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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 147 182
Rank change year-on-year -47 +35 -32
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 7 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.091% 0.17% 0.075%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.20% 1.03% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £38,250 - £34,426
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £39,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £48,256
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +24.34% +48.48%
75th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £49,384
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £43,000 £53,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +65.38% -

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 318 390 484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.15% 16.47% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 210 212 236
10th Percentile £27,925 £26,250 £27,125
25th Percentile £32,938 £31,000 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -26.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62,250 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £70,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £35,610 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.33% -16.21% -17.48%

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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Mimecast
3 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
4 2 (28.57%) IaaS
4 2 (28.57%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DHCP
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
2 6 (85.71%) WAN
3 4 (57.14%) LAN
3 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) SNMP
4 3 (42.86%) VSAN
5 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
6 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (14.29%) VLAN
6 1 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Virtualisation Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Wintel Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (42.86%) CentOS
2 3 (42.86%) CoreOS
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) VMS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) High Availability
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) RBAC
3 3 (42.86%) Technology Transformation
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (42.86%) Bash
2 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (71.43%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (42.86%) FortiGate
2 3 (42.86%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (42.86%) SCVMM
2 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Aderant
2 3 (42.86%) iManage
2 3 (42.86%) McAfee
2 3 (42.86%) Red Hat
2 3 (42.86%) SolarWinds
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Aruba
3 1 (14.29%) Zscaler