Windows Server Contracts in Leicestershire

Microsoft Windows Server
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 22 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 9 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 5.63% 6.29% 6.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.57% 30.30% 38.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 16
10th Percentile £289 £220 £238
25th Percentile £311 £291 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £363 £325
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% +132.14%
75th Percentile £474 £388 £347
90th Percentile £527 - £394
East Midlands median daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +22.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate - £26.48 £23.00
% change year-on-year - +15.13% -51.58%

All Operating Systems
Leicestershire

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 advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 46 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 28.75% 20.75% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 44
10th Percentile £120 £122 £94
25th Percentile £130 £217 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £350 £283
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +23.89% +126.00%
75th Percentile £530 £388 £351
90th Percentile £575 £418 £416
East Midlands median daily rate £350 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% +30.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £13.39 £15.35
25th Percentile - £14.43 £15.88
Median hourly rate - £16.69 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -9.78% +42.31%
75th Percentile - £19.72 £28.88
90th Percentile - £22.14 £34.05
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.35 £16.70 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.89% -16.50% +35.09%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Leicestershire

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Leicester +9 7 £338 -10.00% 4
Windows Server
East Midlands

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (22.22%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) GitLab
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Junior
2 2 (22.22%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Migration Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) XenApp
2 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
1 4 (44.44%) SCOM
1 4 (44.44%) SCSM
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
2 2 (22.22%) VMware