Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 181 202
Rank change year-on-year -36 +21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 9 61 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.97% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.72% 5.75% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 5 46 58
10th Percentile £40,600 - £21,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £35,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile - £52,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -5.88% -

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 523 1,061 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.47% 16.90% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 416 396 907
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £46,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2016 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

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 24 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
West Midlands -4 9 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (44.44%) WinCC
3 2 (22.22%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) Modbus
2 4 (44.44%) MPLS
2 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior
2 6 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
1 4 (44.44%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
1 4 (44.44%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Presales
2 4 (44.44%) Storage Management
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Network Design
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) IEC 61508
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
2 4 (44.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) IBM
3 4 (44.44%) Meraki
3 4 (44.44%) Rockwell
3 4 (44.44%) Siemens
3 4 (44.44%) SonicWALL
3 4 (44.44%) Veeam