Windows Server 2019 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 237 323
Rank change year-on-year -6 +86 -16
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 163 202 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.76% 0.89% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.81% 4.72% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 153 136
10th Percentile £210 £223 £159
25th Percentile £363 £387 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +29.41% +13.33%
75th Percentile £608 £640 £477
90th Percentile - £700 £538
UK median daily rate £575 £530 £450
% change year-on-year +8.49% +17.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 3
10th Percentile £50.86 £19.10 £16.80
25th Percentile £56.50 £23.24 £18.00
Median hourly rate £59.80 £26.48 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.83% +32.40% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £50.45 -
90th Percentile - £64.05 -
UK median hourly rate £59.80 £26.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year +125.83% +32.40% -33.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,391 4,276 5,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 18.84% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,208 2,930 3,824
10th Percentile £176 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £672 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 307 426
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.70 £15.05
Median hourly rate £24.18 £40.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +102.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £49.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2019 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2019
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 2019 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +68 108 £605 +24.10% 17
Midlands +26 25 £350 +56.25% 13
West Midlands +31 20 £350 -6.67% 9
North of England +20 13 £390 +5.41% 17
South West -53 8 £575 - 10
East of England -33 7 £650 -7.14% 9
Yorkshire - 7 £563 - 9
North West +14 5 £220 -46.67% 5
East Midlands +3 5 £450 +101.79% 4
Wales - 5 £220 - 2
Scotland +31 1 - -
North East +6 1 £600 +266.41% 3
Windows Server 2019
UK

Windows Server 2019
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 46 (28.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.98%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.29%) IIS
4 2 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (41.10%) Azure
2 55 (33.74%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (20.25%) Entra ID
4 23 (14.11%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (12.88%) Azure Storage
6 14 (8.59%) OCI
7 9 (5.52%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.68%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.68%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.23%) AWS
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.61%) GCP
10 1 (0.61%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 62 (38.04%) DNS
2 56 (34.36%) DHCP
3 55 (33.74%) Firewall
4 26 (15.95%) SAN
5 14 (8.59%) VPN
6 10 (6.13%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (5.52%) VLAN
8 8 (4.91%) LAN
8 8 (4.91%) NAS
9 7 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (3.68%) TCP/IP
10 6 (3.68%) Unified Communications
10 6 (3.68%) VoIP
10 6 (3.68%) WAN
10 6 (3.68%) Wireless
11 3 (1.84%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.84%) Network Security
12 2 (1.23%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.23%) SMTP
12 2 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.68%) Power BI
3 4 (2.45%) Big Data
3 4 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.45%) MySQL
3 4 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (9.82%) Robot Framework
1 16 (9.82%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.84%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) MSI
4 1 (0.61%) InstallShield
General
1 78 (47.85%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.59%) Public Sector
3 8 (4.91%) Finance
4 6 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.84%) Local Government
6 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.23%) Electronics
7 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.23%) Marketing
8 1 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (14.11%) Support Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) Active Directory Support
3 21 (12.88%) Windows Engineer
4 20 (12.27%) Architect
5 18 (11.04%) Security Architect
6 15 (9.20%) Build Engineer
6 15 (9.20%) Windows Build Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (8.59%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (8.59%) Support Specialist
8 12 (7.36%) Administrator
8 12 (7.36%) Senior
9 11 (6.75%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (6.13%) Storage Engineer
10 10 (6.13%) Wintel Engineer
11 9 (5.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 9 (5.52%) Server Engineer
12 8 (4.91%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.88%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.68%) Itk
3 2 (1.23%) LAMP
3 2 (1.23%) LDAP
4 1 (0.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (34.97%) PKI
2 22 (13.50%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (11.66%) Data Centre
4 14 (8.59%) Clustering
5 6 (3.68%) Digital Signage
5 6 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.45%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.45%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.23%) Replication
9 1 (0.61%) CMDB
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 156 (95.71%) Windows
2 137 (84.05%) Windows Server
3 110 (67.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 57 (34.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 54 (33.13%) Linux
6 52 (31.90%) Windows 10
7 15 (9.20%) Windows NT
8 14 (8.59%) Windows XP
9 12 (7.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (4.91%) Mac OS
10 8 (4.91%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (3.68%) Ubuntu
11 6 (3.68%) VMS
12 4 (2.45%) Windows 7
13 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (39.26%) ITIL
2 43 (26.38%) Service Management
3 40 (24.54%) Agile
3 40 (24.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (22.70%) Release Management
6 29 (17.79%) Customer Service
7 28 (17.18%) DevOps
8 27 (16.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 22 (13.50%) Identity Management
10 21 (12.88%) Analytics
10 21 (12.88%) CI/CD
10 21 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (12.88%) Log Analytics
10 21 (12.88%) Privileged Identity Management
10 21 (12.88%) RBAC
11 20 (12.27%) Deployment Automation
12 18 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (11.04%) Test Automation
13 16 (9.82%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 93 (57.06%) PowerShell
2 22 (13.50%) VB
3 21 (12.88%) Bicep
3 21 (12.88%) C#
3 21 (12.88%) VBScript
4 20 (12.27%) Python
5 11 (6.75%) SQL
6 4 (2.45%) C
6 4 (2.45%) C++
7 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 105 (64.42%) Security Cleared
2 75 (46.01%) DV Cleared
3 49 (30.06%) SC Cleared
4 47 (28.83%) Degree
5 21 (12.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 15 (9.20%) CCNA
6 15 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (8.59%) CCNP
8 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.84%) MCSE
9 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.20%) QA
2 7 (4.29%) RMADS
3 3 (1.84%) SLA
4 1 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 128 (78.53%) Active Directory
2 75 (46.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (22.70%) Hyper-V
4 34 (20.86%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (20.86%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (15.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (9.20%) Firmware
7 8 (4.91%) VMFS
7 8 (4.91%) vSphere
8 4 (2.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (2.45%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.23%) XenApp
9 2 (1.23%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.61%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (44.79%) SCCM
2 61 (37.42%) WSUS
3 41 (25.15%) SCOM
4 39 (23.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (15.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (13.50%) vCenter Server
7 21 (12.88%) Kubernetes
8 20 (12.27%) Ansible
9 16 (9.82%) Terraform
10 15 (9.20%) NetBackup
10 15 (9.20%) Sysprep
11 14 (8.59%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (4.91%) Nessus
12 8 (4.91%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (4.29%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (3.68%) Autotask
14 6 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (2.45%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (2.45%) ZABBIX
16 2 (1.23%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 110 (67.48%) Microsoft
2 92 (56.44%) VMware
3 26 (15.95%) Oracle
4 20 (12.27%) Veeam
5 17 (10.43%) Cisco
5 17 (10.43%) HP
5 17 (10.43%) Symantec
6 16 (9.82%) Dell
6 16 (9.82%) Palo Alto
7 15 (9.20%) 3PAR
7 15 (9.20%) EMC
7 15 (9.20%) Juniper
8 14 (8.59%) Extreme Networks
9 10 (6.13%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.29%) Apple
11 6 (3.68%) Citrix
11 6 (3.68%) Datto
12 4 (2.45%) Qualys
12 4 (2.45%) SolarWinds
13 2 (1.23%) Infoblox