Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 389 259
Rank change year-on-year +46 -130 +106
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 167 185 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.52% 1.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.08% 3.36% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 54 119 334
10th Percentile £30,725 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £56,525
UK median annual salary £40,000 £39,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.63% -6.47% -

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 3,285 5,512 5,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.78% 15.37% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 2,907 4,608
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,216
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,100 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2016

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 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 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
South West +83 99 £48,500 +59.02% 9
East of England +24 16 £32,500 +1.56% 10
South East +10 16 £51,250 +20.59% 21
North of England +1 14 £35,000 -20.00% 14
Wales - 12 - - 2
Yorkshire -6 11 £33,500 -4.29% 7
West Midlands -15 10 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Midlands -27 10 £52,500 +50.00% 5
North West +12 3 £47,500 +5.56% 5
Scotland -2 2 £55,000 +57.14% 2
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 121 (72.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.59%) IIS
4 5 (2.99%) WinCC
5 2 (1.20%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 136 (81.44%) Azure
2 135 (80.84%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (17.96%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.99%) AWS
5 4 (2.40%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.40%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.40%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.60%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.60%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 120 (71.86%) DHCP
2 119 (71.26%) DNS
3 44 (26.35%) Firewall
4 24 (14.37%) WAN
5 23 (13.77%) LAN
6 16 (9.58%) VLAN
7 9 (5.39%) Internet
7 9 (5.39%) Kerberos
7 9 (5.39%) SAN
7 9 (5.39%) VoIP
8 8 (4.79%) VPN
9 7 (4.19%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (3.59%) Wireless
11 5 (2.99%) Modbus
11 5 (2.99%) SD-WAN
12 4 (2.40%) MPLS
12 4 (2.40%) VSAN
13 2 (1.20%) IPsec
13 2 (1.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (57.49%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.80%) MySQL
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Git
General
1 123 (73.65%) Social Skills
2 97 (58.08%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.39%) Law
4 5 (2.99%) Finance
5 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.80%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 97 (58.08%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (11.98%) IT Support
4 18 (10.78%) Support Engineer
5 16 (9.58%) IT Engineer
6 14 (8.38%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (7.78%) Senior
8 12 (7.19%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (6.59%) Analyst
10 10 (5.99%) Support Analyst
11 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.19%) Support Technician
13 6 (3.59%) 3rd Line Support
14 5 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 5 (2.99%) Administrator
15 4 (2.40%) IT Administrator
15 4 (2.40%) Senior Support Technician
15 4 (2.40%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.39%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 103 (61.68%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (7.19%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.39%) PKI
4 7 (4.19%) Clustering
5 5 (2.99%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.99%) SCADA
6 3 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.20%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.20%) CCTV
7 2 (1.20%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.60%) BYOD
8 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 167 (100.00%) Windows
2 154 (92.22%) Windows Server
3 109 (65.27%) Linux
4 38 (22.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (17.37%) Windows 10
6 7 (4.19%) Apple iOS
6 7 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (3.59%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.40%) Android
9 3 (1.80%) CentOS
9 3 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.60%) AIX
10 1 (0.60%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (67.07%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (59.88%) Customer Service
3 98 (58.68%) Migration
4 97 (58.08%) Customer Experience
4 97 (58.08%) Kalman Filter
4 97 (58.08%) Web Filtering
5 96 (57.49%) Email Filtering
5 96 (57.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 96 (57.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 21 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (9.58%) ITIL
9 10 (5.99%) Mentoring
10 9 (5.39%) Data Loss Prevention
11 7 (4.19%) Mobile Device Management
11 7 (4.19%) Project Delivery
12 6 (3.59%) Presales
13 5 (2.99%) Cybersecurity
14 4 (2.40%) Identity Access Management
14 4 (2.40%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.17%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.39%) VB
3 5 (2.99%) Bash
4 4 (2.40%) Python
5 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (64.67%) Security Cleared
2 100 (59.88%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.79%) Degree
4 8 (4.79%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.99%) CCNA
5 5 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.80%) MCSA
8 2 (1.20%) MCP
8 2 (1.20%) MCSE
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.60%) CCNP
9 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (58.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 96 (57.49%) PCI DSS
3 10 (5.99%) SLA
4 5 (2.99%) IEC 61508
4 5 (2.99%) QA
5 4 (2.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.80%) IEC 61131
7 2 (1.20%) GxP
7 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 145 (86.83%) Active Directory
2 126 (75.45%) Hyper-V
3 96 (57.49%) Terminal Server
4 15 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.99%) XenApp
7 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (17.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.39%) WSUS
3 5 (2.99%) SCVMM
4 4 (2.40%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.20%) Plesk
5 2 (1.20%) SCCM
6 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.60%) Ansible
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 149 (89.22%) Microsoft
2 116 (69.46%) VMware
3 105 (62.87%) Veeam
4 97 (58.08%) SolarWinds
5 96 (57.49%) Brocade
5 96 (57.49%) Nimble Storage
5 96 (57.49%) Splunk
5 96 (57.49%) Tanium
6 12 (7.19%) SonicWALL
7 8 (4.79%) HP
8 7 (4.19%) Apple
8 7 (4.19%) Dell
8 7 (4.19%) Supermicro
9 6 (3.59%) Cisco
9 6 (3.59%) Citrix
10 5 (2.99%) IBM
10 5 (2.99%) Meraki
10 5 (2.99%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.99%) Rockwell
10 5 (2.99%) Siemens