Windows Server 2016 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 407 482
Rank change year-on-year +39 +75 -98
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 227 336 422
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.88% 3.41% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 260 308
10th Percentile £200 £200 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +17.65% +9.32%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £500
90th Percentile £608 £700 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £338
% change year-on-year +7.50% +48.15% -2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile - £23.86 £15.85
25th Percentile £56.50 £26.48 £19.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £38.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +92.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £48.63 £26.54
90th Percentile - £76.04 £50.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% +92.50% +8.11%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,852 9,848 13,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.40% 16.23% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,943 6,933 9,300
10th Percentile £183 £190 £173
25th Percentile £298 £331 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £423
% change year-on-year -5.26% +12.43% +9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 435 658
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.97 £13.13
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.72 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £32.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +47.73% +23.01%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £27.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -23.64% +44.74% +15.15%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 16 Contract 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 19 April 2024. 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 +38 194 £525 +5.00% 119
UK excluding London +26 152 £538 +7.50% 100
South East +63 79 £575 +17.95% 20
Work from Home +85 68 £420 -13.85% 38
London +62 63 £350 -25.05% 20
North of England +25 18 £383 +2.00% 26
Scotland +29 16 £325 +85.71% 2
Midlands +26 14 £350 +40.00% 25
West Midlands +28 12 £350 +27.27% 9
South West -10 11 £223 -59.55% 7
Yorkshire +21 10 £400 +18.52% 9
East of England -16 8 £650 -7.14% 18
Wales +23 7 £211 -55.11% 3
North West +12 6 £375 -23.08% 12
North East +21 2 £350 +137.29% 6
East Midlands +4 1 £550 +146.64% 16

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 64 (28.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (8.81%) SharePoint
3 19 (8.37%) IIS
4 4 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.64%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.44%) assyst
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.36%) Azure
2 70 (30.84%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (16.74%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.37%) OneDrive
5 16 (7.05%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (6.17%) Azure Storage
7 13 (5.73%) OCI
8 8 (3.52%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.64%) AWS
9 6 (2.64%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.64%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.20%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.32%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.88%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.88%) GitHub
12 2 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.44%) GCP
13 1 (0.44%) IaaS
13 1 (0.44%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.44%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 68 (29.96%) Firewall
2 56 (24.67%) DNS
3 48 (21.15%) SAN
4 46 (20.26%) DHCP
5 10 (4.41%) NAS
6 9 (3.96%) VPN
7 8 (3.52%) Unified Communications
8 7 (3.08%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.64%) WAN
10 5 (2.20%) LAN
11 4 (1.76%) Network Security
11 4 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.76%) Wireless
12 3 (1.32%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (1.32%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.32%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.32%) Skype
12 3 (1.32%) VSAN
13 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (21.15%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.52%) Power BI
3 5 (2.20%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.76%) Big Data
4 4 (1.76%) MySQL
5 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.32%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.32%) JIRA
3 2 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.44%) GitLab
4 1 (0.44%) Gradle
4 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.44%) JUnit
4 1 (0.44%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.44%) NUnit
4 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.62%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.57%) Finance
4 14 (6.17%) Banking
5 8 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.88%) Back Office
8 2 (0.88%) Law
8 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.88%) Retail
9 1 (0.44%) French Language
9 1 (0.44%) Legal
9 1 (0.44%) Russian Language
9 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (27.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (13.22%) Support Engineer
3 29 (12.78%) Windows Engineer
4 21 (9.25%) Build Engineer
4 21 (9.25%) Windows Build Engineer
5 20 (8.81%) Wintel Engineer
6 15 (6.61%) Support Specialist
7 14 (6.17%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (6.17%) Active Directory Support
7 14 (6.17%) Administrator
7 14 (6.17%) Azure Specialist
8 12 (5.29%) Analyst
8 12 (5.29%) Senior
8 12 (5.29%) Support Analyst
9 11 (4.85%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.41%) Server Engineer
10 10 (4.41%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.96%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.17%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.64%) Itk
3 4 (1.76%) CSS
3 4 (1.76%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (1.76%) HTML
3 4 (1.76%) HTML5
4 3 (1.32%) LAMP
4 3 (1.32%) Web Services
5 2 (0.88%) LDAP
5 2 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.88%) REST
6 1 (0.44%) .NET
6 1 (0.44%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.44%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.44%) Node.js
6 1 (0.44%) PowerMock
6 1 (0.44%) SOAP
6 1 (0.44%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.66%) PKI
2 29 (12.78%) Data Centre
3 28 (12.33%) Replication
4 16 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (6.17%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (5.73%) Clustering
7 9 (3.96%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.64%) Digital Signage
9 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.32%) IoT
10 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.88%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.88%) CMDB
11 2 (0.88%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.88%) iPad
11 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.88%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 218 (96.04%) Windows
2 162 (71.37%) Windows Server
3 155 (68.28%) Windows Server 2019
4 109 (48.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 67 (29.52%) Windows 10
6 59 (25.99%) Linux
7 25 (11.01%) Windows Server 2008
8 21 (9.25%) Windows NT
9 12 (5.29%) Windows XP
10 10 (4.41%) CentOS
11 9 (3.96%) Windows 7
12 8 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (3.08%) VMS
13 7 (3.08%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (2.64%) Debian
15 4 (1.76%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.88%) Solaris
16 2 (0.88%) Unix
17 1 (0.44%) Android
17 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (38.33%) ITIL
2 71 (31.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (21.15%) Migration
4 41 (18.06%) Service Management
5 39 (17.18%) Release Management
6 37 (16.30%) Customer Service
7 36 (15.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 36 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (9.69%) DevOps
9 21 (9.25%) Deployment Automation
9 21 (9.25%) Project Management
9 21 (9.25%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (8.81%) Analytics
10 20 (8.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 18 (7.93%) CI/CD
11 18 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (7.49%) Agile
12 17 (7.49%) Storage Management
13 16 (7.05%) Change Management
13 16 (7.05%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (33.48%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.86%) SQL
3 16 (7.05%) VBScript
4 15 (6.61%) C#
5 14 (6.17%) Bicep
5 14 (6.17%) VB
6 7 (3.08%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.20%) C++
8 4 (1.76%) Bash
8 4 (1.76%) C
8 4 (1.76%) PHP
8 4 (1.76%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.32%) Python
10 2 (0.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 103 (45.37%) Security Cleared
2 88 (38.77%) DV Cleared
3 41 (18.06%) Degree
4 39 (17.18%) SC Cleared
5 14 (6.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (5.29%) CCNA
6 12 (5.29%) CCNP
6 12 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.08%) MCSA
9 6 (2.64%) MCSE
9 6 (2.64%) RHCT
10 4 (1.76%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.69%) QA
2 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.20%) SLA
4 2 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.88%) NIST
4 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 181 (79.74%) Active Directory
2 50 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (17.18%) Hyper-V
4 22 (9.69%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (9.25%) Firmware
6 20 (8.81%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (7.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (4.85%) vSphere
9 9 (3.96%) XenApp
10 6 (2.64%) KVM
10 6 (2.64%) VMware NSX
10 6 (2.64%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.88%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.44%) Docker
12 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (42.29%) SCCM
2 54 (23.79%) WSUS
3 45 (19.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 36 (15.86%) SCOM
5 30 (13.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (9.25%) Sysprep
7 18 (7.93%) NetBackup
8 16 (7.05%) Kubernetes
8 16 (7.05%) vCenter Server
9 13 (5.73%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (5.29%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Clustering
12 7 (3.08%) Ansible
13 6 (2.64%) Terraform
14 5 (2.20%) VxRail
15 3 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (1.32%) Kibana
15 3 (1.32%) Packer
16 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
16 2 (0.88%) logstash
Vendors
1 119 (52.42%) Microsoft
2 64 (28.19%) VMware
3 43 (18.94%) HP
4 36 (15.86%) Cisco
4 36 (15.86%) Veeam
5 35 (15.42%) Citrix
6 31 (13.66%) EMC
7 24 (10.57%) Oracle
8 20 (8.81%) Dell
8 20 (8.81%) Red Hat
9 19 (8.37%) 3PAR
10 16 (7.05%) Palo Alto
11 15 (6.61%) Symantec
12 14 (6.17%) Avaya
12 14 (6.17%) CheckPoint
12 14 (6.17%) Juniper
13 12 (5.29%) Extreme Networks
14 7 (3.08%) ServiceNow
15 6 (2.64%) NetApp
16 5 (2.20%) Aruba