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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 430 378
Rank change year-on-year -153 -52 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 41 82 157
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.090% 0.29% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.92% 2.20% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 62 122
10th Percentile £311 £171 £214
25th Percentile £425 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £506 £575 £608
90th Percentile £625 £586 -
UK median daily rate £450 £529 £470
% change year-on-year -14.85% +12.45% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - -
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 - - +25.55%

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 4,447 3,720 4,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.73% 13.38% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,861 2,459 3,135
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £306 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £588
90th Percentile £669 £681 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 236 289
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.41
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.13 £16.86
Median hourly rate £34.13 £23.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.39% -32.35% -8.94%
75th Percentile £67.25 £59.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.92 £24.58 £27.50
% change year-on-year +5.45% -10.62% -31.25%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -68 17 £463 +19.35% 11
Midlands -45 7 £450 +12.50% 3
South East -81 7 £600 +20.00% 7
North of England -72 6 £313 -7.41% 12
East Midlands -12 5 £450 -
Yorkshire -32 3 £294 -26.56% 1
North West -44 3 £450 +38.46% 9
East of England -44 2 - - 5
South West -45 2 £490 -15.70% 2
West Midlands -55 2 £450 +12.50% 3
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 (24.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (17.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.32%) IIS
3 3 (7.32%) nginx
3 3 (7.32%) Tomcat
4 2 (4.88%) Skype for Business
4 2 (4.88%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.44%) AWS
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) DNS
2 12 (29.27%) DHCP
3 6 (14.63%) Firewall
4 4 (9.76%) SAN
4 4 (9.76%) Skype
4 4 (9.76%) WAN
5 3 (7.32%) HTTP
5 3 (7.32%) VPN
5 3 (7.32%) VSAN
6 2 (4.88%) LAN
6 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.44%) BGP
7 1 (2.44%) BIG-IP
7 1 (2.44%) DSL
7 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.44%) MPLS
7 1 (2.44%) NAS
7 1 (2.44%) OSPF
7 1 (2.44%) VLAN
7 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.44%) DTS
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) AdminStudio
1 2 (4.88%) InstallShield
1 2 (4.88%) MSI
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Banking
3 2 (4.88%) Finance
3 2 (4.88%) Legal
3 2 (4.88%) Military
3 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Senior
2 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Administrator
3 4 (9.76%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Server Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Applications Support
5 2 (4.88%) Citrix Administrator
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Wintel Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) JSON
2 2 (4.88%) ADO
2 2 (4.88%) LDAP
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.44%) EJB
3 1 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.44%) JavaBeans
3 1 (2.44%) JSP
3 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) PKI
2 4 (9.76%) Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Replication
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (95.12%) Windows
2 37 (90.24%) Windows Server
3 25 (60.98%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (31.71%) Linux
5 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (7.32%) Solaris
7 3 (7.32%) Ubuntu
8 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
9 1 (2.44%) Android
9 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (29.27%) ITIL
3 7 (17.07%) Migration
3 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.63%) DevOps
4 6 (14.63%) High Availability
4 6 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (14.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (9.76%) Application Virtualisation
6 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
6 4 (9.76%) Incident Management
6 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (9.76%) ITSM
6 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.76%) Patch Management
6 4 (9.76%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (9.76%) Runbook
6 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.76%) SQL
3 2 (4.88%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.32%) Degree
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) CCNP
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (60.98%) Active Directory
2 23 (56.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (24.39%) Hyper-V
4 9 (21.95%) vSphere
5 7 (17.07%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (14.63%) VMware NSX
7 4 (9.76%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (7.32%) Docker
9 2 (4.88%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (4.88%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (4.88%) XenApp
9 2 (4.88%) XenDesktop
10 1 (2.44%) Firmware
10 1 (2.44%) Terminal Services
10 1 (2.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) WSUS
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (12.20%) Terraform
4 3 (7.32%) Ansible
4 3 (7.32%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.88%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (4.88%) SCOM
5 2 (4.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.44%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (2.44%) Grafana
6 1 (2.44%) Kibana
6 1 (2.44%) logstash
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.44%) NetApp OnCommand
6 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.44%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.44%) vMotion
Vendors
1 29 (70.73%) Microsoft
2 25 (60.98%) VMware
3 8 (19.51%) Citrix
4 4 (9.76%) Oracle
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco
5 3 (7.32%) IBM
5 3 (7.32%) NVIDIA
5 3 (7.32%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.88%) McAfee
6 2 (4.88%) Meraki
6 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.88%) Veeam
7 1 (2.44%) BMC
7 1 (2.44%) Dell
7 1 (2.44%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) Remedy
7 1 (2.44%) Sybase