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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 127 142
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 +59
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 35 57 72
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.96% 1.34% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.28% 7.49% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 43 18
10th Percentile £468 £322 £206
25th Percentile £588 £368 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £605 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +30.81% -11.90%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £575
90th Percentile - £687 -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +4.63%
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 663 761 1,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 18.12% 17.86% 19.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 500 700
10th Percentile £188 £200 £170
25th Percentile £219 £325 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £585 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 35 81
10th Percentile £12.50 £23.85 £17.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £36.79 £27.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £62.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.81% +11.61% +229.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £54.75 - £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -60.00% +31.43% +75.00%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 +13 27 £600 +41.18% 1
Thames Valley -2 7 £500 -17.36% 4
Berkshire -7 7 £500 -17.36% 3
West Sussex - 1 £625 -
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 4 (11.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) Fibre Channel
1 16 (45.71%) iSCSI
2 5 (14.29%) SAN
3 4 (11.43%) DHCP
3 4 (11.43%) DNS
3 4 (11.43%) VSAN
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (2.86%) Firewall
4 1 (2.86%) NAS
4 1 (2.86%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MSI
1 4 (11.43%) Robot Framework
1 4 (11.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
1 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Back Office
2 1 (2.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Architect
1 17 (48.57%) Infrastructure Architect
2 14 (40.00%) VMware Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Backup Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Storage Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Storage and Backup Administrator
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Server Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support
7 1 (2.86%) Citrix Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Cloud Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (2.86%) IT Technician
7 1 (2.86%) Migration Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Storage
1 4 (11.43%) PKI
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (97.14%) Windows
2 30 (85.71%) Windows Server
3 14 (40.00%) Linux
4 10 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (20.00%) CentOS
6 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (8.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (8.57%) Unix
8 1 (2.86%) Android
8 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Edge Virtualization
1 9 (25.71%) Mentoring
1 9 (25.71%) Performance Analysis
2 7 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 5 (14.29%) Agile
3 5 (14.29%) DevOps
4 4 (11.43%) Batch Scripting
4 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (11.43%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (11.43%) ITIL
4 4 (11.43%) Operational Stability
4 4 (11.43%) Test Automation
4 4 (11.43%) Web Development
4 4 (11.43%) Workflow
5 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.57%) Coaching
5 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (54.29%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.43%) PHP
3 4 (11.43%) Python
3 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Security Cleared
2 19 (54.29%) DV Cleared
3 16 (45.71%) MCSE
3 16 (45.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (28.57%) VCP5
4 10 (28.57%) VCP6
4 10 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (54.29%) NFS
1 19 (54.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 19 (54.29%) vSphere
2 16 (45.71%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.71%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.86%) XenApp
5 1 (2.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Terraform
2 7 (20.00%) Ansible
3 4 (11.43%) NetBackup
3 4 (11.43%) WMI
4 3 (8.57%) WSUS
5 2 (5.71%) VxRail
6 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) VMware
2 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
3 19 (54.29%) NetApp
4 16 (45.71%) Splunk
4 16 (45.71%) Veeam
5 7 (20.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (11.43%) 3PAR
6 4 (11.43%) HP
6 4 (11.43%) Veritas
7 3 (8.57%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (5.71%) Citrix
9 1 (2.86%) Cisco
9 1 (2.86%) Dell
9 1 (2.86%) EMC
9 1 (2.86%) Oracle