Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Microsoft Windows Server
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 18 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 2.02% 2.88% 1.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 16.67% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £565 £318 -
25th Percentile £588 £325 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £350 £225
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% +55.56% -33.33%
75th Percentile £663 £375 £238
90th Percentile £685 £383 -
Wiltshire median daily rate £625 £575 £513
% change year-on-year +8.70% +12.20% -2.38%

All Operating Systems
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 18 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 10.10% 17.31% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 9
10th Percentile £316 £156 £144
25th Percentile £356 £178 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £210 £225
Median % change year-on-year +144.05% -6.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £569 £263 £600
90th Percentile £638 £383 £705
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £538 £465
% change year-on-year +6.98% +15.59% -11.43%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Swindon

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Swindon over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Swindon

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware