Windows Server Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 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 147 129 95
Rank change year-on-year -18 -34 +51
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 171 258 638
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.73% 1.68% 2.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.53% 16.16% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 205 475
10th Percentile £324 £250 £269
25th Percentile £400 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £582 £594 £600
90th Percentile £694 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +12.90% -7.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £22.09 - £18.90
25th Percentile £30.28 £31.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.13 £32.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +38.85% +52.55% -23.79%
75th Percentile £60.03 £33.75 £26.35
90th Percentile £68.26 - £57.50
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £38.50 £29.30
% change year-on-year -53.90% +31.40% +27.39%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server.

Windows Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Windows Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server.

Windows Server hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Windows Server hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 33 (19.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 12 (7.02%) IIS
4 8 (4.68%) Tomcat
5 7 (4.09%) JBoss
6 6 (3.51%) Skype for Business
7 5 (2.92%) Confluence
8 2 (1.17%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.58%) Apache
9 1 (0.58%) DataSynapse
9 1 (0.58%) nginx
9 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (46.78%) Azure
2 37 (21.64%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (19.88%) AWS
4 32 (18.71%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.02%) IaaS
5 12 (7.02%) SaaS
6 7 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (4.09%) GitHub
7 6 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.51%) PaaS
8 5 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.92%) GCP
8 5 (2.92%) Nutanix
8 5 (2.92%) Route 53
9 4 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.34%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.75%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.75%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 51 (29.82%) DNS
2 41 (23.98%) DHCP
3 23 (13.45%) Firewall
4 10 (5.85%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.26%) Skype
5 9 (5.26%) VPN
6 8 (4.68%) LAN
6 8 (4.68%) WAN
7 7 (4.09%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (4.09%) Network Security
8 6 (3.51%) SAN
9 5 (2.92%) Internet
9 5 (2.92%) SMTP
10 4 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.75%) FTP
11 3 (1.75%) iSCSI
11 3 (1.75%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.75%) VSAN
11 3 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (22.81%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (4.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.34%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.75%) Big Data
5 3 (1.75%) DB2
5 3 (1.75%) Neo4j
5 3 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 15 (8.77%) Git
2 10 (5.85%) Jenkins
2 10 (5.85%) JIRA
3 4 (2.34%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.75%) GitLab
4 3 (1.75%) JUnit
4 3 (1.75%) Selenium
5 2 (1.17%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.58%) NUnit
6 1 (0.58%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.58%) Subversion
6 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.81%) Finance
3 11 (6.43%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.85%) Banking
5 8 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.51%) Law
8 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.17%) Aviation
9 2 (1.17%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.17%) Police
9 2 (1.17%) Retail
9 2 (1.17%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.58%) Billing
10 1 (0.58%) Front Office
10 1 (0.58%) German Language
10 1 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (11.11%) Architect
3 18 (10.53%) Senior
4 13 (7.60%) Support Engineer
5 12 (7.02%) Applications Support
6 11 (6.43%) Analyst
7 10 (5.85%) Administrator
7 10 (5.85%) Windows Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 9 (5.26%) Server Engineer
9 8 (4.68%) Senior Architect
10 7 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Lead
10 7 (4.09%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Wintel Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Active Directory Architect
12 5 (2.92%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) IT Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) VMWare Administrator
12 5 (2.92%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.68%) LDAP
2 7 (4.09%) .NET
3 5 (2.92%) REST
3 5 (2.92%) Web Services
4 4 (2.34%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.75%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.75%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.75%) JSP
5 3 (1.75%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.75%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.75%) Struts
5 3 (1.75%) Swagger
5 3 (1.75%) X-Windows
6 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.17%) MSMQ
6 2 (1.17%) WCF
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.58%) HTML5
7 1 (0.58%) jQuery
7 1 (0.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.53%) PKI
2 15 (8.77%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.92%) Clustering
5 5 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.92%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.75%) Grid Computing
7 3 (1.75%) IVR
7 3 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.75%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.75%) Robotics
8 2 (1.17%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 170 (99.42%) Windows
2 64 (37.43%) Linux
3 28 (16.37%) Windows Server 2019
4 23 (13.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (9.94%) Unix
7 15 (8.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (6.43%) Windows 10
9 6 (3.51%) Amazon Linux
10 5 (2.92%) Android
11 4 (2.34%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.75%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.75%) VMS
13 2 (1.17%) CentOS
13 2 (1.17%) Solaris
13 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.58%) AIX
14 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (19.88%) Migration
3 31 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (16.37%) ITIL
5 22 (12.87%) DevOps
6 15 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (8.77%) High Availability
7 13 (7.60%) Patch Management
7 13 (7.60%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (7.02%) Agile
9 11 (6.43%) Configuration Management
9 11 (6.43%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (6.43%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (5.85%) Change Management
10 10 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (5.85%) Roadmaps
11 9 (5.26%) Business Continuity
11 9 (5.26%) Information Security
11 9 (5.26%) Storage Management
11 9 (5.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 67 (39.18%) PowerShell
2 30 (17.54%) SQL
3 23 (13.45%) Python
4 10 (5.85%) Bash
4 10 (5.85%) C#
5 8 (4.68%) Java
6 5 (2.92%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.92%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.34%) Bicep
7 4 (2.34%) VBScript
8 3 (1.75%) C++
8 3 (1.75%) Perl
8 3 (1.75%) VB
9 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.58%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.58%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.58%) F#
10 1 (0.58%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 38 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 36 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (7.02%) Azure Certification
5 10 (5.85%) Degree
6 9 (5.26%) MCSE
7 7 (4.09%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.92%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.34%) MCSA
10 2 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.58%) CCDE
11 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.58%) MCAD
11 1 (0.58%) OCA
11 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.92%) GDPR
2 3 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.75%) QA
2 3 (1.75%) SLA
2 3 (1.75%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.58%) HL7
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (54.97%) Active Directory
2 27 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (12.28%) Hyper-V
4 12 (7.02%) vSphere
5 11 (6.43%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.26%) Docker
6 9 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (4.68%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (2.34%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.75%) XenApp
11 2 (1.17%) Firmware
11 2 (1.17%) NFS
11 2 (1.17%) Platform Symphony
12 1 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.58%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 23 (13.45%) Ansible
2 21 (12.28%) Terraform
3 18 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (10.53%) WSUS
4 15 (8.77%) SCCM
5 8 (4.68%) NetBackup
6 7 (4.09%) Kubernetes
7 6 (3.51%) Grafana
7 6 (3.51%) SCOM
7 6 (3.51%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.92%) Kibana
9 4 (2.34%) Progress Chef
9 4 (2.34%) Puppet
10 3 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.75%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.75%) Nagios
10 3 (1.75%) Prometheus
11 2 (1.17%) OPNET
11 2 (1.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 79 (46.20%) Microsoft
2 61 (35.67%) VMware
3 16 (9.36%) Red Hat
4 13 (7.60%) Oracle
5 11 (6.43%) Cisco
5 11 (6.43%) HP
6 10 (5.85%) Citrix
7 8 (4.68%) CyberArk
7 8 (4.68%) Dell
8 7 (4.09%) IBM
8 7 (4.09%) Veritas
9 6 (3.51%) Commvault
9 6 (3.51%) NetApp
10 5 (2.92%) Veeam
11 4 (2.34%) 3PAR
11 4 (2.34%) Apple
11 4 (2.34%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (2.34%) Databricks
11 4 (2.34%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.75%) Tenable