Hybrid/Remote Windows Server 2016 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 402 330
Rank change year-on-year +8 -72 +221
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 35 105 186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.45% 0.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.83% 3.44% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33 79 170
10th Percentile £31,550 £29,550 £26,200
25th Percentile £39,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £44,740
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -7.24% +5.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,513 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £60,918 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,360
% change year-on-year +12.50% -0.89% -5.04%

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 1,917 3,048 3,868
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 13.06% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,897 3,253
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2016

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 17 September 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 14 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (11.43%) IIS
2 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.71%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (77.14%) Azure
2 17 (48.57%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (22.86%) AWS
4 6 (17.14%) Nutanix
5 5 (14.29%) GCP
6 4 (11.43%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (11.43%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (11.43%) IaaS
6 4 (11.43%) PaaS
6 4 (11.43%) SaaS
7 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
7 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) Firewall
2 15 (42.86%) WAN
3 9 (25.71%) DHCP
3 9 (25.71%) DNS
3 9 (25.71%) LAN
4 7 (20.00%) VPN
5 6 (17.14%) SD-WAN
5 6 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 4 (11.43%) VLAN
8 3 (8.57%) VoIP
9 2 (5.71%) Multicast
9 2 (5.71%) SAN
10 1 (2.86%) BGP
10 1 (2.86%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Games
4 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Electronics
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.86%) Marketing
5 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Support Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (22.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) IT Support
4 7 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior
5 6 (17.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 6 (17.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Platform Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) PowerShell Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Server Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Windows Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Windows Server Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Onboarding
2 8 (22.86%) Clustering
3 6 (17.14%) Replication
3 6 (17.14%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) BYOD
5 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
6 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (5.71%) Fat Client
6 2 (5.71%) Thin Client
7 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (77.14%) Windows Server
3 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (37.14%) Linux
5 12 (34.29%) Windows 10
6 6 (17.14%) Mac OS
6 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (11.43%) CentOS
9 3 (8.57%) Android
9 3 (8.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (25.71%) ITIL
1 9 (25.71%) Mentoring
2 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) DevOps
3 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (17.14%) Data Security
4 6 (17.14%) Network Design
5 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.29%) High Availability
6 4 (11.43%) Cloud Security
6 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
6 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (11.43%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
6 4 (11.43%) Platform Engineering
6 4 (11.43%) Security Hardening
6 4 (11.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) Go
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
2 3 (8.57%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (8.57%) MCP
2 3 (8.57%) MCSA
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.71%) CCNP
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 27 (77.14%) Active Directory
2 19 (54.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (34.29%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (22.86%) Hyper-V
5 6 (17.14%) XenApp
6 3 (8.57%) BitLocker
7 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (5.71%) VMware NSX
8 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.29%) Ansible
3 4 (11.43%) ZENworks
4 3 (8.57%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.86%) Kibana
6 1 (2.86%) Nagios
6 1 (2.86%) NetBackup
6 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.86%) Terraform
6 1 (2.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (74.29%) VMware
2 23 (65.71%) Microsoft
3 12 (34.29%) Meraki
4 11 (31.43%) Cisco
5 9 (25.71%) SonicWALL
6 8 (22.86%) Apple
7 6 (17.14%) CheckPoint
7 6 (17.14%) Citrix
8 5 (14.29%) EMC
9 4 (11.43%) Oracle
9 4 (11.43%) TOWER Software
10 2 (5.71%) Acronis
10 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
10 2 (5.71%) IBM
11 1 (2.86%) Commvault
11 1 (2.86%) HP
11 1 (2.86%) NetApp
11 1 (2.86%) SAP
11 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
11 1 (2.86%) Splunk