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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 115 90
Rank change year-on-year +18 -25 +53
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 4 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.30% 0.64% 1.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.08% 6.36% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile £44,000 £31,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £34,313 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.23% -12.35% +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,313 £56,875
90th Percentile - £55,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £35,000 £43,375
% change year-on-year +42.86% -19.31% +2.06%

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 130 220 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.75% 10.11% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 103 78 181
10th Percentile £29,450 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,313 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -7.32%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - £75,000 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £44,250
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.34% -1.67%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend 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
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Meraki
1 4 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 4 (100.00%) VMware