Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Windows Server
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 30 16
Rank change year-on-year -22 -14 +26
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.43% 3.24% 6.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.76% 18.60% 53.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £166 £358 -
25th Percentile £224 £425 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £538 £423
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% +27.07% +47.13%
75th Percentile £439 £641 £641
90th Percentile £498 £669 £650
North East median daily rate £550 £538 £423
% change year-on-year +2.33% +27.07% +19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.65
25th Percentile - - £15.88
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate - £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 42 43 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 9.11% 17.41% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 23
10th Percentile £103 £150 £131
25th Percentile £123 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £340 £195
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +74.36% -67.50%
75th Percentile £419 £497 £427
90th Percentile £538 £595 £648
North East median daily rate £188 £323 £195
% change year-on-year -41.86% +65.38% -63.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - £15.65
25th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
North East median hourly rate £25.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% +7.14% -64.47%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Tyne and Wear

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -26 1 £525 -2.33% 3
Sunderland - 1 £135 - 2
Windows Server
North East

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft