Windows Server Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 42 51
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 113 231 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.56% 4.06% 4.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.96% 22.89% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 155 159
10th Percentile £334 £291 £250
25th Percentile £500 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £613
90th Percentile £650 - £689
England median daily rate £550 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -3.20% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £36.40 £29.83
25th Percentile - £51.56 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.77 £59.80 £51.88
Median % change year-on-year -45.20% +15.28% -7.78%
75th Percentile - £61.60 £65.34
90th Percentile - £64.03 £85.46
England median hourly rate £24.05 £38.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -37.53% +28.33% +31.87%

All Operating Systems
South East

Windows Server 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 566 1,009 1,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.82% 17.73% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 641 766
10th Percentile £198 £203 £194
25th Percentile £319 £331 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £595 £575
90th Percentile £655 £660 £638
England median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 67 70
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.95 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.85 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +214.29%
75th Percentile £28.00 £69.84 £67.13
90th Percentile £58.45 £71.50 £73.88
England median hourly rate £19.36 £24.93 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.33% -41.35% +88.89%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Thames Valley -1 54 £500 -17.36% 124
Hampshire 0 51 £575 +4.55% 87
Berkshire -13 38 £500 -17.36% 69
Buckinghamshire +17 14 £527 +17.06% 32
Surrey +17 5 £400 +16.79% 45
Oxfordshire 0 2 £275 -26.67% 23
Kent -1 1 £155 -4.62% 45
West Sussex -8 1 £250 -37.50% 31
East Sussex - 1 - - 9
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (12.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.08%) IIS
3 4 (3.54%) Apache
3 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.65%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.88%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.01%) Azure
2 17 (15.04%) AWS
3 11 (9.73%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.96%) IaaS
5 8 (7.08%) GCP
5 8 (7.08%) OpenShift
5 8 (7.08%) PaaS
6 7 (6.19%) Entra ID
7 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.42%) GitHub
9 4 (3.54%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.77%) SaaS
11 1 (0.88%) Akamai
11 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.55%) DNS
2 21 (18.58%) DHCP
3 18 (15.93%) Firewall
4 14 (12.39%) SMTP
5 13 (11.50%) VPN
6 12 (10.62%) Fibre Channel
6 12 (10.62%) iSCSI
6 12 (10.62%) TCP/IP
7 6 (5.31%) NetScaler
7 6 (5.31%) SAN
8 4 (3.54%) VSAN
9 3 (2.65%) FTP
9 3 (2.65%) HTTP
10 2 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.77%) Network Security
10 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.77%) Telnet
10 2 (1.77%) WAN
10 2 (1.77%) Wireless
11 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.50%) Big Data
2 8 (7.08%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (7.08%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (5.31%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (9.73%) MSI
2 7 (6.19%) Git
3 5 (4.42%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.54%) Robot Framework
4 4 (3.54%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.88%) Fiddler
General
1 14 (12.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.42%) Finance
4 3 (2.65%) Legal
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.77%) Military
5 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.88%) Law
6 1 (0.88%) Local Government
6 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (20.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (13.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 15 (13.27%) Architect
3 14 (12.39%) Support Engineer
4 12 (10.62%) Infrastructure Architect
4 12 (10.62%) VMware Architect
5 8 (7.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (7.08%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (7.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (7.08%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (6.19%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Developer
8 5 (4.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Senior
9 4 (3.54%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Lead
9 4 (3.54%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) .NET
1 3 (2.65%) Apache Axis
2 2 (1.77%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.88%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.88%) EDI
3 1 (0.88%) JSON
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.88%) MSMQ
3 1 (0.88%) OAuth
3 1 (0.88%) REST
3 1 (0.88%) SOAP
3 1 (0.88%) WCF
3 1 (0.88%) XML
3 1 (0.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.58%) PKI
2 15 (13.27%) Clustering
3 13 (11.50%) Onboarding
4 12 (10.62%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.88%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.88%) SCADA
8 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 113 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (33.63%) Windows Server 2019
3 34 (30.09%) Linux
4 32 (28.32%) Windows 10
5 17 (15.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (10.62%) Ubuntu
7 9 (7.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (6.19%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (5.31%) CentOS
10 5 (4.42%) Debian
10 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (3.54%) Unix
12 2 (1.77%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (1.77%) Solaris
12 2 (1.77%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.88%) VMS
13 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (24.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (17.70%) DevOps
4 17 (15.04%) ITIL
5 13 (11.50%) Agile
6 10 (8.85%) Edge Virtualization
6 10 (8.85%) Performance Analysis
7 9 (7.96%) High Availability
7 9 (7.96%) Migration
8 8 (7.08%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (7.08%) Configuration Management
8 8 (7.08%) Machine Learning
8 8 (7.08%) Server Building
8 8 (7.08%) Software Deployment
9 7 (6.19%) Change Management
9 7 (6.19%) Data Analysis
9 7 (6.19%) Prototyping
9 7 (6.19%) Security Patching
9 7 (6.19%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 60 (53.10%) PowerShell
2 27 (23.89%) SQL
3 19 (16.81%) Python
4 11 (9.73%) C#
5 7 (6.19%) VB
6 4 (3.54%) PHP
6 4 (3.54%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.65%) Java
8 2 (1.77%) Ruby
8 2 (1.77%) VBScript
9 1 (0.88%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.88%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 71 (62.83%) Security Cleared
2 46 (40.71%) DV Cleared
3 28 (24.78%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (10.62%) MCSE
6 11 (9.73%) Degree
7 10 (8.85%) VCP5
7 10 (8.85%) VCP6
7 10 (8.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.77%) CISSP
10 1 (0.88%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.88%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.77%) GDPR
2 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.88%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.88%) QA
3 1 (0.88%) RMADS
3 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (46.90%) Active Directory
2 34 (30.09%) VMware ESXi
3 32 (28.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (19.47%) vSphere
5 19 (16.81%) Hyper-V
6 17 (15.04%) NFS
7 9 (7.96%) Docker
7 9 (7.96%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (7.96%) Terminal Services
8 8 (7.08%) BitLocker
9 6 (5.31%) XenApp
10 5 (4.42%) XenDesktop
11 4 (3.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 3 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (17.70%) Ansible
2 15 (13.27%) SCCM
3 14 (12.39%) Terraform
3 14 (12.39%) vCenter Server
4 12 (10.62%) WSUS
5 10 (8.85%) Kubernetes
6 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (7.08%) Nagios
7 8 (7.08%) Puppet
7 8 (7.08%) vMotion
8 7 (6.19%) SCOM
9 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (3.54%) NetBackup
9 4 (3.54%) WMI
10 3 (2.65%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (2.65%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (58.41%) VMware
2 55 (48.67%) Microsoft
3 21 (18.58%) Dell
4 20 (17.70%) Citrix
5 16 (14.16%) HP
6 13 (11.50%) Red Hat
7 12 (10.62%) NetApp
7 12 (10.62%) Splunk
7 12 (10.62%) Veeam
8 11 (9.73%) Symantec
8 11 (9.73%) Wyse
9 8 (7.08%) Google
10 7 (6.19%) SolarWinds
11 5 (4.42%) Databricks
12 4 (3.54%) 3PAR
12 4 (3.54%) Veritas
13 3 (2.65%) IBM
13 3 (2.65%) Juniper
13 3 (2.65%) NETGEAR
13 3 (2.65%) Oracle