Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 239 222
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 22 12 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.18% 1.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.19% 1.15% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 172
10th Percentile £28,000 - £27,000
25th Percentile £35,125 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -8.00% +58.73%
75th Percentile - £50,500 £56,275
90th Percentile £77,500 £53,750 £59,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.66%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,005 1,044 2,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.11% 15.24% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 846 779 2,345
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,720 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +5.22% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £58,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the South East over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the South East

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Hampshire -24 13 £60,000 +29.73% 8
Kent -37 7 £28,000 -25.33%
Thames Valley +4 1 £52,500 +56.72%
Berkshire +2 1 £52,500 +56.72%
West Sussex - 1 - - 2
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (27.27%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) OpenShift
4 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Wireless
2 5 (22.73%) LAN
2 5 (22.73%) WLAN
3 3 (13.64%) DHCP
3 3 (13.64%) DNS
4 2 (9.09%) Firewall
4 2 (9.09%) VLAN
4 2 (9.09%) WAN
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.55%) VPN
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) IT Support
3 4 (18.18%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (18.18%) IT Technician
3 4 (18.18%) Support Technician
4 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (90.91%) Windows Server
3 6 (27.27%) Linux
4 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
5 4 (18.18%) CentOS
5 4 (18.18%) Ubuntu
5 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Application Packaging
3 4 (18.18%) DevSecOps
3 4 (18.18%) ERP
4 3 (13.64%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Change Control
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Learning
6 1 (4.55%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.55%) Server Virtualisation
6 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (18.18%) DBS Check
4 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (4.55%) CCIE
6 1 (4.55%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.55%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
4 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Terraform
2 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 4 (18.18%) Nessus
3 3 (13.64%) Ansible
3 3 (13.64%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
3 4 (18.18%) Veeam
4 2 (9.09%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) 3PAR
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds