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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 428 379
Rank change year-on-year -153 -49 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 41 83 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.090% 0.30% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.93% 2.23% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 64 124
10th Percentile £312 £171 £211
25th Percentile £425 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £506 £575 £608
90th Percentile £625 £588 -
UK median daily rate £475 £529 £470
% change year-on-year -10.12% +12.45% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
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 4,406 3,721 4,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.67% 13.37% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,821 2,464 3,144
10th Percentile £190 £198 £200
25th Percentile £313 £308 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £454 £490
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -7.20% -2.10%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £669 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £461 £475
% change year-on-year +2.87% -2.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 232 294
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.44
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.32 £23.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.85% -33.33% -16.96%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.75 £68.56
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £24.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.38% -12.73% -35.29%

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 10 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 10 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 -80 17 £475 +18.75% 7
Midlands -46 8 £450 +12.50% 3
South East -90 7 £600 +20.00% 8
East Midlands -3 6 £450 -
North of England -64 6 £313 -7.41% 11
Yorkshire -39 3 £294 -26.56% 2
North West -47 3 £450 +38.46% 7
South West -46 2 £490 -14.78% 2
West Midlands -53 2 £450 +12.50% 3
East of England -42 1 - - 5
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 4 (9.76%) nginx
3 4 (9.76%) Tomcat
4 3 (7.32%) IIS
4 3 (7.32%) WebLogic
5 2 (4.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) 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%) 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%) HTTP
4 4 (9.76%) SAN
4 4 (9.76%) Skype
4 4 (9.76%) WAN
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%) OSPF
7 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
7 1 (2.44%) VLAN
7 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.44%) DTS
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
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 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Legal
3 2 (4.88%) Military
4 1 (2.44%) Banking
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
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%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Citrix Administrator
5 2 (4.88%) Lead
5 2 (4.88%) Network 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
5 2 (4.88%) Wintel Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) JSON
2 2 (4.88%) ADO
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.88%) Middleware
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%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) PKI
2 4 (9.76%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (7.32%) Clustering
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%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Replication
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
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 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (9.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (9.76%) Solaris
8 3 (7.32%) Ubuntu
9 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
10 1 (2.44%) Android
10 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
10 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
10 1 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (26.83%) ITIL
3 7 (17.07%) DevOps
3 7 (17.07%) Migration
4 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
5 5 (12.20%) High Availability
5 5 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.76%) Application Virtualisation
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%) Server Migrations
6 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.76%) User Experience
7 3 (7.32%) Release Management
7 3 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.20%) SQL
3 3 (7.32%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.88%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
5 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%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (58.54%) Active Directory
3 10 (24.39%) vSphere
4 9 (21.95%) Hyper-V
4 9 (21.95%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (14.63%) VMware NSX
6 4 (9.76%) Docker
7 3 (7.32%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (4.88%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (4.88%) XenApp
8 2 (4.88%) XenDesktop
9 1 (2.44%) Firmware
9 1 (2.44%) Terminal Services
9 1 (2.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) WSUS
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (9.76%) Terraform
5 3 (7.32%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (4.88%) Ansible
6 2 (4.88%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (4.88%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (4.88%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.44%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (2.44%) Kibana
7 1 (2.44%) logstash
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.44%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (2.44%) SCOM
7 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (2.44%) vMotion
7 1 (2.44%) vRealize
Vendors
1 27 (65.85%) Microsoft
1 27 (65.85%) VMware
2 8 (19.51%) Citrix
3 5 (12.20%) Oracle
4 4 (9.76%) IBM
4 4 (9.76%) Red Hat
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco
5 3 (7.32%) NVIDIA
6 2 (4.88%) Dell
6 2 (4.88%) McAfee
6 2 (4.88%) Meraki
6 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.44%) BMC
7 1 (2.44%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.44%) ForeScout
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.44%) NetApp
7 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.44%) Sybase