Windows Server Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 7 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 3.89% - 3.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.58% - 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £443 - £152
25th Percentile - - £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £253
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.50%
75th Percentile - - £356
90th Percentile £645 - £390
Yorkshire median daily rate £510 £447 £488
% change year-on-year +14.09% -8.31% +21.88%

All Operating Systems
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 31 23 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 17.22% 28.05% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 16
10th Percentile £125 - £125
25th Percentile £143 £120 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £188 £185
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -17.78%
75th Percentile £468 £204 £344
90th Percentile £510 £224 £481
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £440 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% -12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile - £16.65 £14.75
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.30% +5.71% -20.45%
75th Percentile £24.29 £19.76 £18.75
90th Percentile - £19.77 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +23.30% +5.71% -12.50%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in North Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in North Yorkshire

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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
Scarborough - 6 £510 - 1
Middlesbrough - 1 £400 - 1
Windows Server
Yorkshire

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 6 (85.71%) Presales
1 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
1 6 (85.71%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Server Migrations
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) DV Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (85.71%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Apple
2 6 (85.71%) BeyondTrust
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Computacenter
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Okta
3 1 (14.29%) VMware