Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Windows Server
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 +28
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.24% 3.60% 5.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.63% 20.00% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £358 -
25th Percentile £513 £425 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% +19.79%
75th Percentile £538 £641 £650
90th Percentile - £669 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £330 £538 £423
% change year-on-year -38.60% +27.07% +47.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.65
25th Percentile - - £15.88
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - - £17.50

All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 40 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 9.03% 18.02% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 24 16
10th Percentile £103 £150 £131
25th Percentile £110 £195 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £345 £310
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +11.29% -55.71%
75th Percentile £478 £514 £572
90th Percentile £538 £610 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £180 £340 £195
% change year-on-year -47.06% +74.36% -67.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - £15.65
25th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft