Windows Server Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 83 115
Rank change year-on-year -12 +32 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1,005 1,684 2,097
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 2.82% 2.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.40% 17.33% 15.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 1,208 1,533
10th Percentile £204 £211 £189
25th Percentile £313 £360 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +14.29% +6.71%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 62 69
10th Percentile £15.76 £20.00 £16.11
25th Percentile £16.25 £24.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £38.50 £29.30 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.40% +27.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £49.49 £46.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £66.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +47.33% +70.45% -8.33%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,775 9,719 13,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 16.25% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,885 6,848 9,128
10th Percentile £184 £189 £175
25th Percentile £300 £326 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £717 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 422 633
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%
75th Percentile £59.88 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.80% +56.25% +17.65%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 0 901 £464 -7.25% 639
UK excluding London -3 606 £475 - 572
London +14 344 £450 -10.00% 113
Work from Home -31 258 £465 -7.00% 204
South East +13 215 £550 +4.76% 148
North of England +1 142 £475 +9.51% 126
Midlands -13 79 £350 -17.65% 120
North West -18 74 £800 +60.00% 66
South West -30 73 £500 -9.09% 58
West Midlands +11 54 £363 -23.68% 82
Scotland +9 54 £525 +13.02% 37
Yorkshire +12 51 £325 -14.75% 43
East of England -36 31 £240 -43.53% 74
East Midlands -13 22 £325 - 38
North East +20 17 £500 +93.24% 20
Wales +4 15 £223 +18.35% 13

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 192 (19.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 46 (4.58%) IIS
4 33 (3.28%) Confluence
5 27 (2.69%) Exchange Server 2013
6 26 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2010
7 14 (1.39%) Apache
8 13 (1.29%) nginx
8 13 (1.29%) Skype for Business
8 13 (1.29%) Tomcat
9 11 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2003
9 11 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2007
10 9 (0.90%) JBoss
11 6 (0.60%) SAS
12 3 (0.30%) WordPress
13 2 (0.20%) IBM Domino
13 2 (0.20%) IBM Notes
13 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
14 1 (0.100%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.100%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.100%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.100%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.90%) Temenos T24
2 7 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.60%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.20%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.100%) Eikon
6 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.100%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.100%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
6 1 (0.100%) RMDS
6 1 (0.100%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.100%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.100%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 337 (33.53%) Azure
2 305 (30.35%) Microsoft 365
3 132 (13.13%) AWS
4 108 (10.75%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.88%) IaaS
6 44 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
8 27 (2.69%) OneDrive
9 23 (2.29%) GCP
10 21 (2.09%) Azure Storage
10 21 (2.09%) PaaS
11 20 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (1.69%) GitHub
12 17 (1.69%) OCI
13 16 (1.59%) Power Platform
13 16 (1.59%) SaaS
14 14 (1.39%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.29%) OpenShift
16 12 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 266 (26.47%) DNS
2 255 (25.37%) Firewall
3 166 (16.52%) DHCP
4 122 (12.14%) VPN
5 98 (9.75%) SAN
6 82 (8.16%) LAN
7 77 (7.66%) WAN
8 47 (4.68%) TCP/IP
9 38 (3.78%) NAS
10 28 (2.79%) VLAN
11 23 (2.29%) Skype
12 22 (2.19%) Wireless
13 19 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (1.49%) iSCSI
14 15 (1.49%) MPLS
15 14 (1.39%) Network Security
16 13 (1.29%) Fibre Channel
16 13 (1.29%) Internet
16 13 (1.29%) SMTP
17 12 (1.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.99%) MySQL
3 17 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.49%) RDBMS
4 15 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.09%) Power BI
6 7 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Big Data
8 4 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.40%) DB2
8 4 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.30%) Tableau
10 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.20%) Looker
10 2 (0.20%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.100%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 54 (5.37%) JIRA
2 37 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.38%) Git
4 20 (1.99%) Robot Framework
5 16 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
6 15 (1.49%) GitLab
7 14 (1.39%) Subversion
8 12 (1.19%) Artifactory
8 12 (1.19%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.80%) Selenium
10 7 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.50%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.40%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.30%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.20%) AppScan
14 2 (0.20%) JMeter
14 2 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
14 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 275 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 103 (10.25%) Finance
3 101 (10.05%) Public Sector
4 89 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (2.29%) Banking
7 21 (2.09%) Telecoms
8 20 (1.99%) Military
9 19 (1.89%) Legal
10 14 (1.39%) Mandarin Language
10 14 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.90%) Investment Banking
13 8 (0.80%) Marketing
13 8 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.70%) French Language
14 7 (0.70%) Front Office
15 6 (0.60%) Electronics
15 6 (0.60%) Law
16 5 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (18.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (9.25%) Support Engineer
3 91 (9.05%) Architect
4 73 (7.26%) Senior
5 68 (6.77%) Windows Engineer
6 63 (6.27%) Administrator
7 58 (5.77%) Analyst
8 51 (5.07%) Wintel Engineer
9 49 (4.88%) IT Support
9 49 (4.88%) Lead
10 46 (4.58%) IT Engineer
10 46 (4.58%) Technical Architect
11 38 (3.78%) Lead Architect
11 38 (3.78%) Systems Administrator
12 37 (3.68%) Integration Engineer
13 34 (3.38%) Server Engineer
13 34 (3.38%) Technical Leader
14 33 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
15 29 (2.89%) 3rd Line Support
16 28 (2.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.78%) Node.js
2 38 (3.78%) .NET
3 25 (2.49%) LDAP
4 21 (2.09%) Middleware
5 19 (1.89%) ARM Templates
6 12 (1.19%) REST
7 11 (1.09%) XML
8 9 (0.90%) IBM Integration Bus
9 7 (0.70%) ASP.NET
9 7 (0.70%) CSS
9 7 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.70%) JSON
9 7 (0.70%) Web Services
10 6 (0.60%) Flash
10 6 (0.60%) HTML
10 6 (0.60%) Itk
10 6 (0.60%) POSIX
10 6 (0.60%) YAML
11 5 (0.50%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 102 (10.15%) PKI
2 61 (6.07%) Data Centre
3 52 (5.17%) Clustering
4 49 (4.88%) Public Cloud
5 45 (4.48%) Replication
6 33 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.89%) Client/Server
8 24 (2.39%) NHS
9 22 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
10 20 (1.99%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.49%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.39%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.00%) Fat Client
14 10 (1.00%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.00%) Thin Client
15 9 (0.90%) CCTV
16 8 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 8 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,001 (99.60%) Windows
2 221 (21.99%) Linux
3 198 (19.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 175 (17.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 173 (17.21%) Windows 10
6 159 (15.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 72 (7.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 56 (5.57%) Apple iOS
9 53 (5.27%) Android
9 53 (5.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 45 (4.48%) Unix
11 29 (2.89%) Windows 7
12 25 (2.49%) VMS
13 21 (2.09%) Windows NT
13 21 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.99%) Mac OS
15 16 (1.59%) Ubuntu
16 15 (1.49%) CentOS
17 14 (1.39%) Windows XP
18 11 (1.09%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (23.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 172 (17.11%) ITIL
3 158 (15.72%) DevOps
4 149 (14.83%) Agile
5 127 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (11.64%) Migration
7 97 (9.65%) Customer Service
8 96 (9.55%) CI/CD
9 80 (7.96%) Mobile Device Management
10 70 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
11 69 (6.87%) Service Management
12 63 (6.27%) Change Management
13 59 (5.87%) High Availability
14 58 (5.77%) Server Management
15 57 (5.67%) Release Management
16 55 (5.47%) Infrastructure as Code
17 51 (5.07%) Security Architecture
18 47 (4.68%) Risk Management
19 46 (4.58%) Project Management
20 43 (4.28%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 301 (29.95%) PowerShell
2 142 (14.13%) SQL
3 120 (11.94%) Python
4 44 (4.38%) C#
5 40 (3.98%) Bash
6 34 (3.38%) VBScript
7 28 (2.79%) Java
8 21 (2.09%) VB
9 19 (1.89%) Bicep
10 15 (1.49%) Shell Script
11 13 (1.29%) C++
11 13 (1.29%) Perl
12 9 (0.90%) F#
13 7 (0.70%) Ruby
13 7 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.50%) C
14 5 (0.50%) Korn
14 5 (0.50%) PHP
15 4 (0.40%) JavaScript
15 4 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 338 (33.63%) Security Cleared
2 181 (18.01%) DV Cleared
3 159 (15.82%) SC Cleared
4 114 (11.34%) Degree
5 83 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (5.07%) MCSE
7 31 (3.08%) MCSA
8 28 (2.79%) CCNA
8 28 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 21 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.09%) CCNP
11 20 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (1.29%) DBS Check
14 10 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.60%) RHCT
17 3 (0.30%) ECDL
17 3 (0.30%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.78%) QA
2 28 (2.79%) SLA
3 12 (1.19%) GDPR
3 12 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.00%) NIST
5 8 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
6 7 (0.70%) RMADS
7 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.20%) NCSC
9 1 (0.100%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.100%) COBIT
9 1 (0.100%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.100%) Data Quality
System Software
1 594 (59.10%) Active Directory
2 277 (27.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (10.95%) Hyper-V
4 83 (8.26%) VMware ESXi
5 48 (4.78%) vSphere
6 42 (4.18%) VMware NSX
7 41 (4.08%) Docker
8 39 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
9 35 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 27 (2.69%) Firmware
11 23 (2.29%) XenApp
12 17 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (1.39%) Terminal Services
13 14 (1.39%) XenDesktop
14 10 (1.00%) NFS
15 9 (0.90%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.90%) KVM
15 9 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
16 8 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 8 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 192 (19.10%) SCCM
2 94 (9.35%) WSUS
3 77 (7.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 68 (6.77%) Ansible
5 65 (6.47%) Kubernetes
5 65 (6.47%) vCenter Server
6 63 (6.27%) SCOM
7 58 (5.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 56 (5.57%) Terraform
9 25 (2.49%) EMC NetWorker
10 21 (2.09%) Sysprep
11 20 (1.99%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.59%) Puppet
13 14 (1.39%) Prometheus
14 13 (1.29%) Grafana
15 12 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (1.19%) Nessus
16 10 (1.00%) Autotask
16 10 (1.00%) Progress Chef
16 10 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 461 (45.87%) Microsoft
2 418 (41.59%) VMware
3 103 (10.25%) Citrix
4 91 (9.05%) Veeam
5 79 (7.86%) Cisco
6 62 (6.17%) Oracle
7 50 (4.98%) Dell
8 47 (4.68%) HP
9 45 (4.48%) Red Hat
10 43 (4.28%) ServiceNow
11 37 (3.68%) EMC
12 34 (3.38%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.69%) Splunk
14 26 (2.59%) Google
15 24 (2.39%) IBM
16 22 (2.19%) Apple
16 22 (2.19%) Juniper
17 21 (2.09%) NetApp
17 21 (2.09%) Qualys
18 18 (1.79%) Symantec