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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 381 357
Rank change year-on-year -160 -24 +38
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 58 92 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.38% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.41% 2.69% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 70 150
10th Percentile £182 £300 £210
25th Percentile £406 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £608
90th Percentile £665 £606 -
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £61.60
75th Percentile £17.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.50 - £61.60
% change year-on-year - - +89.60%

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 4,122 3,418 5,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.75% 14.03% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,680 2,321 3,469
10th Percentile £188 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% -5.30%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £470
% change year-on-year -1.08% -1.06% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 168 374
10th Percentile £15.72 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.18 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £19.64 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -12.73% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.75 £63.44
90th Percentile £72.40 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.25 £22.51
% change year-on-year +46.07% -1.16% -48.55%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -66 18 £475 +18.75% 5
South East -65 13 £600 +33.33% 10
Midlands -48 10 £450 +12.50% 1
East Midlands - 8 £450 -
East of England -38 7 £173 -68.64% 2
North of England -95 5 £344 -1.79% 5
South West -35 4 £508 -13.62% 5
Yorkshire -54 3 £344 -14.06%
West Midlands -61 2 £450 +12.50% 1
North West -62 2 - - 4
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 13 (22.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.90%) nginx
3 4 (6.90%) Tomcat
4 3 (5.17%) IIS
4 3 (5.17%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (29.31%) Azure
3 7 (12.07%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.45%) AWS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.45%) GCP
4 2 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (27.59%) DHCP
2 14 (24.14%) DNS
3 6 (10.34%) Firewall
3 6 (10.34%) SAN
4 4 (6.90%) HTTP
4 4 (6.90%) NetScaler
4 4 (6.90%) WAN
5 3 (5.17%) BIG-IP
5 3 (5.17%) Skype
5 3 (5.17%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.17%) VSAN
6 2 (3.45%) LAN
6 2 (3.45%) VLAN
7 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.72%) DSL
7 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (5.17%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.72%) DTS
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) AdminStudio
1 2 (3.45%) InstallShield
1 2 (3.45%) MSI
General
1 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Back Office
5 1 (1.72%) Banking
5 1 (1.72%) Electronics
5 1 (1.72%) Front Office
5 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.72%) Marketing
5 1 (1.72%) Military
5 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (13.79%) Architect
2 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Architect
3 7 (12.07%) Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Support Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Technical Support
4 6 (10.34%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (8.62%) Administrator
5 5 (8.62%) Senior
6 4 (6.90%) Citrix Support
6 4 (6.90%) Lead
6 4 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Lead Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Server Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) JSON
1 3 (5.17%) Middleware
2 2 (3.45%) ADO
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.72%) EJB
3 1 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.72%) JavaBeans
3 1 (1.72%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Client/Server
1 4 (6.90%) Clustering
1 4 (6.90%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.17%) PKI
3 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) iPhone
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Replication
4 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (98.28%) Windows
2 46 (79.31%) Windows Server
3 29 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (24.14%) Linux
5 13 (22.41%) Windows 10
6 12 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (10.34%) Windows 7
8 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (8.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (6.90%) Solaris
10 4 (6.90%) Ubuntu
11 1 (1.72%) AIX
11 1 (1.72%) Android
11 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.72%) CentOS
11 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (17.24%) ITIL
3 8 (13.79%) Migration
4 7 (12.07%) Change Management
4 7 (12.07%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (10.34%) DevOps
5 6 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (10.34%) High Availability
6 5 (8.62%) CI/CD
6 5 (8.62%) ITSM
6 5 (8.62%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (6.90%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.90%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (6.90%) Runbook
7 4 (6.90%) Server Migrations
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (6.90%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.52%) SQL
3 3 (5.17%) Java
3 3 (5.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (8.62%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.62%) MCSE
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (6.90%) CCA
5 4 (6.90%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 26 (44.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (22.41%) Hyper-V
3 13 (22.41%) vSphere
4 11 (18.97%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (13.79%) VMware NSX
6 6 (10.34%) XenApp
6 6 (10.34%) XenDesktop
7 4 (6.90%) Docker
8 3 (5.17%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (29.31%) SCCM
2 6 (10.34%) WSUS
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.62%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.90%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (6.90%) SCVMM
5 3 (5.17%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (5.17%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (5.17%) Terraform
6 2 (3.45%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (3.45%) SCOM
7 1 (1.72%) Kibana
7 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.72%) logstash
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Nessus
7 1 (1.72%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (1.72%) vMotion
7 1 (1.72%) vRealize
Vendors
1 34 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 32 (55.17%) VMware
3 11 (18.97%) Citrix
4 6 (10.34%) Oracle
5 5 (8.62%) IBM
5 5 (8.62%) Red Hat
6 3 (5.17%) Dell
6 3 (5.17%) F5
6 3 (5.17%) NetApp
6 3 (5.17%) NVIDIA
6 3 (5.17%) Veeam
7 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.45%) HP
7 2 (3.45%) McAfee
7 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.45%) Veritas
8 1 (1.72%) BMC
8 1 (1.72%) Cisco
8 1 (1.72%) Remedy
8 1 (1.72%) Sybase