Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 170 142
Rank change year-on-year +24 -28 +111
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.042% 0.055% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.34% 0.45% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - £32,838 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £35,220 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,378 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% +33.48% -35.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,476 £33,750
90th Percentile - £47,821 -
North West median annual salary £53,750 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +34.38% +23.08% +1.56%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 298 445 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.59% 12.23% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 180 211 312
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,150
25th Percentile £29,875 £32,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £73,886 £80,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +11.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Manchester

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware