Windows Server Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows Server
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 142 125 181
Rank change year-on-year -17 +56 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 307 528 649
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.75% 2.08% 1.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.72% 14.28% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 414 518
10th Percentile £250 £258 £247
25th Percentile £352 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £508 £478
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% +6.34% +3.24%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £750 £663
England median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile - £22.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £23.31 £24.75
Median hourly rate £20.93 £25.36 £46.79
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% -45.81% -24.23%
75th Percentile £33.34 £36.43 £62.77
90th Percentile £47.83 £61.50 £105.00
England median hourly rate £38.50 £37.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +2.67% +66.67% -10.00%

All Operating Systems
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 London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,086 3,697 5,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.91% 14.53% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 2,698 3,747
10th Percentile £206 £213 £228
25th Percentile £335 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £475 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 61 82
10th Percentile £15.19 £16.13 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.13 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £50.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +108.33% -48.39%
75th Percentile £27.59 £64.50 £48.06
90th Percentile £60.43 £83.75 £62.95
England median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in London

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London -2 39 £575 +16.16% 15
East London +9 16 £410 +54.72% 7
West London +16 7 £180 -68.70% 10
South London +5 4 £190 -15.56% 4
North London +2 2 £250 -20.00% 3
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 61 (19.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (7.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 21 (6.84%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (5.86%) SharePoint
5 11 (3.58%) IIS
6 10 (3.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (2.93%) Skype for Business
8 6 (1.95%) Confluence
9 5 (1.63%) Apache
9 5 (1.63%) JBoss
9 5 (1.63%) nginx
9 5 (1.63%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.33%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 20 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.65%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.33%) Eikon
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 112 (36.48%) Azure
2 101 (32.90%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (15.31%) Entra ID
4 44 (14.33%) AWS
5 23 (7.49%) IaaS
6 14 (4.56%) GCP
7 11 (3.58%) PaaS
8 10 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.93%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.93%) WhatsApp
10 8 (2.61%) SaaS
11 7 (2.28%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.95%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.95%) GitHub
12 6 (1.95%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.63%) Rubrik
14 4 (1.30%) ShareGate
15 2 (0.65%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 78 (25.41%) DNS
2 67 (21.82%) Firewall
3 33 (10.75%) DHCP
4 25 (8.14%) WAN
5 22 (7.17%) VPN
6 21 (6.84%) LAN
7 18 (5.86%) SAN
8 17 (5.54%) NAS
9 16 (5.21%) TCP/IP
10 11 (3.58%) Skype
11 10 (3.26%) MPLS
12 9 (2.93%) VLAN
13 8 (2.61%) Network Security
14 7 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.95%) Kerberos
15 6 (1.95%) Wireless
16 5 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (1.30%) Ethernet VPN
17 4 (1.30%) Internet
17 4 (1.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (21.17%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.26%) MySQL
2 10 (3.26%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.93%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.28%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.65%) Looker
8 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.33%) Metadata
9 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.33%) Power BI
9 1 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (7.49%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.86%) JIRA
3 12 (3.91%) Subversion
4 11 (3.58%) Git
5 10 (3.26%) Artifactory
6 9 (2.93%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.98%) GitLab
7 3 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.33%) AppScan
9 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.33%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 74 (24.10%) Finance
2 64 (20.85%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.23%) Banking
6 11 (3.58%) Mandarin Language
7 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.63%) Legal
9 5 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.98%) Law
11 3 (0.98%) Marketing
11 3 (0.98%) Retail
12 2 (0.65%) Advertising
12 2 (0.65%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (0.65%) French Language
12 2 (0.65%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 67 (21.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (10.42%) Analyst
2 32 (10.42%) Support Engineer
3 23 (7.49%) Administrator
3 23 (7.49%) Senior
4 21 (6.84%) IT Engineer
5 18 (5.86%) Windows Engineer
6 17 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (4.56%) Wintel Engineer
8 13 (4.23%) IT Support
9 12 (3.91%) Desktop Support
9 12 (3.91%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) IT Analyst
10 11 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (3.58%) Senior Systems Analyst
10 11 (3.58%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (2.93%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (2.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (2.93%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.17%) .NET
2 15 (4.89%) Middleware
3 9 (2.93%) LDAP
4 7 (2.28%) ASP.NET
4 7 (2.28%) CSS
5 6 (1.95%) HTML
6 5 (1.63%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.63%) HTML5
6 5 (1.63%) IBM Integration Bus
7 3 (0.98%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.65%) REST
9 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.33%) JSP
9 1 (0.33%) Node.js
9 1 (0.33%) SOAP
9 1 (0.33%) WPF
9 1 (0.33%) XML
9 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.17%) Replication
2 19 (6.19%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.89%) PKI
4 14 (4.56%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.58%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.61%) Clustering
6 8 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (1.95%) NHS
7 6 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.63%) Hedge funds
8 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.30%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.30%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.98%) CCTV
10 3 (0.98%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 307 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (16.61%) Linux
3 49 (15.96%) Windows 10
3 49 (15.96%) Windows Server 2012
4 40 (13.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (10.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (8.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 18 (5.86%) Windows 7
8 14 (4.56%) Unix
9 13 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (3.26%) VMS
11 9 (2.93%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (1.95%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (1.63%) CentOS
13 5 (1.63%) Solaris
14 2 (0.65%) Android
14 2 (0.65%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (17.92%) Migration
3 47 (15.31%) DevOps
4 45 (14.66%) ITIL
5 34 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
6 30 (9.77%) Customer Service
6 30 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (9.77%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (6.84%) Server Management
8 20 (6.51%) Time Management
9 19 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (5.86%) Configuration Management
10 18 (5.86%) High Availability
11 17 (5.54%) Agile
11 17 (5.54%) Analytics
11 17 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.21%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 14 (4.56%) Information Security
14 13 (4.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 12 (3.91%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (34.53%) PowerShell
2 52 (16.94%) SQL
3 42 (13.68%) Python
4 17 (5.54%) Bash
5 16 (5.21%) C#
6 15 (4.89%) Java
7 11 (3.58%) Shell Script
8 10 (3.26%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.93%) C++
10 6 (1.95%) VB
11 5 (1.63%) PHP
12 4 (1.30%) Perl
13 3 (0.98%) F#
13 3 (0.98%) VBA
14 2 (0.65%) Bicep
14 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.33%) C
15 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
15 1 (0.33%) Ruby
15 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (17.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (9.12%) DV Cleared
3 25 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (7.49%) Degree
5 21 (6.84%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.28%) MCSA
7 6 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.30%) MCSE
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.65%) CCNA
10 2 (0.65%) CCNP
10 2 (0.65%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.65%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.65%) MCITP
10 2 (0.65%) MCSD
11 1 (0.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.89%) SLA
2 10 (3.26%) GDPR
3 8 (2.61%) QA
4 7 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.98%) NIST
8 2 (0.65%) COBIT
8 2 (0.65%) NCSC
9 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 184 (59.93%) Active Directory
2 63 (20.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.49%) Hyper-V
3 23 (7.49%) vSphere
4 12 (3.91%) Docker
5 10 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (3.26%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (2.61%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.95%) Firmware
8 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.98%) KVM
9 3 (0.98%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.65%) XenApp
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.33%) NFS
11 1 (0.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 57 (18.57%) SCCM
2 28 (9.12%) Ansible
3 21 (6.84%) Terraform
4 19 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (5.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (4.23%) Kubernetes
6 13 (4.23%) SCOM
7 9 (2.93%) BladeLogic
7 9 (2.93%) ITRS Geneos
8 6 (1.95%) WSUS
9 5 (1.63%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.63%) Grafana
9 5 (1.63%) Netcool
9 5 (1.63%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.63%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.63%) Puppet
9 5 (1.63%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.98%) Nessus
Vendors
1 148 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 106 (34.53%) VMware
3 38 (12.38%) Citrix
4 31 (10.10%) Veeam
5 22 (7.17%) Dell
6 21 (6.84%) Cisco
7 19 (6.19%) Oracle
8 17 (5.54%) Qualys
8 17 (5.54%) ServiceNow
9 16 (5.21%) HP
10 14 (4.56%) Red Hat
11 13 (4.23%) CA
12 12 (3.91%) IBM
13 10 (3.26%) Dynatrace
14 9 (2.93%) Altiris
14 9 (2.93%) Apple
14 9 (2.93%) Juniper
15 8 (2.61%) Google
15 8 (2.61%) Splunk
16 7 (2.28%) Fortinet