Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 513 433 381
Rank change year-on-year -80 -52 +74
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 71 111 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.32% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 2.32% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 84 145
10th Percentile £126 £201 £208
25th Percentile £171 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £500
90th Percentile £640 £675 £578
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £425 £410
% change year-on-year -38.82% +3.66% -12.77%
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
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £55.28
% change year-on-year - - +43.58%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,778 4,787 6,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.98% 14.00% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,101 2,995 4,544
10th Percentile £175 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £317 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £408 £425 £431
% change year-on-year -4.12% -1.28% -4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 180 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.31 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +53.23% +27.84%
75th Percentile £63.00 £65.51 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £26.09
% change year-on-year -48.67% +87.81% +18.59%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England -57 64 £413 -7.04% 57
UK excluding London -73 44 £260 -38.82% 57
Work from Home -15 20 £251 -44.28% 7
London -15 20 £539 +53.93% 11
East of England -9 16 £171 -23.58% 4
South East -45 15 £220 -61.74% 17
South West -7 9 £513 -6.39% 15
North West -36 2 £300 -11.11% 3
North of England -62 2 £300 -14.29% 11
Wales -1 1 £550 +43.79% 4
Midlands -40 1 - - 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 18 (25.35%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.63%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.23%) LiveLink
4 3 (4.23%) SAS
5 1 (1.41%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) Azure
1 17 (23.94%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.45%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.04%) Nutanix
4 4 (5.63%) AWS
4 4 (5.63%) GitHub
5 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.41%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) IaaS
6 1 (1.41%) OCI
6 1 (1.41%) PaaS
6 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (38.03%) DNS
2 17 (23.94%) DHCP
3 16 (22.54%) VPN
4 13 (18.31%) LAN
4 13 (18.31%) TCP/IP
5 12 (16.90%) Firewall
6 10 (14.08%) WAN
7 5 (7.04%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (7.04%) SAN
8 4 (5.63%) Skype
9 3 (4.23%) Kerberos
9 3 (4.23%) VSAN
10 2 (2.82%) Internet
10 2 (2.82%) SSL
11 1 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.41%) NAS
11 1 (1.41%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.41%) Network Security
11 1 (1.41%) VLAN
11 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.31%) Oracle Database
2 11 (15.49%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.63%) EDRMS
5 3 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) GitLab
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.04%) Law
2 5 (7.04%) Legal
2 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (5.63%) Finance
4 3 (4.23%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.23%) Banking
4 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Back Office
5 2 (2.82%) Front Office
6 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (28.17%) IT Support
2 14 (19.72%) Analyst
2 14 (19.72%) Support Analyst
3 11 (15.49%) Technical Analyst
3 11 (15.49%) Technical Support
3 11 (15.49%) Technical Support Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Architect
4 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (11.27%) IT Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (8.45%) Administrator
6 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Officer
6 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Architect
6 5 (7.04%) Service Desk Officer
6 5 (7.04%) Service Desk Support
6 5 (7.04%) Support Officer
6 5 (7.04%) VMware Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) REST
2 3 (4.23%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.82%) Middleware
4 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) PKI
2 4 (5.63%) Client/Server
2 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (5.63%) Replication
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) Clustering
4 1 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.41%) FMCG
4 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) NHS
4 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 64 (90.14%) Windows
2 34 (47.89%) Windows Server 2019
3 32 (45.07%) Windows 10
4 30 (42.25%) Windows Server
5 21 (29.58%) Linux
6 15 (21.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (16.90%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (15.49%) AIX
8 11 (15.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (15.49%) Windows 7
9 5 (7.04%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.82%) CentOS
10 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.41%) Android
11 1 (1.41%) VMS
11 1 (1.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.13%) Migration
2 14 (19.72%) ITIL
2 14 (19.72%) Proactive Monitoring
3 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (15.49%) Agile
4 11 (15.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (15.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (8.45%) DevOps
6 6 (8.45%) Server Management
6 6 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
7 5 (7.04%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 5 (7.04%) CRM
7 5 (7.04%) Data Migration
7 5 (7.04%) High Availability
7 5 (7.04%) Platform Engineering
7 5 (7.04%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (7.04%) PRINCE2
8 4 (5.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.13%) PowerShell
2 10 (14.08%) SQL
3 8 (11.27%) Java
4 4 (5.63%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) Degree
4 3 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.41%) CCA
6 1 (1.41%) CCNA
6 1 (1.41%) CCNP
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.41%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
2 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 31 (43.66%) Active Directory
2 21 (29.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.31%) Hyper-V
4 10 (14.08%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (8.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (7.04%) Terminal Services
6 5 (7.04%) VMware NSX
6 5 (7.04%) vSphere
7 3 (4.23%) Docker
7 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.41%) XenApp
8 1 (1.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) SCCM
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.86%) vCenter Server
3 5 (7.04%) Terraform
4 4 (5.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (5.63%) NetBackup
5 3 (4.23%) Ansible
5 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (4.23%) WSUS
6 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.82%) VxRail
7 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) Nessus
7 1 (1.41%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.41%) SCOM
7 1 (1.41%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
2 28 (39.44%) VMware
3 22 (30.99%) Citrix
4 21 (29.58%) Oracle
5 11 (15.49%) Veeam
6 7 (9.86%) Cisco
6 7 (9.86%) NetApp
7 6 (8.45%) IBM
7 6 (8.45%) Red Hat
8 5 (7.04%) ServiceNow
8 5 (7.04%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.63%) 3PAR
9 4 (5.63%) HP
9 4 (5.63%) Veritas
10 3 (4.23%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (2.82%) Dell
11 2 (2.82%) OpenText
12 1 (1.41%) EMC
12 1 (1.41%) Infoblox
12 1 (1.41%) Juniper