Windows Server Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 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 43 86 49
Rank change year-on-year +43 -37 +30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 76 72 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.53% 2.25% 4.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.97% 14.55% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 62 134
10th Percentile £401 £175 £171
25th Percentile £522 £217 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £690
England median daily rate £540 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +15.51% -6.50% +17.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £65.18 £17.60
25th Percentile - £67.31 £18.75
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +21.25% -13.11%
75th Percentile - £76.31 £62.25
90th Percentile - £77.33 £108.70
England median hourly rate £18.75 £38.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -51.30% +28.33% +33.33%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 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
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
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 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 +42 34 £575 +6.98% 4
Gloucestershire +35 24 £615 +173.33% 14
Dorset -1 7 £475 +157.02% 12
Bristol +6 5 £550 +10.00% 11
Somerset +6 4 £513 +210.61% 7
Devon +11 1 £185 -66.36% 9
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
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 16 (21.05%) Confluence
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (14.47%) SharePoint
3 9 (11.84%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.32%) IIS
4 1 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.21%) Azure
2 23 (30.26%) AWS
3 15 (19.74%) OpenShift
4 8 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.63%) GCP
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (39.47%) DNS
2 27 (35.53%) DHCP
3 17 (22.37%) TCP/IP
4 15 (19.74%) HTTP
5 14 (18.42%) Skype
6 7 (9.21%) VPN
7 5 (6.58%) Firewall
7 5 (6.58%) Unified Communications
8 3 (3.95%) SAN
9 2 (2.63%) iSCSI
9 2 (2.63%) SSL
10 1 (1.32%) LAN
10 1 (1.32%) NAS
10 1 (1.32%) Network Security
10 1 (1.32%) SMTP
10 1 (1.32%) VLAN
10 1 (1.32%) VoIP
10 1 (1.32%) WAN
10 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (22.37%) JIRA
2 13 (17.11%) Bitbucket
3 10 (13.16%) Git
3 10 (13.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.26%) Military
5 2 (2.63%) Finance
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.32%) Legal
6 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (13.16%) DevOps Engineer
3 8 (10.53%) Automation Engineer
3 8 (10.53%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) Administrator
5 4 (5.26%) Architect
5 4 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) Senior
5 4 (5.26%) Senior Wintel Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) Server Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Analyst
6 3 (3.95%) IT Support
6 3 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Server Specialist
6 3 (3.95%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Windows Server Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Windows Server Specialist
6 3 (3.95%) Windows Specialist
7 2 (2.63%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) REST
2 9 (11.84%) SOAP
3 2 (2.63%) Flash
4 1 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.68%) PKI
2 3 (3.95%) Clustering
2 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.95%) Security Posture
2 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.32%) CESG
4 1 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (39.47%) Linux
3 17 (22.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (22.37%) Windows 10
4 16 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (3.95%) VMS
8 1 (1.32%) Android
8 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.32%) Rocky
8 1 (1.32%) Unix
8 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.74%) Service Management
2 23 (30.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (27.63%) Agile
4 19 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (25.00%) System Testing
5 18 (23.68%) NsoIT
6 15 (19.74%) Containerisation
6 15 (19.74%) ITIL
7 13 (17.11%) Critical Thinking
7 13 (17.11%) DevOps
8 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure Automation
8 12 (15.79%) Validation
9 11 (14.47%) Deployment Automation
10 10 (13.16%) Configuration Management
10 10 (13.16%) Migration
11 9 (11.84%) Reverse Engineering
12 7 (9.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (9.21%) Incident Management
13 6 (7.89%) Project Management
14 5 (6.58%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 43 (56.58%) PowerShell
2 25 (32.89%) Python
3 24 (31.58%) Bash
4 16 (21.05%) SQL
5 15 (19.74%) Java
6 2 (2.63%) VBScript
7 1 (1.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 36 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 25 (32.89%) DV Cleared
4 15 (19.74%) Degree
4 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (19.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (15.79%) MCSE
6 11 (14.47%) CCNP
6 11 (14.47%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (13.16%) OCA
7 10 (13.16%) Oracle Certification
8 9 (11.84%) MCSA
8 9 (11.84%) RHCA
8 9 (11.84%) RHCE
9 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.63%) CCNA
11 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.32%) MCP
11 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) SLA
2 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (48.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (40.79%) Active Directory
2 31 (40.79%) Hyper-V
3 15 (19.74%) Docker
4 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (7.89%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.32%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (35.53%) Ansible
2 24 (31.58%) Puppet
3 19 (25.00%) Terraform
4 16 (21.05%) Kubernetes
5 14 (18.42%) SCCM
5 14 (18.42%) vCenter Server
6 11 (14.47%) WSUS
7 9 (11.84%) Progress Chef
8 4 (5.26%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (3.95%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (3.95%) SCOM
9 3 (3.95%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (2.63%) OPNET
10 2 (2.63%) PowerCLI
11 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (1.32%) NetApp OnCommand
11 1 (1.32%) vMotion
Vendors
1 40 (52.63%) VMware
2 35 (46.05%) Microsoft
3 15 (19.74%) Red Hat
4 14 (18.42%) Atlassian
5 13 (17.11%) Cisco
6 12 (15.79%) Oracle
7 6 (7.89%) Veeam
8 5 (6.58%) McAfee
9 4 (5.26%) Symantec
10 3 (3.95%) Remedy
11 2 (2.63%) HP
11 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds
12 1 (1.32%) Apple
12 1 (1.32%) Dell
12 1 (1.32%) Fujitsu
12 1 (1.32%) Google
12 1 (1.32%) Qualys
12 1 (1.32%) Veritas