Windows Server Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 58 65
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 607 925 1,100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.96% 3.96% 3.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.76% 20.62% 18.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 662 801
10th Percentile £196 £188 £166
25th Percentile £292 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £405
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +14.20% +6.58%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £500
90th Percentile £700 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £427
% change year-on-year -8.00% +17.10% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 47 48
10th Percentile £13.73 £19.60 £15.36
25th Percentile £16.25 £25.19 £16.59
Median hourly rate £58.00 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.67% +70.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £61.60 £49.52 £38.13
90th Percentile £69.38 £60.22 £57.88
UK median hourly rate £46.75 £32.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +46.09% +39.13% -8.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,235 4,485 5,862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.80% 19.20% 19.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 3,106 3,820
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £259 £250 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £672 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 335 455
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.36 £15.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62.38 £60.66 £49.51
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.74 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in the UK excluding London

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +11 221 £550 +7.32% 146
North of England +4 140 £463 +15.63% 114
Midlands -4 85 £350 -12.50% 102
North West -13 74 £800 +64.10% 55
South West -40 70 £500 -9.09% 72
West Midlands -3 53 £350 -26.32% 63
Yorkshire +12 50 £325 -13.33% 45
Scotland +1 46 £475 +2.70% 25
East of England -27 34 £250 -41.18% 74
East Midlands -5 29 £338 +3.85% 39
North East +16 16 £525 +94.44% 15
Wales -5 14 £225 -47.06% 11
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 116 (19.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (8.73%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.79%) IIS
4 19 (3.13%) Confluence
5 4 (0.66%) Apache
5 4 (0.66%) nginx
5 4 (0.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.33%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.16%) RMDS
4 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 183 (30.15%) Azure
2 180 (29.65%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 42 (6.92%) AWS
5 24 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
6 23 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.97%) OCI
8 17 (2.80%) OneDrive
9 16 (2.64%) Azure Storage
10 15 (2.47%) IaaS
11 12 (1.98%) OpenShift
12 11 (1.81%) Power Platform
13 6 (0.99%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.99%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.82%) PaaS
15 4 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.66%) GitHub
15 4 (0.66%) SaaS
16 3 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 170 (28.01%) Firewall
2 159 (26.19%) DNS
3 127 (20.92%) DHCP
4 88 (14.50%) VPN
5 72 (11.86%) SAN
6 51 (8.40%) LAN
7 45 (7.41%) WAN
8 24 (3.95%) TCP/IP
9 15 (2.47%) SMTP
9 15 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (2.31%) VLAN
10 14 (2.31%) Wireless
11 13 (2.14%) Fibre Channel
12 12 (1.98%) NAS
12 12 (1.98%) NetScaler
13 11 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (1.65%) Internet
15 9 (1.48%) Skype
15 9 (1.48%) Unified Communications
15 9 (1.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.48%) MySQL
4 7 (1.15%) Power BI
5 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.66%) Big Data
7 4 (0.66%) DB2
7 4 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (5.27%) JIRA
2 20 (3.29%) Robot Framework
3 15 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.32%) Git
4 8 (1.32%) Selenium
5 7 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.66%) GitLab
6 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.33%) JMeter
9 1 (0.16%) AppScan
9 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.16%) MSI
9 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.16%) Subversion
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 186 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 55 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.59%) Public Sector
4 22 (3.62%) Finance
5 20 (3.29%) Military
6 18 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.65%) Legal
8 9 (1.48%) Banking
9 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.82%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.49%) Aviation
12 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.33%) Advertising
13 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.33%) Automotive
13 2 (0.33%) Electronics
13 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.33%) Law
13 2 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 109 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 83 (13.67%) Architect
3 60 (9.88%) Support Engineer
4 42 (6.92%) Technical Architect
4 42 (6.92%) Windows Engineer
5 40 (6.59%) IT Support
6 35 (5.77%) Lead
7 32 (5.27%) Lead Architect
8 31 (5.11%) Integration Engineer
8 31 (5.11%) Senior
9 30 (4.94%) Technical Leader
10 29 (4.78%) Wintel Engineer
11 28 (4.61%) 3rd Line Support
12 26 (4.28%) IT Engineer
13 25 (4.12%) Analyst
14 24 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 23 (3.79%) Active Directory Support
15 23 (3.79%) Administrator
16 21 (3.46%) Build Engineer
16 21 (3.46%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.25%) Node.js
2 17 (2.80%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.32%) REST
4 7 (1.15%) .NET
4 7 (1.15%) LDAP
5 6 (0.99%) Itk
6 5 (0.82%) Web Services
6 5 (0.82%) XML
7 4 (0.66%) Flash
7 4 (0.66%) POSIX
7 4 (0.66%) XSLT
8 3 (0.49%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.49%) JSON
8 3 (0.49%) RESTful
9 2 (0.33%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.33%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.33%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.33%) Kafka
9 2 (0.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 87 (14.33%) PKI
2 38 (6.26%) Public Cloud
3 34 (5.60%) Clustering
3 34 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 24 (3.95%) Client/Server
5 23 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.64%) NHS
7 14 (2.31%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.81%) Replication
9 10 (1.65%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.32%) Fat Client
10 8 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.32%) Thin Client
10 8 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.99%) Digital Signage
12 5 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.82%) iPad
12 5 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.66%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 606 (99.84%) Windows
2 143 (23.56%) Linux
3 140 (23.06%) Windows Server 2012
4 129 (21.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 123 (20.26%) Windows 10
6 113 (18.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 51 (8.40%) Apple iOS
8 49 (8.07%) Android
9 48 (7.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (3.95%) Unix
11 20 (3.29%) Windows NT
12 19 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
13 14 (2.31%) Windows XP
14 13 (2.14%) CentOS
14 13 (2.14%) Ubuntu
14 13 (2.14%) VMS
15 9 (1.48%) Mac OS
16 7 (1.15%) Windows 7
16 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.99%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 119 (19.60%) Agile
3 114 (18.78%) ITIL
4 90 (14.83%) DevOps
5 81 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 69 (11.37%) Customer Service
8 68 (11.20%) Mobile Device Management
9 59 (9.72%) Service Management
10 52 (8.57%) Release Management
11 50 (8.24%) Change Management
11 50 (8.24%) Security Architecture
12 47 (7.74%) Migration
13 43 (7.08%) Risk Management
14 42 (6.92%) Zero Trust
15 40 (6.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 40 (6.59%) Threat Intelligence
16 36 (5.93%) Project Management
17 35 (5.77%) Disaster Recovery
18 32 (5.27%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (27.35%) PowerShell
2 76 (12.52%) SQL
3 54 (8.90%) Python
4 35 (5.77%) VBScript
5 27 (4.45%) C#
6 16 (2.64%) Bicep
6 16 (2.64%) VB
7 15 (2.47%) Java
8 11 (1.81%) Bash
9 8 (1.32%) Perl
10 4 (0.66%) C
10 4 (0.66%) C++
11 3 (0.49%) F#
12 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.16%) PHP
13 1 (0.16%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (42.17%) Security Cleared
2 144 (23.72%) DV Cleared
3 122 (20.10%) SC Cleared
4 89 (14.66%) Degree
5 66 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (7.58%) MCSE
7 26 (4.28%) MCSA
8 24 (3.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 23 (3.79%) CCNA
9 23 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 18 (2.97%) CCNP
12 12 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.81%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.15%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.99%) RHCT
16 5 (0.82%) MCITP
16 5 (0.82%) MCTS
17 4 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.12%) QA
2 9 (1.48%) SLA
3 7 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (1.15%) NIST
3 7 (1.15%) RMADS
4 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.16%) COBIT
6 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 377 (62.11%) Active Directory
2 204 (33.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (13.01%) Hyper-V
4 74 (12.19%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (5.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 29 (4.78%) VMware NSX
7 26 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (4.12%) XenApp
9 24 (3.95%) vSphere
10 21 (3.46%) Firmware
11 16 (2.64%) Docker
12 14 (2.31%) XenDesktop
13 11 (1.81%) Terminal Services
14 9 (1.48%) BitLocker
15 8 (1.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 7 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
16 7 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
17 6 (0.99%) KVM
17 6 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.82%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 127 (20.92%) SCCM
2 95 (15.65%) WSUS
3 63 (10.38%) vCenter Server
4 54 (8.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (6.92%) SCOM
6 38 (6.26%) Kubernetes
7 30 (4.94%) Ansible
8 27 (4.45%) Terraform
9 26 (4.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 20 (3.29%) Sysprep
11 19 (3.13%) NetBackup
12 16 (2.64%) EMC NetWorker
13 10 (1.65%) Autotask
14 9 (1.48%) Nessus
15 8 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
17 6 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
17 6 (0.99%) MAILsweeper
17 6 (0.99%) vMotion
18 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 312 (51.40%) Microsoft
2 282 (46.46%) VMware
3 54 (8.90%) Citrix
4 53 (8.73%) Veeam
5 52 (8.57%) Cisco
6 38 (6.26%) Oracle
7 28 (4.61%) Dell
8 25 (4.12%) EMC
8 25 (4.12%) Palo Alto
9 24 (3.95%) HP
10 22 (3.62%) Red Hat
11 18 (2.97%) Symantec
12 17 (2.80%) Juniper
13 16 (2.64%) Extreme Networks
14 15 (2.47%) Apple
14 15 (2.47%) NetApp
15 14 (2.31%) 3PAR
15 14 (2.31%) Google
16 13 (2.14%) ServiceNow
17 11 (1.81%) Veritas