Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 2.66% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +146.64%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 21 11 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.98% 7.80% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 12
10th Percentile £356 £335 £219
25th Percentile £410 £385 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £457 £359
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +27.07% +90.08%
75th Percentile £475 £497 £494
90th Percentile £494 £529 £511
East Midlands median daily rate £225 £379 £275
% change year-on-year -40.55% +37.64% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.75 £20.82
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - -34.90% +18.80%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.64 £18.77 £17.35
% change year-on-year +4.66% +8.16% -1.48%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Northampton - 7 £450 - 1
Windows Server 2016
East Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Server Migrations
3 3 (42.86%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (42.86%) vSphere
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Dell