Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 405 349
Rank change year-on-year -67 -56 +85
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 64 82 198
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.30% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.56% 2.18% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 62 129
10th Percentile £126 £267 £275
25th Percentile £171 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -8.60% +0.54%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £575
90th Percentile £626 £675 £608
UK median daily rate £490 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +22.42% -11.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £49.07
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £64.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +45.45%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,090 3,767 5,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.03% 13.91% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 2,382 3,773
10th Percentile £175 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -6.86%
75th Percentile £565 £592 £600
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 125 290
10th Percentile £14.40 £15.24 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £17.73
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% +69.35% +24.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +12.90% +24.00%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in England over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
London -3 24 £538 +53.57% 5
East of England -13 15 £149 -33.52% 3
South East -36 12 £490 -14.78% 10
South West -9 10 £525 -4.11% 7
North West -43 2 £300 -7.69% 3
North of England -63 2 £300 -14.29% 10
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 17 (26.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (6.25%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.69%) LiveLink
5 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (29.69%) Azure
3 7 (10.94%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.81%) AWS
5 4 (6.25%) GitHub
6 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.69%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.13%) GCP
8 1 (1.56%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.56%) IaaS
8 1 (1.56%) PaaS
8 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (32.81%) DNS
2 15 (23.44%) DHCP
3 13 (20.31%) VPN
4 12 (18.75%) LAN
5 11 (17.19%) TCP/IP
6 9 (14.06%) WAN
7 6 (9.38%) Firewall
8 4 (6.25%) NetScaler
8 4 (6.25%) Skype
9 3 (4.69%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (3.13%) Internet
10 2 (3.13%) VSAN
11 1 (1.56%) BIG-IP
11 1 (1.56%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.56%) NAS
11 1 (1.56%) Network Security
11 1 (1.56%) SAN
11 1 (1.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.31%) SQL Server
2 10 (15.63%) Oracle Database
2 10 (15.63%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (6.25%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.25%) Finance
5 3 (4.69%) Banking
5 3 (4.69%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.13%) Back Office
6 2 (3.13%) Front Office
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Electronics
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) IT Support
2 13 (20.31%) Analyst
2 13 (20.31%) Support Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Technical Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Technical Support
3 10 (15.63%) Technical Support Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Architect
5 7 (10.94%) Infrastructure Architect
5 7 (10.94%) IT Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (9.38%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Citrix Support
7 4 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Support Officer
8 3 (4.69%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) REST
2 3 (4.69%) ARM Templates
3 2 (3.13%) LDAP
3 2 (3.13%) Middleware
4 1 (1.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.81%) PKI
3 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.69%) Replication
4 3 (4.69%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) Clustering
5 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (90.63%) Windows
2 31 (48.44%) Windows 10
3 27 (42.19%) Windows Server
3 27 (42.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (25.00%) Linux
5 11 (17.19%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (15.63%) AIX
6 10 (15.63%) Windows 7
7 8 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (7.81%) Ubuntu
9 4 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (3.13%) CentOS
10 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.56%) Android
11 1 (1.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Migration
1 13 (20.31%) Proactive Monitoring
2 9 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (12.50%) Agile
3 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (12.50%) ITIL
4 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.38%) Change Management
5 6 (9.38%) DevOps
5 6 (9.38%) High Availability
5 6 (9.38%) Server Management
5 6 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (7.81%) Data Migration
6 5 (7.81%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (7.81%) Zero Trust
7 4 (6.25%) Records Management
7 4 (6.25%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.25%) Service Management
8 3 (4.69%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) PowerShell
2 12 (18.75%) SQL
3 7 (10.94%) Java
4 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.56%) Degree
3 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.25%) CCA
4 4 (6.25%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) GDPR
2 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (42.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (17.19%) Hyper-V
4 8 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (9.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (9.38%) VMware NSX
6 5 (7.81%) vSphere
7 4 (6.25%) XenApp
7 4 (6.25%) XenDesktop
8 3 (4.69%) Docker
8 3 (4.69%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (23.44%) SCCM
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (10.94%) vCenter Server
4 5 (7.81%) Terraform
5 4 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (6.25%) SCVMM
6 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (4.69%) WSUS
7 2 (3.13%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.56%) Nessus
8 1 (1.56%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.56%) SCOM
8 1 (1.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (1.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 31 (48.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (35.94%) VMware
3 20 (31.25%) Citrix
4 17 (26.56%) Oracle
5 9 (14.06%) Veeam
6 6 (9.38%) Cisco
6 6 (9.38%) IBM
7 5 (7.81%) NetApp
7 5 (7.81%) SolarWinds
8 4 (6.25%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.13%) OpenText
9 2 (3.13%) Red Hat
9 2 (3.13%) Veritas
10 1 (1.56%) Dell
10 1 (1.56%) EMC
10 1 (1.56%) Google
10 1 (1.56%) McAfee
10 1 (1.56%) QNAP
10 1 (1.56%) SAP
10 1 (1.56%) Symantec