Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 4 0 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.62% - 3.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.60% - 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 15
10th Percentile £49,875 - -
25th Percentile £51,563 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.83%
75th Percentile £59,063 - £54,000
90th Percentile £59,625 - £56,250
South West median annual salary £48,500 £28,621 £40,000
% change year-on-year +69.45% -28.45% -36.00%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 87 135 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 13.43% 21.43% 26.71%
Number of salaries quoted 51 53 163
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,300 £29,440
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +2.04% -10.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £67,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -18.37% +8.89%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Cheltenham - 2 £56,250 -
Windows Server 2016
South West

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VSAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (75.00%) CentOS
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (25.00%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) RBAC
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
1 4 (100.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat