Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 154 98
Rank change year-on-year +52 -56 +63
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 9 3 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 0.094% 1.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.84% 0.61% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 64
10th Percentile £327 - £454
25th Percentile £401 £213 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £225 £575
Median % change year-on-year +155.56% -60.87% +35.29%
75th Percentile £638 £238 £623
90th Percentile £663 - £673
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 317 495 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.89% 15.47% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 357 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £245 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the South West

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the South West

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the South West

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wiltshire +36 5 £575 +155.56%
Gloucestershire - 3 £700 - 4
Dorset - 1 £475 -
Windows Server 2019
England

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) IIS
2 2 (22.22%) Skype for Business
3 1 (11.11%) Apache
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Stack
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
4 2 (22.22%) Skype
4 2 (22.22%) SSL
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) HP Storage Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) LDAP
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) PKI
2 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (11.11%) CESG
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 6 (66.67%) Windows 10
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Android
7 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
7 1 (11.11%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Rocky
7 1 (11.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 3 (33.33%) Server Building
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
3 2 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Server Virtualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) VBScript
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) MCSA
4 3 (33.33%) MCSE
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) MCP
5 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (22.22%) OPNET
3 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (11.11%) PowerCLI
3 1 (11.11%) vCenter Server
3 1 (11.11%) vMotion
3 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Remedy
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec