Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Windows Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 29 18
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 2 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.56% 0.87% 6.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.03% 2.74% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £259 £391
25th Percentile - £329 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £453 £413
Median % change year-on-year -44.75% +9.70% +3.13%
75th Percentile - £569 £423
90th Percentile - £636 £619
North West median daily rate £425 £800 £400
% change year-on-year -46.88% +100.00% +5.26%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 33 73 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 18.44% 31.60% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 29
10th Percentile £160 £160 £187
25th Percentile £185 £177 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £225 £413
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -45.45% +3.13%
75th Percentile £438 £391 £494
90th Percentile £775 £588 £560
North West median daily rate £375 £445 £420
% change year-on-year -15.73% +5.95% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 6
10th Percentile - £15.35 -
25th Percentile - £16.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £17.75 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.73% +4.29%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £19.88
90th Percentile - £24.06 £20.75
North West median hourly rate £17.44 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.63% -19.57% +3.31%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Merseyside

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Liverpool +5 1 £250 -63.24% 2
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory