Windows Server 2016 Contract Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 42 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% 1.83% 1.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.85% 11.11% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £185 -
25th Percentile £525 £314 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £383 £339
Median % change year-on-year +43.79% +13.00% -26.01%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £525
90th Percentile - - £593
UK median daily rate £419 £425 £443
% change year-on-year -1.47% -3.95% -1.67%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 54 72 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.18% 16.44% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 52 89
10th Percentile £155 £145 £140
25th Percentile £157 £185 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £244 £340
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -28.31% -9.33%
75th Percentile £298 £453 £575
90th Percentile £575 £544 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 4
10th Percentile £15.15 £21.15 £12.81
25th Percentile £17.12 £43.44 £13.14
Median hourly rate £19.50 £47.50 £23.42
Median % change year-on-year -58.95% +102.86% +61.48%
75th Percentile £38.69 £50.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £86.50 £53.88 £119.78
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +56.25% +28.00%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2016 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Wales

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
South Wales -5 1 £550 +50.68% 1
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware