Windows Server 2016 Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 195 203
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 37 52 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.85% 0.70% 0.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.51% 6.05% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 35 48 46
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,475 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -3.13% -8.57%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £40,375
90th Percentile - £50,000 £44,438
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -2.44%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 671 859 755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.46% 11.50% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 395 726 534
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,813 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -16.67% +4.05%
75th Percentile £51,875 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,302 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the West Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the West Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the West Midlands

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Birmingham +42 21 £50,000 +11.11%
Staffordshire +27 15 £35,000 -10.26% 2
Warwickshire - 1 - - 1
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 21 (56.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (64.86%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (40.54%) Azure
3 13 (35.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 35 (94.59%) Firewall
2 21 (56.76%) DHCP
2 21 (56.76%) DNS
2 21 (56.76%) LAN
2 21 (56.76%) WAN
3 14 (37.84%) VLAN
4 13 (35.14%) BGP
4 13 (35.14%) OSPF
4 13 (35.14%) TCP/IP
4 13 (35.14%) WLAN
5 7 (18.92%) VPN
6 3 (8.11%) SAN
7 1 (2.70%) NAS
7 1 (2.70%) Network Security
7 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.70%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Automotive
2 13 (35.14%) Retail
3 1 (2.70%) Legal
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Support Engineer
2 14 (37.84%) IT Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 12 (32.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) 3rd Line Support
4 12 (32.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Administrator
8 1 (2.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Onboarding
2 13 (35.14%) Management Information System
2 13 (35.14%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
1 37 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 30 (81.08%) Windows Server 2019
3 20 (54.05%) Windows 10
4 13 (35.14%) Linux
4 13 (35.14%) Mac OS X
4 13 (35.14%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Infrastructure Management
2 14 (37.84%) Data Security
2 14 (37.84%) Mentoring
2 14 (37.84%) Network Design
3 13 (35.14%) Business Case
3 13 (35.14%) Computer Science
3 13 (35.14%) Performance Tuning
3 13 (35.14%) Systems Engineering
4 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
6 6 (16.22%) Logistics
7 2 (5.41%) Server Management
8 1 (2.70%) Case Management
8 1 (2.70%) Data Centre Operations
8 1 (2.70%) Innovative Thinking
8 1 (2.70%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (2.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 1 (2.70%) Patch Management
8 1 (2.70%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 29 (78.38%) PowerShell
2 14 (37.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (35.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (35.14%) Degree
2 13 (35.14%) HNC
2 13 (35.14%) HND
2 13 (35.14%) MCSE
3 6 (16.22%) A+ Certification
3 6 (16.22%) MCP
3 6 (16.22%) MCSA
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (45.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (37.84%) XenApp
4 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
2 1 (2.70%) SCOM
2 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Cisco
2 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
3 17 (45.95%) VMware
4 14 (37.84%) CheckPoint
4 14 (37.84%) Citrix
4 14 (37.84%) Dell
4 14 (37.84%) Meraki
4 14 (37.84%) SonicWALL
5 13 (35.14%) Apple
5 13 (35.14%) Fortinet
5 13 (35.14%) Google
5 13 (35.14%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (5.41%) Veeam
7 1 (2.70%) Acronis
7 1 (2.70%) EMC
7 1 (2.70%) HP
7 1 (2.70%) NetApp
7 1 (2.70%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow