Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 105 139
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 +41
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 2 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.81% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.15% 6.37% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £470
90th Percentile - £600 £533
Central London median daily rate - £350 £350
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All Operating Systems
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 174 267 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.37% 12.76% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 176 269
10th Percentile £203 £254 £197
25th Percentile £322 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% +1.05% -4.76%
75th Percentile £669 £638 £625
90th Percentile £732 £725 £711
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £24.50 £24.29 £23.88
25th Percentile £25.63 £26.03 £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.75 £69.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.07% +91.72% +81.25%
75th Percentile £29.69 £112.00 £45.31
90th Percentile £30.03 - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £69.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -60.43% +91.72% +79.01%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the City of London

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VSAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) ForeScout
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow