Windows Server 2016 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 256 290
Rank change year-on-year +19 +34 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 154 198 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.83% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.71% 4.30% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 148 168
10th Percentile £203 £175 £158
25th Percentile £313 £311 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £490 £323
Median % change year-on-year +12.65% +51.94% -7.86%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £475
90th Percentile - £700 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 6
10th Percentile - £22.99 £15.75
25th Percentile £56.50 £26.48 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £38.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +92.50% -
75th Percentile - £40.25 -
90th Percentile - £56.70 -
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% +92.50% -40.30%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,269 4,603 5,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.84% 19.27% 19.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,170 3,207 3,894
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £258 £250 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.84% +0.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 338 466
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.34 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.65 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% +48.25% +21.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £60.68 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.72 £63.13
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.66% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
South East +76 84 £575 +27.78% 23
North of England +14 19 £363 -3.33% 24
Midlands +25 15 £350 +40.00% 19
Scotland +25 14 £325 +85.71% 1
West Midlands +21 12 £350 +27.27% 7
Yorkshire +23 11 £375 +15.38% 11
East of England -18 9 £650 -7.14% 15
South West -19 9 £223 -59.55% 9
North West +13 6 £250 -48.72% 8
Wales +20 5 £220 -53.19% 2
North East +15 2 £350 +137.29% 6
East Midlands +12 2 £513 +129.82% 12
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 42 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (10.39%) SharePoint
3 12 (7.79%) IIS
4 2 (1.30%) WordPress
5 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.30%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.65%) assyst
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 66 (42.86%) Azure
2 59 (38.31%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.39%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (10.39%) Azure Storage
4 16 (10.39%) OneDrive
5 15 (9.74%) OCI
6 6 (3.90%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.90%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.95%) AWS
8 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.65%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 53 (34.42%) Firewall
2 48 (31.17%) DNS
3 43 (27.92%) DHCP
4 29 (18.83%) SAN
5 8 (5.19%) NAS
5 8 (5.19%) VPN
6 7 (4.55%) Unified Communications
7 5 (3.25%) LAN
8 4 (2.60%) Network Security
8 4 (2.60%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.60%) WAN
9 3 (1.95%) Skype
9 3 (1.95%) Wireless
10 2 (1.30%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (1.30%) Internet
10 2 (1.30%) iSCSI
10 2 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.30%) VLAN
10 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.74%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.90%) Power BI
3 4 (2.60%) Big Data
4 2 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) GitLab
1 1 (0.65%) Gradle
1 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.65%) Liquibase
1 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
1 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.74%) Public Sector
3 5 (3.25%) Finance
3 5 (3.25%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.65%) Back Office
6 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.65%) Law
6 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (16.23%) Windows Engineer
3 21 (13.64%) Build Engineer
3 21 (13.64%) Windows Build Engineer
4 16 (10.39%) Active Directory Support
5 15 (9.74%) Support Specialist
6 14 (9.09%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (9.09%) Administrator
6 14 (9.09%) Analyst
6 14 (9.09%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (9.09%) Support Analyst
6 14 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 11 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (6.49%) Senior
8 10 (6.49%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) IT Support
9 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.19%) IT Analyst
10 8 (5.19%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.90%) Itk
3 2 (1.30%) LAMP
4 1 (0.65%) jQuery
4 1 (0.65%) JSON
4 1 (0.65%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.65%) Node.js
4 1 (0.65%) RESTful
4 1 (0.65%) SOAP
4 1 (0.65%) Spring
4 1 (0.65%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.65%) Swagger
4 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.13%) PKI
2 26 (16.88%) Data Centre
3 16 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.84%) Clustering
5 6 (3.90%) Digital Signage
5 6 (3.90%) Replication
6 4 (2.60%) iPad
7 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.30%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.30%) IoT
8 2 (1.30%) iPhone
8 2 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.30%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.65%) LIMS
9 1 (0.65%) NHS
9 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 147 (95.45%) Windows
2 115 (74.68%) Windows Server
3 109 (70.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 71 (46.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 64 (41.56%) Windows 10
6 52 (33.77%) Linux
7 21 (13.64%) Windows NT
8 18 (11.69%) Windows Server 2008
9 14 (9.09%) Windows XP
10 9 (5.84%) Windows 7
11 8 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (3.90%) CentOS
12 6 (3.90%) Debian
12 6 (3.90%) VMS
13 3 (1.95%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.95%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (1.30%) Android
14 2 (1.30%) Mac OS
14 2 (1.30%) Unix
15 1 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (53.25%) ITIL
2 43 (27.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 41 (26.62%) Service Management
4 40 (25.97%) Release Management
5 38 (24.68%) Customer Service
6 32 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (14.94%) DevOps
8 22 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 21 (13.64%) Deployment Automation
9 21 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (11.69%) Agile
10 18 (11.69%) Analytics
10 18 (11.69%) Project Management
11 17 (11.04%) CI/CD
12 16 (10.39%) Identity Management
12 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (10.39%) Log Analytics
12 16 (10.39%) Privileged Identity Management
12 16 (10.39%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 54 (35.06%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.69%) VBScript
3 16 (10.39%) Bicep
3 16 (10.39%) C#
3 16 (10.39%) SQL
3 16 (10.39%) VB
4 4 (2.60%) C
4 4 (2.60%) C++
5 3 (1.95%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.30%) Python
7 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 75 (48.70%) Security Cleared
2 68 (44.16%) DV Cleared
3 37 (24.03%) Degree
4 35 (22.73%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (9.09%) CCNA
6 14 (9.09%) CCNP
6 14 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.90%) MCSA
8 6 (3.90%) MCSE
8 6 (3.90%) RHCT
9 2 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.30%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.29%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) SLA
3 2 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 122 (79.22%) Active Directory
2 46 (29.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (22.08%) Hyper-V
4 22 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (13.64%) Firmware
6 20 (12.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (12.99%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (5.19%) XenApp
8 7 (4.55%) vSphere
9 6 (3.90%) KVM
10 5 (3.25%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.95%) VMware NSX
12 2 (1.30%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.65%) Docker
13 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (50.00%) SCCM
2 55 (35.71%) WSUS
3 34 (22.08%) SCOM
4 28 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (13.64%) Sysprep
7 17 (11.04%) NetBackup
7 17 (11.04%) vCenter Server
8 16 (10.39%) Kubernetes
9 14 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (1.30%) Nessus
12 2 (1.30%) VxRail
13 1 (0.65%) Ansible
13 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 104 (67.53%) Microsoft
2 52 (33.77%) VMware
3 24 (15.58%) Cisco
4 23 (14.94%) Oracle
5 22 (14.29%) HP
6 20 (12.99%) Dell
7 19 (12.34%) Citrix
8 18 (11.69%) EMC
9 17 (11.04%) 3PAR
9 17 (11.04%) Palo Alto
9 17 (11.04%) Veeam
10 16 (10.39%) Red Hat
10 16 (10.39%) Symantec
11 14 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (9.09%) Juniper
12 5 (3.25%) NetApp
13 4 (2.60%) Nimble Storage
14 3 (1.95%) Aruba
14 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
14 3 (1.95%) Veritas