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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 376 352
Rank change year-on-year -156 -24 +52
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 61 96 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.52% 2.86% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 72 151
10th Percentile £185 £301 £210
25th Percentile £406 £372 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £608
90th Percentile £666 £606 -
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £56.50
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 - - +89.60%

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 4,003 3,357 5,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.67% 14.00% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,607 2,289 3,441
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% -7.32%
75th Percentile £570 £590 £588
90th Percentile £656 £695 £700
UK median daily rate £457 £465 £470
% change year-on-year -1.72% -1.06% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 151 371
10th Percentile £15.90 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.29 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.71 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.55% -11.11% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.50 £58.09 £61.80
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +70.45% -2.22% -47.06%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -76 19 £475 +18.75% 4
South East -62 12 £600 +33.33% 6
Midlands -57 10 £450 +12.50% 2
East of England -44 9 £173 -68.64% 3
East Midlands - 8 £450 - 1
North of England -99 6 £300 -14.29% 7
South West -38 4 £508 -13.62% 3
Yorkshire -60 3 £344 -8.39% 2
North West -62 3 £300 -14.29% 4
West Midlands -66 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 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.56%) IIS
3 4 (6.56%) nginx
3 4 (6.56%) Tomcat
4 3 (4.92%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (34.43%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.28%) AWS
4 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.28%) GCP
4 2 (3.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) DHCP
2 15 (24.59%) DNS
3 6 (9.84%) Firewall
3 6 (9.84%) SAN
3 6 (9.84%) WAN
4 5 (8.20%) LAN
5 4 (6.56%) HTTP
5 4 (6.56%) NetScaler
5 4 (6.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.92%) BIG-IP
6 3 (4.92%) VSAN
7 2 (3.28%) Skype
7 2 (3.28%) VLAN
7 2 (3.28%) VPN
8 1 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.64%) DSL
8 1 (1.64%) Internet
8 1 (1.64%) SSL
8 1 (1.64%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.56%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.92%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.64%) DTS
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) AdminStudio
1 2 (3.28%) InstallShield
1 2 (3.28%) MSI
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.92%) Finance
4 3 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
6 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Back Office
6 1 (1.64%) Electronics
6 1 (1.64%) Front Office
6 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.64%) Marketing
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) Analyst
3 8 (13.11%) Architect
3 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 8 (13.11%) Support Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Technical Support
4 6 (9.84%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Administrator
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
5 5 (8.20%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (6.56%) Citrix Support
6 4 (6.56%) IT Support
6 4 (6.56%) Lead
6 4 (6.56%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Server Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) JSON
1 3 (4.92%) Middleware
2 2 (3.28%) ADO
2 2 (3.28%) LDAP
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.64%) EJB
3 1 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.64%) JavaBeans
3 1 (1.64%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.56%) Clustering
2 4 (6.56%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (6.56%) PKI
3 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.92%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.28%) Replication
4 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) iPhone
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (100.00%) Windows
2 48 (78.69%) Windows Server
3 30 (49.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (24.59%) Linux
4 15 (24.59%) Windows 10
5 12 (19.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (11.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (9.84%) Windows 7
7 6 (9.84%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (8.20%) Ubuntu
9 4 (6.56%) Solaris
10 1 (1.64%) AIX
10 1 (1.64%) Android
10 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.64%) CentOS
10 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (21.31%) ITIL
3 8 (13.11%) Change Management
3 8 (13.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (13.11%) Migration
4 7 (11.48%) ITSM
4 7 (11.48%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (9.84%) DevOps
5 6 (9.84%) High Availability
6 5 (8.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (8.20%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (8.20%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.20%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (6.56%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.56%) Patch Management
7 4 (6.56%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (6.56%) Runbook
7 4 (6.56%) Server Migrations
7 4 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (6.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (34.43%) PowerShell
2 10 (16.39%) SQL
3 3 (4.92%) Java
3 3 (4.92%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.64%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (37.70%) Security Cleared
2 18 (29.51%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.75%) Degree
4 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.20%) MCSE
5 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.56%) CCA
6 4 (6.56%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (6.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (52.46%) Active Directory
2 26 (42.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (21.31%) vSphere
4 12 (19.67%) Hyper-V
5 11 (18.03%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (13.11%) VMware NSX
7 6 (9.84%) XenApp
7 6 (9.84%) XenDesktop
8 5 (8.20%) Docker
9 3 (4.92%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (3.28%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (31.15%) SCCM
2 9 (14.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (9.84%) WSUS
4 5 (8.20%) vCenter Server
5 4 (6.56%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (6.56%) SCVMM
5 4 (6.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (4.92%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (4.92%) Terraform
7 2 (3.28%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (3.28%) SCOM
8 1 (1.64%) Kibana
8 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.64%) logstash
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (1.64%) Nessus
8 1 (1.64%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (1.64%) vMotion
8 1 (1.64%) vRealize
Vendors
1 34 (55.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (54.10%) VMware
3 12 (19.67%) Citrix
4 6 (9.84%) Oracle
5 5 (8.20%) IBM
5 5 (8.20%) Red Hat
6 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.56%) Veeam
7 3 (4.92%) Dell
7 3 (4.92%) F5
7 3 (4.92%) NetApp
7 3 (4.92%) NVIDIA
8 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.28%) HP
8 2 (3.28%) McAfee
8 2 (3.28%) Veritas
9 1 (1.64%) BMC
9 1 (1.64%) Cisco
9 1 (1.64%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds