Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Microsoft Windows Server
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 4 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 2.42% 6.02% 1.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.00% 53.33% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £340 - £232
25th Percentile £382 £363 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £363
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +3.45% -27.50%
75th Percentile £423 £388 £597
90th Percentile - - £734
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £413 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -25.00% +150.00%

All Operating Systems
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 25 15 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 15.15% 11.28% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 15
10th Percentile £195 - £141
25th Percentile £209 £185 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -25.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £443 £534 £638
90th Percentile £515 £679 £665
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £225 £375 £500
% change year-on-year -40.00% -25.00% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - £14.65 £10.76
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.80 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% +37.42% -2.09%
75th Percentile - £14.95 £12.51
90th Percentile - - £13.55
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £10.77
% change year-on-year -56.26% +433.89% -2.09%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 1 (25.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft