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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 410 486
Rank change year-on-year +48 +76 -77
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 222 296 410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.84% 3.26% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 217 291
10th Percentile £200 £189 £159
25th Percentile £313 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +21.21% +3.13%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £518
90th Percentile - £700 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £477 £325
% change year-on-year +15.30% +46.77% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - £22.12 £15.80
25th Percentile £56.50 £26.48 £16.24
Median hourly rate £61.60 £32.49 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.60% +62.45% -52.76%
75th Percentile - £40.25 -
90th Percentile - £60.81 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £32.49 £20.00
% change year-on-year +89.60% +62.45% -

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 5,784 9,075 12,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 16.19% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,888 6,324 8,810
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 391 567
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.06 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%

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 1 June 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 1 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
England +39 196 £538 +4.88% 105
UK excluding London +16 157 £550 +15.30% 96
South East +61 85 £595 +32.22% 30
Work from Home +87 70 £425 -3.41% 41
London +64 57 £350 -30.00% 13
North of England +20 18 £363 -3.33% 24
Midlands +21 17 £350 +55.56% 15
Scotland +25 14 £325 +92.59% 4
West Midlands +17 13 £350 +27.27% 11
Yorkshire +22 11 £375 +7.14% 14
East of England -15 10 £588 -16.07% 17
South West -37 8 £220 -60.00% 10
Wales +22 5 £220 -53.19%
North West +15 5 £250 -51.81% 5
East Midlands +7 3 £475 +113.00% 4
North East +11 2 £350 +154.55% 5

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 70 (31.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.91%) SharePoint
3 15 (6.76%) IIS
4 4 (1.80%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.90%) WordPress
7 1 (0.45%) nginx
7 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.70%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.45%) assyst
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.74%) Azure
2 76 (34.23%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (19.82%) Entra ID
4 23 (10.36%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (9.46%) Azure Storage
6 16 (7.21%) OneDrive
7 15 (6.76%) OCI
8 8 (3.60%) WhatsApp
9 7 (3.15%) AWS
9 7 (3.15%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.70%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.70%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.80%) IaaS
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.90%) GitHub
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 80 (36.04%) Firewall
2 60 (27.03%) DNS
3 52 (23.42%) DHCP
4 41 (18.47%) SAN
5 12 (5.41%) VPN
6 10 (4.50%) Unified Communications
7 9 (4.05%) LAN
8 8 (3.60%) WAN
9 7 (3.15%) NAS
9 7 (3.15%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.25%) VLAN
10 5 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.25%) Wireless
11 3 (1.35%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.35%) Network Security
11 3 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.35%) Skype
12 2 (0.90%) Internet
12 2 (0.90%) iSCSI
12 2 (0.90%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (19.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.15%) Power BI
3 5 (2.25%) MySQL
4 4 (1.80%) Big Data
4 4 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) Gradle
4 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.45%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.45%) MSI
4 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.86%) Public Sector
3 28 (12.61%) Finance
4 12 (5.41%) Banking
5 7 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.90%) Back Office
8 2 (0.90%) Law
8 2 (0.90%) Retail
9 1 (0.45%) French Language
9 1 (0.45%) Legal
9 1 (0.45%) Local Government
9 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (24.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 24 (10.81%) Windows Engineer
4 20 (9.01%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (7.66%) Analyst
5 17 (7.66%) Build Engineer
5 17 (7.66%) Support Analyst
5 17 (7.66%) Windows Build Engineer
6 16 (7.21%) Administrator
7 14 (6.31%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (6.31%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (6.31%) Senior
7 14 (6.31%) Support Specialist
8 13 (5.86%) Server Engineer
8 13 (5.86%) Wintel Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.95%) IT Analyst
10 11 (4.95%) IT Support
10 11 (4.95%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.01%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.70%) Itk
3 5 (2.25%) CSS
3 5 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (2.25%) HTML
3 5 (2.25%) HTML5
4 3 (1.35%) Web Services
5 2 (0.90%) LAMP
5 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.90%) REST
6 1 (0.45%) jQuery
6 1 (0.45%) JSON
6 1 (0.45%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.45%) LDAP
6 1 (0.45%) Node.js
6 1 (0.45%) RESTful
6 1 (0.45%) SOAP
6 1 (0.45%) Spring
6 1 (0.45%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.77%) PKI
2 31 (13.96%) Data Centre
3 22 (9.91%) Replication
3 22 (9.91%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (4.50%) Clustering
6 6 (2.70%) Digital Signage
6 6 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.80%) iPad
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.90%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.90%) IoT
8 2 (0.90%) iPhone
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.45%) CMDB
9 1 (0.45%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 212 (95.50%) Windows
2 163 (73.42%) Windows Server
3 143 (64.41%) Windows Server 2019
4 95 (42.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 70 (31.53%) Windows 10
6 67 (30.18%) Linux
7 22 (9.91%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (7.66%) Windows NT
9 14 (6.31%) Windows XP
10 11 (4.95%) CentOS
11 7 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (3.15%) VMS
11 7 (3.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (2.70%) Debian
12 6 (2.70%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.80%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.80%) Unix
14 3 (1.35%) Android
14 3 (1.35%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (40.09%) ITIL
2 60 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (18.92%) Service Management
4 41 (18.47%) Migration
5 39 (17.57%) Release Management
6 38 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (15.77%) Customer Service
8 33 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (11.71%) DevOps
9 26 (11.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 24 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (10.36%) Analytics
11 23 (10.36%) CI/CD
12 22 (9.91%) Agile
12 22 (9.91%) Identity Management
13 21 (9.46%) Log Analytics
13 21 (9.46%) Server Management
14 20 (9.01%) Privileged Identity Management
14 20 (9.01%) RBAC
15 18 (8.11%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (37.39%) PowerShell
2 30 (13.51%) SQL
3 22 (9.91%) VBScript
4 20 (9.01%) Bicep
4 20 (9.01%) C#
4 20 (9.01%) VB
5 8 (3.60%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.70%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.25%) Bash
7 5 (2.25%) PHP
7 5 (2.25%) Python
8 4 (1.80%) C
8 4 (1.80%) C++
8 4 (1.80%) Java
9 3 (1.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 90 (40.54%) Security Cleared
2 84 (37.84%) DV Cleared
3 45 (20.27%) Degree
4 37 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 20 (9.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (6.31%) CCNA
6 14 (6.31%) CCNP
6 14 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.15%) MCSA
8 7 (3.15%) MCSE
9 6 (2.70%) RHCT
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.45%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) QA
2 6 (2.70%) SLA
3 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.35%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.90%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 172 (77.48%) Active Directory
2 58 (26.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (19.37%) Hyper-V
4 29 (13.06%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (10.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 22 (9.91%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (7.66%) Firmware
8 10 (4.50%) vSphere
9 6 (2.70%) KVM
10 5 (2.25%) XenApp
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.90%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.90%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.45%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.45%) Docker
12 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (43.69%) SCCM
2 58 (26.13%) WSUS
3 43 (19.37%) SCOM
4 42 (18.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (14.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (9.46%) Kubernetes
7 18 (8.11%) vCenter Server
8 17 (7.66%) Sysprep
9 15 (6.76%) NetBackup
10 14 (6.31%) EMC NetWorker
11 10 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (2.25%) Nessus
13 3 (1.35%) Ansible
13 3 (1.35%) Kibana
13 3 (1.35%) Packer
13 3 (1.35%) SCVMM
13 3 (1.35%) Terraform
14 2 (0.90%) logstash
14 2 (0.90%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 130 (58.56%) Microsoft
2 66 (29.73%) VMware
3 36 (16.22%) Cisco
3 36 (16.22%) HP
4 33 (14.86%) Citrix
4 33 (14.86%) Veeam
5 29 (13.06%) EMC
6 25 (11.26%) Oracle
7 19 (8.56%) Dell
7 19 (8.56%) Juniper
8 18 (8.11%) Red Hat
9 17 (7.66%) Symantec
10 16 (7.21%) Palo Alto
11 15 (6.76%) 3PAR
11 15 (6.76%) Avaya
12 14 (6.31%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (5.41%) CheckPoint
14 7 (3.15%) ServiceNow
15 6 (2.70%) Aruba
15 6 (2.70%) Commvault
111 Windows Server 2016 jobs Nationwide