Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 115 98
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 +60
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 10 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.84% 0.52% 1.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.41% 5.66% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 13
10th Percentile - £29,750 £27,050
25th Percentile £27,750 £33,875 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +16.18% -20.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,375 £40,000
90th Percentile - £63,000 £67,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -9.09% -9.41%

All Operating Systems
Birmingham

Windows Server 2016 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 135 212 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.36% 9.25% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 117 103 199
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £26,152
25th Percentile £37,750 £31,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,600 £45,000 £49,565
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -9.21% -5.59%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,802 £63,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £75,500
West Midlands median annual salary £36,925 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.12% -5.56% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in Birmingham

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in Birmingham

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) LAN
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Data Security
1 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (60.00%) Network Design
2 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Logistics
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) A+ Certification
1 4 (40.00%) MCP
1 4 (40.00%) MCSA
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (60.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
1 6 (60.00%) Citrix
1 6 (60.00%) Meraki
1 6 (60.00%) SonicWALL
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft