Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 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 89 73 131
Rank change year-on-year -16 +58 +18
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 13 73 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 2.72% 0.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.19% 18.67% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 59 11
10th Percentile £394 £400 £350
25th Percentile £444 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £387
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +48.58% -32.11%
75th Percentile £606 £608 £484
90th Percentile £675 - £519
South East median daily rate £603 £575 £488
% change year-on-year +4.78% +17.95% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £47.68
25th Percentile - £56.50 £47.95
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +23.20% -
75th Percentile - - £66.94
90th Percentile - - £75.60
South East median hourly rate - £61.60 £49.20
% change year-on-year - +25.20% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 210 391 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.90% 14.56% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 281 318
10th Percentile £213 £193 £213
25th Percentile £329 £213 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £700 £608 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 26 16
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.08
25th Percentile - £19.13 £19.52
Median hourly rate £14.20 £38.75 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year -63.35% -20.43% +143.50%
75th Percentile £18.58 £57.13 £62.97
90th Percentile £23.63 £61.60 £78.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -10.38% +165.00%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -32 7 £578 -2.12%
Buckinghamshire - 6 £425 - 2
Windows Server 2019
South East

Windows Server 2019
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Storage
3 1 (7.69%) Mimecast
3 1 (7.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DHCP
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
4 1 (7.69%) Modbus
4 1 (7.69%) NetScaler
4 1 (7.69%) Profibus
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Siemens Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (30.77%) DevSecOps
3 4 (30.77%) High Availability
4 3 (23.08%) Server Building
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Analytics
6 1 (7.69%) Application Packaging
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (7.69%) DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (7.69%) Privileged Identity Management
6 1 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) Release Management
6 1 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Bicep
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) VB
2 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) IEC 61131
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.69%) XenApp
3 1 (7.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) SCOM
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
2 4 (30.77%) 3PAR
2 4 (30.77%) Dell
2 4 (30.77%) HP
2 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
2 4 (30.77%) Veritas
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Commvault
4 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (7.69%) Imperva
4 1 (7.69%) Netskope
4 1 (7.69%) Rockwell
4 1 (7.69%) Siemens