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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 408 366
Rank change year-on-year -134 -42 +54
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 74 114 231
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.39% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.56% 2.74% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 83 170
10th Percentile £156 £208 £202
25th Percentile £300 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £401 £465
Median % change year-on-year +21.72% -13.87% -7.00%
75th Percentile £614 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £668 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile £16.25 - £57.78
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £61.60
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £64.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £61.60
% change year-on-year - - +60.00%

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 4,740 4,166 5,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.75% 14.35% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,102 2,785 3,999
10th Percentile £181 £200 £180
25th Percentile £300 £325 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £457
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.94% -11.26%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £594
90th Percentile £660 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 161 409
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.67 £12.84
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £25.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +13.64% -24.14%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.80 £68.75 £68.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £24.66 £20.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% +23.30% -24.53%

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 27 March 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 14 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 27 March 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 -140 61 £450 - 39
UK excluding London -135 48 £450 +5.88% 33
East of England -15 17 £173 -71.25% 6
Work from Home -55 16 £307 -23.25% 6
London -72 16 £463 +19.35% 8
South East -63 12 £600 +4.35% 16
South West -27 8 £490 -16.60% 6
North of England -91 4 £300 -14.29% 7
Midlands -68 3 £450 +12.50%
East Midlands - 3 £450 -
Scotland -4 2 £319 +63.46%
Wales -15 2 £546 +42.81%
Yorkshire -54 2 £344 -8.39%
North West -56 2 £300 -14.29% 5

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 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.11%) SAS
4 5 (6.76%) nginx
4 5 (6.76%) Tomcat
5 3 (4.05%) Apache
5 3 (4.05%) WebLogic
6 2 (2.70%) Skype for Business
7 1 (1.35%) IIS
7 1 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 25 (33.78%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (28.38%) Azure
3 7 (9.46%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.76%) AWS
5 4 (5.41%) Nutanix
6 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.05%) GitHub
7 2 (2.70%) GCP
8 1 (1.35%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.35%) MinIO
8 1 (1.35%) OCI
8 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) DHCP
1 12 (16.22%) DNS
2 11 (14.86%) Firewall
3 7 (9.46%) LAN
4 6 (8.11%) Kerberos
4 6 (8.11%) WAN
5 5 (6.76%) HTTP
5 5 (6.76%) NetScaler
5 5 (6.76%) SAN
6 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.05%) BIG-IP
7 3 (4.05%) Skype
7 3 (4.05%) VPN
7 3 (4.05%) VSAN
8 2 (2.70%) VLAN
9 1 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.35%) Internet
9 1 (1.35%) SSL
9 1 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) Oracle Database
2 12 (16.22%) SQL Server
3 7 (9.46%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (9.46%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (6.76%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (4.05%) GIS
6 1 (1.35%) Power BI
6 1 (1.35%) Power Query
6 1 (1.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) GitLab
1 3 (4.05%) JIRA
General
1 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.16%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.76%) Finance
6 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.05%) Banking
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Back Office
7 1 (1.35%) Electronics
7 1 (1.35%) Front Office
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (21.62%) Analyst
2 15 (20.27%) Support Analyst
3 14 (18.92%) Architect
4 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (16.22%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (16.22%) Technical Support
4 12 (16.22%) Technical Support Analyst
5 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Architect
6 7 (9.46%) Support Engineer
7 6 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (8.11%) IT Support
7 6 (8.11%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Citrix Support
8 5 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.41%) Senior
9 4 (5.41%) Windows Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) Lead
10 3 (4.05%) Lead Architect
10 3 (4.05%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) ARM Templates
1 3 (4.05%) EJB
1 3 (4.05%) Java SE
1 3 (4.05%) JSP
1 3 (4.05%) Middleware
1 3 (4.05%) OpenLayers
2 2 (2.70%) LDAP
3 1 (1.35%) Java EE
3 1 (1.35%) JDBC
3 1 (1.35%) ODBC
3 1 (1.35%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Client/Server
2 6 (8.11%) Public Cloud
3 5 (6.76%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (6.76%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (4.05%) Replication
6 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.70%) PKI
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.35%) Clustering
7 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) iPhone
7 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (98.65%) Windows
2 48 (64.86%) Windows Server
3 34 (45.95%) Windows Server 2019
4 26 (35.14%) Linux
5 25 (33.78%) Windows 10
6 13 (17.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (17.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (16.22%) Windows 7
8 7 (9.46%) AIX
8 7 (9.46%) Ubuntu
8 7 (9.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (9.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (6.76%) Solaris
10 2 (2.70%) Android
11 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.35%) CentOS
11 1 (1.35%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (17.57%) Proactive Monitoring
3 11 (14.86%) Agile
4 9 (12.16%) Migration
5 8 (10.81%) Change Management
5 8 (10.81%) ITIL
6 7 (9.46%) CI/CD
6 7 (9.46%) DevOps
6 7 (9.46%) ETL
6 7 (9.46%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (8.11%) High Availability
8 5 (6.76%) ITSM
8 5 (6.76%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (6.76%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.76%) Refactoring
8 5 (6.76%) Roadmaps
8 5 (6.76%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.41%) Load Balancing
9 4 (5.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 24 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 13 (17.57%) SQL
3 5 (6.76%) Java
3 5 (6.76%) PL/SQL
4 4 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (44.59%) Security Cleared
2 27 (36.49%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.22%) Degree
4 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.76%) CCA
5 5 (6.76%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (6.76%) MCSE
5 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 30 (40.54%) Active Directory
2 25 (33.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (17.57%) vSphere
4 12 (16.22%) Hyper-V
5 11 (14.86%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (12.16%) VMware NSX
7 8 (10.81%) Docker
8 6 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (6.76%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (6.76%) XenApp
9 5 (6.76%) XenDesktop
10 4 (5.41%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (22.97%) SCCM
2 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (8.11%) Ansible
4 5 (6.76%) SCVMM
4 5 (6.76%) vCenter Server
5 4 (5.41%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (5.41%) Terraform
5 4 (5.41%) WSUS
6 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (2.70%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.35%) Nessus
8 1 (1.35%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.35%) SCOM
8 1 (1.35%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 44 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 35 (47.30%) VMware
3 19 (25.68%) Oracle
4 16 (21.62%) Citrix
5 12 (16.22%) IBM
6 9 (12.16%) Veeam
7 8 (10.81%) Red Hat
8 6 (8.11%) ServiceNow
9 5 (6.76%) NetApp
10 3 (4.05%) Dell
10 3 (4.05%) F5
10 3 (4.05%) McAfee
10 3 (4.05%) NVIDIA
11 2 (2.70%) Cisco
11 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.70%) HP
11 2 (2.70%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.70%) Veritas
12 1 (1.35%) SAP
12 1 (1.35%) Symantec