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 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 438 384 390
Rank change year-on-year -54 +6 +82
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 81 143 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.11% 3.03% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 110 136
10th Percentile £167 £213 £263
25th Percentile £319 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £470 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% +10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £500
90th Percentile - £609 £606
UK median daily rate £540 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +27.06% - +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £29.14
25th Percentile - - £48.40
Median hourly rate - - £52.15
75th Percentile - - £57.36
90th Percentile - - £76.33
UK median hourly rate - - £52.15
% change year-on-year - - +160.73%

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 3,832 4,724 6,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 14.34% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,527 3,010 4,591
10th Percentile £189 £200 £186
25th Percentile £289 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £680 £719
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 231 337
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.40 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +20.22% +100.04%
75th Percentile £62.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +5.26% +98.66%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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
East of England +17 25 £550 +129.17% 4
South East -16 24 £513 -14.94% 12
London -20 18 £538 +53.57% 9
South West +17 6 £563 +19.68% 9
North West -6 6 £325 +36.84% 3
North of England -37 6 £325 -7.14% 6
Midlands -18 4 £450 +46.34% 3
West Midlands -8 3 £450 +172.73% 1
East Midlands -8 1 - - 2
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (20.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.70%) LiveLink
4 2 (2.47%) IIS
4 2 (2.47%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.47%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.23%) Confluence
5 1 (1.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.69%) Cohesity
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.41%) Azure
4 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.23%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.23%) GitHub
5 1 (1.23%) IaaS
5 1 (1.23%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.23%) PaaS
5 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (51.85%) DNS
2 30 (37.04%) SAN
3 17 (20.99%) VPN
4 15 (18.52%) TCP/IP
5 14 (17.28%) DHCP
6 12 (14.81%) Firewall
6 12 (14.81%) LAN
7 8 (9.88%) WAN
8 5 (6.17%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (4.94%) Skype
9 4 (4.94%) VSAN
10 1 (1.23%) Internet
10 1 (1.23%) MPLS
10 1 (1.23%) NAS
10 1 (1.23%) Network Security
10 1 (1.23%) OSPF
10 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.23%) VLAN
10 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (4.94%) EDRMS
2 4 (4.94%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 22 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Law
4 5 (6.17%) Legal
5 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Military
7 2 (2.47%) Finance
7 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.23%) Back Office
8 1 (1.23%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 16 (19.75%) IT Support
2 10 (12.35%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (9.88%) Developer
4 7 (8.64%) Administrator
4 7 (8.64%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Architect
5 5 (6.17%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Desktop Support
5 5 (6.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Help Desk Support
5 5 (6.17%) IT Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Officer
5 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Support
5 5 (6.17%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Support Officer
5 5 (6.17%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Technical Support
5 5 (6.17%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) REST
2 2 (2.47%) Apache Axis
3 1 (1.23%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (1.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) PKI
2 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.47%) Replication
4 1 (1.23%) CMDB
4 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.23%) NHS
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (92.59%) Windows
2 57 (70.37%) Windows Server
3 45 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 28 (34.57%) Windows 10
5 21 (25.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (23.46%) Linux
7 9 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (9.88%) Ubuntu
9 6 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (6.17%) AIX
10 5 (6.17%) Debian
10 5 (6.17%) Windows 7
11 4 (4.94%) Windows 8
11 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (4.94%) Windows XP
12 3 (3.70%) CentOS
12 3 (3.70%) Solaris
13 2 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.57%) ITIL
2 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.93%) SIEM
3 20 (24.69%) Build Automation
3 20 (24.69%) Deployment Automation
3 20 (24.69%) Operations Management
4 10 (12.35%) Agile
5 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (8.64%) Migration
5 7 (8.64%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (7.41%) Asset Management
6 6 (7.41%) Mentoring
6 6 (7.41%) Project Delivery
6 6 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (7.41%) Time Management
7 5 (6.17%) CRM
7 5 (6.17%) Data Migration
7 5 (6.17%) Data Modelling
7 5 (6.17%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (6.17%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 31 (38.27%) PowerShell
2 13 (16.05%) SQL
3 9 (11.11%) Java
4 7 (8.64%) Python
5 4 (4.94%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.70%) C#
7 2 (2.47%) Ruby
8 1 (1.23%) Bicep
8 1 (1.23%) VB
8 1 (1.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (53.09%) Security Cleared
2 29 (35.80%) DV Cleared
3 20 (24.69%) SC Cleared
4 11 (13.58%) Degree
5 4 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.70%) CISSP
6 3 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.23%) CCNA
8 1 (1.23%) CCNP
8 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) GDPR
2 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.47%) SLA
4 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 46 (56.79%) Active Directory
2 32 (39.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (27.16%) Virtual Servers
4 21 (25.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 13 (16.05%) Hyper-V
6 6 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (6.17%) Terminal Services
8 3 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (3.70%) VMware NSX
8 3 (3.70%) vSphere
9 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (33.33%) SCCM
2 25 (30.86%) WSUS
3 20 (24.69%) Ansible
4 4 (4.94%) NetBackup
4 4 (4.94%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.70%) VxRail
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (2.47%) NetApp OnCommand
6 2 (2.47%) vMotion
7 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.23%) SCOM
7 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (58.02%) Microsoft
2 45 (55.56%) VMware
3 23 (28.40%) NetApp
4 20 (24.69%) Splunk
5 15 (18.52%) Red Hat
6 14 (17.28%) Oracle
7 12 (14.81%) Citrix
8 4 (4.94%) 3PAR
8 4 (4.94%) Canon
8 4 (4.94%) Cisco
8 4 (4.94%) HP
8 4 (4.94%) Veeam
8 4 (4.94%) Veritas
9 3 (3.70%) Dell
9 3 (3.70%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (2.47%) OpenText
10 2 (2.47%) Remedy
10 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.23%) Meraki