Windows Server 2016 Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 264 206
Rank change year-on-year +131 -58 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 12 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.19% 0.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.19% 1.60% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £34,500 - £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +30.08%
75th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,761 £50,250 £46,650
UK median annual salary £42,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.88% - -1.23%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 194 813 760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.88% 12.07% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 161 426 432
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,200 £28,013
25th Percentile £46,250 £29,000 £34,599
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £49,245 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% -1.51% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £78,125 £77,715
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in Scotland

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in Scotland.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in Scotland

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in Scotland

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Aberdeen - 4 £35,000 -
Highlands - 4 £40,000 -
Edinburgh +19 2 £51,914 +38.44%
Glasgow +172 1 £35,000 -27.84%
Argyll and Bute - 1 - -
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) VPN
2 5 (41.67%) VLAN
3 4 (33.33%) DHCP
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
3 4 (33.33%) IPsec
3 4 (33.33%) SSL
3 4 (33.33%) Wireless
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) IT Technician
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
1 5 (41.67%) Senior IT Technician
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Technician
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) IT Support
2 4 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (33.33%) Junior
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Systems Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Support Technician
2 4 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Support
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 4 (33.33%) ERP
1 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Network Management
3 1 (8.33%) Server Management
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) VMware