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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 473 331
Rank change year-on-year +30 -142 +111
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 207 250 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.46% 0.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.19% 3.07% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 87 169 417
10th Percentile £28,300 £29,260 £27,150
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,500 £44,480
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -11.20% +4.66%
75th Percentile £54,551 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% -

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 4,939 8,145 8,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.37% 14.97% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,665 4,633 6,967
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £88,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +2.22% -

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 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 14 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 4 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
England +52 188 £40,000 +1.27% 27
UK excluding London +40 168 £38,500 +10.00% 25
South West +82 101 £48,500 +69.45% 5
London +35 31 £42,000 -6.67% 6
Work from Home +39 19 £40,000 +0.63% 2
East of England +24 16 £32,500 +1.56% 2
South East +7 16 £51,250 +17.14% 9
North of England -6 13 £36,500 -16.57% 7
Wales - 12 - -
Yorkshire -5 10 £34,500 -1.43% 3
West Midlands -9 10 £52,500 +50.00%
Midlands -34 10 £52,500 +50.00% 1
North West +13 3 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Scotland -4 2 £55,000 +57.14%

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
1 142 (68.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (10.63%) IIS
3 20 (9.66%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.42%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.42%) WinCC
5 4 (1.93%) Confluence
6 2 (0.97%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 160 (77.29%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (76.81%) Azure
3 35 (16.91%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.73%) AWS
5 14 (6.76%) Google Workspace
6 9 (4.35%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.42%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.45%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.48%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 146 (70.53%) DNS
2 144 (69.57%) DHCP
3 61 (29.47%) Firewall
4 39 (18.84%) WAN
5 38 (18.36%) LAN
6 24 (11.59%) TCP/IP
7 21 (10.14%) VoIP
8 20 (9.66%) VPN
9 17 (8.21%) VLAN
10 14 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (5.31%) Internet
11 11 (5.31%) Kerberos
12 10 (4.83%) SAN
13 8 (3.86%) Wireless
14 7 (3.38%) VSAN
15 5 (2.42%) Modbus
15 5 (2.42%) SD-WAN
16 4 (1.93%) MPLS
17 3 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
17 3 (1.45%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (46.38%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (6.76%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.45%) MySQL
3 3 (1.45%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (2.42%) Bitbucket
1 5 (2.42%) GitLab
1 5 (2.42%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.93%) JIRA
3 3 (1.45%) Git
General
1 135 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 97 (46.86%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (6.76%) Finance
3 14 (6.76%) Law
4 9 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (1.93%) Banking
5 4 (1.93%) Billing
6 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.45%) Police
6 3 (1.45%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.97%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.48%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 97 (46.86%) Systems Engineer
2 41 (19.81%) IT Support
3 32 (15.46%) Support Engineer
4 29 (14.01%) IT Engineer
5 27 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (12.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (10.14%) Analyst
8 20 (9.66%) Support Analyst
9 18 (8.70%) Senior
10 16 (7.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 16 (7.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Support Technician
13 7 (3.38%) Administrator
14 6 (2.90%) IT Administrator
14 6 (2.90%) IT Analyst
14 6 (2.90%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.31%) LDAP
2 5 (2.42%) Kafka
3 4 (1.93%) Middleware
4 3 (1.45%) .NET
4 3 (1.45%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.48%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 103 (49.76%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (6.28%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.31%) PKI
4 8 (3.86%) Clustering
5 6 (2.90%) CCTV
6 5 (2.42%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.42%) SCADA
7 4 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.45%) BYOD
8 3 (1.45%) Eurex
8 3 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.97%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 207 (100.00%) Windows
2 181 (87.44%) Windows Server
3 125 (60.39%) Linux
4 66 (31.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 58 (28.02%) Windows 10
6 20 (9.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (8.21%) Mac OS
8 11 (5.31%) Apple iOS
9 8 (3.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (2.90%) Android
11 4 (1.93%) Mac OS X
12 3 (1.45%) CentOS
12 3 (1.45%) Solaris
12 3 (1.45%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.45%) Unix
13 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.48%) AIX
14 1 (0.48%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (58.45%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (53.14%) Customer Service
3 98 (47.34%) Migration
4 97 (46.86%) Customer Experience
4 97 (46.86%) Kalman Filter
4 97 (46.86%) Web Filtering
5 96 (46.38%) Email Filtering
5 96 (46.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 96 (46.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 27 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (12.08%) ITIL
8 12 (5.80%) Data Loss Prevention
8 12 (5.80%) Mentoring
9 9 (4.35%) Agile
10 8 (3.86%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (3.86%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (3.86%) Time Management
11 7 (3.38%) Project Delivery
11 7 (3.38%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.28%) Python
3 11 (5.31%) VB
4 10 (4.83%) Bash
5 5 (2.42%) SQL
6 3 (1.45%) C#
6 3 (1.45%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 108 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 100 (48.31%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (8.70%) Degree
5 8 (3.86%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.90%) MCSA
7 5 (2.42%) CCNA
7 5 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.42%) MCP
7 5 (2.42%) MCSE
8 4 (1.93%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.45%) MCDST
9 3 (1.45%) MCITP
10 2 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.48%) CCNP
11 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (46.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 97 (46.86%) PCI DSS
2 12 (5.80%) SLA
3 6 (2.90%) QA
4 5 (2.42%) GDPR
4 5 (2.42%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.45%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.97%) GxP
6 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 180 (86.96%) Active Directory
2 141 (68.12%) Hyper-V
3 96 (46.38%) Terminal Server
4 30 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.90%) vSphere
7 5 (2.42%) Docker
7 5 (2.42%) XenApp
8 3 (1.45%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (17.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.31%) WSUS
3 8 (3.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (2.90%) Ansible
4 6 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.42%) Progress Chef
5 5 (2.42%) Puppet
5 5 (2.42%) SCVMM
6 4 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.93%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.97%) Plesk
8 2 (0.97%) SCCM
9 1 (0.48%) Grafana
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 171 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 131 (63.29%) VMware
3 104 (50.24%) Veeam
4 97 (46.86%) SolarWinds
4 97 (46.86%) Splunk
5 96 (46.38%) Brocade
5 96 (46.38%) Nimble Storage
5 96 (46.38%) Tanium
6 14 (6.76%) Cisco
6 14 (6.76%) Google
7 13 (6.28%) Red Hat
8 12 (5.80%) Dell
8 12 (5.80%) SonicWALL
9 11 (5.31%) Apple
10 9 (4.35%) HP
11 8 (3.86%) Supermicro
12 7 (3.38%) Oracle
13 6 (2.90%) Citrix
14 5 (2.42%) IBM
14 5 (2.42%) Siemens