Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows Server | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 5.61% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 25.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £136 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £163 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £215 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.51% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £230 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £235 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £460 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.13% | -8.00% | +16.67% |
All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 30 | 19 | 43 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 17.96% | 13.77% | 21.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £151 | £164 | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | £170 | £191 | £174 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £330 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.52% | -17.50% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £350 | £544 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £410 | £575 | £645 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £468 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.60% | -7.43% | +1.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £14.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | - | £14.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £12.25 | £17.61 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +97.39% | -30.44% | +35.46% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £31.88 | £20.37 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £20.90 |
| UK median hourly rate | £23.00 | £22.00 | £38.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -42.86% | +67.39% |
Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Northern Ireland.
Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Northern Ireland.