Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 38 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +13
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.28% 1.91% 0.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.50% 11.11% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £185 £478
25th Percentile £525 £271 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £550
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -33.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £600
90th Percentile - - £623
Wales median daily rate £550 £383 £339
% change year-on-year +43.79% +13.00% -26.01%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 40 63 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 11.14% 17.21% 24.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 44 69
10th Percentile £156 £150 £136
25th Percentile £185 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £250 £423
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -40.83% -0.59%
75th Percentile £300 £500 £623
90th Percentile £575 £544 £639
Wales median daily rate £275 £244 £340
% change year-on-year +12.82% -28.31% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £15.09 £38.06 £12.81
25th Percentile £15.22 £46.25 £13.14
Median hourly rate £20.00 £47.50 £23.42
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +102.86% +30.08%
75th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £88.00 £54.00 £119.78
Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £47.50 £23.42
% change year-on-year -58.95% +102.86% +61.48%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in South Wales

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
Newport +4 1 £550 +98.20% 1
Windows Server 2016
Wales

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware