Windows Server 2016 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 502 423
Rank change year-on-year -37 -79 -56
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 242 176 578
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.36% 0.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.96% 2.54% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 122 164 494
10th Percentile £27,100 £29,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,375 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,750 £71,750 £59,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.63% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,104 6,916 13,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.18% 14.08% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,617 4,613 10,210
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 July 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
England -26 220 £42,500 -3.41% 29
UK excluding London -2 204 £42,000 +4.35% 27
South West +20 98 £50,000 +3.09% 1
Work from Home -24 38 £42,500 -5.56% 10
London -56 36 £47,500 -5.00% 5
South East +4 30 £42,500 -0.58% 13
East of England +5 26 £42,000 +29.23% 3
North of England -34 26 £42,500 +16.44% 8
North West +4 17 £47,500 -11.63% 3
Wales - 15 £35,000 - 2
Yorkshire -40 9 £42,500 +30.77% 3
Scotland +13 5 £22,500 -43.75% 1
Midlands -50 4 £36,500 -9.32% 1
West Midlands -50 3 £30,000 -33.33%
East Midlands -45 1 £52,500 +50.00% 1

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 141 (58.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (10.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.96%) IIS
4 8 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.65%) SAS
5 4 (1.65%) Skype for Business
6 3 (1.24%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (10.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 184 (76.03%) Microsoft 365
2 180 (74.38%) Azure
3 49 (20.25%) Entra ID
4 28 (11.57%) AWS
5 12 (4.96%) SaaS
6 9 (3.72%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.31%) Cohesity
7 8 (3.31%) IaaS
7 8 (3.31%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.48%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.48%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.07%) PaaS
10 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.24%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.41%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.41%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 149 (61.57%) DNS
2 141 (58.26%) DHCP
3 55 (22.73%) Firewall
4 38 (15.70%) WAN
5 37 (15.29%) LAN
6 31 (12.81%) VLAN
7 30 (12.40%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (9.09%) TCP/IP
9 15 (6.20%) VPN
10 13 (5.37%) Wireless
11 12 (4.96%) VoIP
12 11 (4.55%) Network Security
13 10 (4.13%) SAN
14 5 (2.07%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (2.07%) SNMP
14 5 (2.07%) VSAN
15 4 (1.65%) DMZ
15 4 (1.65%) NAS
15 4 (1.65%) Skype
15 4 (1.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (38.43%) Amazon RDS
2 25 (10.33%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.13%) MySQL
4 7 (2.89%) Oracle Database
4 7 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Git
1 4 (1.65%) JIRA
2 3 (1.24%) GitLab
2 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
General
1 147 (60.74%) Social Skills
2 105 (43.39%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (4.13%) Finance
5 8 (3.31%) Law
5 8 (3.31%) Legal
6 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.83%) Local Government
7 2 (0.83%) Military
7 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 95 (39.26%) Systems Engineer
2 61 (25.21%) IT Support
3 57 (23.55%) IT Engineer
4 52 (21.49%) Support Engineer
5 48 (19.83%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (11.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 21 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 19 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 15 (6.20%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (6.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (5.79%) Wintel Engineer
12 12 (4.96%) IT Support Technician
12 12 (4.96%) Support Technician
13 7 (2.89%) DBA
13 7 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.89%) MySQL DBA
13 7 (2.89%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.48%) CSS
1 6 (2.48%) HTML
2 4 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.83%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (36.36%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (6.20%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.79%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.89%) Clustering
6 7 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.24%) NHS
9 3 (1.24%) Replication
9 3 (1.24%) Social Media
10 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.41%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 242 (100.00%) Windows
2 230 (95.04%) Windows Server
3 122 (50.41%) Linux
4 84 (34.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 42 (17.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (10.74%) Windows 10
7 22 (9.09%) Windows Server 2008
8 12 (4.96%) CentOS
9 11 (4.55%) Ubuntu
10 10 (4.13%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.65%) CoreOS
11 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.65%) VMS
12 1 (0.41%) Android
12 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (44.63%) Customer Service
3 94 (38.84%) Migration
4 92 (38.02%) Kalman Filter
4 92 (38.02%) Web Filtering
5 91 (37.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 89 (36.78%) Email Filtering
7 88 (36.36%) Customer Experience
7 88 (36.36%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 37 (15.29%) ITIL
9 36 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 21 (8.68%) Agile
12 20 (8.26%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (7.02%) Project Delivery
15 16 (6.61%) Change Management
16 14 (5.79%) CI/CD
16 14 (5.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.53%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.55%) Bash
3 8 (3.31%) SQL
4 7 (2.89%) Python
5 6 (2.48%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.48%) VBA
5 6 (2.48%) VBScript
6 4 (1.65%) Ruby
7 3 (1.24%) Go
8 1 (0.41%) Bicep
8 1 (0.41%) C
8 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (50.41%) Security Cleared
2 103 (42.56%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (8.68%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.44%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.61%) CCNA
7 14 (5.79%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.13%) DBS Check
8 10 (4.13%) Degree
9 9 (3.72%) MCSA
10 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.83%) HNC
13 2 (0.83%) HND
13 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.41%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (40.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 88 (36.36%) PCI DSS
3 10 (4.13%) SLA
4 9 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 206 (85.12%) Active Directory
2 143 (59.09%) Hyper-V
3 88 (36.36%) Terminal Server
4 65 (26.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (6.20%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (5.37%) vSphere
7 10 (4.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.65%) Firmware
8 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.24%) DFS Replication
9 3 (1.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.44%) Ansible
3 16 (6.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (5.79%) WSUS
5 11 (4.55%) Kubernetes
6 10 (4.13%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.72%) SCOM
7 9 (3.72%) Terraform
8 8 (3.31%) Nessus
9 7 (2.89%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.89%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.89%) Puppet
9 7 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.48%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (2.48%) SCCM
11 5 (2.07%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 4 (1.65%) Iperf
12 4 (1.65%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (1.65%) SCVMM
13 3 (1.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 217 (89.67%) Microsoft
2 161 (66.53%) VMware
3 104 (42.98%) Veeam
4 98 (40.50%) SolarWinds
5 91 (37.60%) Splunk
6 89 (36.78%) Nimble Storage
7 88 (36.36%) Brocade
7 88 (36.36%) Tanium
8 23 (9.50%) HP
9 17 (7.02%) Cisco
9 17 (7.02%) Dell
10 12 (4.96%) NetApp
10 12 (4.96%) Red Hat
11 10 (4.13%) McAfee
12 9 (3.72%) Google
13 8 (3.31%) iManage
13 8 (3.31%) SonicWALL
14 7 (2.89%) Oracle
15 6 (2.48%) IBM
16 5 (2.07%) Fortinet