Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -28 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 20 10
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.32% 7.69% 4.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.76% 44.44% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 4
10th Percentile - £393 £318
25th Percentile £425 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £411 £499
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% -17.59% +59.60%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £538
90th Percentile - £525 -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% +15.38%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 21 45 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 6.69% 17.31% 16.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 24
10th Percentile £343 £327 £189
25th Percentile £409 £383 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £406 £225
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% +80.22% -23.40%
75th Percentile £488 £456 £488
90th Percentile £493 £500 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £381 £400 £275
% change year-on-year -4.69% +45.45% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £14.69
25th Percentile - £23.10 £14.95
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £16.01
Median % change year-on-year - +51.16% -9.65%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £17.69
90th Percentile - - £18.33
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +6.80%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Northampton -31 1 £450 +9.49% 2
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware