Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Windows Server
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 29 37
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2 15 18
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.48% 7.11% 3.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.41% 39.47% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 16
10th Percentile - £180 £166
25th Percentile - £228 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £375 £465
Median % change year-on-year +49.33% -19.35% -5.58%
75th Percentile - £430 £500
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £345 £465
% change year-on-year +62.32% -25.81% -11.00%

All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 37 38 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.96% 18.01% 16.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 30 56
10th Percentile £190 £200 £175
25th Percentile £231 £290 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.10% -15.45% -2.91%
75th Percentile £615 £438 £550
90th Percentile £640 £567 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £459 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +14.69% -20.00% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 18
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £20.63
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £23.75
% change year-on-year - - +39.71%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft