Windows Server 2016 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 383 450
Rank change year-on-year +30 +67 +91
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 64 209 233
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.62% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.49% 4.43% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 59 193 190
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £35,125 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £55,130 £55,000 £53,956
90th Percentile £76,250 £59,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,832 4,718 6,586
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.08% 13.95% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,386 3,674 4,833
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2016 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2016.

Windows Server 2016 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Windows Server 2016 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 34 (53.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.69%) IIS
4 2 (3.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 52 (81.25%) Azure
2 44 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (21.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.50%) AWS
5 6 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (7.81%) Nutanix
7 4 (6.25%) IaaS
7 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
7 4 (6.25%) SaaS
8 3 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (4.69%) GCP
8 3 (4.69%) PaaS
9 2 (3.13%) Azure AKS
9 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (51.56%) Firewall
2 28 (43.75%) WAN
3 24 (37.50%) LAN
4 17 (26.56%) DHCP
4 17 (26.56%) DNS
5 12 (18.75%) VPN
6 11 (17.19%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 8 (12.50%) VLAN
8 7 (10.94%) SAN
8 7 (10.94%) SD-WAN
8 7 (10.94%) VoIP
9 6 (9.38%) Multicast
10 2 (3.13%) Network Security
11 1 (1.56%) MPLS
11 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.38%) DB2
3 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) GitLab
1 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Finance
3 5 (7.81%) Legal
4 3 (4.69%) Games
4 3 (4.69%) Law
5 2 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (51.56%) Support Engineer
2 20 (31.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 20 (31.25%) 3rd Line Support
2 20 (31.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 15 (23.44%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 15 (23.44%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) Senior
6 8 (12.50%) IT Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (9.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (7.81%) IT Support
9 5 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Lead
10 4 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) PowerShell Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Senior Technician
11 3 (4.69%) Service Desk Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Onboarding
2 10 (15.63%) Replication
3 8 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 6 (9.38%) Clustering
4 6 (9.38%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (7.81%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
6 4 (6.25%) Fat Client
6 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 4 (6.25%) Thin Client
7 2 (3.13%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 64 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (82.81%) Windows Server
3 43 (67.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (29.69%) Windows 10
5 17 (26.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (20.31%) Linux
7 10 (15.63%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.69%) Android
9 3 (4.69%) CentOS
10 2 (3.13%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Mentoring
2 16 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 15 (23.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (21.88%) Data Security
4 14 (21.88%) Network Design
4 14 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.63%) DevOps
5 10 (15.63%) Project Delivery
6 9 (14.06%) ITIL
7 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 8 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
8 6 (9.38%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (9.38%) Product Management
9 5 (7.81%) Containerisation
9 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.81%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (7.81%) High Availability
9 5 (7.81%) Line Management
9 5 (7.81%) Patch Management
9 5 (7.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 27 (42.19%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.06%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (1.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.25%) MCSA
4 3 (4.69%) CCNA
4 3 (4.69%) CCNP
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.69%) MCP
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) GDPR
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
2 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 32 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (32.81%) Hyper-V
4 15 (23.44%) XenApp
5 12 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (4.69%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (3.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.56%) Docker
8 1 (1.56%) Firmware
8 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (46.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.81%) Ansible
3 4 (6.25%) ZENworks
4 3 (4.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.69%) SCCM
4 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.69%) Terraform
5 2 (3.13%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.56%) Kibana
6 1 (1.56%) Nagios
6 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (60.94%) VMware
2 36 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 23 (35.94%) Cisco
4 20 (31.25%) Meraki
5 18 (28.13%) Citrix
6 17 (26.56%) SonicWALL
7 15 (23.44%) CheckPoint
8 7 (10.94%) Apple
9 6 (9.38%) IBM
10 5 (7.81%) EMC
11 4 (6.25%) Acronis
11 4 (6.25%) Fortinet
12 3 (4.69%) iManage
12 3 (4.69%) Intapp
12 3 (4.69%) NetApp
12 3 (4.69%) Oracle
12 3 (4.69%) Riverbed
12 3 (4.69%) TOWER Software
12 3 (4.69%) Ubiquiti
13 1 (1.56%) Commvault