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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 448 383
Rank change year-on-year -142 -65 +45
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 59 108 210
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.33% 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.16% 2.46% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 78 159
10th Percentile £229 £200 £200
25th Percentile £408 £375 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £547 £575 £608
90th Percentile £638 £588 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -18.18% +7.32% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £61.60
75th Percentile £17.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 - £61.60
% change year-on-year - - +130.37%

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 5,065 4,391 5,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.53% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,231 2,833 3,828
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £319 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £577 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 239 437
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.31 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -7.46% -41.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £21.59 £31.13
% change year-on-year +20.43% -30.63% +6.23%

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 15 July 2026.

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 16 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 15 July 2026. 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 -161 45 £450 -15.89% 26
UK excluding London -152 37 £450 -18.18% 26
London -67 16 £475 +18.75% 4
Work from Home -69 12 £469 -6.25% 9
Midlands -51 10 £450 +12.50% 1
East Midlands -5 8 £450 - 1
South East -80 8 £600 +17.07% 11
North of England -81 6 £313 -21.88% 7
Wales - 5 £425 - 3
Yorkshire -51 4 £313 -21.88% 2
East of England -41 3 £173 -68.64% 3
Scotland -11 2 £319 +87.50% 1
South West -38 2 £490 -14.78% 2
North West -55 2 - - 3
West Midlands -67 2 £450 +12.50%
Northern Ireland -2 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 11 (18.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.86%) nginx
2 7 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.86%) Tomcat
3 4 (6.78%) WebLogic
4 3 (5.08%) Apache
4 3 (5.08%) IIS
4 3 (5.08%) SAS
5 2 (3.39%) Skype for Business
6 1 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.03%) Azure
2 11 (18.64%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (11.86%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
5 1 (1.69%) MinIO
5 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (23.73%) DNS
2 12 (20.34%) DHCP
3 10 (16.95%) Firewall
4 7 (11.86%) HTTP
5 6 (10.17%) SAN
6 5 (8.47%) WAN
7 4 (6.78%) Skype
8 3 (5.08%) Kerberos
8 3 (5.08%) LAN
8 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
8 3 (5.08%) VPN
8 3 (5.08%) VSAN
9 2 (3.39%) BIG-IP
9 2 (3.39%) VLAN
10 1 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.69%) MPLS
10 1 (1.69%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.69%) OSPF
10 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.47%) Oracle Database
3 4 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.08%) GIS
5 1 (1.69%) DTS
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.69%) Power BI
5 1 (1.69%) Power Query
5 1 (1.69%) QlikView
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) AdminStudio
1 2 (3.39%) InstallShield
1 2 (3.39%) MSI
General
1 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Military
5 1 (1.69%) Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Finance
5 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Legal
5 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Architect
3 5 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) Administrator
4 4 (6.78%) Analyst
4 4 (6.78%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) Senior
5 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (5.08%) Lead
5 3 (5.08%) Server Engineer
5 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.08%) Support Analyst
5 3 (5.08%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.08%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.08%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (3.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (3.39%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) EJB
1 4 (6.78%) JSP
2 3 (5.08%) Java SE
2 3 (5.08%) JSON
2 3 (5.08%) OpenLayers
3 2 (3.39%) ADO
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.39%) Middleware
4 1 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.69%) Java EE
4 1 (1.69%) JavaBeans
4 1 (1.69%) JDBC
4 1 (1.69%) ODBC
4 1 (1.69%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) PKI
2 7 (11.86%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (8.47%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.08%) Clustering
4 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (3.39%) Replication
6 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.69%) iPhone
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (96.61%) Windows
2 51 (86.44%) Windows Server
3 32 (54.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (25.42%) Linux
5 10 (16.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (16.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (13.56%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (11.86%) Solaris
7 7 (11.86%) Windows 10
8 3 (5.08%) Ubuntu
8 3 (5.08%) Windows 7
8 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.69%) Android
9 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (20.34%) Migration
3 10 (16.95%) ITIL
4 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
4 7 (11.86%) ETL
4 7 (11.86%) Mentoring
5 6 (10.17%) DevOps
5 6 (10.17%) Refactoring
5 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
6 5 (8.47%) High Availability
6 5 (8.47%) ITSM
6 5 (8.47%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (8.47%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (8.47%) User Experience
7 4 (6.78%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (6.78%) Runbook
7 4 (6.78%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 21 (35.59%) PowerShell
2 10 (16.95%) SQL
3 6 (10.17%) PL/SQL
4 5 (8.47%) Java
5 3 (5.08%) Python
6 1 (1.69%) Bicep
6 1 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 19 (32.20%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) Degree
5 4 (6.78%) MCSE
6 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.69%) CCA
7 1 (1.69%) CCNA
7 1 (1.69%) CCNP
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.69%) QA
1 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (50.85%) Active Directory
2 27 (45.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (23.73%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (18.64%) vSphere
5 8 (13.56%) Hyper-V
6 7 (11.86%) Docker
6 7 (11.86%) VMware NSX
7 5 (8.47%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (5.08%) XenApp
8 3 (5.08%) XenDesktop
9 2 (3.39%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (15.25%) SCCM
2 6 (10.17%) WSUS
3 5 (8.47%) Oracle RMAN
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.08%) Ansible
5 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (5.08%) Terraform
6 2 (3.39%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (3.39%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (3.39%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.69%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (1.69%) Kibana
7 1 (1.69%) logstash
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.69%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (1.69%) SCOM
7 1 (1.69%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.69%) vMotion
7 1 (1.69%) vRealize
Vendors
1 38 (64.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (52.54%) VMware
3 10 (16.95%) Oracle
4 9 (15.25%) Red Hat
5 8 (13.56%) Citrix
6 7 (11.86%) IBM
7 3 (5.08%) Cisco
7 3 (5.08%) Dell
7 3 (5.08%) NVIDIA
7 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.39%) F5
8 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.39%) HP
8 2 (3.39%) McAfee
8 2 (3.39%) NetApp
8 2 (3.39%) Veeam
9 1 (1.69%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.69%) Juniper
9 1 (1.69%) Remedy
9 1 (1.69%) Sybase