Windows Server 2016 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 177 217
Rank change year-on-year +64 +40 -32
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 85 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.51% 0.60% 0.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.47% 2.93% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 25 35
10th Percentile £295 £355 £178
25th Percentile £575 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% +5.88% +38.78%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £548
90th Percentile - £639 £600
England median daily rate £538 £500 £413
% change year-on-year +7.50% +21.21% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £24.11 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £33.66 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £49.94 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.36% +149.68% -
75th Percentile - £65.84 -
90th Percentile - £75.16 -
England median hourly rate £61.60 £32.49 £20.00
% change year-on-year +89.60% +62.45% -9.09%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,004 1,160 1,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.82% 20.47% 18.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 786 955
10th Percentile £205 £198 £158
25th Percentile £310 £250 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% +3.06% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £579 £588
90th Percentile £663 £639 £650
England median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 68 99
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.38 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -20.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £24.13
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £59.43
England median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the South East over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Thames Valley +70 68 £605 +34.44% 9
Berkshire +45 67 £605 +38.29% 7
Hampshire -7 7 £501 -4.57% 10
Surrey +18 5 £259 -33.29% 1
West Sussex - 4 £310 -
Buckinghamshire +25 1 £175 -64.10%
Middlesex - 1 £425 -
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (28.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.18%) nginx
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (54.12%) Azure
2 23 (27.06%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (24.71%) Entra ID
4 20 (23.53%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (23.53%) Azure Storage
5 14 (16.47%) OCI
6 3 (3.53%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (50.59%) DNS
2 42 (49.41%) DHCP
3 40 (47.06%) Firewall
4 17 (20.00%) SAN
5 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.53%) VLAN
5 3 (3.53%) Wireless
6 2 (2.35%) Network Security
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.18%) LAN
7 1 (1.18%) Skype
7 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) InstallShield
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
1 1 (1.18%) MSI
General
1 57 (67.06%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.53%) Finance
4 3 (3.53%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (25.88%) Windows Engineer
2 20 (23.53%) Active Directory Support
2 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Build Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Windows Build Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (16.47%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (16.47%) Support Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Support Specialist
5 12 (14.12%) Senior
6 11 (12.94%) Administrator
6 11 (12.94%) Systems Administrator
7 10 (11.76%) Storage Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 8 (9.41%) Server Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Active Directory Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Active Directory Support Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
11 4 (4.71%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (23.53%) ARM Templates
2 6 (7.06%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.71%) PKI
1 21 (24.71%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.18%) CCTV
4 1 (1.18%) CMDB
4 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.18%) NHS
4 1 (1.18%) Replication
4 1 (1.18%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 83 (97.65%) Windows
2 75 (88.24%) Windows Server 2019
3 72 (84.71%) Windows Server
4 42 (49.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 39 (45.88%) Linux
6 36 (42.35%) Windows 10
7 17 (20.00%) Windows NT
8 14 (16.47%) Windows XP
9 5 (5.88%) Windows 7
10 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
11 2 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (2.35%) Unix
11 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (1.18%) Android
12 1 (1.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (69.41%) ITIL
2 38 (44.71%) Release Management
3 37 (43.53%) Service Management
4 29 (34.12%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (30.59%) DevOps
6 21 (24.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (23.53%) Agile
7 20 (23.53%) Analytics
7 20 (23.53%) CI/CD
7 20 (23.53%) Customer Service
7 20 (23.53%) Identity Management
7 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (23.53%) Log Analytics
7 20 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 20 (23.53%) Privileged Identity Management
7 20 (23.53%) RBAC
8 17 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 17 (20.00%) Project Management
8 17 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (56.47%) PowerShell
2 22 (25.88%) VBScript
3 20 (23.53%) Bicep
3 20 (23.53%) C#
3 20 (23.53%) VB
4 5 (5.88%) SQL
5 4 (4.71%) C
5 4 (4.71%) C++
6 2 (2.35%) Python
7 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (75.29%) Security Cleared
2 60 (70.59%) DV Cleared
3 40 (47.06%) Degree
4 34 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 20 (23.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (16.47%) CCNA
6 14 (16.47%) CCNP
6 14 (16.47%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.18%) MCSE
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.18%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (21.18%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (75.29%) Active Directory
2 26 (30.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (23.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (23.53%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (22.35%) Hyper-V
4 19 (22.35%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (20.00%) Firmware
6 5 (5.88%) vSphere
7 3 (3.53%) XenApp
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (71.76%) SCCM
2 55 (64.71%) WSUS
3 37 (43.53%) SCOM
4 20 (23.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (23.53%) Kubernetes
4 20 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (20.00%) Sysprep
6 16 (18.82%) vCenter Server
7 15 (17.65%) NetBackup
8 14 (16.47%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (4.71%) Nessus
10 1 (1.18%) Backup Exec
10 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (78.82%) Microsoft
2 27 (31.76%) VMware
3 16 (18.82%) EMC
3 16 (18.82%) Symantec
4 15 (17.65%) 3PAR
4 15 (17.65%) Cisco
4 15 (17.65%) HP
4 15 (17.65%) Oracle
4 15 (17.65%) Veeam
5 14 (16.47%) Dell
5 14 (16.47%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (16.47%) Juniper
5 14 (16.47%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.71%) Qualys
7 3 (3.53%) Avaya
7 3 (3.53%) Citrix
8 2 (2.35%) Apple
8 2 (2.35%) NetApp
8 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.35%) Veritas