Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 18 August 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
18 Aug 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 543 465 238
Rank change year-on-year -78 -227 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 351 207 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.50% 0.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.69% 2.83% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 303 186 45
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,055 £47,500 £61,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

All Operating Systems
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,072 7,314 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.56% 17.70% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,437 5,705 1,604
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -6.96%
75th Percentile £74,589 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%

Windows Server 2016
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2016 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 18 August 2022.

Windows Server 2016 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 18 August 2022, Windows Server 2016 job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Windows Server 2016.

1 347 (98.86%) Windows
2 257 (73.22%) Microsoft
3 222 (63.25%) Windows Server
4 220 (62.68%) Active Directory
5 191 (54.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 187 (53.28%) Azure
7 186 (52.99%) Microsoft 365
8 134 (38.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 120 (34.19%) VMware
10 118 (33.62%) DNS
11 114 (32.48%) SQL
12 109 (31.05%) Linux
13 98 (27.92%) ITIL
14 97 (27.64%) SQL Server
15 95 (27.07%) Windows 10
16 89 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
17 88 (25.07%) Social Skills
18 87 (24.79%) PowerShell
19 86 (24.50%) AWS
20 81 (23.08%) DHCP
21 79 (22.51%) Firewall
22 70 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
23 67 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 67 (19.09%) Customer Service
23 67 (19.09%) Disaster Recovery
24 64 (18.23%) Azure Active Directory
25 62 (17.66%) SharePoint
26 60 (17.09%) SCCM
27 58 (16.52%) Change Management
28 57 (16.24%) Hyper-V

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 62 (17.66%) SharePoint
2 55 (15.67%) MS Exchange
3 39 (11.11%) IIS
4 17 (4.84%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (1.42%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.28%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 187 (53.28%) Azure
2 186 (52.99%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (24.50%) AWS
4 64 (18.23%) Azure Active Directory
5 45 (12.82%) SaaS
6 32 (9.12%) PaaS
7 24 (6.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 22 (6.27%) Amazon EC2
8 22 (6.27%) Amazon S3
8 22 (6.27%) Azure Monitor
8 22 (6.27%) OneDrive
8 22 (6.27%) Route 53
8 22 (6.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 17 (4.84%) IaaS
10 14 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.99%) GitHub
11 8 (2.28%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
11 8 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (2.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 118 (33.62%) DNS
2 81 (23.08%) DHCP
3 79 (22.51%) Firewall
4 50 (14.25%) SAN
5 48 (13.68%) LAN
5 48 (13.68%) WAN
6 46 (13.11%) VPN
7 37 (10.54%) TCP/IP
7 37 (10.54%) Wireless
8 19 (5.41%) Skype
8 19 (5.41%) VoIP
9 18 (5.13%) NAS
10 15 (4.27%) Internet
10 15 (4.27%) VLAN
11 14 (3.99%) Fibre Channel
12 13 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (2.28%) NetScaler
13 8 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.99%) Softphone
14 7 (1.99%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (27.64%) SQL Server
2 29 (8.26%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (7.12%) DB2
4 11 (3.13%) MySQL
4 11 (3.13%) Oracle Database
4 11 (3.13%) Oracle Database 12c
5 7 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.85%) Power BI
7 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (3.99%) Subversion
2 11 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.42%) AdminStudio
3 5 (1.42%) Fiddler
3 5 (1.42%) InstallShield
3 5 (1.42%) MSI
3 5 (1.42%) Toad
4 4 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.85%) Bitbucket
General
1 88 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.53%) Finance
3 27 (7.69%) French Language
4 20 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.41%) Retail
6 18 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.56%) Marketing
8 15 (4.27%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (3.13%) Law
11 9 (2.56%) Banking
12 8 (2.28%) Advertising
13 7 (1.99%) Fire and Rescue
13 7 (1.99%) Legal
13 7 (1.99%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.71%) Back Office
14 6 (1.71%) Electronics
15 5 (1.42%) Billing
15 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 4 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 73 (20.80%) Analyst
2 54 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (15.10%) Support Engineer
4 42 (11.97%) IT Support
5 32 (9.12%) Applications Support
5 32 (9.12%) IT Engineer
6 30 (8.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 27 (7.69%) Developer
8 26 (7.41%) .NET Applications Developer
8 26 (7.41%) .NET Developer
8 26 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (7.41%) Applications Developer
8 26 (7.41%) ASP.NET Developer
8 26 (7.41%) C# .NET Developer
8 26 (7.41%) C# Application Developer
8 26 (7.41%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 26 (7.41%) C# Developer
8 26 (7.41%) SQL Developer
8 26 (7.41%) Support Analyst
9 25 (7.12%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.25%) .NET
2 26 (7.41%) ASP.NET
3 10 (2.85%) LDAP
4 8 (2.28%) XMPP
5 7 (1.99%) Software Packaging
6 5 (1.42%) ODBC
7 1 (0.28%) EDI
7 1 (0.28%) EDIFACT
7 1 (0.28%) MSMQ
7 1 (0.28%) RESTful
7 1 (0.28%) SOAP
7 1 (0.28%) WCF
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
7 1 (0.28%) WSH
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.40%) Data Centre
2 27 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 22 (6.27%) Replication
4 21 (5.98%) HACMP
5 20 (5.70%) Management Information System
6 18 (5.13%) Clustering
7 14 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (3.13%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.85%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.99%) IoT
10 7 (1.99%) NHS
11 6 (1.71%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.42%) Cyberthreat
12 5 (1.42%) Educational Technology
12 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.42%) User Experience
13 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
14 2 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 347 (98.86%) Windows
2 222 (63.25%) Windows Server
3 191 (54.42%) Windows Server 2012
4 134 (38.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 109 (31.05%) Linux
6 95 (27.07%) Windows 10
7 47 (13.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 34 (9.69%) Ubuntu
9 33 (9.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 29 (8.26%) CentOS
11 21 (5.98%) AIX
12 16 (4.56%) Windows Server 2003
13 15 (4.27%) Windows 7
14 14 (3.99%) Amazon Linux
15 9 (2.56%) Windows 8
16 8 (2.28%) Apple iOS
17 7 (1.99%) Mac OS X
18 5 (1.42%) Debian
18 5 (1.42%) Unix
19 4 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (27.92%) ITIL
2 70 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (19.09%) Customer Service
3 67 (19.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 67 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 58 (16.52%) Change Management
5 44 (12.54%) Mentoring
6 41 (11.68%) Computer Science
7 39 (11.11%) Incident Management
8 38 (10.83%) Service Delivery
9 36 (10.26%) Problem Management
10 33 (9.40%) Asset Management
10 33 (9.40%) Project Management
11 28 (7.98%) DevOps
12 27 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
13 26 (7.41%) OO
13 26 (7.41%) OOP
14 25 (7.12%) Business Continuity
15 23 (6.55%) Infrastructure Management
16 22 (6.27%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 114 (32.48%) SQL
2 87 (24.79%) PowerShell
3 40 (11.40%) T-SQL
4 34 (9.69%) C#
5 21 (5.98%) Perl
5 21 (5.98%) Shell Script
6 18 (5.13%) Bash
7 14 (3.99%) Python
8 9 (2.56%) PL/SQL
9 8 (2.28%) VB.NET
10 7 (1.99%) C
11 2 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) VC++
12 1 (0.28%) VB
12 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (11.11%) Degree
2 34 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (8.26%) SC Cleared
5 28 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (3.70%) MCSA
7 13 (3.70%) MCSE
8 11 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (2.85%) CCNA
10 7 (1.99%) HNC
11 6 (1.71%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (1.42%) MCITP
13 4 (1.14%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.14%) CCDA
13 4 (1.14%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.68%) SLA
2 11 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.28%) GDPR
4 5 (1.42%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.42%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.85%) QA
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) RosettaNet
System Software
1 220 (62.68%) Active Directory
2 89 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (16.24%) Hyper-V
4 46 (13.11%) vSphere
5 31 (8.83%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (5.98%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 19 (5.41%) Docker
7 19 (5.41%) XenApp
8 14 (3.99%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
10 11 (3.13%) Terminal Services
11 8 (2.28%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (1.99%) XenDesktop
13 5 (1.42%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (1.42%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (1.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (1.14%) Postfix
15 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.28%) Firmware
16 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 60 (17.09%) SCCM
2 54 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (11.97%) SCOM
4 24 (6.84%) WSUS
5 22 (6.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (6.27%) SCSM
6 21 (5.98%) IBM BigFix
6 21 (5.98%) Netcool
6 21 (5.98%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 21 (5.98%) Tivoli
6 21 (5.98%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 20 (5.70%) Ansible
8 15 (4.27%) Terraform
9 10 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (2.56%) Kubernetes
11 8 (2.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (2.28%) Cisco UCCX
12 7 (1.99%) NetBackup
13 6 (1.71%) vCenter Server
14 5 (1.42%) Rancher
Vendors
1 257 (73.22%) Microsoft
2 120 (34.19%) VMware
3 40 (11.40%) Citrix
4 37 (10.54%) Red Hat
5 33 (9.40%) Cisco
6 30 (8.55%) Oracle
7 29 (8.26%) Veeam
8 28 (7.98%) IBM
9 16 (4.56%) HP
10 11 (3.13%) NETGEAR
10 11 (3.13%) Veritas
11 9 (2.56%) Apple
11 9 (2.56%) Ivanti
11 9 (2.56%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.56%) SAP
11 9 (2.56%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.28%) Concur
12 8 (2.28%) Qualys
12 8 (2.28%) Red Box
12 8 (2.28%) Sophos