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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 383 355
Rank change year-on-year -133 -28 +45
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 58 90 198
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.37% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.40% 2.63% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 65 144
10th Percentile £126 £300 £210
25th Percentile £212 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £575
90th Percentile £640 £660 £608
UK median daily rate £488 £400 £465
% change year-on-year +21.80% -13.92% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile £16.25 - £57.78
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £61.60
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £64.43
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £61.60
% change year-on-year - - +60.00%

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 4,149 3,421 5,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.82% 14.11% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,755 2,352 3,543
10th Percentile £181 £200 £178
25th Percentile £300 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 138 375
10th Percentile £14.40 £16.25 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.24 £18.13 £15.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +27.27% -24.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £52.83
90th Percentile £74.26 £69.50 £68.38
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +1.38% +12.09% -25.80%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
East of England -20 17 £173 -71.25% 6
London -70 16 £475 +22.58% 8
South East -65 12 £600 +4.35% 16
South West -35 5 £525 -10.64% 6
North of England -89 4 £300 -14.29% 7
Midlands -66 3 £450 +12.50%
East Midlands - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire -61 2 £344 -8.39%
North West -68 2 £300 -14.29% 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 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.17%) nginx
3 3 (5.17%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.17%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.45%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.72%) IIS
5 1 (1.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (31.03%) Azure
3 7 (12.07%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.45%) AWS
4 2 (3.45%) GCP
4 2 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.97%) DHCP
1 11 (18.97%) DNS
2 7 (12.07%) LAN
3 6 (10.34%) WAN
4 5 (8.62%) Firewall
4 5 (8.62%) NetScaler
4 5 (8.62%) SAN
5 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.17%) BIG-IP
6 3 (5.17%) HTTP
6 3 (5.17%) Skype
6 3 (5.17%) VPN
6 3 (5.17%) VSAN
7 2 (3.45%) VLAN
8 1 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.72%) Internet
8 1 (1.72%) SSL
8 1 (1.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.52%) Oracle Database
3 7 (12.07%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.17%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.72%) DTS
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 12 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.90%) Banking
5 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Electronics
7 1 (1.72%) Front Office
7 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Marketing
7 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Analyst
2 15 (25.86%) Support Analyst
3 12 (20.69%) Technical Analyst
3 12 (20.69%) Technical Support
3 12 (20.69%) Technical Support Analyst
4 11 (18.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Architect
5 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (10.34%) IT Support
7 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (8.62%) Citrix Support
7 5 (8.62%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Windows Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) IT Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (5.17%) Senior
9 3 (5.17%) VMware Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) Middleware
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.90%) Replication
2 4 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.17%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (3.45%) Clustering
4 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.45%) PKI
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 36 (62.07%) Windows Server
3 24 (41.38%) Windows 10
4 23 (39.66%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (27.59%) Linux
6 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (20.69%) Windows 7
8 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (12.07%) AIX
9 7 (12.07%) Ubuntu
10 5 (8.62%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (5.17%) Solaris
13 2 (3.45%) Android
14 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
14 1 (1.72%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 13 (22.41%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (18.97%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (15.52%) ITIL
4 8 (13.79%) Change Management
5 6 (10.34%) ITSM
5 6 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (8.62%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.90%) Migration
7 4 (6.90%) Server Management
8 3 (5.17%) Agile
8 3 (5.17%) BCP
8 3 (5.17%) Business Continuity
8 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (5.17%) ETL
8 3 (5.17%) Knowledge Management
8 3 (5.17%) Load Balancing
8 3 (5.17%) Refactoring
8 3 (5.17%) Risk Management
8 3 (5.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 10 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (5.17%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.45%) Java
5 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.72%) Python
5 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 12 (20.69%) Degree
4 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.62%) CCA
5 5 (8.62%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (8.62%) MCSE
5 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 25 (43.10%) Active Directory
2 23 (39.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (22.41%) vSphere
4 11 (18.97%) Hyper-V
5 9 (15.52%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (15.52%) VMware NSX
6 6 (10.34%) Docker
7 5 (8.62%) XenApp
7 5 (8.62%) XenDesktop
8 3 (5.17%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (27.59%) SCCM
2 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.62%) SCVMM
3 5 (8.62%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (6.90%) WSUS
5 3 (5.17%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (3.45%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (3.45%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.72%) Nessus
7 1 (1.72%) SCOM
7 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (60.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (51.72%) VMware
3 15 (25.86%) Citrix
4 11 (18.97%) Oracle
5 10 (17.24%) IBM
6 8 (13.79%) Veeam
7 5 (8.62%) ServiceNow
8 4 (6.90%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.17%) Dell
9 3 (5.17%) F5
9 3 (5.17%) NVIDIA
10 2 (3.45%) Cisco
10 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.45%) HP
10 2 (3.45%) McAfee
10 2 (3.45%) NetApp
10 2 (3.45%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.45%) Veritas
11 1 (1.72%) SAP
11 1 (1.72%) Sybase