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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 421 364
Rank change year-on-year -91 -57 +85
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 69 99 238
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.32% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 2.25% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 74 158
10th Percentile £126 £201 £209
25th Percentile £216 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £400 £446
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -10.36% -1.90%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £559
90th Percentile £640 £675 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £419 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +4.69% -11.11% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile £16.25 - £49.07
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £64.25
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +45.45%

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 4,642 4,391 6,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.69% 14.00% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 2,736 4,335
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £264 £317 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £689 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.29% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 164 313
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.36% +10.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.70 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.18
% change year-on-year -18.78% +22.24% +11.91%

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 13 January 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 10 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 13 January 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 -87 64 £463 +8.82% 42
UK excluding London -86 40 £419 +4.69% 40
London -25 24 £538 +53.57% 9
Work from Home -17 17 £127 -68.38% 4
East of England -6 16 £171 -23.58% 4
South East -38 11 £490 -14.78% 15
South West -17 10 £525 -4.11% 6
North West -38 2 £300 -11.11% 4
North of England -72 2 £300 -14.29% 11
Wales -10 1 £550 +43.79%

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 16 (23.19%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.80%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.35%) LiveLink
4 3 (4.35%) SAS
5 1 (1.45%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (28.99%) Azure
3 7 (10.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.25%) AWS
4 5 (7.25%) Nutanix
5 4 (5.80%) GitHub
6 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.90%) GCP
8 1 (1.45%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.45%) IaaS
8 1 (1.45%) OCI
8 1 (1.45%) PaaS
8 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.43%) DNS
2 16 (23.19%) DHCP
3 12 (17.39%) LAN
3 12 (17.39%) VPN
4 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
5 9 (13.04%) WAN
6 8 (11.59%) Firewall
7 4 (5.80%) NetScaler
7 4 (5.80%) Skype
8 3 (4.35%) Kerberos
9 2 (2.90%) Internet
9 2 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.45%) BIG-IP
10 1 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.45%) NAS
10 1 (1.45%) Network Security
10 1 (1.45%) SAN
10 1 (1.45%) SSL
10 1 (1.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) Oracle Database
1 14 (20.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (14.49%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (5.80%) EDRMS
4 3 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) GitLab
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 19 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Finance
5 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.35%) Banking
5 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Back Office
6 2 (2.90%) Front Office
6 2 (2.90%) Law
6 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Electronics
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Marketing
7 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (21.74%) IT Support
2 14 (20.29%) Analyst
2 14 (20.29%) Support Analyst
3 12 (17.39%) Architect
4 11 (15.94%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (15.94%) Technical Support
4 11 (15.94%) Technical Support Analyst
5 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) IT Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Citrix Support
8 4 (5.80%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Senior
9 3 (4.35%) Administrator
9 3 (4.35%) VMware Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) REST
2 3 (4.35%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.90%) LDAP
3 2 (2.90%) Middleware
4 1 (1.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.25%) PKI
3 4 (5.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.35%) Replication
4 3 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Clustering
5 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) FMCG
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) NHS
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (91.30%) Windows
2 32 (46.38%) Windows 10
3 31 (44.93%) Windows Server
4 30 (43.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (27.54%) Linux
6 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (15.94%) Windows 7
8 10 (14.49%) AIX
9 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (10.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (5.80%) Ubuntu
12 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (1.45%) Android
13 1 (1.45%) CentOS
13 1 (1.45%) VMS
13 1 (1.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Migration
2 14 (20.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 11 (15.94%) Agile
4 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (10.14%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Change Management
7 6 (8.70%) DevOps
7 6 (8.70%) High Availability
7 6 (8.70%) Server Management
7 6 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (8.70%) Zero Trust
8 5 (7.25%) Data Migration
8 5 (7.25%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (7.25%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (5.80%) Records Management
9 4 (5.80%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.80%) Service Management
10 3 (4.35%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 13 (18.84%) SQL
3 8 (11.59%) Java
4 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.54%) SC Cleared
3 17 (24.64%) Degree
4 4 (5.80%) CCA
4 4 (5.80%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.45%) MCP
7 1 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 28 (40.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (17.39%) Hyper-V
4 9 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (8.70%) VMware NSX
6 5 (7.25%) vSphere
7 4 (5.80%) XenApp
7 4 (5.80%) XenDesktop
8 3 (4.35%) Docker
9 2 (2.90%) Terminal Services
10 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (21.74%) SCCM
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.59%) vCenter Server
3 5 (7.25%) Terraform
4 4 (5.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (5.80%) SCVMM
5 3 (4.35%) Ansible
5 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (4.35%) WSUS
6 2 (2.90%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.45%) Nessus
7 1 (1.45%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.45%) SCOM
7 1 (1.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 36 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 24 (34.78%) VMware
3 20 (28.99%) Citrix
3 20 (28.99%) Oracle
4 10 (14.49%) Veeam
5 7 (10.14%) IBM
6 6 (8.70%) Cisco
7 5 (7.25%) NetApp
7 5 (7.25%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.80%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.90%) OpenText
9 2 (2.90%) Veritas
10 1 (1.45%) Dell
10 1 (1.45%) F5
10 1 (1.45%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.45%) McAfee
10 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.45%) SAP
10 1 (1.45%) Splunk
10 1 (1.45%) Symantec