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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 162 165
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 22 9 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.35% 0.30% 0.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.66% 2.31% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 52
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,550 £26,025
25th Percentile £41,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +28.79% +14.78%
75th Percentile £66,250 £51,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,750 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

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 389 390 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.19% 13.20% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 310 298 917
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,338 £45,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +16.88% -14.44%
75th Percentile £62,250 £58,086 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,375 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the East of England

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 20 May 2026. 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 -7 16 £50,000 +2.56% 2
Cambridgeshire -24 6 £36,500 +12.31% 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
1 11 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 9 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (18.18%) IaaS
3 4 (18.18%) PaaS
4 3 (13.64%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (31.82%) DNS
3 4 (18.18%) DHCP
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) VLAN
4 3 (13.64%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) IT Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) IT Support
2 9 (40.91%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Support Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Wintel Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (90.91%) Windows Server
3 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (18.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Change Management
1 10 (45.45%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
3 7 (31.82%) Server Building
4 5 (22.73%) Capacity Management
4 5 (22.73%) Software License Management
5 4 (18.18%) AI
5 4 (18.18%) Cost Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (18.18%) Proactive Maintenance
5 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Runbook
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
7 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.55%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) Azure Certification
4 4 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 15 (68.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (36.36%) Hyper-V
4 7 (31.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 6 (27.27%) SCOM
3 5 (22.73%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (18.18%) vCenter Server
5 3 (13.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 15 (68.18%) VMware
3 6 (27.27%) Dell
3 6 (27.27%) HP
3 6 (27.27%) IBM
3 6 (27.27%) McAfee
4 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds
5 3 (13.64%) NetApp
6 1 (4.55%) Fujitsu