Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 370 366
Rank change year-on-year +26 -4 +69
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 30 58 77
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.21% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.17% 2.54% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 29 46 76
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,625 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,563 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,250 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -13.55% +1.90%
75th Percentile £54,102 £67,188 £61,188
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,375 £73,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £43,830
% change year-on-year +1.27% -9.88% +3.13%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,382 2,280 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.80% 14.70% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,458 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £89,313 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in London

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London +31 4 £40,000 -33.33% 1
West London -4 1 £32,500 -41.44%
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (23.33%) IIS
3 5 (16.67%) Tomcat
4 4 (13.33%) Confluence
5 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.33%) Acrobat
3 1 (3.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (60.00%) Azure
3 10 (33.33%) AWS
4 9 (30.00%) Google Workspace
5 5 (16.67%) OpenShift
6 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (73.33%) DNS
2 19 (63.33%) DHCP
3 15 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 12 (40.00%) VoIP
5 11 (36.67%) Firewall
5 11 (36.67%) LAN
5 11 (36.67%) WAN
6 9 (30.00%) VPN
7 8 (26.67%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (3.33%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (3.33%) Network Security
8 1 (3.33%) VLAN
8 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 5 (16.67%) GitLab
1 5 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Billing
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) IT Support
2 16 (53.33%) IT Engineer
2 16 (53.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 16 (53.33%) Support Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (26.67%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) IT Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) Kafka
2 4 (13.33%) Middleware
3 1 (3.33%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (3.33%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) CCTV
2 2 (6.67%) BYOD
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) Eurex
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (86.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 25 (83.33%) Windows Server
4 22 (73.33%) Windows 10
5 14 (46.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (43.33%) Linux
7 11 (36.67%) Mac OS
8 5 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (13.33%) Mac OS X
10 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
11 1 (3.33%) Android
11 1 (3.33%) Kali Linux
11 1 (3.33%) Solaris
11 1 (3.33%) Ubuntu
11 1 (3.33%) Unix
11 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (16.67%) Agile
4 5 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 5 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 5 (16.67%) DevOps
4 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Deployment
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (13.33%) Hardware Maintenance
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 7 (23.33%) Python
3 5 (16.67%) Bash
4 2 (6.67%) SQL
5 1 (3.33%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (3.33%) Perl
5 1 (3.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) MCDST
3 1 (3.33%) MCITP
3 1 (3.33%) MCP
3 1 (3.33%) MCSA
3 1 (3.33%) MCSE
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.33%) NIST
1 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 26 (86.67%) Active Directory
2 13 (43.33%) Hyper-V
3 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (16.67%) Docker
5 3 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (10.00%) vSphere
6 2 (6.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 5 (16.67%) Ansible
2 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (13.33%) Progress Chef
3 4 (13.33%) Puppet
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (3.33%) Grafana
6 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (36.67%) VMware
3 9 (30.00%) Google
4 6 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 5 (16.67%) Oracle
6 4 (13.33%) Atlassian
7 3 (10.00%) Apple
7 3 (10.00%) Cisco
8 1 (3.33%) Adobe
8 1 (3.33%) Bloomberg
8 1 (3.33%) CQG
8 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
8 1 (3.33%) Dell
8 1 (3.33%) ION Trading
8 1 (3.33%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (3.33%) Patsystems
8 1 (3.33%) Reuters
8 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.33%) Splunk
8 1 (3.33%) Trayport