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 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 429 343 341
Rank change year-on-year -86 -2 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 129 526 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.75% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.81% 4.95% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 117 461 420
10th Percentile £30,150 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +14.29% -8.93%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £53,750
UK median annual salary £42,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.88% - -1.23%

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 4,597 10,623 10,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.48% 15.11% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,001 8,261 6,405
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £68,750 £73,750
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 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 1 May 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 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
Midlands +54 42 £35,000 - 19
West Midlands +41 39 £35,000 - 7
North of England +14 33 £42,500 +21.43% 15
North West +18 18 £45,000 +12.50% 7
South East -38 15 £45,000 -10.00% 16
South West +17 14 £34,750 -7.33% 8
Scotland +131 12 £40,000 +6.67%
Yorkshire +35 11 £32,500 -7.14% 4
East of England +7 9 £45,000 +36.36% 11
Northern Ireland +37 5 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East +33 4 £35,000 +9.38% 5
East Midlands +32 3 £47,500 +26.67% 11
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 40 (31.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (15.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.33%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.55%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (32.56%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 81 (62.79%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (60.47%) Azure
3 30 (23.26%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.63%) Google Workspace
5 12 (9.30%) OneDrive
6 7 (5.43%) SaaS
7 6 (4.65%) AWS
7 6 (4.65%) IaaS
7 6 (4.65%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.88%) Nutanix
9 4 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.55%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.55%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.55%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 74 (57.36%) Firewall
2 65 (50.39%) DNS
3 64 (49.61%) DHCP
4 43 (33.33%) VLAN
5 42 (32.56%) WAN
6 38 (29.46%) VPN
7 35 (27.13%) LAN
8 24 (18.60%) TCP/IP
9 16 (12.40%) SAN
10 15 (11.63%) BGP
10 15 (11.63%) OSPF
10 15 (11.63%) WLAN
11 12 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (7.75%) SD-WAN
13 8 (6.20%) VoIP
13 8 (6.20%) Wireless
14 7 (5.43%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (4.65%) Multicast
16 5 (3.88%) NAS
16 5 (3.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.65%) DB2
3 3 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.55%) Power BI
5 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 38 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.95%) Retail
3 15 (11.63%) Automotive
4 9 (6.98%) Law
5 6 (4.65%) Legal
6 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.33%) Marketing
7 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Games
7 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 30 (23.26%) IT Engineer
3 29 (22.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 24 (18.60%) 3rd Line Support
5 23 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (16.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 19 (14.73%) Analyst
8 16 (12.40%) IT Support
9 15 (11.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 15 (11.63%) Senior
9 15 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (10.85%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (8.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Support
13 9 (6.98%) IT Technician
14 8 (6.20%) IT Support Engineer
14 8 (6.20%) Senior IT Support
14 8 (6.20%) Support Analyst
15 7 (5.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 7 (5.43%) Senior IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) SAML
2 1 (0.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Replication
2 21 (16.28%) Onboarding
3 18 (13.95%) Management Information System
4 17 (13.18%) Driving Licence
5 15 (11.63%) Smartphone
6 7 (5.43%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.88%) CCTV
7 5 (3.88%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.33%) Clustering
9 3 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.55%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.55%) HP Storage
10 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (100.00%) Windows
2 90 (69.77%) Windows Server
3 81 (62.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 61 (47.29%) Windows 10
5 40 (31.01%) Linux
6 19 (14.73%) Ubuntu
7 18 (13.95%) Mac OS X
8 15 (11.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (4.65%) Mac OS
10 5 (3.88%) Android
11 4 (3.10%) CentOS
12 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.55%) Debian
13 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (19.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 20 (15.50%) ITIL
4 17 (13.18%) Computer Science
4 17 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (12.40%) Infrastructure Management
5 16 (12.40%) Performance Tuning
6 15 (11.63%) Business Case
6 15 (11.63%) Systems Engineering
7 14 (10.85%) Customer Service
7 14 (10.85%) Data Security
7 14 (10.85%) Mentoring
7 14 (10.85%) Network Design
8 13 (10.08%) High Availability
9 11 (8.53%) Migration
10 9 (6.98%) ITSM
11 8 (6.20%) Service Management
11 8 (6.20%) Virtual Environments
12 7 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.43%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (38.76%) PowerShell
2 27 (20.93%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) C
3 1 (0.78%) C#
3 1 (0.78%) C++
3 1 (0.78%) Python
3 1 (0.78%) VB
3 1 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (27.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (25.58%) Degree
3 20 (15.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (13.18%) MCSE
5 15 (11.63%) HNC
5 15 (11.63%) HND
6 11 (8.53%) MCSA
7 10 (7.75%) MCP
8 9 (6.98%) A+ Certification
9 6 (4.65%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
10 5 (3.88%) DBS Check
11 3 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (6.20%) SLA
2 4 (3.10%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.33%) GDPR
3 3 (2.33%) PMO
4 2 (1.55%) NIST
4 2 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (82.17%) Active Directory
2 50 (38.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (27.91%) Hyper-V
4 15 (11.63%) XenApp
5 13 (10.08%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (9.30%) DFS Replication
7 6 (4.65%) vSphere
8 4 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (3.10%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.78%) Firmware
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 32 (24.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.43%) SCCM
3 5 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.10%) Dell DRAC
4 4 (3.10%) Terraform
5 3 (2.33%) Autotask
5 3 (2.33%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.33%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.55%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.55%) ZENworks
7 1 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.78%) Nessus
7 1 (0.78%) SCOM
7 1 (0.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 100 (77.52%) Microsoft
2 64 (49.61%) VMware
3 41 (31.78%) Cisco
4 20 (15.50%) SonicWALL
5 18 (13.95%) Apple
5 18 (13.95%) Dell
5 18 (13.95%) Meraki
6 17 (13.18%) CheckPoint
6 17 (13.18%) Ubiquiti
7 16 (12.40%) Google
8 15 (11.63%) Citrix
8 15 (11.63%) Fortinet
9 10 (7.75%) Veeam
10 6 (4.65%) IBM
10 6 (4.65%) SolarWinds
11 4 (3.10%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (2.33%) MobileIron
12 3 (2.33%) Riverbed
12 3 (2.33%) Trend Micro