Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 120 116
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +45
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.046% 0.48% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.62% 3.58% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 21
10th Percentile - £315 £250
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% - -
75th Percentile £419 £463 -
90th Percentile - £600 £525
London median daily rate £488 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 162 279 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.51% 13.43% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 201 244
10th Percentile £187 £238 £189
25th Percentile £263 £363 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £627
90th Percentile £753 £711 £725
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £21.39 £48.48 -
25th Percentile £22.24 £89.31 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.13 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.56% +397.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £28.05 £130.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £28.92 £164.85 -
London median hourly rate £23.50 £26.54 £23.25
% change year-on-year -11.44% +14.13% -9.20%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Central London

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
City of London -17 1 £413 +17.86% 2
Windows Server 2016
London

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix