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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 108 98
Rank change year-on-year -97 -10 +65
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 23 46 107
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.35% 1.36% 1.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.86% 7.69% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 62
10th Percentile - £413 £360
25th Percentile £519 £544 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% -0.83% +25.71%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £608
90th Percentile £668 £656 -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £61.60
75th Percentile £17.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.75 - £59.80
% change year-on-year - - +125.83%

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 805 598 976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.41% 17.66% 17.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 411 613
10th Percentile £204 £193 £203
25th Percentile £356 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +2.70%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £595
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
England median daily rate £460 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 48 66
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £15.94
25th Percentile £20.37 £16.59 £17.77
Median hourly rate £33.86 £18.87 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.44% -60.27% -13.64%
75th Percentile £53.75 £28.00 £69.92
90th Percentile £62.17 £58.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £22.53 £24.68
% change year-on-year +44.25% -8.70% -41.94%

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 13 July 2026.

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 13 July 2026. 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 -38 19 £538 -17.31% 4
Thames Valley -61 2 £600 +9.09% 6
East Sussex - 2 £788 -
Buckinghamshire -38 1 £600 +41.18%
Berkshire -40 1 - - 5
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 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Apache
2 2 (8.70%) IIS
2 2 (8.70%) nginx
2 2 (8.70%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) Cloudflare
3 2 (8.70%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) DNS
2 4 (17.39%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) BIG-IP
3 3 (13.04%) VSAN
4 2 (8.70%) Firewall
5 1 (4.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MySQL
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) MSI
1 1 (4.35%) Robot Framework
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Lead
2 6 (26.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Team Leader
3 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Server Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (8.70%) IT Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Lead Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) LAMP
1 2 (8.70%) LEMP Stack
1 2 (8.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
1 2 (8.70%) PKI
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 5 (21.74%) Ubuntu
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (8.70%) CentOS
5 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Technical Leadership
2 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Coaching
4 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Capacity Management
5 4 (17.39%) ITSM
5 4 (17.39%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (17.39%) Problem Management
5 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Task Automation
6 3 (13.04%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (13.04%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (78.26%) Security Cleared
2 13 (56.52%) DV Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.70%) MCSA
6 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NCSC
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (86.96%) Active Directory
2 19 (82.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (26.09%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (26.09%) VMware NSX
4 4 (17.39%) vSphere
5 2 (8.70%) Dovecot
5 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (8.70%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) vCenter Server
2 5 (21.74%) SCOM
3 3 (13.04%) Ansible
3 3 (13.04%) Terraform
3 3 (13.04%) WSUS
4 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (8.70%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (8.70%) HAProxy
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (8.70%) SCCM
4 2 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (4.35%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (4.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 20 (86.96%) VMware
2 8 (34.78%) Juniper
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Broadcom
3 4 (17.39%) F5
3 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
4 3 (13.04%) NVIDIA
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco
5 2 (8.70%) Dell
5 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
5 2 (8.70%) Remedy
6 1 (4.35%) McAfee