Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 275 266
Rank change year-on-year -47 -9 -29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 37 24 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.25% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.15% 1.56% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25 24 28
10th Percentile £31,600 - £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -8.18% +18.66%
75th Percentile £47,625 £55,625 £46,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £47,015
England median annual salary £43,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -1.04%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,175 1,541 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.89% 16.34% 9.85%
Number of salaries quoted 890 639 662
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £25,275
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -17.65% -7.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £67,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the North of England

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the North of England

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
North West -11 28 £43,000 -20.00% 6
Yorkshire -42 6 £42,500 +23.19%
North East - 3 £52,500 -
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 26 (70.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (24.32%) IIS
2 9 (24.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (21.62%) Apache
4 2 (5.41%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (70.27%) Entra ID
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (67.57%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) IaaS
3 7 (18.92%) Power Platform
3 7 (18.92%) SaaS
4 6 (16.22%) Mimecast
5 3 (8.11%) AWS
5 3 (8.11%) OpenShift
6 2 (5.41%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.70%) Datadog
7 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (70.27%) DHCP
2 25 (67.57%) DNS
3 14 (37.84%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (32.43%) TCP/IP
4 12 (32.43%) VLAN
5 11 (29.73%) VPN
6 10 (27.03%) WAN
7 9 (24.32%) SNMP
8 8 (21.62%) Firewall
9 5 (13.51%) LAN
9 5 (13.51%) SD-WAN
10 3 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (8.11%) VSAN
11 2 (5.41%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (5.41%) Wireless
12 1 (2.70%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) MySQL
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Git
General
1 17 (45.95%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Law
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Games
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Analyst
1 16 (43.24%) IT Support
2 13 (35.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 13 (35.14%) IT Engineer
2 13 (35.14%) IT Support Engineer
2 13 (35.14%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Administrator
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (8.11%) Virtualisation Administrator
4 3 (8.11%) Wintel Administrator
4 3 (8.11%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) IT Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Network Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Network Support
5 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle DBA
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.11%) Social Media
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Private Cloud
3 2 (5.41%) Replication
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
1 37 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 24 (64.86%) Windows Server 2019
3 12 (32.43%) Linux
4 8 (21.62%) Ubuntu
5 3 (8.11%) CentOS
5 3 (8.11%) CoreOS
5 3 (8.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (5.41%) VMS
7 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) ITIL
2 20 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (51.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (35.14%) Customer Service
6 12 (32.43%) Business Continuity
6 12 (32.43%) High Availability
7 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (27.03%) Change Management
9 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
9 9 (24.32%) ITSM
9 9 (24.32%) Major Incident Management
9 9 (24.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 8 (21.62%) Antivirus Management
10 8 (21.62%) SIEM
10 8 (21.62%) Virtual Environments
11 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (18.92%) Service Management
11 7 (18.92%) Technology Transformation
12 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) Bash
2 3 (8.11%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (29.73%) Azure Certification
3 5 (13.51%) CCNA
3 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.81%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (83.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (37.84%) Hyper-V
2 14 (37.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (21.62%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (21.62%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (16.22%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (21.62%) WSUS
3 6 (16.22%) FortiGate
3 6 (16.22%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (8.11%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (8.11%) SCVMM
5 1 (2.70%) Ansible
5 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.70%) Puppet
5 1 (2.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (83.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (62.16%) VMware
3 16 (43.24%) Veeam
4 11 (29.73%) Aruba
5 10 (27.03%) SolarWinds
6 8 (21.62%) CheckPoint
6 8 (21.62%) Dell
6 8 (21.62%) HP
6 8 (21.62%) NetApp
6 8 (21.62%) Palo Alto
6 8 (21.62%) SonicWALL
7 4 (10.81%) Aderant
7 4 (10.81%) iManage
8 3 (8.11%) McAfee
8 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
8 3 (8.11%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.70%) Oracle