Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 415 390
Rank change year-on-year -146 -25 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 80 102 206
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.35% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.67% 2.52% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 83 135
10th Percentile £315 £324 £204
25th Percentile £408 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £622 £604 £608
90th Percentile £638 £661 £628
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £19.43 - £50.86
25th Percentile £24.94 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £35.75 - £59.80
75th Percentile £47.44 - £61.60
90th Percentile £53.48 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.75 - £59.80
% change year-on-year - - +125.83%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,801 4,045 5,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.70% 13.84% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 2,653 3,921
10th Percentile £188 £200 £185
25th Percentile £316 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £468
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -0.64% -6.40%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 188 408
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.19 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.07% -1.11% -47.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.00 £61.70
90th Percentile £72.60 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £19.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +71.05% -21.42% -37.19%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK

Windows Server 2019
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -139 66 £500 -9.09% 32
UK excluding London -131 49 £538 -2.27% 29
London -64 24 £488 -17.72% 5
Work from Home -62 17 £563 +12.50% 11
South East -68 17 £600 - 8
North of England -84 11 £330 -5.71% 7
North West -55 9 £253 -27.86% 3
Scotland -2 8 £525 +150.00% 2
East of England -38 5 £355 -35.45% 3
South West -29 4 £525 -16.00% 9
Midlands -48 4 £450 +50.00% 1
West Midlands -57 3 £450 +50.00%
Yorkshire -54 2 £625 +56.25% 4
East Midlands - 1 £325 - 1

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (15.00%) nginx
1 12 (15.00%) Tomcat
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.50%) IIS
3 6 (7.50%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.00%) Apache
4 4 (5.00%) WebLogic
5 3 (3.75%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.00%) Azure
2 20 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (17.50%) AWS
4 11 (13.75%) Entra ID
5 7 (8.75%) Nutanix
6 4 (5.00%) MinIO
7 2 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.50%) Cloudflare
7 2 (2.50%) GCP
7 2 (2.50%) IaaS
8 1 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.25%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.25%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.25%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (1.25%) Datadog
8 1 (1.25%) Serverless
8 1 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (50.00%) DNS
2 35 (43.75%) DHCP
3 16 (20.00%) LAN
4 15 (18.75%) WAN
5 12 (15.00%) Firewall
6 8 (10.00%) NetScaler
7 7 (8.75%) HTTP
8 6 (7.50%) TCP/IP
9 4 (5.00%) BIG-IP
10 3 (3.75%) Kerberos
10 3 (3.75%) SAN
10 3 (3.75%) VSAN
11 2 (2.50%) SSL
12 1 (1.25%) DMZ
12 1 (1.25%) DSL
12 1 (1.25%) Network Security
12 1 (1.25%) VLAN
12 1 (1.25%) VoIP
12 1 (1.25%) VPN
12 1 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.75%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (7.50%) GIS
4 5 (6.25%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.50%) MySQL
7 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) MSI
2 2 (2.50%) AdminStudio
2 2 (2.50%) Git
2 2 (2.50%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.25%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (15.00%) Legal
2 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.75%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (7.50%) Finance
5 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.25%) Back Office
5 1 (1.25%) Electronics
5 1 (1.25%) Front Office
5 1 (1.25%) Law
5 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.25%) Marketing
5 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (10.00%) Architect
3 8 (10.00%) Lead
4 7 (8.75%) Senior
4 7 (8.75%) Server Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Administrator
5 5 (6.25%) Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.00%) Citrix Support
6 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) IT Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) IT Support
6 4 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (3.75%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) EJB
2 6 (7.50%) OpenLayers
3 4 (5.00%) Java EE
3 4 (5.00%) JSP
4 3 (3.75%) Java SE
4 3 (3.75%) JSON
4 3 (3.75%) Middleware
4 3 (3.75%) Spring
5 2 (2.50%) ADO
5 2 (2.50%) LAMP
5 2 (2.50%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (2.50%) YAML
6 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (1.25%) JavaBeans
6 1 (1.25%) JDBC
6 1 (1.25%) ODBC
6 1 (1.25%) Servlets
6 1 (1.25%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 7 (8.75%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (6.25%) Clustering
4 5 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.25%) PKI
5 4 (5.00%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.00%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (2.50%) Fat Client
7 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.50%) Thin Client
7 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.25%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.25%) iPhone
8 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 79 (98.75%) Windows
2 72 (90.00%) Windows Server
3 36 (45.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (30.00%) Linux
5 17 (21.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (12.50%) Solaris
9 8 (10.00%) Windows 10
10 6 (7.50%) Ubuntu
11 2 (2.50%) CentOS
11 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (1.25%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (1.25%) Debian
12 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
12 1 (1.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (13.75%) ITIL
4 10 (12.50%) DevOps
4 10 (12.50%) ETL
5 9 (11.25%) Change Management
5 9 (11.25%) CI/CD
5 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
6 8 (10.00%) Agile
6 8 (10.00%) Business Continuity
6 8 (10.00%) High Availability
6 8 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (8.75%) Load Balancing
7 7 (8.75%) Migration
7 7 (8.75%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.75%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (8.75%) Test Automation
8 6 (7.50%) Master Data Management
8 6 (7.50%) Refactoring
9 5 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 36 (45.00%) PowerShell
2 18 (22.50%) SQL
3 9 (11.25%) Java
3 9 (11.25%) PL/SQL
3 9 (11.25%) Python
4 4 (5.00%) Bash
4 4 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.25%) C
5 1 (1.25%) C#
5 1 (1.25%) Groovy
5 1 (1.25%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.25%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (38.75%) Security Cleared
2 26 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 12 (15.00%) Degree
4 7 (8.75%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) CCA
5 4 (5.00%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.25%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) QA
1 2 (2.50%) SLA
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 55 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 49 (61.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (28.75%) vSphere
4 13 (16.25%) Hyper-V
5 12 (15.00%) Docker
5 12 (15.00%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (8.75%) VMware NSX
7 6 (7.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (7.50%) XenApp
7 6 (7.50%) XenDesktop
8 5 (6.25%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (2.50%) Dovecot
10 2 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (2.50%) Postfix
11 1 (1.25%) KVM
11 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (1.25%) QEMU
11 1 (1.25%) Squid
11 1 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (27.50%) SCCM
2 9 (11.25%) Ansible
2 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.75%) Terraform
3 7 (8.75%) WSUS
4 6 (7.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (6.25%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (6.25%) vCenter Server
6 4 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
6 4 (5.00%) SCOM
6 4 (5.00%) SCVMM
7 3 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (2.50%) HAProxy
8 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (1.25%) Kibana
9 1 (1.25%) logstash
9 1 (1.25%) Packer
9 1 (1.25%) vMotion
Vendors
1 53 (66.25%) VMware
2 31 (38.75%) Microsoft
3 16 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 15 (18.75%) Dell
4 15 (18.75%) Oracle
5 11 (13.75%) IBM
6 9 (11.25%) Citrix
6 9 (11.25%) F5
7 7 (8.75%) Cisco
8 6 (7.50%) Veeam
9 4 (5.00%) Juniper
9 4 (5.00%) NetApp
10 3 (3.75%) NVIDIA
10 3 (3.75%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.50%) Equitrac
11 2 (2.50%) HP
11 2 (2.50%) Zerto
12 1 (1.25%) Remedy
12 1 (1.25%) SAP
12 1 (1.25%) Symantec
34 Windows Server 2019 jobs Nationwide