Windows Server 2016 Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 55 59
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 7 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.56% 0.60% 0.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.07% 3.90% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - £210 -
25th Percentile £313 £225 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £250 £600
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -58.33% +263.64%
75th Percentile - £323 -
90th Percentile - £366 -
North West median daily rate £350 £250 £488
% change year-on-year +40.00% -48.72% +186.76%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 58 77 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 12.92% 15.28% 21.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 85
10th Percentile £258 £126 £200
25th Percentile £343 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £390 £326
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +19.63% -18.50%
75th Percentile £469 £487 £563
90th Percentile £515 £582 £611
North West median daily rate £393 £438 £476
% change year-on-year -10.17% -7.99% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £14.00 £12.35
25th Percentile - £16.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year - -5.84% -5.90%
75th Percentile - - £22.41
90th Percentile - £17.73 £48.41
North West median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £29.30
% change year-on-year +9.00% -45.39% +62.78%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in Cheshire

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in Cheshire

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington +3 7 £350 -10.26% 1
Windows Server 2016
North West

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (42.86%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
2 6 (85.71%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Administrator
1 6 (85.71%) VMWare Administrator
1 6 (85.71%) Wintel Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Patch Management
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
4 3 (42.86%) High Availability
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Line Management
5 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
2 1 (14.29%) MCSA
2 1 (14.29%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
2 6 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) vCenter Server
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (42.86%) NetApp OnCommand
2 3 (42.86%) vMotion
2 3 (42.86%) WSUS
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Symantec