Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 474 382
Rank change year-on-year -58 -92 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 152 157 567
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.40% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.10% 2.46% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 99 143 512
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £59,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -

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 4,909 6,379 12,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.04% 16.29% 14.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,696 4,032 9,818
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

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 16 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
South West -12 50 £27,000 -22.86% 4
London -32 38 £42,000 -23.64% 7
South East -12 23 £47,500 +5.56% 11
East of England 0 21 £50,000 +17.65% 3
North of England -31 19 £42,500 +6.25% 6
North West +6 11 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Yorkshire -56 8 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Midlands -62 1 £29,500 -15.71% 1
West Midlands -72 1 £29,500 -15.71%
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 77 (50.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (15.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (6.58%) IIS
4 4 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.32%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (17.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.66%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 111 (73.03%) Azure
1 111 (73.03%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (23.03%) Entra ID
3 25 (16.45%) AWS
4 17 (11.18%) Google Workspace
5 9 (5.92%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.95%) IaaS
6 6 (3.95%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.95%) PaaS
7 3 (1.97%) Cohesity
7 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.97%) SaaS
8 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.66%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 84 (55.26%) DNS
2 79 (51.97%) DHCP
3 36 (23.68%) Firewall
4 31 (20.39%) LAN
5 28 (18.42%) WAN
6 24 (15.79%) TCP/IP
7 22 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (11.84%) VoIP
9 16 (10.53%) VLAN
10 14 (9.21%) VPN
11 6 (3.95%) Wireless
12 5 (3.29%) WLAN
13 4 (2.63%) SAN
13 4 (2.63%) VSAN
14 1 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
14 1 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.66%) Cisco Wireless
14 1 (0.66%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (26.97%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (11.18%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.61%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.95%) MySQL
4 6 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Git
1 4 (2.63%) GitLab
1 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.32%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 85 (55.92%) Social Skills
2 43 (28.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.18%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (4.61%) Finance
5 5 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.63%) Law
6 4 (2.63%) Legal
7 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (36.84%) IT Support
2 50 (32.89%) IT Engineer
3 47 (30.92%) Support Engineer
4 43 (28.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 38 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
6 34 (22.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 31 (20.39%) 2nd Line Support
7 31 (20.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 19 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
9 12 (7.89%) IT Technician
9 12 (7.89%) Support Technician
10 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (5.92%) Wintel Engineer
12 6 (3.95%) DBA
12 6 (3.95%) Oracle DBA
13 5 (3.29%) MySQL DBA
14 4 (2.63%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) CSS
1 4 (2.63%) HTML
2 2 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.32%) Kafka
3 1 (0.66%) .NET
3 1 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.66%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.03%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (5.92%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.29%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.97%) Social Media
7 2 (1.32%) Clustering
7 2 (1.32%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) NHS
7 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Eurex
8 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.66%) PKI
8 1 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 152 (100.00%) Windows
2 139 (91.45%) Windows Server
3 62 (40.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 59 (38.82%) Linux
5 40 (26.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 36 (23.68%) Windows 10
7 19 (12.50%) Mac OS
8 17 (11.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (6.58%) CentOS
10 7 (4.61%) Ubuntu
11 6 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (2.63%) CoreOS
12 4 (2.63%) VMS
13 1 (0.66%) Android
13 1 (0.66%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.66%) Solaris
13 1 (0.66%) Unix
13 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (60.53%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (28.29%) Customer Service
3 39 (25.66%) Kalman Filter
3 39 (25.66%) Web Filtering
4 38 (25.00%) Migration
5 36 (23.68%) Email Filtering
6 35 (23.03%) Customer Experience
6 35 (23.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 35 (23.03%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 24 (15.79%) ITIL
8 20 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (9.21%) Agile
10 14 (9.21%) Mentoring
11 10 (6.58%) Change Management
11 10 (6.58%) CI/CD
11 10 (6.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (5.92%) Project Delivery
13 8 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.92%) Bash
2 9 (5.92%) Python
3 8 (5.26%) SQL
4 4 (2.63%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.63%) VBA
4 4 (2.63%) VBScript
5 2 (1.32%) Go
6 1 (0.66%) Bicep
6 1 (0.66%) C#
6 1 (0.66%) Perl
6 1 (0.66%) VB
6 1 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 58 (38.16%) Security Cleared
2 44 (28.95%) SC Cleared
3 30 (19.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.92%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.26%) CCNA
6 8 (5.26%) Degree
7 7 (4.61%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.61%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.95%) MCSA
9 4 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE
11 1 (0.66%) MCDST
11 1 (0.66%) MCITP
11 1 (0.66%) MCSE
11 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (24.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (23.03%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.63%) SLA
5 2 (1.32%) GDPR
5 2 (1.32%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 123 (80.92%) Active Directory
2 78 (51.32%) Hyper-V
3 38 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (23.03%) Terminal Server
5 13 (8.55%) vSphere
6 12 (7.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (4.61%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (17.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (14.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 13 (8.55%) Ansible
4 11 (7.24%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.92%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.61%) Progress Chef
6 7 (4.61%) Puppet
6 7 (4.61%) SCOM
6 7 (4.61%) Terraform
7 6 (3.95%) Nessus
7 6 (3.95%) SCCM
8 5 (3.29%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 5 (3.29%) WSUS
9 4 (2.63%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (2.63%) SCVMM
9 4 (2.63%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (1.32%) Kibana
11 2 (1.32%) Nagios
11 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 128 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 75 (49.34%) VMware
3 45 (29.61%) Veeam
4 40 (26.32%) SolarWinds
5 38 (25.00%) Splunk
6 35 (23.03%) Brocade
6 35 (23.03%) Nimble Storage
6 35 (23.03%) Tanium
7 16 (10.53%) Google
8 14 (9.21%) Red Hat
9 12 (7.89%) HP
10 10 (6.58%) Dell
10 10 (6.58%) McAfee
11 8 (5.26%) Oracle
12 7 (4.61%) Cisco
13 6 (3.95%) IBM
14 4 (2.63%) iManage
14 4 (2.63%) Meraki
14 4 (2.63%) WatchGuard
15 3 (1.97%) Apple