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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 410 376
Rank change year-on-year -152 -34 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 45 92 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.34% 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.04% 2.46% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 69 137
10th Percentile £229 £171 £210
25th Percentile £396 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £608
90th Percentile £625 £590 -
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £59.80
75th Percentile £17.25 - £61.60
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.50 - £59.80
% change year-on-year - - +121.48%

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 4,338 3,745 5,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.66% 13.65% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,792 2,497 3,334
10th Percentile £190 £200 £195
25th Percentile £313 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £465 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 222 368
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £25.13
Median % change year-on-year +41.30% -8.46% -40.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.70 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -70 17 £475 +18.75% 6
Midlands -39 10 £450 +12.50% 1
East Midlands -6 8 £450 -
South East -86 7 £600 +17.07% 9
North of England -83 6 £313 -16.67% 10
Yorkshire -49 4 £313 -21.88% 3
East of England -36 3 £173 -68.64% 2
South West -42 2 £490 -14.78% 1
North West -59 2 - - 4
West Midlands -64 2 £450 +12.50% 1
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 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.89%) nginx
3 4 (8.89%) Tomcat
4 3 (6.67%) IIS
4 3 (6.67%) WebLogic
5 2 (4.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.22%) AWS
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) DNS
2 12 (26.67%) DHCP
3 6 (13.33%) Firewall
3 6 (13.33%) SAN
4 5 (11.11%) WAN
5 4 (8.89%) HTTP
5 4 (8.89%) Skype
6 3 (6.67%) LAN
6 3 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.67%) VSAN
7 2 (4.44%) VLAN
7 2 (4.44%) VPN
8 1 (2.22%) BGP
8 1 (2.22%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.22%) DSL
8 1 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.22%) MPLS
8 1 (2.22%) OSPF
8 1 (2.22%) VoIP
8 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.89%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.22%) DTS
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) AdminStudio
1 2 (4.44%) InstallShield
1 2 (4.44%) MSI
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Military
4 1 (2.22%) Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Finance
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Support Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Administrator
3 4 (8.89%) Analyst
3 4 (8.89%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Server Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Senior
4 3 (6.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (6.67%) Technical Support
4 3 (6.67%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Applications Support
5 2 (4.44%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Lead
5 2 (4.44%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Wintel Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) JSON
2 2 (4.44%) ADO
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.44%) Middleware
3 1 (2.22%) EJB
3 1 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.22%) JavaBeans
3 1 (2.22%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (8.89%) PKI
2 3 (6.67%) Clustering
2 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.44%) Replication
4 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.22%) iPhone
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (95.56%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Windows Server
3 24 (53.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (20.00%) Linux
5 8 (17.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (15.56%) Windows 10
7 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (8.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (8.89%) Solaris
9 3 (6.67%) Ubuntu
9 3 (6.67%) Windows 7
9 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (2.22%) Android
10 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (24.44%) ITIL
3 7 (15.56%) Migration
4 6 (13.33%) DevOps
5 5 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 5 (11.11%) ITSM
5 5 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (8.89%) Application Virtualisation
6 4 (8.89%) High Availability
6 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.89%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (8.89%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (8.89%) Runbook
6 4 (8.89%) Server Migrations
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (8.89%) User Experience
6 4 (8.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 3 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
7 3 (6.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.33%) SQL
3 3 (6.67%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.44%) Java
5 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.67%) MCSE
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (2.22%) CCA
6 1 (2.22%) CCNA
6 1 (2.22%) CCNP
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (51.11%) Active Directory
3 12 (26.67%) vSphere
4 10 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 6 (13.33%) VMware NSX
7 4 (8.89%) Docker
8 3 (6.67%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (6.67%) XenApp
8 3 (6.67%) XenDesktop
9 2 (4.44%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (4.44%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (2.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) SCCM
2 6 (13.33%) WSUS
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (6.67%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (6.67%) Terraform
5 2 (4.44%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.44%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (4.44%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.22%) Ansible
6 1 (2.22%) Kibana
6 1 (2.22%) logstash
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.22%) NetApp OnCommand
6 1 (2.22%) SCOM
6 1 (2.22%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.22%) vMotion
6 1 (2.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 28 (62.22%) Microsoft
2 27 (60.00%) VMware
3 8 (17.78%) Citrix
4 4 (8.89%) IBM
4 4 (8.89%) Oracle
4 4 (8.89%) Red Hat
5 3 (6.67%) Dell
5 3 (6.67%) NVIDIA
5 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.44%) Cisco
6 2 (4.44%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.44%) HP
6 2 (4.44%) McAfee
6 2 (4.44%) Veeam
7 1 (2.22%) BMC
7 1 (2.22%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.22%) Juniper
7 1 (2.22%) NetApp
7 1 (2.22%) Remedy
7 1 (2.22%) Sybase