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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 400 344
Rank change year-on-year -94 -56 +73
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 68 83 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.32% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.60% 2.23% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 63 140
10th Percentile £126 £273 £210
25th Percentile £300 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £544 £613 £575
90th Percentile £619 £675 £614
UK median daily rate £475 £401 £465
% change year-on-year +18.60% -13.87% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £54.56
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £58.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £67.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £58.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.65%

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 4,263 3,718 5,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.49% 14.27% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,855 2,373 3,710
10th Percentile £178 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.20% -13.17%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £440 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -7.37% +2.70% -10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 120 361
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.63 £17.22
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.75 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +69.78% -3.15%
75th Percentile £51.42 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £29.89 £25.25
% change year-on-year -21.38% +18.38% -1.87%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -18 26 £538 +53.57% 9
East of England -5 17 £173 - 2
South West -13 10 £525 -10.64% 7
South East -58 8 £505 -12.17% 7
North of England -79 3 £356 +1.79% 6
East Midlands - 3 £450 - 1
Midlands - 3 £450 - 2
North West -53 2 £300 -14.29% 4
Yorkshire -64 1 £413 +17.69% 2
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 15 (22.06%) SharePoint
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.41%) LiveLink
5 1 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (30.88%) Azure
3 8 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.35%) AWS
5 4 (5.88%) GitHub
6 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.94%) GCP
7 2 (2.94%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.47%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.47%) IaaS
8 1 (1.47%) PaaS
8 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.94%) DNS
2 16 (23.53%) DHCP
3 13 (19.12%) LAN
4 10 (14.71%) VPN
4 10 (14.71%) WAN
5 9 (13.24%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.35%) NetScaler
7 4 (5.88%) SAN
7 4 (5.88%) Skype
8 3 (4.41%) Firewall
9 2 (2.94%) BIG-IP
9 2 (2.94%) Internet
10 1 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.47%) Network Security
10 1 (1.47%) SSL
10 1 (1.47%) VLAN
10 1 (1.47%) VoIP
10 1 (1.47%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.12%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.18%) Oracle Database
3 7 (10.29%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (5.88%) EDRMS
5 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
General
1 20 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.29%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.88%) Finance
5 3 (4.41%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Back Office
7 1 (1.47%) Electronics
7 1 (1.47%) Front Office
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Marketing
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (22.06%) Analyst
1 15 (22.06%) Support Analyst
2 12 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
2 12 (17.65%) Technical Support
2 12 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
3 11 (16.18%) IT Support
4 9 (13.24%) Architect
4 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Infrastructure Architect
6 7 (10.29%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (7.35%) Citrix Support
9 4 (5.88%) Lead
9 4 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Administrator
10 3 (4.41%) Developer
10 3 (4.41%) IT Support Analyst
10 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) REST
2 3 (4.41%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.94%) LDAP
4 1 (1.47%) Middleware
4 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.35%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) Replication
3 3 (4.41%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.47%) Clustering
5 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) iPhone
5 1 (1.47%) NHS
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 62 (91.18%) Windows
2 32 (47.06%) Windows 10
3 28 (41.18%) Windows Server
4 27 (39.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (20.59%) Linux
6 13 (19.12%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (17.65%) Windows 7
8 7 (10.29%) AIX
8 7 (10.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (5.88%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.47%) Android
11 1 (1.47%) CentOS
11 1 (1.47%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.06%) Proactive Monitoring
2 13 (19.12%) Migration
3 11 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (11.76%) Change Management
6 7 (10.29%) Agile
7 6 (8.82%) High Availability
7 6 (8.82%) ITIL
7 6 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (8.82%) Server Management
7 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (7.35%) Data Migration
8 5 (7.35%) DevOps
8 5 (7.35%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (7.35%) Service Management
9 4 (5.88%) ITSM
9 4 (5.88%) Records Management
9 4 (5.88%) Zero Trust
10 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (4.41%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.47%) PowerShell
2 13 (19.12%) SQL
3 6 (8.82%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (33.82%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) Degree
3 17 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (7.35%) CCA
5 5 (7.35%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (7.35%) MCSE
5 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 26 (38.24%) Active Directory
2 16 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (13.24%) Hyper-V
3 9 (13.24%) vSphere
4 7 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (10.29%) VMware NSX
5 6 (8.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (7.35%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (7.35%) XenApp
6 5 (7.35%) XenDesktop
7 3 (4.41%) Docker
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (23.53%) SCCM
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (11.76%) vCenter Server
4 5 (7.35%) SCVMM
4 5 (7.35%) Terraform
5 4 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (4.41%) WSUS
7 2 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.47%) Nessus
8 1 (1.47%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.47%) SCOM
8 1 (1.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 35 (51.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (35.29%) VMware
3 14 (20.59%) Citrix
4 13 (19.12%) Oracle
5 10 (14.71%) Veeam
6 7 (10.29%) IBM
7 6 (8.82%) Cisco
8 5 (7.35%) NetApp
8 5 (7.35%) ServiceNow
8 5 (7.35%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.88%) Dell
10 2 (2.94%) F5
10 2 (2.94%) OpenText
10 2 (2.94%) Veritas
11 1 (1.47%) Google
11 1 (1.47%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.47%) McAfee
11 1 (1.47%) QNAP
11 1 (1.47%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.47%) Symantec