Windows Server 2016 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 398 479
Rank change year-on-year +51 +81 -96
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2016 196 254 333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.87% 3.28% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 196 251
10th Percentile £210 £223 £159
25th Percentile £350 £380 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +21.21% +3.13%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £500
90th Percentile - £700 £588
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -5.00% +21.21% +3.13%
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% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £40.25 -
90th Percentile - £60.81 -
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £32.49 £20.00
% change year-on-year +89.60% +62.45% -52.76%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,069 7,744 10,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.73% 16.22% 15.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,437 5,457 7,522
10th Percentile £185 £195 £175
25th Percentile £300 £330 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 358 503
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.86 £15.69
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%
75th Percentile £62.38 £65.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.89
% change year-on-year -47.06% +94.15% +25.09%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +60 85 £595 +32.22% 28
London +67 57 £350 -30.00% 12
North of England +26 18 £363 -3.33% 24
Midlands +23 17 £350 +55.56% 15
West Midlands +18 13 £350 +27.27% 11
Yorkshire +25 11 £375 +7.14% 13
East of England -12 10 £588 -16.07% 17
South West -33 8 £220 -60.00% 10
North West +10 5 £250 -51.81% 6
East Midlands +5 3 £475 +113.00% 4
North East +11 2 £350 +154.55% 5
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 60 (30.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.08%) IIS
4 4 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.02%) WordPress
7 1 (0.51%) nginx
7 1 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.02%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (39.80%) Azure
2 63 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (20.41%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.73%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (10.71%) Azure Storage
6 15 (7.65%) OCI
7 11 (5.61%) OneDrive
8 8 (4.08%) WhatsApp
9 7 (3.57%) AWS
10 6 (3.06%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.06%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.06%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.04%) IaaS
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.02%) GitHub
12 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.51%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.51%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 74 (37.76%) Firewall
2 59 (30.10%) DNS
3 51 (26.02%) DHCP
4 37 (18.88%) SAN
5 10 (5.10%) Unified Communications
5 10 (5.10%) VPN
6 8 (4.08%) WAN
7 7 (3.57%) LAN
7 7 (3.57%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.55%) VLAN
8 5 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.55%) Wireless
9 4 (2.04%) NAS
10 3 (1.53%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.53%) Network Security
10 3 (1.53%) Skype
11 2 (1.02%) Internet
11 2 (1.02%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.02%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.06%) Power BI
3 5 (2.55%) MySQL
4 4 (2.04%) Big Data
4 4 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.53%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.53%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Gradle
3 1 (0.51%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.51%) Liquibase
3 1 (0.51%) MSI
3 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (40.31%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.80%) Public Sector
3 28 (14.29%) Finance
4 12 (6.12%) Banking
5 7 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.02%) Back Office
7 2 (1.02%) Law
7 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.51%) Legal
8 1 (0.51%) Local Government
8 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (26.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (17.86%) Support Engineer
3 23 (11.73%) Windows Engineer
4 20 (10.20%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (8.67%) Build Engineer
5 17 (8.67%) Windows Build Engineer
6 15 (7.65%) Administrator
7 14 (7.14%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (7.14%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (7.14%) Senior
7 14 (7.14%) Support Specialist
8 12 (6.12%) Applications Engineer
8 12 (6.12%) Server Engineer
8 12 (6.12%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (6.12%) Wintel Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Analyst
9 10 (5.10%) Storage Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.59%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.59%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.20%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.06%) Itk
3 5 (2.55%) CSS
3 5 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (2.55%) HTML
3 5 (2.55%) HTML5
4 2 (1.02%) LAMP
4 2 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.51%) jQuery
5 1 (0.51%) JSON
5 1 (0.51%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.51%) LDAP
5 1 (0.51%) Node.js
5 1 (0.51%) RESTful
5 1 (0.51%) SOAP
5 1 (0.51%) Spring
5 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.51%) Swagger
5 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.86%) PKI
2 25 (12.76%) Data Centre
3 22 (11.22%) Replication
3 22 (11.22%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (4.59%) Clustering
6 6 (3.06%) Digital Signage
6 6 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.04%) iPad
7 4 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.02%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.02%) IoT
8 2 (1.02%) iPhone
8 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 188 (95.92%) Windows
2 148 (75.51%) Windows Server
3 136 (69.39%) Windows Server 2019
4 83 (42.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 61 (31.12%) Linux
5 61 (31.12%) Windows 10
6 17 (8.67%) Windows NT
7 16 (8.16%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (7.14%) Windows XP
9 7 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (3.57%) VMS
10 6 (3.06%) Windows 7
10 6 (3.06%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (2.55%) CentOS
12 4 (2.04%) Unix
13 3 (1.53%) Android
13 3 (1.53%) Ubuntu
14 2 (1.02%) Apple iOS
14 2 (1.02%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.29%) ITIL
2 56 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 41 (20.92%) Service Management
4 39 (19.90%) Release Management
5 37 (18.88%) Migration
6 33 (16.84%) Disaster Recovery
6 33 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (15.31%) Customer Service
8 26 (13.27%) DevOps
8 26 (13.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 24 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (11.73%) Analytics
10 23 (11.73%) CI/CD
11 22 (11.22%) Agile
11 22 (11.22%) Identity Management
12 21 (10.71%) Log Analytics
12 21 (10.71%) Server Management
13 20 (10.20%) Privileged Identity Management
13 20 (10.20%) RBAC
14 18 (9.18%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (40.82%) PowerShell
2 28 (14.29%) SQL
3 22 (11.22%) VBScript
4 20 (10.20%) Bicep
4 20 (10.20%) C#
4 20 (10.20%) VB
5 8 (4.08%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.06%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.55%) Bash
7 5 (2.55%) PHP
7 5 (2.55%) Python
8 4 (2.04%) C
8 4 (2.04%) C++
8 4 (2.04%) Java
9 3 (1.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 89 (45.41%) Security Cleared
2 84 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 44 (22.45%) Degree
4 36 (18.37%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (7.14%) CCNA
6 14 (7.14%) CCNP
6 14 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.51%) MCSA
10 1 (0.51%) MCSE
10 1 (0.51%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.18%) QA
2 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.02%) NIST
3 2 (1.02%) SLA
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 148 (75.51%) Active Directory
2 48 (24.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (16.84%) Hyper-V
4 29 (14.80%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (12.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 22 (11.22%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (8.67%) Firmware
8 9 (4.59%) vSphere
9 5 (2.55%) XenApp
10 2 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (1.02%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.02%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.02%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.51%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.51%) Docker
11 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 87 (44.39%) SCCM
2 58 (29.59%) WSUS
3 41 (20.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 41 (20.92%) SCOM
4 30 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (10.71%) Kubernetes
6 17 (8.67%) Sysprep
6 17 (8.67%) vCenter Server
7 15 (7.65%) NetBackup
8 14 (7.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 10 (5.10%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.55%) Nessus
11 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.53%) Ansible
12 3 (1.53%) Kibana
12 3 (1.53%) Packer
12 3 (1.53%) Terraform
13 2 (1.02%) logstash
13 2 (1.02%) SCDPM
13 2 (1.02%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 119 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 53 (27.04%) VMware
3 33 (16.84%) HP
3 33 (16.84%) Veeam
4 31 (15.82%) Cisco
5 29 (14.80%) EMC
6 24 (12.24%) Citrix
7 23 (11.73%) Oracle
8 19 (9.69%) Juniper
9 17 (8.67%) Dell
9 17 (8.67%) Symantec
10 16 (8.16%) Palo Alto
11 15 (7.65%) 3PAR
11 15 (7.65%) Avaya
12 14 (7.14%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (6.12%) CheckPoint
13 12 (6.12%) Red Hat
14 6 (3.06%) Aruba
14 6 (3.06%) Commvault
15 5 (2.55%) Qualys
110 Windows Server 2016 jobs Nationwide