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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 197 158
Rank change year-on-year +5 -39 +64
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 20 74 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.34% 0.83% 1.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.34% 6.29% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 16 48 58
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,125 £25,875
25th Percentile £32,938 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -11.39% -7.06%
75th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £55,750 £59,875
England median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.75% -5.88% -2.30%

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 598 1,177 879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.16% 13.16% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 483 475 724
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,700 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% - -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 14 November 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 14 November 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 +3 12 £51,250 +46.43% 1
East Midlands +5 8 £33,750 -27.03% 5
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 11 (55.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) WinCC
3 2 (10.00%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (75.00%) Azure
3 7 (35.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (25.00%) Mimecast
4 5 (25.00%) Nutanix
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) Firewall
2 12 (60.00%) WAN
3 9 (45.00%) SD-WAN
4 8 (40.00%) DHCP
4 8 (40.00%) DNS
5 7 (35.00%) LAN
6 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 5 (25.00%) VLAN
6 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (20.00%) Modbus
7 4 (20.00%) MPLS
7 4 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Law
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
2 6 (30.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 2 (10.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (10.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
7 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 4 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (20.00%) SCADA
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (95.00%) Windows Server
3 17 (85.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
3 5 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (20.00%) Network Design
4 4 (20.00%) Presales
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Data Security
6 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
7 1 (5.00%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (5.00%) ERP
7 1 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) IEC 61508
1 4 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) IEC 61131
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (30.00%) XenApp
4 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Meraki
3 10 (50.00%) VMware
4 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
4 6 (30.00%) Citrix
4 6 (30.00%) SonicWALL
5 5 (25.00%) Nasuni
5 5 (25.00%) Rapid7
6 4 (20.00%) IBM
6 4 (20.00%) Rockwell
6 4 (20.00%) Siemens
6 4 (20.00%) Veeam
7 1 (5.00%) Apple