12 7 (1.92%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.92%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.37%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 106 (29.04%) DNS
2 80 (21.92%) Firewall
3 49 (13.42%) DHCP
4 28 (7.67%) VPN
4 28 (7.67%) WAN
5 26 (7.12%) LAN
6 24 (6.58%) SAN
6 24 (6.58%) TCP/IP
7 21 (5.75%) NAS
8 16 (4.38%) VLAN
9 14 (3.84%) MPLS
10 12 (3.29%) BGP
11 10 (2.74%) Kerberos
11 10 (2.74%) Network Security
11 10 (2.74%) Skype
12 8 (2.19%) Wireless
13 7 (1.92%) OSPF
14 6 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (1.10%) iSCSI
15 4 (1.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (19.45%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.47%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.19%) MySQL
3 8 (2.19%) RDBMS
4 5 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.55%) Looker
6 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.27%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Redis
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (9.32%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.75%) Git
3 17 (4.66%) JIRA
4 13 (3.56%) Subversion
5 12 (3.29%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.47%) Artifactory
6 9 (2.47%) GitLab
7 7 (1.92%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.55%) AppScan
9 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.55%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.27%) JUnit
10 1 (0.27%) NUnit
10 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 70 (19.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.63%) Finance
3 47 (12.88%) Public Sector
4 27 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.84%) Mandarin Language
6 10 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.19%) Banking
7 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.92%) Front Office
9 5 (1.37%) French Language
9 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.82%) Law
10 3 (0.82%) Legal
10 3 (0.82%) Marketing
10 3 (0.82%) Retail
11 2 (0.55%) Billing
11 2 (0.55%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 75 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (10.68%) Administrator
2 39 (10.68%) Senior
3 33 (9.04%) Analyst
3 33 (9.04%) Support Engineer
4 27 (7.40%) Systems Administrator
5 24 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (5.75%) IT Engineer
6 21 (5.75%) Windows Engineer
6 21 (5.75%) Wintel Engineer
7 16 (4.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (4.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (3.84%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (3.56%) Desktop Support
10 12 (3.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 11 (3.01%) IT Analyst
11 11 (3.01%) Senior Systems Analyst
11 11 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
11 11 (3.01%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.58%) .NET
2 15 (4.11%) Middleware
3 13 (3.56%) LDAP
4 8 (2.19%) ASP.NET
5 6 (1.64%) SAML
6 5 (1.37%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.37%) CSS
6 5 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (1.37%) IBM Integration Bus
6 5 (1.37%) YAML
7 4 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.10%) HTML
7 4 (1.10%) HTML5
8 2 (0.55%) FIDO
8 2 (0.55%) OAuth
8 2 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.27%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.27%) Node.js
9 1 (0.27%) PowerMock
9 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.77%) Replication
2 26 (7.12%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.84%) NHS
4 14 (3.84%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (3.56%) PKI
6 10 (2.74%) Clustering
7 8 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.64%) CCTV
9 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.10%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.10%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.82%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 362 (99.18%) Windows
2 69 (18.90%) Linux
3 50 (13.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 48 (13.15%) Windows 10
5 41 (11.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (11.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (7.95%) Windows Server 2008
7 19 (5.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (5.21%) Windows 7
8 14 (3.84%) Unix
9 11 (3.01%) VMS
10 10 (2.74%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (2.47%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (2.19%) Solaris
13 6 (1.64%) CentOS
14 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.55%) OpenVMS
16 1 (0.27%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (25.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (18.63%) Migration
3 66 (18.08%) DevOps
4 52 (14.25%) ITIL
5 35 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (8.22%) Customer Service
8 28 (7.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 25 (6.85%) Agile
10 24 (6.58%) High Availability
10 24 (6.58%) Time Management
11 22 (6.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (6.03%) Server Management
12 19 (5.21%) Configuration Management
13 18 (4.93%) CI/CD
14 17 (4.66%) Analytics
14 17 (4.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 17 (4.66%) Storage Management
15 16 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (4.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 108 (29.59%) PowerShell
2 55 (15.07%) Python
3 53 (14.52%) SQL
4 28 (7.67%) Bash
5 17 (4.66%) C#
6 12 (3.29%) Java
7 10 (2.74%) C++
7 10 (2.74%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.64%) Ruby
8 6 (1.64%) VB
9 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.10%) Korn
10 4 (1.10%) Perl
10 4 (1.10%) PHP
11 3 (0.82%) Bicep
11 3 (0.82%) F#
11 3 (0.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 39 (10.68%) DV Cleared
3 32 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.40%) Degree
5 14 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.37%) MCSA
8 4 (1.10%) CCNA
8 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.55%) CCNP
9 2 (0.55%) MCITP
9 2 (0.55%) MCSE
9 2 (0.55%) SANS
9 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.38%) SLA
2 11 (3.01%) GDPR
3 10 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.47%) QA
5 8 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 211 (57.81%) Active Directory
2 75 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.85%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.75%) Docker
5 17 (4.66%) vSphere
6 12 (3.29%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.64%) Firmware
10 5 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.82%) KVM
11 3 (0.82%) NFS
12 1 (0.27%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.27%) vCloud
12 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 55 (15.07%) SCCM
2 38 (10.41%) Ansible
3 31 (8.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 26 (7.12%) Kubernetes
4 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (7.12%) Terraform
5 12 (3.29%) SCOM
6 11 (3.01%) Puppet
7 10 (2.74%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (2.47%) BladeLogic
8 9 (2.47%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.19%) EMC NetWorker
9 8 (2.19%) Netcool
9 8 (2.19%) Tivoli
9 8 (2.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 7 (1.92%) Grafana
10 7 (1.92%) WSUS
11 6 (1.64%) Nagios
11 6 (1.64%) Progress Chef
12 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (37.53%) Microsoft
2 130 (35.62%) VMware
3 43 (11.78%) Citrix
4 36 (9.86%) Veeam
5 28 (7.67%) Cisco
6 22 (6.03%) HP
6 22 (6.03%) ServiceNow
7 21 (5.75%) Red Hat
8 20 (5.48%) Dell
8 20 (5.48%) Oracle
9 19 (5.21%) Qualys
10 18 (4.93%) Splunk
11 16 (4.38%) IBM
12 12 (3.29%) CA
12 12 (3.29%) Dynatrace
13 10 (2.74%) EMC
13 10 (2.74%) TOWER Software
14 9 (2.47%) Altiris
14 9 (2.47%) CyberArk
14 9 (2.47%) Google