Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Microsoft Windows Server
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 21 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 17 17 14
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 7.23% 9.34% 5.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.37% 20.73% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 9
10th Percentile - £323 £410
25th Percentile £525 £480 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +18.28% +32.86%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile - - £626
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - £53.00 -

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 76 82 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 32.34% 45.05% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 36 28
10th Percentile £285 £301 £247
25th Percentile £450 £482 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +17.02% +25.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile - - £586
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 18 7
10th Percentile £41.25 £60.13 £62.50
25th Percentile £63.38 £63.13 £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £67.00 - £73.75
90th Percentile - £67.50 £74.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) DNS
2 16 (94.12%) SAN
3 1 (5.88%) Skype
Job Titles
1 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Smartcard
1 1 (5.88%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server 2016
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Build Automation
1 16 (94.12%) Deployment Automation
1 16 (94.12%) Operations Management
1 16 (94.12%) SIEM
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 17 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (94.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 16 (94.12%) Virtual Servers
2 16 (94.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (100.00%) SCCM
1 17 (100.00%) WSUS
2 16 (94.12%) Ansible
3 1 (5.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft
1 16 (94.12%) NetApp
1 16 (94.12%) Splunk
1 16 (94.12%) VMware
2 1 (5.88%) Tenable