Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Microsoft Windows Server
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth 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 37 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 6 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.70% 1.02% 5.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.63% 5.88% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 - £575
90th Percentile - - £631
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.44% +2.27% +7.32%

All Operating Systems
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 41 34 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 11.61% 17.26% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 30
10th Percentile £449 £195 £360
25th Percentile £494 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £435 £413
Median % change year-on-year +23.79% +5.45% -17.50%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £478
90th Percentile £625 £660 £560
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 15
10th Percentile £44.86 - £60.50
25th Percentile £48.72 £18.87 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - £72.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £49.36 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +96.26% -64.07% +21.74%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Portsmouth

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) VSAN
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Server Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (50.00%) Ubuntu
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (50.00%) Web Filtering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (33.33%) Logistics
2 2 (33.33%) Office Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Stability
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) MCSA
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 3 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) WSUS
2 2 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) NVIDIA
3 2 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) Fortinet