Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 350 358
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +89
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 20 28 70
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.25% 1.46% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 52
10th Percentile £405 £347 -
25th Percentile £531 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £350 £436
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -19.77% +4.49%
75th Percentile £544 £528 £500
90th Percentile £592 £623 £579
England median daily rate £419 £470 £435
% change year-on-year -10.90% +8.05% +2.35%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,598 1,915 2,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.43% 12.12% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,253 2,137
10th Percentile £204 £233 £204
25th Percentile £359 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 17 49
10th Percentile £19.06 £18.70 £18.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £27.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +84.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £71.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £53.20 £104.80 £68.10
England median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -61.67% +71.43% +40.00%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2016 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in London

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 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
West London - 6 - - 1
Central London -9 2 - - 1
East London - 2 £540 - 1
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) AWS CodePipeline
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.00%) IaaS
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) LAN
2 8 (40.00%) DHCP
2 8 (40.00%) DNS
2 8 (40.00%) VPN
3 7 (35.00%) WAN
4 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.00%) Firewall
6 1 (5.00%) BGP
6 1 (5.00%) Internet
6 1 (5.00%) MPLS
6 1 (5.00%) NetScaler
6 1 (5.00%) Network Security
6 1 (5.00%) OSPF
6 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.00%) VSAN
6 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) EDRMS
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (30.00%) IT Support
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Citrix Support
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Network Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (5.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
3 1 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (35.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (10.00%) Linux
5 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (20.00%) Records Management
3 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) DevOps
5 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (10.00%) High Availability
5 2 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (10.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) Server Management
6 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) CCA
3 1 (5.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (10.00%) Docker
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (5.00%) XenApp
4 1 (5.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (5.00%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle
3 4 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix
4 2 (10.00%) OpenText
4 2 (10.00%) Veeam
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) ForeScout
5 1 (5.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) NetApp
5 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow