Windows Server Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Windows Server
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 29 44
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 7 68 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 5.70% 4.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.11% 41.72% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 57 36
10th Percentile £297 £525 £469
25th Percentile £428 - £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile £641 £608 £695
90th Percentile £646 - £758
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £575 £613
% change year-on-year -10.87% -6.12% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £55.39
25th Percentile - £56.50 £59.72
Median hourly rate - £58.00 £68.19
Median % change year-on-year - -14.94% -
75th Percentile - £62.25 £75.40
90th Percentile - £63.90 £78.98
Berkshire median hourly rate - £61.60 £68.19
% change year-on-year - -9.66% +4.90%

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 63 163 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 10.55% 13.67% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 140 101
10th Percentile £228 £205 £325
25th Percentile £400 £213 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £542 £588
Median % change year-on-year +15.42% -7.83% +11.90%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £638
90th Percentile - - £763
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £514
% change year-on-year +17.65% -17.27% +4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £56.33 £49.00
25th Percentile - £56.44 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £60.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -3.60% -
75th Percentile - £65.94 £72.84
90th Percentile - £67.63 £77.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £61.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -59.97% +12.00% -16.03%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Reading

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
4 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
1 2 (28.57%) NGFW
1 2 (28.57%) SSL
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) SAML
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Application Security
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
2 2 (28.57%) Data Security
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) Network Load Balancing
2 2 (28.57%) RBAC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Debt
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (14.29%) XenApp
3 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix