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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 241 233
Rank change year-on-year +27 -8 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 40 74 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.57% 0.61% 0.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.15% 4.63% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39 65 61
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -12.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £40,900
90th Percentile - £50,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,210 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +0.53% -2.44%

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 964 1,599 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.65% 13.22% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,305 831
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +41 36 £35,000 +12.90% 7
East Midlands +20 4 £40,000 +6.67% 15
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 23 (57.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (47.50%) Azure
3 13 (32.50%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) Cloudflare
4 2 (5.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (5.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 38 (95.00%) Firewall
2 22 (55.00%) DHCP
2 22 (55.00%) DNS
2 22 (55.00%) WAN
3 20 (50.00%) LAN
4 16 (40.00%) VLAN
5 15 (37.50%) TCP/IP
6 13 (32.50%) BGP
6 13 (32.50%) OSPF
6 13 (32.50%) WLAN
7 7 (17.50%) VPN
8 2 (5.00%) SAN
8 2 (5.00%) SD-WAN
8 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.50%) NAS
9 1 (2.50%) Network Security
9 1 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (32.50%) Automotive
2 13 (32.50%) Retail
3 1 (2.50%) Legal
3 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) IT Engineer
3 13 (32.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 13 (32.50%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (30.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 12 (30.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 12 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (27.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Data Centre Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Server Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Support Technician
9 1 (2.50%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 13 (32.50%) Management Information System
2 13 (32.50%) Smartphone
3 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
1 40 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 34 (85.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 19 (47.50%) Windows 10
4 15 (37.50%) Linux
5 13 (32.50%) Mac OS X
5 13 (32.50%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 14 (35.00%) Data Security
2 14 (35.00%) Mentoring
2 14 (35.00%) Network Design
3 13 (32.50%) Business Case
3 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
3 13 (32.50%) Performance Tuning
3 13 (32.50%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (27.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
6 6 (15.00%) Logistics
7 3 (7.50%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (5.00%) Preventative Maintenance
8 2 (5.00%) Server Management
9 1 (2.50%) Case Management
9 1 (2.50%) Data Centre Operations
9 1 (2.50%) Innovative Thinking
9 1 (2.50%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (2.50%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (70.00%) PowerShell
2 13 (32.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (32.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (32.50%) Degree
2 13 (32.50%) HNC
2 13 (32.50%) HND
2 13 (32.50%) MCSE
3 6 (15.00%) A+ Certification
3 6 (15.00%) MCP
3 6 (15.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (35.00%) XenApp
4 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (80.00%) Cisco
2 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
3 18 (45.00%) VMware
4 16 (40.00%) Meraki
5 14 (35.00%) CheckPoint
5 14 (35.00%) Citrix
5 14 (35.00%) SonicWALL
6 13 (32.50%) Apple
6 13 (32.50%) Dell
6 13 (32.50%) Fortinet
6 13 (32.50%) Google
6 13 (32.50%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (5.00%) Imperva
7 2 (5.00%) Nasuni
7 2 (5.00%) Rapid7
8 1 (2.50%) Acronis
8 1 (2.50%) HP
8 1 (2.50%) NetApp
8 1 (2.50%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.50%) Veeam