Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Microsoft Windows Server
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.76% - 1.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.00% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £564 - £399
25th Percentile £585 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.90%
75th Percentile £660 - £491
90th Percentile - - £496
Hampshire median daily rate £503 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -8.64% +12.82% -11.36%

All Operating Systems
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 20 21 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 11.76% 14.69% 25.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 28
10th Percentile £190 £234 £166
25th Percentile £353 £262 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £380 £517
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.50% -1.52%
75th Percentile £594 £443 £640
90th Percentile £660 £548 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £28.30
25th Percentile £25.00 - £30.25
Median hourly rate £41.75 - £33.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.82%
75th Percentile £73.56 - £36.75
90th Percentile £97.53 - £38.70
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -59.76% +6.38% +156.61%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Southampton

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) VMware