Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.51% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £588 £465
% change year-on-year -10.64% +26.34% -19.13%

All Operating Systems
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 26 29 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 13.20% 16.11% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 16
10th Percentile £146 £190 £140
25th Percentile £166 £256 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -10.53% +26.67%
75th Percentile £280 £600 £575
90th Percentile £470 £620 -
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £498
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.53% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.91 -
South West median hourly rate £41.25 £67.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -38.89% +30.09% -20.17%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Devon

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 25 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
Plymouth - 1 £490 - 3
Windows Server 2016
South West

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware