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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 363 324
Rank change year-on-year -55 -39 +65
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 18 14 52
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.089% 0.10% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.15% 0.90% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 35
10th Percentile £337 £256 £213
25th Percentile £400 £366 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +14.29% -30.00%
75th Percentile £506 £481 £550
90th Percentile £568 £519 £640
England median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +11.11%

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 1,570 1,561 1,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.79% 11.48% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 1,056 1,388
10th Percentile £206 £239 £218
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £725
England median daily rate £469 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +4.22% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 42 48
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.90 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.83 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.41% +12.84% -56.00%
75th Percentile £25.34 £27.88 £31.72
90th Percentile £54.40 £61.03 £60.43
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +41.30% -25.81% -25.38%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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
Central London -17 2 £413 -8.33%
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 4 (22.22%) nginx
1 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) WebLogic
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) DHCP
3 4 (22.22%) HTTP
4 3 (16.67%) Firewall
5 2 (11.11%) VPN
5 2 (11.11%) WAN
6 1 (5.56%) BGP
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (5.56%) DSL
6 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.56%) LAN
6 1 (5.56%) MPLS
6 1 (5.56%) NetScaler
6 1 (5.56%) OSPF
6 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
6 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) AdminStudio
1 2 (11.11%) InstallShield
1 2 (11.11%) MSI
General
1 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix Support
5 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Elasticsearch Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (11.11%) ADO
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (5.56%) EJB
3 1 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (5.56%) JavaBeans
3 1 (5.56%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.11%) PKI
4 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Replication
4 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (44.44%) Linux
5 4 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (22.22%) Solaris
5 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (5.56%) Android
7 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (5.56%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) DevOps
2 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (16.67%) ETL
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (16.67%) ITSM
5 3 (16.67%) Master Data Management
5 3 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Refactoring
5 3 (16.67%) Release Management
5 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
6 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Service Management
6 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 2 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.56%) CCA
5 1 (5.56%) CCNA
5 1 (5.56%) CCNP
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 6 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (22.22%) Docker
5 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (16.67%) vSphere
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (5.56%) Firmware
7 1 (5.56%) VMware Server
7 1 (5.56%) XenApp
7 1 (5.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) SCCM
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (22.22%) Terraform
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (11.11%) Ansible
5 1 (5.56%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (5.56%) Kibana
5 1 (5.56%) logstash
5 1 (5.56%) SCOM
5 1 (5.56%) SCVMM
5 1 (5.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (66.67%) VMware
3 5 (27.78%) Citrix
3 5 (27.78%) Oracle
4 4 (22.22%) IBM
4 4 (22.22%) Red Hat
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco
6 2 (11.11%) Meraki
6 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
7 1 (5.56%) Dell
7 1 (5.56%) Forcepoint
7 1 (5.56%) ForeScout
7 1 (5.56%) Juniper
7 1 (5.56%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto