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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 396 381
Rank change year-on-year -57 -15 +93
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 78 122 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.90% 2.75% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 88 126
10th Percentile £153 £254 £316
25th Percentile £171 £350 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £444 £436
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% +1.72% +4.49%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £530
90th Percentile - £650 £606
UK median daily rate £538 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +26.47% -2.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £31.28
25th Percentile £16.25 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
75th Percentile £18.75 - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £75.85
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
% change year-on-year - - +88.95%

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 4,096 4,437 6,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.06% 14.22% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,672 2,735 4,345
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £328 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £670 £688 £704
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 194 327
10th Percentile £15.42 £16.25 £14.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.06 £18.44
Median hourly rate £23.79 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.63% +43.75% +60.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -53.33% +61.54% +32.65%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 +8 29 £550 +76.00% 3
South East -31 19 £460 -20.00% 19
London +2 18 £538 +53.57% 8
South West +8 9 £475 +1.06% 5
North West -18 2 £325 +4.00% 1
North of England -41 2 £325 - 2
East Midlands -13 1 - - 3
Midlands -28 1 - - 6
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 18 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.13%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (3.85%) LiveLink
4 1 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (1.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.36%) Cohesity
2 11 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (11.54%) Azure
4 4 (5.13%) GitHub
5 3 (3.85%) AWS
5 3 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.56%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.28%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.28%) IaaS
7 1 (1.28%) PaaS
7 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (50.00%) DNS
2 29 (37.18%) SAN
3 15 (19.23%) TCP/IP
4 14 (17.95%) VPN
5 10 (12.82%) DHCP
6 9 (11.54%) Firewall
7 8 (10.26%) LAN
7 8 (10.26%) WAN
8 5 (6.41%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (5.13%) Skype
9 4 (5.13%) VSAN
10 1 (1.28%) BGP
10 1 (1.28%) Internet
10 1 (1.28%) MPLS
10 1 (1.28%) NAS
10 1 (1.28%) OSPF
10 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.28%) SSL
10 1 (1.28%) VLAN
10 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (10.26%) Oracle Database
3 6 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.13%) EDRMS
5 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Git
General
1 19 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.41%) Law
3 5 (6.41%) Legal
4 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.28%) Back Office
4 1 (1.28%) Finance
4 1 (1.28%) Front Office
4 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.28%) Military
4 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (23.08%) IT Support
2 10 (12.82%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Support Analyst
3 9 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (11.54%) Technical Support
3 9 (11.54%) Technical Support Analyst
4 8 (10.26%) Developer
5 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (7.69%) Administrator
5 6 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 6 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (6.41%) Help Desk Officer
6 5 (6.41%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (6.41%) Service Desk Officer
6 5 (6.41%) Service Desk Support
6 5 (6.41%) Support Officer
7 4 (5.13%) Python Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Storage Administrator
7 4 (5.13%) Storage and Backup Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) REST
2 3 (3.85%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.28%) Middleware
3 1 (1.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) PKI
2 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.28%) NHS
4 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) Replication
4 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (91.03%) Windows
2 42 (53.85%) Windows Server
2 42 (53.85%) Windows Server 2019
3 28 (35.90%) Windows 10
4 18 (23.08%) Linux
5 13 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (11.54%) AIX
6 9 (11.54%) Windows 7
6 9 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (8.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (8.97%) Ubuntu
8 5 (6.41%) Debian
9 2 (2.56%) CentOS
10 1 (1.28%) Android
10 1 (1.28%) Solaris
10 1 (1.28%) Unix
10 1 (1.28%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Build Automation
1 19 (24.36%) Deployment Automation
1 19 (24.36%) Operations Management
1 19 (24.36%) SIEM
2 18 (23.08%) ITIL
3 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 11 (14.10%) Migration
6 9 (11.54%) Agile
7 6 (7.69%) High Availability
7 6 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (6.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 5 (6.41%) CRM
8 5 (6.41%) Data Migration
8 5 (6.41%) Data Modelling
8 5 (6.41%) DevOps
8 5 (6.41%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (6.41%) PRINCE2
9 4 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.05%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.26%) SQL
3 7 (8.97%) Java
4 5 (6.41%) Python
5 4 (5.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (51.28%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.49%) DV Cleared
3 19 (24.36%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.54%) Degree
5 2 (2.56%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.28%) CCNA
6 1 (1.28%) CCNP
6 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) GDPR
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (48.72%) Active Directory
2 31 (39.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (25.64%) Virtual Servers
4 19 (24.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 9 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (10.26%) Hyper-V
7 5 (6.41%) Terminal Services
7 5 (6.41%) VMware NSX
8 3 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (29.49%) WSUS
2 21 (26.92%) SCCM
3 19 (24.36%) Ansible
4 5 (6.41%) vCenter Server
5 4 (5.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (5.13%) NetBackup
5 4 (5.13%) Terraform
6 3 (3.85%) VxRail
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.28%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (1.28%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.28%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (1.28%) vMotion
Vendors
1 45 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 42 (53.85%) VMware
3 25 (32.05%) NetApp
4 19 (24.36%) Splunk
5 16 (20.51%) Citrix
5 16 (20.51%) Oracle
6 12 (15.38%) Red Hat
7 7 (8.97%) Cisco
8 5 (6.41%) Veeam
9 4 (5.13%) 3PAR
9 4 (5.13%) HP
9 4 (5.13%) IBM
9 4 (5.13%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.13%) Veritas
10 3 (3.85%) Dell
10 3 (3.85%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.56%) OpenText
12 1 (1.28%) EMC
12 1 (1.28%) Juniper