Windows Server Contracts in Somerset

Microsoft Windows Server
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 5.36% - 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% - 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £277 - £144
25th Percentile £325 - £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £193
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.62%
75th Percentile £531 - £398
90th Percentile £638 - £519
South West median daily rate £575 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +11.92% -6.59% +16.40%

All Operating Systems
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 27 25 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 16.07% 11.11% 19.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 23
10th Percentile £156 £182 £160
25th Percentile £220 £186 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £210 £448
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -53.13% +49.33%
75th Percentile £638 £291 £556
90th Percentile £711 £409 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 5
10th Percentile £57.75 £12.50 £49.60
25th Percentile £58.13 - £52.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -28.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £69.38 - £64.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £46.40 £68.30
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -73.04% +6.87% +19.09%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Somerset

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Somerset

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Somerset over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Somerset

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Somerset

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Bath - 7 £350 - 14
Street - 2 £625 -
Windows Server
South West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Security Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Principal DevOps Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Network Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Network Support
5 1 (11.11%) Network Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security
2 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
2 5 (55.56%) Patch Management
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Security Hardening
3 3 (33.33%) Server Hardening
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (22.22%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) High Availability
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Nessus
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) WSUS
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Qualys
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco