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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 443 384
Rank change year-on-year -80 -59 +84
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 71 123 242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.34% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.48% 2.39% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 91 150
10th Percentile £126 £200 £246
25th Percentile £171 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year - -1.16% +0.03%
75th Percentile £555 £608 £500
90th Percentile £580 £675 £576
UK excluding London median daily rate £220 £431 £420
% change year-on-year -48.99% +2.68% -6.67%
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 4,794 5,139 6,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 14.04% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 3,134 4,709
10th Percentile £181 £200 £184
25th Percentile £267 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £564 £583 £613
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £440 £440
% change year-on-year -8.45% -0.11% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 213 349
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.05 £15.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +53.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.08 £70.00 £75.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £51.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -53.17% +86.36% +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 28 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 28 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 62 £419 -11.38% 45
UK excluding London -83 44 £220 -48.99% 40
London +3 20 £538 +53.57% 11
Work from Home -3 20 £375 -20.21% 7
South East -29 19 £460 -20.00% 21
East of England -10 13 £149 -33.52% 8
South West +2 8 £475 +1.06% 3
Scotland -8 1 £163 -18.75% 2
Wales -9 1 £550 +50.68% 1
East Midlands -12 1 - - 2
North West -25 1 - - 1
Midlands -26 1 - - 4
North of England -51 1 - - 4

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 17 (23.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.63%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (4.23%) LiveLink
3 3 (4.23%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (15.49%) Azure
3 4 (5.63%) GitHub
3 4 (5.63%) Nutanix
4 3 (4.23%) AWS
4 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.41%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.41%) OCI
5 1 (1.41%) PaaS
5 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (33.80%) DNS
2 16 (22.54%) TCP/IP
3 14 (19.72%) DHCP
3 14 (19.72%) VPN
4 11 (15.49%) Firewall
5 10 (14.08%) LAN
5 10 (14.08%) SAN
6 8 (11.27%) WAN
7 5 (7.04%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (5.63%) Skype
8 4 (5.63%) VSAN
9 3 (4.23%) Kerberos
10 1 (1.41%) BGP
10 1 (1.41%) Internet
10 1 (1.41%) MPLS
10 1 (1.41%) OSPF
10 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.41%) SSL
10 1 (1.41%) VLAN
10 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.31%) Oracle Database
2 11 (15.49%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (11.27%) 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
2 2 (2.82%) JIRA
3 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.04%) Law
3 5 (7.04%) Legal
4 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Finance
6 2 (2.82%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.82%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Back Office
7 1 (1.41%) Front Office
7 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (25.35%) IT Support
2 12 (16.90%) Analyst
2 12 (16.90%) 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%) Developer
5 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.45%) Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Help Desk Support
6 6 (8.45%) IT Analyst
6 6 (8.45%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (8.45%) Senior
7 5 (7.04%) Administrator
7 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Officer
7 5 (7.04%) Service Desk Officer
7 5 (7.04%) Service Desk Support
7 5 (7.04%) Support Officer
7 5 (7.04%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) REST
2 3 (4.23%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.41%) Middleware
3 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) PKI
2 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (4.23%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) Replication
4 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.41%) FMCG
5 1 (1.41%) NHS
5 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 64 (90.14%) Windows
2 31 (43.66%) Windows Server
2 31 (43.66%) Windows Server 2019
3 30 (42.25%) Windows 10
4 23 (32.39%) Linux
5 15 (21.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (16.90%) Windows 7
7 11 (15.49%) AIX
7 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (14.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (12.68%) Ubuntu
10 5 (7.04%) Debian
11 2 (2.82%) CentOS
11 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (1.41%) Android
12 1 (1.41%) Unix
12 1 (1.41%) VMS
12 1 (1.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.54%) ITIL
1 16 (22.54%) Migration
2 14 (19.72%) Proactive Monitoring
2 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (16.90%) Agile
4 8 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.04%) CRM
6 5 (7.04%) Customer Service
6 5 (7.04%) Data Migration
6 5 (7.04%) Data Modelling
6 5 (7.04%) DevOps
6 5 (7.04%) High Availability
6 5 (7.04%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (7.04%) PRINCE2
6 5 (7.04%) Server Management
7 4 (5.63%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.08%) PowerShell
2 9 (12.68%) SQL
3 7 (9.86%) Java
4 5 (7.04%) Python
5 4 (5.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (35.21%) Security Cleared
2 23 (32.39%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.90%) Degree
4 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
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
6 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
2 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (35.21%) Active Directory
2 18 (25.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.31%) Hyper-V
4 9 (12.68%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (7.04%) Terminal Services
5 5 (7.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (7.04%) VMware NSX
5 5 (7.04%) vSphere
6 4 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.82%) Docker
8 1 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.41%) XenApp
8 1 (1.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) vCenter Server
2 5 (7.04%) SCCM
3 4 (5.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (5.63%) NetBackup
3 4 (5.63%) Terraform
4 3 (4.23%) Ansible
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (4.23%) VxRail
4 3 (4.23%) WSUS
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (1.41%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (1.41%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 33 (46.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (40.85%) VMware
3 20 (28.17%) Citrix
3 20 (28.17%) Oracle
4 11 (15.49%) Red Hat
5 9 (12.68%) Veeam
6 7 (9.86%) Cisco
7 6 (8.45%) IBM
7 6 (8.45%) NetApp
8 4 (5.63%) 3PAR
8 4 (5.63%) HP
8 4 (5.63%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.63%) Veritas
9 3 (4.23%) Dell
9 3 (4.23%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.82%) OpenText
11 1 (1.41%) ForeScout
11 1 (1.41%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto