Windows Server 2016 Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 387 363
Rank change year-on-year -148 -24 +192
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 169 551 640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.64% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.41% 4.65% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 156 455 559
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,625 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £59,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,794
% change year-on-year +6.25% +0.52% -2.94%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7,002 11,850 12,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.28% 13.71% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,372 8,953 9,034
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,192 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £91,775
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.60% -11.43% -

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in England over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in England

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
London +58 58 £50,000 +11.11% 14
Midlands +26 36 £40,000 +14.29% 6
North of England -35 29 £36,500 -2.67% 11
West Midlands +30 25 £42,750 +40.16% 4
South West +17 21 £48,500 +25.16% 8
Yorkshire -1 17 £32,500 -29.35% 6
South East -56 14 £42,750 -12.62% 17
East of England -26 12 £32,500 -1.52% 26
East Midlands +20 11 £35,000 -12.50% 2
North West -10 11 £53,750 +66.67% 5
North East +22 1 £40,000 +21.21% 1
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 58 (34.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (9.47%) SharePoint
3 15 (8.88%) IIS
4 2 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 26 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 113 (66.86%) Azure
2 99 (58.58%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (21.89%) Entra ID
4 28 (16.57%) AWS
5 15 (8.88%) Nutanix
6 12 (7.10%) OneDrive
7 11 (6.51%) IaaS
8 8 (4.73%) Mimecast
9 7 (4.14%) Google Workspace
9 7 (4.14%) PaaS
10 6 (3.55%) SaaS
11 5 (2.96%) GCP
12 4 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
14 2 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (1.18%) Cloudflare
14 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (1.18%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 78 (46.15%) Firewall
2 75 (44.38%) DNS
3 73 (43.20%) DHCP
4 65 (38.46%) WAN
5 53 (31.36%) LAN
6 39 (23.08%) TCP/IP
7 35 (20.71%) VLAN
8 30 (17.75%) VPN
9 19 (11.24%) SAN
10 18 (10.65%) VoIP
10 18 (10.65%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (8.28%) SD-WAN
12 11 (6.51%) Internet
13 10 (5.92%) Kerberos
14 8 (4.73%) Wireless
15 7 (4.14%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (3.55%) Multicast
17 5 (2.96%) Network Security
18 4 (2.37%) iSCSI
18 4 (2.37%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.55%) DB2
3 2 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.59%) Metadata
4 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) GitLab
1 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 46 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.20%) Finance
3 17 (10.06%) Banking
4 11 (6.51%) Law
5 10 (5.92%) Retail
6 8 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.96%) Games
7 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.96%) Military
8 4 (2.37%) Automotive
8 4 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.78%) Legal
9 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Advertising
10 1 (0.59%) Back Office
10 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.59%) Publishing
10 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (27.81%) Support Engineer
2 43 (25.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (21.30%) IT Support
4 25 (14.79%) 3rd Line Support
5 24 (14.20%) IT Engineer
6 23 (13.61%) Analyst
7 22 (13.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 22 (13.02%) Support Analyst
8 19 (11.24%) Infrastructure Support
9 16 (9.47%) Senior
10 15 (8.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (7.69%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 13 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
12 12 (7.10%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (6.51%) IT Analyst
13 11 (6.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (6.51%) IT Support Analyst
14 10 (5.92%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 10 (5.92%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.92%) LDAP
2 6 (3.55%) SAML
3 1 (0.59%) .NET
3 1 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.59%) REST
3 1 (0.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.20%) Clustering
2 19 (11.24%) Driving Licence
3 18 (10.65%) Onboarding
4 15 (8.88%) Replication
5 9 (5.33%) PKI
6 7 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.55%) CCTV
7 6 (3.55%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.55%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.96%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (2.37%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.78%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.78%) Thin Client
11 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.18%) BYOD
12 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.59%) Eurex
12 1 (0.59%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 168 (99.41%) Windows
2 136 (80.47%) Windows Server
3 99 (58.58%) Windows Server 2019
4 74 (43.79%) Windows 10
5 59 (34.91%) Linux
6 32 (18.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (9.47%) Mac OS
8 13 (7.69%) Android
9 11 (6.51%) Apple iOS
9 11 (6.51%) Mac OS X
10 8 (4.73%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (4.14%) Ubuntu
12 4 (2.37%) CentOS
13 2 (1.18%) Debian
13 2 (1.18%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.59%) Solaris
14 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (25.44%) ITIL
3 33 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (13.61%) Patch Management
5 22 (13.02%) Customer Service
5 22 (13.02%) Infrastructure Management
6 20 (11.83%) Mentoring
7 19 (11.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (9.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 15 (8.88%) DevOps
10 15 (8.88%) Incident Management
11 13 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (7.10%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (7.10%) Data Loss Prevention
12 12 (7.10%) Data Security
12 12 (7.10%) Network Design
12 12 (7.10%) Process Improvement
12 12 (7.10%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 77 (45.56%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.47%) SQL
3 10 (5.92%) VB
4 4 (2.37%) Python
5 2 (1.18%) Bash
5 2 (1.18%) Go
6 1 (0.59%) C#
6 1 (0.59%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (29.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (21.30%) Degree
3 19 (11.24%) MCSE
4 16 (9.47%) Azure Certification
4 16 (9.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 13 (7.69%) MCSA
6 12 (7.10%) MCP
7 10 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (5.33%) A+ Certification
8 9 (5.33%) CCNA
8 9 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (4.14%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (2.96%) DBS Check
12 4 (2.37%) HNC
12 4 (2.37%) HND
12 4 (2.37%) SC Cleared
12 4 (2.37%) Security Cleared
13 3 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.75%) SLA
2 9 (5.33%) GDPR
3 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.59%) GxP
5 1 (0.59%) NCSC
5 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 136 (80.47%) Active Directory
2 78 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (27.22%) Hyper-V
4 36 (21.30%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (7.69%) XenApp
6 9 (5.33%) vSphere
7 7 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.55%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (2.37%) BitLocker
10 4 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.18%) Docker
11 2 (1.18%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.59%) Firmware
12 1 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.59%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (36.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (18.93%) SCCM
3 16 (9.47%) NetBackup
4 14 (8.28%) SCOM
5 12 (7.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (5.92%) vCenter Server
7 9 (5.33%) WSUS
8 8 (4.73%) Ansible
9 5 (2.96%) Kubernetes
10 4 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.37%) Terraform
10 4 (2.37%) ZENworks
11 2 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (1.18%) Kibana
11 2 (1.18%) Nagios
11 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.59%) WMI
Vendors
1 141 (83.43%) Microsoft
2 87 (51.48%) VMware
3 52 (30.77%) Cisco
4 26 (15.38%) Meraki
5 23 (13.61%) SonicWALL
6 21 (12.43%) Citrix
7 20 (11.83%) Apple
7 20 (11.83%) Veeam
8 16 (9.47%) ServiceNow
9 14 (8.28%) CheckPoint
9 14 (8.28%) SolarWinds
10 13 (7.69%) Dell
11 10 (5.92%) HP
11 10 (5.92%) Ubiquiti
12 9 (5.33%) Fortinet
13 8 (4.73%) Supermicro
14 7 (4.14%) Google
14 7 (4.14%) NetApp
14 7 (4.14%) Samsung
15 6 (3.55%) Bloomberg