Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 132 139
Rank change year-on-year +31 +7 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 19 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.97% 0.18% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.44% 1.41% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 16
10th Percentile £313 £193 £426
25th Percentile £328 £210 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £220 £488
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -54.87% +191.04%
75th Percentile - £230 £550
90th Percentile £538 £329 £600
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 295 355 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.99% 12.89% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 226 368
10th Percentile £156 £174 £173
25th Percentile £208 £284 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £438 £476
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% -7.99% +11.88%
75th Percentile £510 £582 £575
90th Percentile £593 £825 £650
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 65 47
10th Percentile £13.00 - £15.53
25th Percentile £13.60 £10.95 £21.83
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -45.39% +62.78%
75th Percentile £23.22 £18.75 £45.38
90th Percentile £80.59 £40.30 £49.52
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the North West

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the North West

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the North West

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cheshire +7 8 £338 -13.46% 1
Lancashire - 7 £438 - 4
Cumbria - 4 - - 1
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (21.05%) Skype for Business
4 3 (15.79%) IIS
5 1 (5.26%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
3 4 (21.05%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) DNS
1 7 (36.84%) SAN
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 4 (21.05%) PSTN
3 4 (21.05%) Skype
3 4 (21.05%) SMTP
4 3 (15.79%) LAN
4 3 (15.79%) Network Security
4 3 (15.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
1 1 (5.26%) MSDE
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 4 (21.05%) Legal
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Publishing
3 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Administrator
1 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) VMWare Administrator
2 6 (31.58%) Wintel Administrator
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Collaboration Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Exchange Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Industrial Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) DBA
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) SQL DBA
6 1 (5.26%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Wintel Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Data Centre
2 4 (21.05%) Blackberry
2 4 (21.05%) Handset
3 1 (5.26%) Clustering
3 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
1 15 (78.95%) Windows Server
2 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2016
3 10 (52.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (36.84%) Linux
5 5 (26.32%) Android
6 4 (21.05%) Unix
7 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
8 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) High Availability
2 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (36.84%) Performance Tuning
2 7 (36.84%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Patch Management
4 4 (21.05%) E-Discovery
4 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (21.05%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
4 4 (21.05%) RBAC
5 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
5 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity
5 3 (15.79%) Data Management
5 3 (15.79%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
5 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Storage Management
5 3 (15.79%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.26%) VB
2 1 (5.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) SC Cleared
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (26.32%) MCSE
4 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (5.26%) Degree
5 1 (5.26%) MCP
5 1 (5.26%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 12 (63.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (52.63%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (36.84%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (5.26%) BitLocker
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) vCenter Server
2 7 (36.84%) WSUS
3 3 (15.79%) Backup Exec
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (15.79%) NetApp OnCommand
3 3 (15.79%) vMotion
4 1 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.26%) Perfmon
4 1 (5.26%) SCCM
4 1 (5.26%) SCOM
4 1 (5.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (78.95%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) Citrix
3 4 (21.05%) Clearswift
3 4 (21.05%) Ribbon
3 4 (21.05%) Symantec
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) Veeam
5 1 (5.26%) McAfee