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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.65% - 1.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.82% - 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - £220
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.80%
75th Percentile £561 - -
90th Percentile £567 - £312
Wales median daily rate £543 - £220
% change year-on-year - - -64.80%

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 44 22 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.50% 8.49% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 14 46
10th Percentile £180 £171 £140
25th Percentile £363 £230 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £469
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -36.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £550 - £575
90th Percentile £608 £334 £678
Wales median daily rate £465 £300 £469
% change year-on-year +55.00% -36.00% -5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £21.10 £21.91 £13.73
25th Percentile £21.25 £27.01 £35.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £36.76 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.14% -22.62% -
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.75 £49.06
90th Percentile - £53.60 £51.13
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £36.76 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.14% -22.62% +35.71%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in South Wales over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in South Wales

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 6 July 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
Cardiff - 2 £484 - 1
Newport - 1 £550 - 3
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 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) VMware