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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 134 91
Rank change year-on-year -26 -43 +70
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 159 242 607
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.63% 1.64% 2.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.27% 15.35% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 199 448
10th Percentile £350 £257 £263
25th Percentile £405 £350 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -5.00% +15.27%
75th Percentile £583 £594 £625
90th Percentile £751 £655 £745
UK median daily rate £527 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.95% -5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £27.55 - £18.90
25th Percentile £43.94 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £21.31
75th Percentile £75.63 - £26.35
90th Percentile £76.75 - £27.63
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £46.75 £29.30
% change year-on-year -62.03% +59.56% +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 1,114 1,577 3,222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.39% 10.67% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 729 1,077 2,257
10th Percentile £276 £229 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £638
90th Percentile £675 £683 £731
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 42 114
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £19.30
25th Percentile £50.81 £14.07 £25.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £16.82 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +286.50% -67.97% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £33.59 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.05 £72.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.95 £24.18 £43.93
% change year-on-year -9.22% -44.96% +95.24%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 32 (20.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.55%) IIS
2 12 (7.55%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.14%) Confluence
3 5 (3.14%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (2.52%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.89%) JBoss
6 2 (1.26%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.63%) Apache
7 1 (0.63%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 70 (44.03%) Azure
2 32 (20.13%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (16.98%) AWS
4 24 (15.09%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.55%) IaaS
5 12 (7.55%) SaaS
6 6 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (3.77%) GitHub
6 6 (3.77%) PaaS
7 5 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.14%) GCP
8 4 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.52%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.89%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.89%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (24.53%) DNS
2 32 (20.13%) DHCP
3 23 (14.47%) Firewall
4 13 (8.18%) TCP/IP
5 8 (5.03%) Network Security
6 7 (4.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (4.40%) Skype
7 6 (3.77%) SAN
8 5 (3.14%) Internet
8 5 (3.14%) SMTP
9 4 (2.52%) VPN
9 4 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.89%) FTP
10 3 (1.89%) LAN
10 3 (1.89%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.26%) HTTP
11 2 (1.26%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.26%) NAS
11 2 (1.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.38%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (4.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.14%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.89%) Big Data
6 3 (1.89%) Neo4j
7 2 (1.26%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.63%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (10.69%) Git
2 10 (6.29%) JIRA
3 8 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.89%) JUnit
4 3 (1.89%) MSI
4 3 (1.89%) Selenium
4 3 (1.89%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.26%) GitLab
6 1 (0.63%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.63%) NUnit
6 1 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.63%) Subversion
6 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 47 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.90%) Finance
3 20 (12.58%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.92%) Banking
5 9 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.14%) Law
9 4 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Police
10 3 (1.89%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Aviation
11 2 (1.26%) Local Government
11 2 (1.26%) Military
11 2 (1.26%) Swedish Language
12 1 (0.63%) German Language
12 1 (0.63%) Legal
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (14.47%) Senior
3 17 (10.69%) Architect
4 16 (10.06%) Analyst
5 11 (6.92%) Senior Architect
6 9 (5.66%) Administrator
6 9 (5.66%) Lead
6 9 (5.66%) Windows Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Security Architect
7 8 (5.03%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Wintel Engineer
8 7 (4.40%) Applications Support
8 7 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.40%) Developer
8 7 (4.40%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 7 (4.40%) Senior Security Architect
8 7 (4.40%) Server Engineer
9 6 (3.77%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.03%) LDAP
2 7 (4.40%) .NET
3 5 (3.14%) REST
4 4 (2.52%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.89%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.89%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.89%) JSP
5 3 (1.89%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.89%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.89%) Struts
5 3 (1.89%) Swagger
5 3 (1.89%) X-Windows
6 2 (1.26%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.26%) JSON
6 2 (1.26%) MSMQ
6 2 (1.26%) SOAP
6 2 (1.26%) WCF
6 2 (1.26%) Web Services
6 2 (1.26%) XML
6 2 (1.26%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.81%) PKI
2 13 (8.18%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.14%) Clustering
5 5 (3.14%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.52%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.89%) Grid Computing
7 3 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.89%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.89%) Robotics
7 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.26%) IVR
8 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 60 (37.74%) Linux
3 21 (13.21%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (11.32%) Windows 10
4 18 (11.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (10.69%) Unix
5 17 (10.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (8.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (3.77%) Ubuntu
8 5 (3.14%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (3.14%) Android
9 4 (2.52%) Mac OS
9 4 (2.52%) Solaris
10 3 (1.89%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.89%) VMS
11 2 (1.26%) CentOS
11 2 (1.26%) Debian
11 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.63%) AIX
12 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 32 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (18.87%) ITIL
3 24 (15.09%) Migration
4 19 (11.95%) DevOps
4 19 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (11.95%) High Availability
5 15 (9.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (8.18%) Agile
6 13 (8.18%) Business Continuity
6 13 (8.18%) Identity Access Management
6 13 (8.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 13 (8.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 11 (6.92%) Change Management
7 11 (6.92%) SIEM
8 10 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (5.66%) Configuration Management
9 9 (5.66%) Incident Response
9 9 (5.66%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (40.88%) PowerShell
2 29 (18.24%) SQL
3 21 (13.21%) Python
4 12 (7.55%) C#
5 9 (5.66%) Java
6 7 (4.40%) Bash
7 6 (3.77%) VB
8 5 (3.14%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.14%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.52%) Bicep
9 4 (2.52%) VBScript
10 3 (1.89%) C++
10 3 (1.89%) Perl
11 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.63%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.63%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 45 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 43 (27.04%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.29%) Degree
5 9 (5.66%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.40%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.77%) MCSE
8 3 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.26%) MCSA
10 1 (0.63%) CCDE
10 1 (0.63%) CCNA
10 1 (0.63%) CCNP
10 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.63%) MCAD
10 1 (0.63%) OCA
10 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) GDPR
2 3 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.89%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.89%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.26%) QA
3 2 (1.26%) SLA
4 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.63%) HL7
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (47.80%) Active Directory
2 29 (18.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (13.21%) Hyper-V
4 14 (8.81%) vSphere
5 11 (6.92%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (5.03%) Docker
8 7 (4.40%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (2.52%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.89%) XenApp
12 2 (1.26%) NFS
12 2 (1.26%) Platform Symphony
13 1 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (13.21%) Ansible
1 21 (13.21%) WSUS
2 20 (12.58%) Terraform
3 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (10.06%) SCCM
5 8 (5.03%) NetBackup
6 7 (4.40%) SCOM
7 5 (3.14%) Grafana
7 5 (3.14%) Kubernetes
7 5 (3.14%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.52%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.52%) Nessus
8 4 (2.52%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.52%) Puppet
9 3 (1.89%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.89%) Kibana
10 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (1.26%) Nagios
10 2 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (1.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 75 (47.17%) Microsoft
2 60 (37.74%) VMware
3 18 (11.32%) Red Hat
4 13 (8.18%) Oracle
5 11 (6.92%) Cisco
6 10 (6.29%) HP
7 8 (5.03%) Citrix
7 8 (5.03%) CyberArk
7 8 (5.03%) Dell
8 7 (4.40%) IBM
8 7 (4.40%) Veritas
9 6 (3.77%) NetApp
10 5 (3.14%) Qualys
11 4 (2.52%) 3PAR
11 4 (2.52%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (2.52%) Databricks
11 4 (2.52%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.52%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.52%) Veeam
12 3 (1.89%) Tenable