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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 422 406
Rank change year-on-year -78 -16 +69
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 87 133 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.36% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.82% 2.57% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 95 144
10th Percentile £153 £201 £275
25th Percentile £171 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £441
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -3.68% +3.82%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £508
90th Percentile - £650 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £532 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +21.54% +2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £31.28
25th Percentile £16.25 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
75th Percentile £18.75 - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £75.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £54.56
% change year-on-year - - +40.80%

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 4,771 5,178 7,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.65% 14.10% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,067 3,189 4,842
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £268 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.41%
75th Percentile £573 £576 £613
90th Percentile £657 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £449 £443
% change year-on-year -8.80% +1.47% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 218 357
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.31 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +56.72% +34.00%
75th Percentile £41.31 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.53 £52.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -57.29% +91.82% +22.22%

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 7 November 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 13 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 7 November 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 -64 78 £538 +19.44% 124
UK excluding London -69 61 £532 +21.54% 113
East of England +8 28 £550 +76.00% 6
Work from Home -6 20 £375 -21.67% 40
London -15 19 £538 +53.57% 38
South East -28 19 £460 -20.00% 60
South West +4 9 £475 +1.06% 22
North West -29 2 £325 +4.00% 8
North of England -40 2 £325 -7.14% 10
Scotland +5 1 £163 -18.75% 7
East Midlands -20 1 - - 4
Midlands -27 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 (20.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.60%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (3.45%) LiveLink
3 3 (3.45%) SAS
4 1 (1.15%) IIS
4 1 (1.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.54%) Cohesity
2 13 (14.94%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.49%) Azure
4 4 (4.60%) GitHub
4 4 (4.60%) Nutanix
5 3 (3.45%) AWS
5 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.15%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.15%) IaaS
6 1 (1.15%) OCI
6 1 (1.15%) PaaS
6 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (45.98%) DNS
2 27 (31.03%) SAN
3 16 (18.39%) TCP/IP
4 14 (16.09%) VPN
5 13 (14.94%) DHCP
5 13 (14.94%) Firewall
6 9 (10.34%) LAN
7 8 (9.20%) WAN
8 5 (5.75%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (4.60%) Skype
9 4 (4.60%) VSAN
10 3 (3.45%) Kerberos
11 1 (1.15%) BGP
11 1 (1.15%) Internet
11 1 (1.15%) MPLS
11 1 (1.15%) OSPF
11 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.15%) SSL
11 1 (1.15%) VLAN
11 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.79%) Oracle Database
2 10 (11.49%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.60%) EDRMS
5 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) GitLab
2 2 (2.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.75%) Law
3 5 (5.75%) Legal
4 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.30%) Finance
6 1 (1.15%) Back Office
6 1 (1.15%) Banking
6 1 (1.15%) Front Office
6 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.15%) Military
6 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (21.84%) IT Support
2 11 (12.64%) Analyst
2 11 (12.64%) Support Analyst
3 10 (11.49%) Technical Analyst
3 10 (11.49%) Technical Support
3 10 (11.49%) Technical Support Analyst
4 8 (9.20%) Developer
5 6 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (6.90%) Administrator
5 6 (6.90%) Architect
5 6 (6.90%) Help Desk Support
5 6 (6.90%) IT Analyst
5 6 (6.90%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (6.90%) Support Officer
6 5 (5.75%) Help Desk Officer
6 5 (5.75%) Service Desk Officer
6 5 (5.75%) Service Desk Support
7 4 (4.60%) Backup Administrator
7 4 (4.60%) Senior
7 4 (4.60%) Storage and Backup Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.75%) REST
2 3 (3.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.15%) Middleware
3 1 (1.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) PKI
2 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.30%) Replication
5 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.15%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.15%) FMCG
5 1 (1.15%) NHS
5 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (91.95%) Windows
2 48 (55.17%) Windows Server
3 46 (52.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 30 (34.48%) Windows 10
5 22 (25.29%) Linux
6 17 (19.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (12.64%) Windows 7
8 10 (11.49%) AIX
8 10 (11.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (11.49%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (9.20%) Ubuntu
10 5 (5.75%) Debian
11 2 (2.30%) CentOS
11 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (1.15%) Android
12 1 (1.15%) Solaris
12 1 (1.15%) Unix
12 1 (1.15%) VMS
12 1 (1.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) ITIL
2 17 (19.54%) Build Automation
2 17 (19.54%) Deployment Automation
2 17 (19.54%) Operations Management
2 17 (19.54%) SIEM
3 16 (18.39%) Migration
4 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.94%) Proactive Monitoring
6 12 (13.79%) Agile
7 9 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (6.90%) High Availability
8 6 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (5.75%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.75%) CRM
9 5 (5.75%) Data Migration
9 5 (5.75%) Data Modelling
9 5 (5.75%) DevOps
9 5 (5.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (5.75%) Patch Management
9 5 (5.75%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.74%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.34%) SQL
3 8 (9.20%) Java
4 5 (5.75%) Python
5 4 (4.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (50.57%) Security Cleared
2 25 (28.74%) SC Cleared
3 21 (24.14%) DV Cleared
4 10 (11.49%) Degree
5 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) CCNA
6 1 (1.15%) CCNP
6 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) GDPR
2 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 33 (37.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (20.69%) Virtual Servers
4 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 12 (13.79%) Hyper-V
6 10 (11.49%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (5.75%) Terminal Services
7 5 (5.75%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (5.75%) VMware NSX
7 5 (5.75%) vSphere
8 4 (4.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (24.14%) WSUS
2 20 (22.99%) Ansible
2 20 (22.99%) SCCM
3 8 (9.20%) vCenter Server
4 4 (4.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (4.60%) NetBackup
4 4 (4.60%) Terraform
5 3 (3.45%) VxRail
6 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.15%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (1.15%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (1.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 50 (57.47%) Microsoft
2 45 (51.72%) VMware
3 23 (26.44%) NetApp
4 20 (22.99%) Oracle
5 18 (20.69%) Citrix
5 18 (20.69%) Splunk
6 12 (13.79%) Red Hat
7 7 (8.05%) Cisco
8 6 (6.90%) Veeam
9 5 (5.75%) IBM
10 4 (4.60%) 3PAR
10 4 (4.60%) HP
10 4 (4.60%) SolarWinds
10 4 (4.60%) Veritas
11 3 (3.45%) Dell
11 3 (3.45%) Nimble Storage
11 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
12 2 (2.30%) OpenText
13 1 (1.15%) EMC
13 1 (1.15%) Juniper