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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 111 146
Rank change year-on-year -4 +35 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 2 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.81% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 6.14% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 7
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile - - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -32.69% +20.58%
75th Percentile - - £545
90th Percentile - £613 £585
Central London median daily rate - £350 £498
% change year-on-year - -29.65% +37.24%

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 189 277 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.78% 13.16% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 178 289
10th Percentile £254 £252 £174
25th Percentile £325 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £673 £638 £638
90th Percentile £722 £725 £725
Central London median daily rate £496 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -2.84% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £24.25 £23.90 £23.88
25th Percentile £25.00 £25.06 £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -25.52% +85.90%
75th Percentile £29.50 £28.19 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.95 £28.90 £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.00 £27.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -3.70% -25.52% +81.25%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 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 and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

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