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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 158 184
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 9 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.13% 0.16% 0.093%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.00% 0.93% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £40,250 - £30,376
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £40,378
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +48.60% +24.24%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £49,384
90th Percentile £57,500 - -
North West median annual salary £45,250 £53,750 £32,000
% change year-on-year -15.81% +67.97% -26.86%

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 300 431 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.21% 17.64% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 210 249 297
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,875 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £62,188 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,300
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,786
% change year-on-year - -6.51% -18.50%

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
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in Manchester

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Bolton - 2 £50,000 -
Windows Server 2016
North West

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 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (33.33%) OpenShift
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (22.22%) Mimecast
5 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
6 1 (11.11%) IaaS
6 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DHCP
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (44.44%) VLAN
5 3 (33.33%) VSAN
6 2 (22.22%) SNMP
6 2 (22.22%) VoIP
7 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (11.11%) SAN
7 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
7 1 (11.11%) VPN
7 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Virtualisation Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Wintel Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Wintel Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Social Media
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (33.33%) CentOS
3 3 (33.33%) CoreOS
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (11.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
3 4 (44.44%) High Availability
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) RBAC
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (22.22%) Server Management
5 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Web Filtering
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (11.11%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (33.33%) Bash
2 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) MCSA
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 3 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (33.33%) SCVMM
3 2 (22.22%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) McAfee
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Aderant
3 2 (22.22%) Apple
3 2 (22.22%) iManage
3 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 2 (22.22%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (11.11%) Veeam
4 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard