Windows Server 2016 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 341 327
Rank change year-on-year -138 -14 +53
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 106 528 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.66% 0.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.12% 4.81% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 97 451 408
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £43,875
90th Percentile £54,500 £56,525 £53,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -2.44%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,989 10,979 9,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.64% 13.76% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,011 8,236 5,952
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Midlands +47 40 £35,000 - 23
West Midlands +51 33 £37,750 +21.77% 10
North of England -18 19 £40,000 +6.67% 20
South West +26 14 £29,500 -22.62% 10
South East -43 14 £42,750 -14.50% 19
East of England -3 12 £32,500 -1.52% 8
Yorkshire +15 10 £32,500 -17.72% 8
East Midlands +40 7 £32,500 -7.14% 12
North West +1 7 £60,000 +50.00% 10
Scotland +99 6 £40,000 +35.59% 5
Northern Ireland +41 2 £52,500 +27.27%
North East +32 2 £34,500 +6.15% 2
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 35 (33.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (17.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.77%) IIS
4 3 (2.83%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (21.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 74 (69.81%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (61.32%) Azure
3 23 (21.70%) Entra ID
4 14 (13.21%) OneDrive
5 10 (9.43%) Google Workspace
5 10 (9.43%) Nutanix
6 6 (5.66%) AWS
6 6 (5.66%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.83%) IaaS
8 3 (2.83%) SaaS
9 2 (1.89%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.89%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (57.55%) Firewall
2 43 (40.57%) DNS
3 42 (39.62%) DHCP
4 37 (34.91%) WAN
5 36 (33.96%) VLAN
6 31 (29.25%) VPN
7 29 (27.36%) LAN
8 21 (19.81%) TCP/IP
9 14 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (11.32%) SAN
11 11 (10.38%) SD-WAN
12 10 (9.43%) BGP
12 10 (9.43%) OSPF
12 10 (9.43%) Wireless
12 10 (9.43%) WLAN
13 6 (5.66%) Multicast
13 6 (5.66%) VoIP
14 4 (3.77%) IPsec
14 4 (3.77%) iSCSI
14 4 (3.77%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.66%) DB2
3 3 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) JIRA
General
1 26 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.26%) Retail
3 10 (9.43%) Automotive
4 3 (2.83%) Legal
5 2 (1.89%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.89%) Games
5 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.94%) Military
6 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (36.79%) Support Engineer
2 26 (24.53%) IT Support
3 25 (23.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 24 (22.64%) IT Engineer
5 22 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (19.81%) 3rd Line Support
7 18 (16.98%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (14.15%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 14 (13.21%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 13 (12.26%) Senior
11 11 (10.38%) Infrastructure Support
12 10 (9.43%) Systems Engineer
13 8 (7.55%) Analyst
13 8 (7.55%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 8 (7.55%) Senior IT Support
14 7 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
14 7 (6.60%) IT Support Engineer
15 6 (5.66%) Administrator
15 6 (5.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 6 (5.66%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Onboarding
2 17 (16.04%) Driving Licence
3 15 (14.15%) Replication
4 13 (12.26%) Management Information System
5 10 (9.43%) Smartphone
6 5 (4.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (3.77%) Clustering
7 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.77%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.83%) CCTV
8 3 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.89%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.89%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.94%) HP Storage
10 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (100.00%) Windows
2 82 (77.36%) Windows Server
3 66 (62.26%) Windows Server 2019
4 54 (50.94%) Windows 10
5 33 (31.13%) Linux
6 13 (12.26%) Mac OS X
7 12 (11.32%) Ubuntu
8 11 (10.38%) Mac OS
8 11 (10.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (9.43%) Android
10 7 (6.60%) Apple iOS
11 4 (3.77%) CentOS
12 2 (1.89%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (19.81%) Infrastructure Management
4 20 (18.87%) ITIL
5 17 (16.04%) Customer Service
5 17 (16.04%) Mentoring
6 15 (14.15%) Data Security
6 15 (14.15%) Network Design
7 12 (11.32%) Computer Science
8 11 (10.38%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (9.43%) Business Case
9 10 (9.43%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (9.43%) Systems Engineering
10 9 (8.49%) Data Protection
10 9 (8.49%) Migration
11 7 (6.60%) Cloud Security
11 7 (6.60%) Preventative Maintenance
12 6 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (5.66%) DevOps
12 6 (5.66%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (38.68%) PowerShell
2 21 (19.81%) SQL
3 1 (0.94%) VB
3 1 (0.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (32.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (27.36%) Degree
3 15 (14.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (11.32%) MCSE
5 11 (10.38%) MCSA
6 10 (9.43%) HNC
6 10 (9.43%) HND
6 10 (9.43%) MCP
7 9 (8.49%) A+ Certification
8 5 (4.72%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.83%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.83%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.94%) CCNA
11 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (7.55%) GDPR
2 5 (4.72%) SLA
3 4 (3.77%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.89%) NIST
4 2 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 86 (81.13%) Active Directory
2 41 (38.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (27.36%) Hyper-V
4 16 (15.09%) XenApp
5 13 (12.26%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (4.72%) vSphere
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.89%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.94%) Firmware
8 1 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 32 (30.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.43%) SCCM
3 4 (3.77%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (2.83%) Terraform
5 2 (1.89%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.89%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.94%) Autotask
6 1 (0.94%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (76.42%) Microsoft
2 48 (45.28%) VMware
3 41 (38.68%) Cisco
4 23 (21.70%) Meraki
5 19 (17.92%) SonicWALL
6 18 (16.98%) Apple
6 18 (16.98%) CheckPoint
7 16 (15.09%) Citrix
8 15 (14.15%) Ubiquiti
9 11 (10.38%) Dell
9 11 (10.38%) Google
10 10 (9.43%) Fortinet
11 6 (5.66%) IBM
12 5 (4.72%) Nasuni
12 5 (4.72%) Rapid7
12 5 (4.72%) Samsung
12 5 (4.72%) Veeam
13 3 (2.83%) MobileIron
13 3 (2.83%) Trend Micro
13 3 (2.83%) Zscaler