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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 178 166
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 +77
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 4 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.17% 0.074% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.99% 0.61% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile - £34,426 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £39,189 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,256 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +48.48% +18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £49,384 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £52,900
North West median annual salary £53,750 £32,250 £33,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -2.27% +8.20%

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 406 494 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.13% 12.16% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 227 263 348
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.42% +28.33%
75th Percentile £58,125 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £78,750
North West median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £52,300
% change year-on-year -8.24% -18.74% +23.06%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 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 and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) CentOS
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Game Development
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware