Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 170 119
Rank change year-on-year +32 -51 +72
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 16 15 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.38% 0.42% 0.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.70% 2.48% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 14
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 -
25th Percentile £29,625 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -5.19% -15.63%
75th Percentile £33,750 £39,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - £46,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -12.22% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 432 604 421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.34% 16.80% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 319 345 303
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,500 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £51,500 £58,086 £61,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,021 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% +0.04% -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the East of England

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2016 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +22 8 £28,000 -36.00% 1
Cambridgeshire +14 7 £32,500 +1.56% 1
Norfolk +5 1 - -
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (93.75%) Azure
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (81.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
4 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) Wireless
3 4 (25.00%) DHCP
3 4 (25.00%) VLAN
3 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (12.50%) DNS
4 2 (12.50%) IPsec
4 2 (12.50%) LAN
4 2 (12.50%) SSL
4 2 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) IT Support
2 8 (50.00%) IT Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
4 5 (31.25%) Administrator
4 5 (31.25%) IT Administrator
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (12.50%) CCTV
1 2 (12.50%) Digital Signage
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server
3 11 (68.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (50.00%) Windows 10
5 7 (43.75%) Apple iOS
6 5 (31.25%) Android
6 5 (31.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (6.25%) AIX
7 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
7 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
3 5 (31.25%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 5 (31.25%) Security Management
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCNA
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) GxP
2 2 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (93.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Apple
2 5 (31.25%) Samsung
3 2 (12.50%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) Citrix
4 1 (6.25%) IBM
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle