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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 141 121
Rank change year-on-year -28 -20 +73
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 20 29 84
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.46% 0.78% 1.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.73% 4.56% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 35
10th Percentile £441 £332 £192
25th Percentile £575 £360 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £575
90th Percentile - £710 -
England median daily rate £550 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.37% -5.00%
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 - - +150.28%

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 733 636 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.76% 17.08% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 438 662
10th Percentile £190 £200 £160
25th Percentile £238 £263 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +8.65% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £563
90th Percentile £623 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 27 77
10th Percentile £12.50 £26.80 £18.27
25th Percentile £15.62 £36.79 £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.69% +4.09% +197.30%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.38 £68.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.50 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £56.20 £32.50
% change year-on-year -55.25% +72.92% +30.00%

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 20 December 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 20 December 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 -20 12 £600 +45.45%
Berkshire -8 6 £510 -15.70% 1
Thames Valley -15 6 £510 -15.70% 2
West Sussex - 2 £663 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Fibre Channel
1 9 (45.00%) iSCSI
2 5 (25.00%) SAN
3 4 (20.00%) DNS
4 3 (15.00%) DHCP
4 3 (15.00%) VSAN
5 2 (10.00%) Firewall
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Back Office
2 2 (10.00%) Front Office
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Architect
1 11 (55.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 7 (35.00%) VMware Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Administrator
4 4 (20.00%) Backup Administrator
4 4 (20.00%) Storage Administrator
4 4 (20.00%) Storage and Backup Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (5.00%) IT Technician
5 1 (5.00%) Server Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 15 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (45.00%) Linux
3 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (35.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.00%) Android
6 1 (5.00%) CentOS
6 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
6 1 (5.00%) Unix
6 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Coaching
5 3 (15.00%) Edge Virtualization
5 3 (15.00%) Operational Stability
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Fit Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (10.00%) Java
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) DV Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) MCSE
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) VCP5
3 4 (20.00%) VCP6
3 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) NFS
1 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (50.00%) vSphere
2 9 (45.00%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 3 (15.00%) SCCM
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) SCOM
3 1 (5.00%) Terraform
3 1 (5.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (5.00%) VxRail
3 1 (5.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) VMware
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (60.00%) NetApp
3 9 (45.00%) Splunk
3 9 (45.00%) Veeam
4 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 4 (20.00%) 3PAR
5 4 (20.00%) HP
5 4 (20.00%) Veritas
6 3 (15.00%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (10.00%) Citrix
7 2 (10.00%) Oracle
8 1 (5.00%) Cisco
8 1 (5.00%) EMC