Windows Server 2016 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 365 473
Rank change year-on-year +84 +108 -116
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 66 102 146
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.41% 0.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.22% 2.95% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 64 109
10th Percentile £190 £163 £213
25th Percentile £350 £361 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +13.07%
75th Percentile £608 £586 £565
90th Percentile - £622 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +6.25%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,563 3,454 5,394
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.35% 13.75% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 2,433 3,815
10th Percentile £222 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £683 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 101 158
10th Percentile £12.85 £19.00 £14.43
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.94
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +28.15% +15.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows Server 2016
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2016 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016.

Windows Server 2016 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Windows Server 2016 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016.

Windows Server 2016 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (62.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (12.12%) IIS
3 3 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.03%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) assyst
1 1 (1.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (45.45%) Azure
3 23 (34.85%) Entra ID
4 16 (24.24%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (24.24%) Azure Storage
5 6 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.03%) GitHub
6 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (50.00%) Firewall
2 24 (36.36%) DNS
3 22 (33.33%) DHCP
4 13 (19.70%) SAN
5 4 (6.06%) NAS
6 2 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.52%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.52%) VLAN
7 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.06%) Big Data
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.03%) Power BI
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
4 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Banking
4 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Back Office
7 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.52%) French Language
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
7 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Active Directory Support
2 14 (21.21%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (21.21%) Azure Specialist
2 14 (21.21%) Support Engineer
2 14 (21.21%) Support Specialist
3 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Wintel Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.58%) Active Directory Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Migration Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Server Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Administrator
6 4 (6.06%) Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Data Centre Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Data Migration Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) IT Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.24%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (3.03%) REST
2 2 (3.03%) Web Services
3 1 (1.52%) CSS
3 1 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.52%) HTML
3 1 (1.52%) HTML5
3 1 (1.52%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.24%) PKI
1 16 (24.24%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.12%) Clustering
2 8 (12.12%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 4 (6.06%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (95.45%) Windows
2 38 (57.58%) Windows Server
3 36 (54.55%) Windows Server 2019
4 28 (42.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (28.79%) Linux
6 13 (19.70%) Windows 10
7 4 (6.06%) VMS
7 4 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (4.55%) Windows 7
8 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) ITIL
2 18 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 17 (25.76%) Analytics
3 17 (25.76%) DevOps
3 17 (25.76%) RBAC
3 17 (25.76%) Release Management
3 17 (25.76%) Service Management
4 16 (24.24%) Agile
4 16 (24.24%) Identity Management
4 16 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 16 (24.24%) Log Analytics
4 16 (24.24%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 16 (24.24%) Privileged Identity Management
5 11 (16.67%) Migration
6 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (12.12%) Business Continuity
9 5 (7.58%) Change Management
9 5 (7.58%) Customer Service
9 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.94%) PowerShell
2 16 (24.24%) Bicep
2 16 (24.24%) C#
2 16 (24.24%) VB
2 16 (24.24%) VBScript
3 12 (18.18%) SQL
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) C
4 1 (1.52%) C++
4 1 (1.52%) PHP
4 1 (1.52%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 19 (28.79%) Degree
3 18 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 17 (25.76%) DV Cleared
5 16 (24.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 18 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (24.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (6.06%) Hyper-V
5 4 (6.06%) XenApp
5 4 (6.06%) XenDesktop
6 3 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (4.55%) vSphere
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 40 (60.61%) SCCM
2 22 (33.33%) SCOM
3 18 (27.27%) WSUS
4 17 (25.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (24.24%) Kubernetes
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (3.03%) Ansible
7 2 (3.03%) Kibana
7 2 (3.03%) logstash
7 2 (3.03%) Nessus
7 2 (3.03%) Packer
7 2 (3.03%) Terraform
7 2 (3.03%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.52%) SCOrch
8 1 (1.52%) SCVMM
8 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.52%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 34 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (24.24%) Citrix
3 14 (21.21%) HP
4 12 (18.18%) Cisco
5 9 (13.64%) Avaya
6 8 (12.12%) CheckPoint
6 8 (12.12%) EMC
7 7 (10.61%) VMware
8 3 (4.55%) OpenText
9 2 (3.03%) Commvault
9 2 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (3.03%) Huawei
9 2 (3.03%) IBM
9 2 (3.03%) Juniper
9 2 (3.03%) Oracle
9 2 (3.03%) Qualys
9 2 (3.03%) SAP
9 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.03%) Trend Micro
9 2 (3.03%) Varonis