Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 13 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.56% - 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.21% - 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42,125
25th Percentile £29,750 - £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.78%
75th Percentile £36,750 - £48,438
90th Percentile £38,850 - £49,375
Wales median annual salary £31,500 - £37,000
% change year-on-year - - -17.78%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 56 42 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 6.71% 9.27% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 34 26 122
10th Percentile £24,538 £23,750 £26,679
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,654 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,472 £41,067
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% +13.16% -8.74%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,398 £53,750
90th Percentile £74,653 £72,061 £67,500
Wales median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -11.11%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in South Wales

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Newport - 10 - -
Bridgend - 3 £31,500 - 1
Windows Server 2016
Wales

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (76.92%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Technician
2 3 (23.08%) IT Technician
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior IT Technician
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 10 (76.92%) Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Customer Experience
2 10 (76.92%) Customer Service
2 10 (76.92%) Email Filtering
2 10 (76.92%) Kalman Filter
2 10 (76.92%) Migration
2 10 (76.92%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 10 (76.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 10 (76.92%) Web Filtering
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Server Migrations
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 10 (76.92%) Terminal Server
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (76.92%) Brocade
2 10 (76.92%) Nimble Storage
2 10 (76.92%) SolarWinds
2 10 (76.92%) Splunk
2 10 (76.92%) Tanium
2 10 (76.92%) Veeam