Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 28 40
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +18
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.47% 2.75% 1.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.88% 17.07% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £515 £185 £220
25th Percentile £517 £271 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £365 £365
Median % change year-on-year +49.66% - -22.34%
75th Percentile £574 £438 £430
90th Percentile £575 - £465
Wales median daily rate £546 £383 £202
% change year-on-year +42.81% +89.36% -57.02%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

Windows Server 2016 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 41 41 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.69% 16.08% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 46
10th Percentile £153 £182 £176
25th Percentile £180 £208 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £400 £545
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -26.61% +28.24%
75th Percentile - £453 £623
90th Percentile £575 £550 £696
Wales median daily rate £200 £381 £500
% change year-on-year -47.54% -23.75% +29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 3
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.38 £12.67
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.13 £13.31
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +161.14% -58.97%
75th Percentile £24.57 £41.25 £31.18
90th Percentile £86.75 £49.38 £41.27
Wales median hourly rate £21.75 £37.50 £14.36
% change year-on-year -42.00% +161.14% -36.18%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2016 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in South Wales

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2016 within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 7 April 2026. 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
Newport -5 1 £550 +98.20%
Cardiff -8 1 £543 +27.65%
Windows Server 2016
Wales

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) VMware