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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 26 46
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 8 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.32% 5.82% 3.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.05% 20.24% 26.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 18
10th Percentile £460 £196 £196
25th Percentile £513 £361 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £411 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -17.87% +14.61%
75th Percentile £543 £430 -
90th Percentile £553 £462 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £529 £406 £500
% change year-on-year +30.09% -18.75% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £36.17 -

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 42 84 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 17.43% 28.77% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 68 72
10th Percentile £182 £246 £196
25th Percentile £245 £326 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £415 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% -12.63% -8.65%
75th Percentile £491 £481 £541
90th Percentile £541 £555 £615
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £325 £415 £470
% change year-on-year -21.69% -11.70% -8.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £15.12 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.53% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £30.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -52.67% +44.58% +33.87%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 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 and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Linux Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Debian
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) Ubuntu
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Security Hardening
3 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
4 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 1 (12.50%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Dynatrace
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy