Windows Server 2016 Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 13 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.11% - 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.97% - 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile - - £31,450
25th Percentile £29,750 - £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.78%
75th Percentile £36,750 - £45,313
90th Percentile £38,850 - £50,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -5.29% +2.41%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 62 68 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.29% 10.48% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 39 52 169
10th Percentile £25,225 £23,796 £26,450
25th Percentile £29,875 £42,899 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £49,125 £71,842 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,758 £78,750 £67,400
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend in Wales

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 March 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 Wales - 13 £31,500 - 1
Windows Server 2016
UK

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (76.92%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Technician
2 3 (23.08%) IT Technician
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior IT Technician
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 10 (76.92%) Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Customer Experience
2 10 (76.92%) Customer Service
2 10 (76.92%) Email Filtering
2 10 (76.92%) Kalman Filter
2 10 (76.92%) Migration
2 10 (76.92%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 10 (76.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 10 (76.92%) Web Filtering
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Server Migrations
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 10 (76.92%) Terminal Server
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (76.92%) Brocade
2 10 (76.92%) Nimble Storage
2 10 (76.92%) SolarWinds
2 10 (76.92%) Splunk
2 10 (76.92%) Tanium
2 10 (76.92%) Veeam