Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 144 136
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +68
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 30 41 74
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.72% 1.01% 1.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.26% 5.93% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 26
10th Percentile £417 £355 £206
25th Percentile £575 £360 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £603 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +30.27% -14.94%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £575
90th Percentile - £691 -
England median daily rate £600 £445 £475
% change year-on-year +34.83% -6.32% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £49.07
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £64.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +117.48%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 704 691 1,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.93% 16.99% 19.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 457 663
10th Percentile £190 £200 £163
25th Percentile £234 £300 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £440 £410
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +7.32% -13.68%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £565
90th Percentile £608 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 32 81
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.91 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £37.40 £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.48% +11.82% +193.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.13 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.25 £60.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year -61.41% +74.64% +38.00%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South East over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the South East

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Hampshire +1 23 £600 +50.00% 1
Thames Valley -7 6 £510 -15.70% 5
Berkshire -11 6 £510 -15.70% 1
West Sussex - 1 £625 - 1
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Fibre Channel
1 13 (43.33%) iSCSI
2 5 (16.67%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) SAN
3 4 (13.33%) DHCP
3 4 (13.33%) VSAN
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.33%) Firewall
4 1 (3.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MSI
1 3 (10.00%) Robot Framework
1 3 (10.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Back Office
3 1 (3.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Architect
1 14 (46.67%) Infrastructure Architect
2 11 (36.67%) VMware Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Administrator
4 4 (13.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Backup Administrator
4 4 (13.33%) Storage Administrator
4 4 (13.33%) Storage and Backup Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Server Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support
7 1 (3.33%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (3.33%) IT Technician
7 1 (3.33%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (10.00%) PKI
3 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 25 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (40.00%) Linux
4 9 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (16.67%) CentOS
6 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (10.00%) Unix
8 2 (6.67%) Ubuntu
9 1 (3.33%) Android
9 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (23.33%) Customer Requirements
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Edge Virtualization
3 6 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 6 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 5 (16.67%) Agile
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) DevOps
5 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (13.33%) Operational Stability
6 3 (10.00%) Batch Scripting
6 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.00%) Coaching
6 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
6 3 (10.00%) Server Management
6 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 3 (10.00%) Web Development
6 3 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (53.33%) SQL
2 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (13.33%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.00%) PHP
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (53.33%) DV Cleared
3 13 (43.33%) MCSE
3 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (23.33%) VCP5
4 7 (23.33%) VCP6
4 7 (23.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) NFS
1 16 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (50.00%) vSphere
3 13 (43.33%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Ansible
1 6 (20.00%) Terraform
2 4 (13.33%) NetBackup
3 3 (10.00%) WMI
3 3 (10.00%) WSUS
4 2 (6.67%) SCCM
4 2 (6.67%) VxRail
5 1 (3.33%) SCOM
5 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) VMware
2 18 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 16 (53.33%) NetApp
4 13 (43.33%) Splunk
4 13 (43.33%) Veeam
5 6 (20.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (13.33%) 3PAR
6 4 (13.33%) HP
6 4 (13.33%) Veritas
7 3 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco
8 1 (3.33%) Citrix
8 1 (3.33%) Dell
8 1 (3.33%) EMC
8 1 (3.33%) Oracle