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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 156 129
Rank change year-on-year +23 -27 +86
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.035% 0.19% 0.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.52% 1.18% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +38.46% -23.53%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £50,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +34.33% -21.18%

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 194 422 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.87% 15.68% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 174 217 284
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,753 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,313 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% +3.45%

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
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 6 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
Bolton - 1 £47,500 -
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Ubiquiti