Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 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 26 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.61% 6.51% 4.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.17% 40.74% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - - £310
25th Percentile £313 £363 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -23.08% +143.75%
75th Percentile £338 £438 £563
90th Percentile - £479 £668
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% +15.38%

All Operating Systems
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 24 27 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 14.72% 15.98% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 19
10th Percentile £160 - £272
25th Percentile £189 £363 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% -8.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £476 £506 £613
90th Percentile £489 £587 £655
East Midlands median daily rate £381 £400 £275
% change year-on-year -4.69% +45.45% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 6
10th Percentile £15.12 £13.86 £10.76
25th Percentile - £14.37 £11.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.15 £13.71
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +163.77% -11.58%
75th Percentile - £73.31 £56.06
90th Percentile - £99.53 £70.00
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 Nottinghamshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham -14 1 £325 -13.33% 6
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft