Windows Server 2016 Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 424 383
Rank change year-on-year -127 -41 +203
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 177 612 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.58% 0.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.41% 4.37% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 165 510 622
10th Percentile £29,150 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £55,625 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.25% +23.08% -18.75%

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 7,355 14,020 14,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.31% 13.20% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 10,519 10,283
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,996 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% -12.39% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,175
90th Percentile £80,175 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 16 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 7 July 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
England -137 167 £45,000 +12.50% 79
UK excluding London -126 116 £40,500 +1.25% 71
London +75 60 £50,000 +11.11% 14
Work from Home -1 53 £47,500 +11.76% 32
Midlands +39 38 £40,000 +14.29% 6
West Midlands +38 27 £42,750 +40.16% 2
North of England -13 27 £40,000 +6.67% 14
South West +17 20 £48,500 +21.25% 9
Yorkshire +3 14 £32,500 -24.42% 7
South East -57 14 £42,750 -12.62% 22
East Midlands +31 11 £35,000 -12.50% 4
North West -12 11 £53,750 +66.67% 6
East of England -18 9 £32,500 -1.52% 18
Scotland +77 6 £40,000 +37.93% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £52,500 - 1
North East +29 2 £34,500 +4.55% 3

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 58 (32.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 12 (6.78%) IIS
4 4 (2.26%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 32 (18.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.13%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 119 (67.23%) Azure
2 105 (59.32%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (21.47%) Entra ID
4 29 (16.38%) AWS
5 16 (9.04%) OneDrive
6 15 (8.47%) Nutanix
7 12 (6.78%) IaaS
8 8 (4.52%) Google Workspace
8 8 (4.52%) Mimecast
8 8 (4.52%) PaaS
8 8 (4.52%) SaaS
9 6 (3.39%) GCP
10 5 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.13%) Cloudflare
13 2 (1.13%) Rubrik
14 1 (0.56%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 78 (44.07%) Firewall
2 77 (43.50%) DNS
3 75 (42.37%) DHCP
4 63 (35.59%) WAN
5 51 (28.81%) LAN
6 42 (23.73%) TCP/IP
7 38 (21.47%) VLAN
8 34 (19.21%) VPN
9 18 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (9.60%) VoIP
11 16 (9.04%) SAN
12 15 (8.47%) SD-WAN
13 10 (5.65%) Wireless
14 9 (5.08%) Internet
15 8 (4.52%) Kerberos
16 7 (3.95%) BGP
16 7 (3.95%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (3.95%) OSPF
17 6 (3.39%) Multicast
17 6 (3.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.39%) DB2
3 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.56%) Metadata
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.13%) GitLab
2 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.69%) Finance
3 16 (9.04%) Banking
4 12 (6.78%) Retail
5 11 (6.21%) Law
6 8 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.39%) Automotive
7 6 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.82%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.82%) Games
8 5 (2.82%) Legal
8 5 (2.82%) Military
9 4 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Electronics
12 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (27.68%) Support Engineer
2 42 (23.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (20.90%) IT Support
4 28 (15.82%) 3rd Line Support
5 26 (14.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 25 (14.12%) IT Engineer
7 21 (11.86%) Analyst
8 20 (11.30%) Support Analyst
9 19 (10.73%) Infrastructure Support
10 18 (10.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (10.17%) Senior
11 14 (7.91%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 13 (7.34%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
12 13 (7.34%) Wintel Engineer
13 12 (6.78%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 12 (6.78%) IT Analyst
13 12 (6.78%) IT Support Analyst
14 10 (5.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (5.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (5.65%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.52%) LDAP
2 6 (3.39%) SAML
3 1 (0.56%) REST
3 1 (0.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.86%) Clustering
2 19 (10.73%) Driving Licence
2 19 (10.73%) Replication
3 18 (10.17%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.65%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.95%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.95%) PKI
6 6 (3.39%) CCTV
6 6 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.39%) Smartphone
6 6 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.82%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.69%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.56%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 176 (99.44%) Windows
2 146 (82.49%) Windows Server
3 107 (60.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 74 (41.81%) Windows 10
5 58 (32.77%) Linux
6 37 (20.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (7.34%) Mac OS X
8 12 (6.78%) Mac OS
9 11 (6.21%) Android
10 8 (4.52%) Ubuntu
10 8 (4.52%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (3.95%) Apple iOS
12 4 (2.26%) CentOS
13 2 (1.13%) Debian
13 2 (1.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (26.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (25.42%) ITIL
3 32 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (14.12%) Customer Service
5 23 (12.99%) Patch Management
6 21 (11.86%) Infrastructure Management
6 21 (11.86%) Mentoring
7 20 (11.30%) Collaborative Working
8 19 (10.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (9.04%) DevOps
9 16 (9.04%) Root Cause Analysis
10 15 (8.47%) Incident Management
11 14 (7.91%) Migration
12 13 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.34%) Data Security
12 13 (7.34%) Mobile Device Management
12 13 (7.34%) Network Design
12 13 (7.34%) Process Improvement
13 12 (6.78%) Cost Optimisation
13 12 (6.78%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 87 (49.15%) PowerShell
2 18 (10.17%) SQL
3 8 (4.52%) VB
4 3 (1.69%) Python
5 2 (1.13%) Bash
5 2 (1.13%) Go
6 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (28.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 41 (23.16%) Degree
3 19 (10.73%) MCSE
4 16 (9.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (8.47%) Azure Certification
6 14 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (6.78%) MCSA
8 11 (6.21%) MCP
9 9 (5.08%) A+ Certification
9 9 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (4.52%) CCNA
10 8 (4.52%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (3.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (3.39%) HNC
12 6 (3.39%) HND
13 5 (2.82%) DBS Check
14 4 (2.26%) SC Cleared
14 4 (2.26%) Security Cleared
15 2 (1.13%) CCNP
15 2 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.82%) SLA
2 8 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.95%) GDPR
4 4 (2.26%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 141 (79.66%) Active Directory
2 77 (43.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (28.25%) Hyper-V
4 37 (20.90%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (7.91%) XenApp
6 10 (5.65%) vSphere
7 7 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.13%) BitLocker
11 2 (1.13%) Docker
11 2 (1.13%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.56%) Firmware
12 1 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (19.21%) SCCM
3 16 (9.04%) NetBackup
4 14 (7.91%) SCOM
5 12 (6.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (5.65%) vCenter Server
7 8 (4.52%) Ansible
8 7 (3.95%) WSUS
9 5 (2.82%) Kubernetes
9 5 (2.82%) Terraform
10 4 (2.26%) Dell DRAC
10 4 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.26%) ZENworks
11 2 (1.13%) Kibana
11 2 (1.13%) Nagios
11 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.56%) WMI
12 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (81.92%) Microsoft
2 89 (50.28%) VMware
3 55 (31.07%) Cisco
4 27 (15.25%) Meraki
5 24 (13.56%) Citrix
6 21 (11.86%) SonicWALL
7 20 (11.30%) Veeam
8 18 (10.17%) Apple
9 17 (9.60%) ServiceNow
10 16 (9.04%) CheckPoint
10 16 (9.04%) SolarWinds
11 12 (6.78%) Dell
11 12 (6.78%) Fortinet
11 12 (6.78%) Ubiquiti
12 8 (4.52%) Google
12 8 (4.52%) HP
12 8 (4.52%) Riverbed
13 7 (3.95%) NetApp
13 7 (3.95%) SAP
14 6 (3.39%) EMC