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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 328 322
Rank change year-on-year -49 -6 +88
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 24 22 66
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.17% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.59% 1.40% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 44
10th Percentile £382 £268 £250
25th Percentile £406 £342 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.81% -3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £544 £506 £500
90th Percentile £598 £536 £594
England median daily rate £481 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% -

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 1,505 1,577 2,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.26% 11.88% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 1,058 1,638
10th Percentile £204 £230 £195
25th Percentile £356 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 64
10th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.89 £18.64
Median hourly rate £23.50 £26.54 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +18.46% -12.87%
75th Percentile £25.15 £56.50 £46.86
90th Percentile £41.85 £107.90 £64.25
England median hourly rate £22.81 £41.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.37% +82.22% -18.18%

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 5 March 2026.

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 5 March 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 London +2 2 £540 +140.00%
West London - 2 - -
Central London -24 1 £413 +10.00% 3
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 3 (12.50%) LiveLink
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.33%) nginx
2 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Tomcat
2 2 (8.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (29.17%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) LAN
2 5 (20.83%) NetScaler
3 3 (12.50%) WAN
4 2 (8.33%) DHCP
4 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 2 (8.33%) HTTP
4 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.33%) VPN
5 1 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 4 (16.67%) EDRMS
4 2 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (20.83%) Citrix Support
2 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Developer
3 3 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.33%) IT Support
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) REST
2 2 (8.33%) LDAP
2 2 (8.33%) Middleware
3 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 3 (12.50%) Replication
3 2 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) iPhone
4 1 (4.17%) NHS
4 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Windows Server
2 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2019
3 9 (37.50%) Windows 10
4 5 (20.83%) Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (12.50%) Ubuntu
7 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (8.33%) Solaris
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (4.17%) Android
8 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Migration
2 6 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (20.83%) Data Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Records Management
4 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (12.50%) DevOps
5 3 (12.50%) Functional Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Inventory Management
5 3 (12.50%) Server Management
6 2 (8.33%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 2 (8.33%) Master Data Management
6 2 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.33%) Refactoring
6 2 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) Java
2 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) CCA
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (20.83%) Docker
3 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
3 5 (20.83%) XenApp
3 5 (20.83%) XenDesktop
4 4 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) SCCM
2 5 (20.83%) SCVMM
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle
3 6 (25.00%) Citrix
3 6 (25.00%) VMware
4 3 (12.50%) Veeam
5 2 (8.33%) IBM
5 2 (8.33%) OpenText
5 2 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (8.33%) Veritas
6 1 (4.17%) Cisco
6 1 (4.17%) NetApp