Windows Server 2016 Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 249 217
Rank change year-on-year +37 -32 +55
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 37 84 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.53% 0.63% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.12% 4.85% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 67 66
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,938
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £45,375
90th Percentile - £50,000 £55,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 897 1,731 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.93% 12.98% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 681 1,268 792
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.32% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 July 2025. 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
West Midlands +30 26 £45,000 +50.00% 2
East Midlands +23 11 £35,000 -12.50% 2
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 25 (67.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (81.08%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (64.86%) Azure
3 6 (16.22%) Mimecast
3 6 (16.22%) Nutanix
4 5 (13.51%) Google Workspace
5 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 35 (94.59%) Firewall
2 25 (67.57%) WAN
3 20 (54.05%) DHCP
3 20 (54.05%) DNS
4 19 (51.35%) LAN
5 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
5 11 (29.73%) VLAN
6 9 (24.32%) VPN
7 6 (16.22%) SD-WAN
7 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (13.51%) BGP
8 5 (13.51%) OSPF
8 5 (13.51%) WLAN
9 1 (2.70%) Network Security
9 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.70%) SAN
General
1 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Automotive
2 5 (13.51%) Retail
3 3 (8.11%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Support Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (32.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 12 (32.43%) IT Engineer
4 11 (29.73%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 11 (29.73%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 11 (29.73%) 3rd Line Support
4 11 (29.73%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Data Centre Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Server Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Onboarding
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.51%) Smartphone
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
1 37 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 31 (83.78%) Windows Server 2019
3 11 (29.73%) Windows 10
4 7 (18.92%) Linux
5 5 (13.51%) Mac OS X
5 5 (13.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (35.14%) Data Security
2 13 (35.14%) Infrastructure Management
2 13 (35.14%) Mentoring
2 13 (35.14%) Network Design
3 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (21.62%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
5 6 (16.22%) Logistics
5 6 (16.22%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (13.51%) Business Case
6 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
6 5 (13.51%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (8.11%) Change Management
7 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (8.11%) ITIL
7 3 (8.11%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (2.70%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (16.22%) A+ Certification
2 6 (16.22%) MCP
2 6 (16.22%) MCSA
3 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (13.51%) Degree
3 5 (13.51%) HNC
3 5 (13.51%) HND
3 5 (13.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (43.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (35.14%) XenApp
4 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (16.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (70.27%) Cisco
2 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
3 19 (51.35%) Meraki
4 16 (43.24%) VMware
5 13 (35.14%) CheckPoint
5 13 (35.14%) Citrix
5 13 (35.14%) SonicWALL
6 6 (16.22%) Nasuni
6 6 (16.22%) Rapid7
7 5 (13.51%) Apple
7 5 (13.51%) Dell
7 5 (13.51%) Fortinet
7 5 (13.51%) Google
7 5 (13.51%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (5.41%) Imperva
9 1 (2.70%) NetApp
9 1 (2.70%) Nimble Storage