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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 136 105
Rank change year-on-year -62 -31 +67
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 11 20 105
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.67% 1.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 3.86% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 68
10th Percentile £546 £413 £344
25th Percentile £575 £525 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% +16.46%
75th Percentile £725 £653 £608
90th Percentile £789 £668 -
England median daily rate £488 £525 £558
% change year-on-year -7.14% -5.96% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.50
Median hourly rate - - £61.60
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £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 739 518 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.93% 17.31% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 370 653
10th Percentile £204 £205 £200
25th Percentile £350 £338 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +11.11% -7.31%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £648
England median daily rate £450 £475 £459
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.49% -11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 36 62
10th Percentile £13.89 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.13 £16.95 £17.69
Median hourly rate £45.10 £28.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% -23.81% -24.54%
75th Percentile £52.87 £60.47 £62.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £64.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £34.13 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +38.40% +12.09% -24.91%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -26 6 £600 -7.69% 3
West Sussex - 2 £700 - 2
East Sussex - 2 £788 -
Buckinghamshire -25 1 £600 +41.18% 1
Thames Valley -58 1 £600 +4.35% 2
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 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Nutanix
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) DNS
2 6 (54.55%) DHCP
3 3 (27.27%) BIG-IP
3 3 (27.27%) VSAN
4 1 (9.09%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Back Office
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Lead Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Server Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 3 (27.27%) Ubuntu
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Antivirus Management
2 3 (27.27%) BCP
2 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
2 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (27.27%) High Availability
2 3 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
2 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) Server Virtualisation
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (27.27%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) MCSA
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (63.64%) VMware NSX
4 4 (36.36%) vSphere
5 3 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
6 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (27.27%) WSUS
3 2 (18.18%) vCenter Server
4 1 (9.09%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (9.09%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (9.09%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) F5
3 3 (27.27%) NVIDIA
4 1 (9.09%) Citrix
4 1 (9.09%) Dell
4 1 (9.09%) McAfee
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (9.09%) Remedy