Windows Server 2016 Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 118 146
Rank change year-on-year +12 +28 +46
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 5 15 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.54% 0.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.98% 3.58% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 14
10th Percentile - £219 £190
25th Percentile £300 - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +40.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £359
90th Percentile - £873 £386
England median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.48
Median hourly rate - - £38.50
75th Percentile - - £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £61.60 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +60.00% +92.50%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 253 419 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.22% 15.20% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 268 433
10th Percentile £150 £145 £158
25th Percentile £200 £190 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £377 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -20.74% +26.67%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £558
90th Percentile £578 £612 £688
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 42 38
10th Percentile £15.16 £12.86 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.27 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.13 £18.50 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.05% +3.59%
75th Percentile £19.63 £23.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £24.21 - £30.61
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 Midlands +7 5 £400 +14.29% 7
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Ruby
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Single Sign-On