Windows Server 2016 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 100 147 116
Rank change year-on-year +47 -31 +23
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 11 10 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.31% 1.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.47% 2.02% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 39
10th Percentile £538 - £200
25th Percentile £563 £210 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £220 £550
Median % change year-on-year +167.05% -60.00% +131.58%
75th Percentile £613 £238 £600
90th Percentile £638 £383 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 317 495 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.89% 15.47% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 357 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £245 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South West

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South West

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South West

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire +39 9 £588 +69.06%
Gloucestershire +12 2 - - 2
Windows Server 2016
England

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

Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (81.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (72.73%) Skype for Business
3 3 (27.27%) Confluence
4 2 (18.18%) IIS
5 1 (9.09%) Apache
5 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) DNS
2 8 (72.73%) DHCP
2 8 (72.73%) Skype
3 5 (45.45%) Unified Communications
4 2 (18.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Service Architect
3 1 (9.09%) VMWare Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) LDAP
1 1 (9.09%) SOAP
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) PKI
2 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server
3 6 (54.55%) Windows 10
4 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (9.09%) Android
6 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
6 1 (9.09%) Linux
6 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
6 1 (9.09%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
4 3 (27.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) System Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Two-Factor Authentication
4 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) Resource Management
6 1 (9.09%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) VB
3 1 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) MCSA
5 3 (27.27%) MCSE
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (9.09%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (72.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (45.45%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) WSUS
2 4 (36.36%) SCCM
3 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (18.18%) OPNET
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (9.09%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
4 1 (9.09%) vMotion
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Veeam
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
4 3 (27.27%) Atlassian
5 1 (9.09%) Fujitsu
5 1 (9.09%) McAfee
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle
5 1 (9.09%) Symantec