Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 169 183
Rank change year-on-year +26 +14 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 22 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.08% 2.03% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 19
10th Percentile £313 - £150
25th Percentile £320 £210 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -20.00% +16.07%
75th Percentile £351 £569 £550
90th Percentile £515 - £560
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
North of England

Windows Server 2019 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 539 689 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.32% 14.89% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 466 625
10th Percentile £160 £165 £165
25th Percentile £210 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +13.10%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £580
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
England median daily rate £467 £470 £513
% change year-on-year -0.59% -8.29% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 78 61
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.96
25th Percentile £13.60 £10.95 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -39.62% +43.24%
75th Percentile £18.75 £19.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £19.55 £34.53 £49.52
England median hourly rate £21.28 £22.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -3.27% -41.33% +70.45%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the North of England

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North West +23 20 £350 +59.09% 13
Yorkshire +8 2 £375 -33.29% 1
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (18.18%) IIS
3 4 (18.18%) Skype for Business
4 1 (4.55%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 4 (18.18%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) DNS
2 7 (31.82%) DHCP
2 7 (31.82%) SAN
3 4 (18.18%) PSTN
3 4 (18.18%) Skype
3 4 (18.18%) SMTP
4 3 (13.64%) LAN
4 3 (13.64%) Network Security
4 3 (13.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.55%) GIS
1 1 (4.55%) MSDE
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 4 (18.18%) Legal
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.55%) Publishing
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Administrator
3 7 (31.82%) VMWare Administrator
3 7 (31.82%) Wintel Administrator
4 5 (22.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Collaboration Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Exchange Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Industrial Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) DBA
7 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) SQL DBA
7 1 (4.55%) SQL Server DBA
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Wintel Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 4 (18.18%) Handset
3 1 (4.55%) Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) Windows Server
3 14 (63.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (54.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (36.36%) Linux
6 5 (22.73%) Android
7 4 (18.18%) Unix
8 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (4.55%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
9 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
9 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
9 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) High Availability
1 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (40.91%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (36.36%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 7 (31.82%) Patch Management
4 4 (18.18%) E-Discovery
4 4 (18.18%) Migration
4 4 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 4 (18.18%) RBAC
4 4 (18.18%) Resource Management
5 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.64%) Business Continuity
5 3 (13.64%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) Storage Management
5 3 (13.64%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
2 1 (4.55%) VB
2 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (22.73%) MCSE
4 4 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) MCP
5 1 (4.55%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 14 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (54.55%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (36.36%) Hyper-V
4 8 (36.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
5 1 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (68.18%) vCenter Server
2 8 (36.36%) WSUS
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (18.18%) NetApp OnCommand
3 4 (18.18%) vMotion
4 3 (13.64%) Backup Exec
5 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (4.55%) Perfmon
5 1 (4.55%) SCCM
5 1 (4.55%) SCOM
5 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (4.55%) vRealize
5 1 (4.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (77.27%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) Citrix
3 4 (18.18%) Clearswift
3 4 (18.18%) Ribbon
3 4 (18.18%) Symantec
3 4 (18.18%) Veeam
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) Kaseya
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat