Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 43 50
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% 0.54% 0.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.56% 3.33% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £208 -
25th Percentile £525 £242 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £308 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.86% - -
75th Percentile £575 £377 -
90th Percentile - £413 -
Wales median daily rate £550 £308 £202
% change year-on-year +78.86% +52.23% -57.47%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 39 60 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 11.24% 16.13% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 42 84
10th Percentile £164 £139 £145
25th Percentile £230 £161 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £244 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.97% -48.68% +9.83%
75th Percentile £300 £524 £623
90th Percentile £565 £550 £638
Wales median daily rate £285 £229 £345
% change year-on-year +24.59% -33.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 4
10th Percentile £15.04 £38.06 £12.81
25th Percentile £15.11 £46.25 £13.14
Median hourly rate £16.44 £47.50 £23.42
Median % change year-on-year -65.40% +102.86% +30.08%
75th Percentile £19.08 £50.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £19.93 £54.00 £119.78
Wales median hourly rate £18.75 £47.50 £23.42
% change year-on-year -60.53% +102.86% +61.48%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in South Wales

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Newport +5 1 £550 +189.47% 1
Windows Server 2019
Wales

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware