Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Windows Server
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 50 39
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 10 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.71% 0.25% 3.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.13% 1.69% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.49%
75th Percentile £470 - £488
90th Percentile £510 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £220 £190
% change year-on-year +95.34% +15.79% -64.15%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 123 59 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 20.99% 14.75% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 34 26
10th Percentile £150 £414 £171
25th Percentile £348 £472 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £544 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +8.75% -1.96%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £663
90th Percentile £610 £646 £688
South Yorkshire median daily rate £457 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -11.36% +8.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - - £12.50
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.50 £14.75
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +13.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £18.41 £22.00 £19.75
90th Percentile £18.47 - £19.90
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £21.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.33% +13.16% +10.14%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Sheffield

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) NAS
2 7 (70.00%) DNS
2 7 (70.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
4 1 (10.00%) Kerberos
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Git
2 7 (70.00%) GitLab
2 7 (70.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) Postman
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Migration Specialist
1 3 (30.00%) Server Migration Specialist
1 3 (30.00%) Server Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Automation Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) VMS
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 7 (70.00%) Kanban
2 7 (70.00%) Scrum
3 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (30.00%) Server Migrations
7 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 1 (10.00%) API Development
8 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (10.00%) DevOps
8 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (10.00%) Use Case
8 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (60.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (70.00%) VMware NSX
2 7 (70.00%) vSphere
3 6 (60.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (10.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Ansible
2 7 (70.00%) vCenter Server
2 7 (70.00%) vRealize
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (10.00%) Puppet
3 1 (10.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) F5
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat