Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -35
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.37% - 0.083%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.17% - 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £28,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £29,250
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £41,000 £53,750 £32,250
% change year-on-year -23.72% +66.67% -2.27%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 116 578 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.24% 51.15% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 84 33 34
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,350 £26,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,000 £42,754
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.80% -9.99%
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £61,688
90th Percentile £69,390 £51,240 £67,968
North West median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -7.06% -19.05%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) IIS
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) MySQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 6 (100.00%) Change Management
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Aruba
1 6 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (100.00%) Dell
1 6 (100.00%) HP
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) NetApp
1 6 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 6 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 6 (100.00%) Veeam
1 6 (100.00%) VMware