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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 417 364
Rank change year-on-year -62 -53 +100
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 62 110 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.35% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.46% 2.50% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 80 132
10th Percentile £126 £262 £301
25th Percentile £153 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £460 £436
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +5.44% +2.65%
75th Percentile £544 £608 £508
90th Percentile £575 £675 £598
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £31.28
25th Percentile £16.25 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
75th Percentile £18.75 - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £75.85
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
% change year-on-year - - +40.80%

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 4,250 4,407 6,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.92% 14.19% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,788 2,712 4,201
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 181 325
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.35
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.10 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.25 £58.49 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -60.25% +53.30% +52.62%
75th Percentile £55.58 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -52.00% +42.86% +40.00%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 20 £538 +53.57% 17
South East -30 19 £460 -20.00% 21
East of England -5 13 £149 -33.89% 5
South West 0 8 £475 +1.06% 8
East Midlands -14 1 - - 2
North West -21 1 - - 2
Midlands -31 1 - - 3
North of England -51 1 - - 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 18 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.45%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (4.84%) LiveLink
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (16.13%) Azure
3 4 (6.45%) GitHub
4 3 (4.84%) AWS
4 3 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.23%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.61%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.61%) IaaS
6 1 (1.61%) PaaS
6 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (32.26%) DNS
2 15 (24.19%) TCP/IP
3 14 (22.58%) VPN
4 10 (16.13%) DHCP
4 10 (16.13%) SAN
5 9 (14.52%) LAN
6 8 (12.90%) Firewall
6 8 (12.90%) WAN
7 5 (8.06%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (6.45%) Skype
8 4 (6.45%) VSAN
9 1 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.61%) Internet
9 1 (1.61%) NAS
9 1 (1.61%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.61%) Network Security
9 1 (1.61%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.61%) SSL
9 1 (1.61%) VLAN
9 1 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.74%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (16.13%) Oracle Database
3 7 (11.29%) SQL Server
4 4 (6.45%) EDRMS
5 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.06%) Law
3 5 (8.06%) Legal
4 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Back Office
5 1 (1.61%) Banking
5 1 (1.61%) Front Office
5 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (29.03%) IT Support
2 12 (19.35%) Analyst
2 12 (19.35%) Support Analyst
3 11 (17.74%) Technical Analyst
3 11 (17.74%) Technical Support
3 11 (17.74%) Technical Support Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Developer
5 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (9.68%) IT Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Administrator
6 5 (8.06%) Help Desk Officer
6 5 (8.06%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Senior
6 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Officer
6 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Support
6 5 (8.06%) Support Officer
7 4 (6.45%) Python Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Storage Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) REST
2 3 (4.84%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.61%) Middleware
3 1 (1.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) PKI
2 4 (6.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (3.23%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.23%) Replication
4 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.61%) NHS
4 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (88.71%) Windows
2 30 (48.39%) Windows 10
3 24 (38.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 23 (37.10%) Windows Server
5 19 (30.65%) Linux
6 11 (17.74%) AIX
6 11 (17.74%) Windows 7
6 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (12.90%) Ubuntu
8 7 (11.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (8.06%) Debian
10 2 (3.23%) CentOS
11 1 (1.61%) Android
11 1 (1.61%) Unix
11 1 (1.61%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) ITIL
2 14 (22.58%) Proactive Monitoring
2 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.74%) Migration
4 9 (14.52%) Agile
5 6 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (8.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.06%) CRM
6 5 (8.06%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.06%) Data Modelling
6 5 (8.06%) DevOps
6 5 (8.06%) High Availability
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.06%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (8.06%) PRINCE2
6 5 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (6.45%) Data Engineering
7 4 (6.45%) Records Management
7 4 (6.45%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) PowerShell
3 6 (9.68%) Java
4 5 (8.06%) Python
5 4 (6.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (30.65%) Security Cleared
2 17 (27.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.74%) Degree
4 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.61%) CCA
6 1 (1.61%) CCNA
6 1 (1.61%) CCNP
6 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.61%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 13 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (12.90%) Hyper-V
3 8 (12.90%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (8.06%) Terminal Services
4 5 (8.06%) VMware NSX
5 4 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (3.23%) vSphere
7 1 (1.61%) Docker
7 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.61%) XenApp
7 1 (1.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (6.45%) NetBackup
1 4 (6.45%) SCCM
1 4 (6.45%) Terraform
1 4 (6.45%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.84%) VxRail
2 3 (4.84%) WSUS
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (1.61%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.61%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 28 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (37.10%) VMware
3 19 (30.65%) Citrix
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle
5 11 (17.74%) Red Hat
6 7 (11.29%) Cisco
6 7 (11.29%) Veeam
7 6 (9.68%) IBM
7 6 (9.68%) NetApp
8 4 (6.45%) 3PAR
8 4 (6.45%) HP
8 4 (6.45%) SolarWinds
8 4 (6.45%) Veritas
9 3 (4.84%) Dell
9 3 (4.84%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.23%) OpenText
11 1 (1.61%) EMC
11 1 (1.61%) Juniper
11 1 (1.61%) Symantec