Windows Server Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 41 76
Rank change year-on-year -48 +35 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 70 156 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.12% 4.61% 2.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.43% 23.85% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 109 71
10th Percentile £175 £198 £198
25th Percentile £222 £408 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £673 £719 £638
England median daily rate £482 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -3.60% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £65.18 £39.50 -
25th Percentile £67.31 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £61.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% +207.50% -58.55%
75th Percentile £76.31 £64.50 -
90th Percentile £77.33 £119.75 -
England median hourly rate £38.50 £33.75 £22.75
% change year-on-year +14.07% +48.35% -9.00%

All Operating Systems
South West

Windows Server 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 563 654 722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.09% 19.33% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 448 441
10th Percentile £175 £184 £155
25th Percentile £363 £288 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £617 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £646
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 76 68
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.46 £16.27
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.50 £53.78
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% +21.80% +175.57%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.13 £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £65.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £43.93 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +104.33% +22.86%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South West over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the South West

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wiltshire -25 23 £538 -2.27% 24
Bristol -14 16 £500 -23.08% 8
Dorset +13 13 £185 +16.12% 5
Gloucestershire -29 7 £225 -57.14% 12
Devon -3 4 £550 +69.23% 4
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 19 (27.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.86%) Confluence
3 5 (7.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (38.57%) Azure
3 5 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.71%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.29%) AWS
6 2 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.86%) DNS
2 14 (20.00%) DHCP
2 14 (20.00%) Firewall
2 14 (20.00%) SAN
3 7 (10.00%) FTP
4 6 (8.57%) WAN
5 5 (7.14%) LAN
6 3 (4.29%) Skype
6 3 (4.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.43%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.43%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (12.86%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Artifactory
General
1 25 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.29%) Military
4 4 (5.71%) Legal
5 3 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.86%) Electronics
6 2 (2.86%) Finance
6 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.86%) Marketing
6 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 12 (17.14%) Infrastructure Technician
2 10 (14.29%) Architect
3 9 (12.86%) Test Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Integration Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Network Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (8.57%) Systems Architect
7 5 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Active Directory Architect
8 4 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 3 (4.29%) 3rd Line Server Support
9 3 (4.29%) Active Directory Support
9 3 (4.29%) IT Support
9 3 (4.29%) Server Support
9 3 (4.29%) Windows Server Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) REST
2 2 (2.86%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.86%) PKI
2 12 (17.14%) NHS
3 7 (10.00%) Replication
4 4 (5.71%) Clustering
5 3 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (98.57%) Windows
2 22 (31.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 17 (24.29%) Linux
4 9 (12.86%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.86%) CentOS
7 2 (2.86%) Unix
7 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (18.57%) ITIL
3 12 (17.14%) Network Management
4 11 (15.71%) Agile
4 11 (15.71%) Change Management
4 11 (15.71%) Critical Thinking
4 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.86%) Regression Testing
5 9 (12.86%) Test Scripting
6 6 (8.57%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.57%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.57%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.57%) Database Optimisation
6 6 (8.57%) Identity Management
6 6 (8.57%) Migration
6 6 (8.57%) Project Management
7 5 (7.14%) Data Management
7 5 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (5.71%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.71%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.14%) SQL
2 9 (12.86%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.86%) C#
3 2 (2.86%) Java
3 2 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (61.43%) Security Cleared
2 22 (31.43%) DV Cleared
3 21 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 14 (20.00%) MCSE
4 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (15.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (12.86%) MCSA
7 8 (11.43%) Degree
8 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) NIST
1 2 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (54.29%) Active Directory
2 24 (34.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (27.14%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (18.57%) VMware NSX
5 6 (8.57%) Hyper-V
6 4 (5.71%) Docker
6 4 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (5.71%) vSphere
7 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.43%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.43%) VMFS
8 1 (1.43%) XenApp
8 1 (1.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (20.00%) vCenter Server
2 8 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 8 (11.43%) SCCM
3 5 (7.14%) WSUS
4 4 (5.71%) Ansible
5 2 (2.86%) SCDPM
5 2 (2.86%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.43%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.43%) HP SIM
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.43%) OPNET
6 1 (1.43%) Puppet
6 1 (1.43%) SCOM
6 1 (1.43%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (75.71%) Microsoft
2 49 (70.00%) VMware
3 22 (31.43%) Veeam
4 8 (11.43%) Palo Alto
5 6 (8.57%) CheckPoint
5 6 (8.57%) Cisco
6 4 (5.71%) CyberArk
6 4 (5.71%) Dell
6 4 (5.71%) HP
7 3 (4.29%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.86%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.86%) Citrix
8 2 (2.86%) SAP
8 2 (2.86%) Veritas
9 1 (1.43%) BEA
9 1 (1.43%) Commvault
9 1 (1.43%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.43%) Oracle
9 1 (1.43%) Remedy
9 1 (1.43%) Symantec