Windows Server Contract Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Windows Server
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 8.06% 1.35% 2.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 7.69% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £217
25th Percentile £525 £248 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £255 £425
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% -40.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £263 £447
90th Percentile - - £464
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

All Operating Systems
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 13 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 24.19% 17.57% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 14
10th Percentile £290 £213 £125
25th Percentile £463 £328 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £180
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £506 £428
90th Percentile - £538 £464
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.73
Median hourly rate - - £25.45
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.72%
75th Percentile - - £26.18
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Watford

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 5 (100.00%) Apache
1 5 (100.00%) IIS
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Maximo Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Maximo Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CAFM
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) IBM
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft