Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Windows Server 2019 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 78 84 74
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 1 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% 0.67% 1.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.32% 7.95% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 13
10th Percentile - - £475
25th Percentile - £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +5.22% +17.95%
75th Percentile - £608 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £510 £605 £575
% change year-on-year -15.70% +5.22% +17.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56

All Operating Systems
Reading

Windows Server 2019 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 76 88 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 10.48% 8.48% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 51 143
10th Percentile £255 £219 £205
25th Percentile £284 £400 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £536 £638 £606
90th Percentile £605 £700 £623
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £404 £400
% change year-on-year +5.20% +1.00% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £72.40 - £59.38
25th Percentile £76.00 £69.06 £60.31
Median hourly rate £82.00 £69.38 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.20% +11.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £84.00 £69.69 £64.06
90th Percentile £85.20 - £64.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% +0.51%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in Reading

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Storage and Backup Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) 3PAR
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas