Windows Server Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 56 63
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 224 222 301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.10% 3.95% 3.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.16% 19.27% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 157 222
10th Percentile £285 £219 £185
25th Percentile £388 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile - £690 £650
England median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile £48.60 £30.75 £26.25
25th Percentile £56.50 £47.81 £33.75
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +26.32% +90.00%
75th Percentile - £76.03 £58.13
90th Percentile £62.96 £88.19 £63.75
England median hourly rate £46.75 £34.00 £22.75
% change year-on-year +37.50% +49.45% -9.00%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 967 1,152 1,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.68% 20.48% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 781 963
10th Percentile £200 £195 £155
25th Percentile £281 £250 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 70 105
10th Percentile £15.94 £17.63 £12.52
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.31 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +176.32% -8.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £60.79
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% +72.73% +23.80%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Thames Valley +11 106 £575 +4.55% 41
Berkshire +14 94 £575 -6.12% 19
Hampshire -11 81 £538 - 39
West Sussex +18 16 £400 +41.59% 14
Surrey +14 14 £358 +12.16% 13
Buckinghamshire +23 7 £235 -50.53% 8
Oxfordshire -6 5 £375 +36.36% 14
Middlesex - 4 £275 -
Kent +4 3 £160 -59.37% 28
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (14.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.36%) Confluence
3 7 (3.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.89%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 80 (35.71%) Azure
2 34 (15.18%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.16%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.59%) AWS
4 17 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (7.59%) Azure Storage
5 14 (6.25%) OCI
6 7 (3.13%) IaaS
7 4 (1.79%) PaaS
8 3 (1.34%) SaaS
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.89%) GitHub
9 2 (0.89%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.89%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.45%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 88 (39.29%) DNS
2 73 (32.59%) DHCP
3 53 (23.66%) Firewall
4 24 (10.71%) SAN
5 10 (4.46%) WAN
6 9 (4.02%) LAN
7 7 (3.13%) VPN
8 6 (2.68%) Wireless
9 4 (1.79%) NAS
10 3 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.34%) Skype
10 3 (1.34%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.34%) VSAN
11 2 (0.89%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.89%) MPLS
11 2 (0.89%) SSL
11 2 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.45%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.45%) Network Security
12 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.23%) MySQL
4 4 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (8.93%) Robot Framework
2 18 (8.04%) JIRA
3 14 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.57%) Selenium
5 3 (1.34%) Git
5 3 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.89%) GitLab
6 2 (0.89%) JMeter
7 1 (0.45%) MSI
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
General
1 85 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.46%) Military
5 7 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (0.89%) Automotive
6 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.45%) Advertising
7 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.45%) Finance
7 1 (0.45%) Law
7 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (10.71%) Windows Engineer
3 22 (9.82%) Integration Engineer
4 20 (8.93%) Build Engineer
4 20 (8.93%) Windows Build Engineer
5 18 (8.04%) Architect
6 17 (7.59%) Active Directory Support
7 14 (6.25%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (6.25%) Administrator
7 14 (6.25%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 14 (6.25%) Support Specialist
7 14 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (5.36%) Security Architect
8 12 (5.36%) Senior
8 12 (5.36%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Wintel Engineer
10 10 (4.46%) Server Engineer
10 10 (4.46%) Test Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.59%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.68%) Itk
3 4 (1.79%) .NET
4 2 (0.89%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.89%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.89%) CSS
4 2 (0.89%) Kafka
4 2 (0.89%) RESTful
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) JSP
5 1 (0.45%) LDAP
5 1 (0.45%) Node.js
5 1 (0.45%) REST
5 1 (0.45%) SOAP
5 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.88%) PKI
2 21 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (8.48%) Client/Server
4 16 (7.14%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.79%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.79%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.34%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.89%) Clustering
8 1 (0.45%) CCTV
8 1 (0.45%) CMDB
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.45%) Replication
8 1 (0.45%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 223 (99.55%) Windows
2 94 (41.96%) Windows Server 2019
3 79 (35.27%) Linux
4 73 (32.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 71 (31.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 56 (25.00%) Windows 10
7 28 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (8.93%) Windows NT
9 14 (6.25%) Windows XP
10 5 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (1.79%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.79%) Unix
12 3 (1.34%) VMS
13 1 (0.45%) Android
13 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.57%) Agile
2 59 (26.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 56 (25.00%) ITIL
4 46 (20.54%) Release Management
5 45 (20.09%) Service Management
6 41 (18.30%) DevOps
7 38 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 28 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
10 23 (10.27%) Change Management
10 23 (10.27%) Server Management
10 23 (10.27%) Test Automation
10 23 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 21 (9.38%) Project Management
12 19 (8.48%) Application Packaging
12 19 (8.48%) Scrum
13 18 (8.04%) Application Virtualisation
13 18 (8.04%) CI/CD
13 18 (8.04%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 98 (43.75%) PowerShell
2 39 (17.41%) Python
3 35 (15.63%) VBScript
4 24 (10.71%) SQL
5 20 (8.93%) C#
6 17 (7.59%) Bicep
6 17 (7.59%) VB
7 4 (1.79%) C
7 4 (1.79%) C++
8 3 (1.34%) Bash
8 3 (1.34%) F#
9 2 (0.89%) Java
10 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 149 (66.52%) Security Cleared
2 99 (44.20%) DV Cleared
3 55 (24.55%) SC Cleared
4 48 (21.43%) Degree
5 17 (7.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (6.25%) CCNA
6 14 (6.25%) CCNP
6 14 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (4.91%) MCSA
8 11 (4.91%) MCSE
9 10 (4.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.34%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.89%) CISSP
13 2 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.89%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.71%) QA
2 7 (3.13%) RMADS
3 3 (1.34%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.89%) SLA
5 1 (0.45%) COBIT
System Software
1 161 (71.88%) Active Directory
2 114 (50.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (13.84%) Hyper-V
4 25 (11.16%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (8.93%) Firmware
7 17 (7.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (5.80%) XenApp
9 8 (3.57%) vSphere
10 3 (1.34%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.89%) Docker
11 2 (0.89%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 83 (37.05%) WSUS
2 73 (32.59%) SCCM
3 37 (16.52%) SCOM
4 24 (10.71%) vCenter Server
5 23 (10.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (10.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (8.93%) Ansible
6 20 (8.93%) Kubernetes
6 20 (8.93%) Sysprep
7 18 (8.04%) Terraform
8 16 (7.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (6.25%) NetBackup
10 8 (3.57%) Nessus
11 5 (2.23%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (1.79%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.89%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.89%) vRealize
13 2 (0.89%) VxRail
14 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (58.93%) VMware
2 123 (54.91%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.71%) Oracle
4 21 (9.38%) Veeam
5 20 (8.93%) Cisco
6 18 (8.04%) EMC
7 17 (7.59%) Citrix
7 17 (7.59%) Dell
8 16 (7.14%) HP
9 15 (6.70%) Juniper
9 15 (6.70%) Symantec
10 14 (6.25%) 3PAR
10 14 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (6.25%) Palo Alto
11 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
12 8 (3.57%) Ivanti
13 6 (2.68%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.23%) SAP
15 4 (1.79%) SolarWinds
16 3 (1.34%) Splunk