Windows Server Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 50 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 -12 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 10 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.58% 1.34% 3.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.06% 8.11% 27.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £178 -
25th Percentile £406 £210 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £220 £190
Median % change year-on-year +95.34% +15.79% -64.15%
75th Percentile £470 £230 £339
90th Percentile £510 £233 £428
Yorkshire median daily rate £381 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -19.74% +18.75% -

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 124 74 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 19.59% 16.52% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 49 35
10th Percentile £150 £210 £166
25th Percentile £351 £421 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +8.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £600
90th Percentile £610 £628 £688
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - - £12.50
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.50 £14.75
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +13.16% +10.14%
75th Percentile £18.41 £22.00 £19.75
90th Percentile £18.47 - £19.90
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.74% -12.50% +6.95%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in South Yorkshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Sheffield -13 10 £430 - 6
Windows Server
Yorkshire

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) NAS
2 7 (70.00%) DNS
2 7 (70.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
4 1 (10.00%) Kerberos
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Git
2 7 (70.00%) GitLab
2 7 (70.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) Postman
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Migration Specialist
1 3 (30.00%) Server Migration Specialist
1 3 (30.00%) Server Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Automation Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) VMS
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 7 (70.00%) Kanban
2 7 (70.00%) Scrum
3 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (30.00%) Server Migrations
7 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 1 (10.00%) API Development
8 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (10.00%) DevOps
8 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (10.00%) Use Case
8 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (60.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (70.00%) VMware NSX
2 7 (70.00%) vSphere
3 6 (60.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (10.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Ansible
2 7 (70.00%) vCenter Server
2 7 (70.00%) vRealize
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (10.00%) Puppet
3 1 (10.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) F5
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat