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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 342 370
Rank change year-on-year -5 +28 +93
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 15 42 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 2.02% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 27 53
10th Percentile £203 £252 £350
25th Percentile £281 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £350 £462
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -24.24% +8.71%
75th Percentile £540 £605 £540
90th Percentile - £650 £625
England median daily rate £550 £470 £425
% change year-on-year +17.02% +10.59% +6.25%

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 1,541 2,077 3,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.46% 12.75% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 1,384 2,336
10th Percentile £225 £226 £208
25th Percentile £359 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £663
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 31 56
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.56 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £41.92
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -35.59% +75.31%
75th Percentile £25.25 £54.13 £61.13
90th Percentile £58.90 £64.50 £84.78
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 - -
Central London -15 2 - - 2
East London - 2 £540 - 1
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) LiveLink
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) IaaS
3 1 (6.67%) PaaS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) DHCP
1 9 (60.00%) DNS
2 8 (53.33%) VPN
3 7 (46.67%) LAN
3 7 (46.67%) WAN
4 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (13.33%) Firewall
6 1 (6.67%) BGP
6 1 (6.67%) Internet
6 1 (6.67%) MPLS
6 1 (6.67%) Network Security
6 1 (6.67%) OSPF
6 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (6.67%) VSAN
6 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) EDRMS
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
1 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 8 (53.33%) Windows 10
4 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL
1 4 (26.67%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Records Management
2 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (13.33%) Time Management
3 1 (6.67%) Change Control
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.67%) DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) High Availability
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Security Hardening
3 1 (6.67%) SIEM
3 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Java
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) OpenText
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) BMC
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) Dell
3 1 (6.67%) ForeScout
3 1 (6.67%) Juniper
3 1 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (6.67%) Meraki
3 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.67%) Remedy