Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 132 138
Rank change year-on-year -45 +6 +81
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 15 37 72
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.99% 1.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.04% 5.81% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 39
10th Percentile - £360 £202
25th Percentile £153 £394 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -61.74% +27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £529 £675 £575
90th Percentile £638 - -
England median daily rate £413 £444 £425
% change year-on-year -7.04% +4.41% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £55.28
75th Percentile £18.75 - £62.75
90th Percentile - - £76.93
England median hourly rate £17.50 - £55.28
% change year-on-year - - +43.58%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 735 637 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.82% 16.97% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 440 660
10th Percentile £190 £200 £160
25th Percentile £238 £263 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +8.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £563
90th Percentile £624 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 26 78
10th Percentile £12.50 £28.13 £17.03
25th Percentile £15.62 £39.75 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.88 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.69% +7.05% +197.30%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £68.63
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +76.15% +30.00%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Berkshire -17 5 £395 -34.71%
Thames Valley -17 5 £395 -34.71% 1
Kent - 5 £155 - 1
Hampshire -37 3 £505 -12.17% 6
West Sussex - 2 £663 -
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Nutanix
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) DNS
1 7 (46.67%) Firewall
2 5 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (33.33%) SAN
2 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (6.67%) NAS
4 1 (6.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (33.33%) Law
1 5 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (13.33%) Back Office
2 2 (13.33%) Front Office
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) IT Support
2 5 (33.33%) Help Desk Officer
2 5 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (33.33%) Service Desk Officer
2 5 (33.33%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (33.33%) Support Officer
3 4 (26.67%) Administrator
3 4 (26.67%) Backup Administrator
3 4 (26.67%) Storage Administrator
3 4 (26.67%) Storage and Backup Administrator
4 3 (20.00%) Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) Windows Server
3 9 (60.00%) Linux
3 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (46.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (13.33%) CentOS
6 2 (13.33%) Ubuntu
7 1 (6.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) CRM
2 5 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) Fit Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) Zero Trust
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (13.33%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 5 (33.33%) Terminal Services
4 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) NetBackup
2 2 (13.33%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.67%) Nessus
3 1 (6.67%) Terraform
3 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
3 1 (6.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (60.00%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
3 6 (40.00%) Red Hat
4 4 (26.67%) 3PAR
4 4 (26.67%) HP
4 4 (26.67%) Veritas
5 3 (20.00%) NetApp
5 3 (20.00%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (13.33%) Oracle
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco
7 1 (6.67%) EMC