Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 75 48
Rank change year-on-year +24 -27 +68
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 1 1 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.16% 0.14% 4.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.78% 1.28% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 55
10th Percentile - - £48,825
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £59,000
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £33,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.56% -18.18% +14.58%

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 36 78 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.73% 11.11% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 19 38 214
10th Percentile £28,750 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -0.54% -22.50%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,000 £57,256
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,125 £72,500
Berkshire median annual salary £42,255 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.04% -9.52% +2.99%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Reading

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) 3PAR
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam