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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 370 323
Rank change year-on-year -12 -47 +181
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 17 87 188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.44% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.07% 3.28% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 16 63 176
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,800 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,563 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £44,740
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.01% -0.58%
75th Percentile £49,688 £56,513 £56,788
90th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.10% -3.53% -2.30%

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 1,591 2,653 3,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.09% 13.48% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 972 1,611 2,958
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2016 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2016 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Windows Server 2016 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows Server 2016
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (29.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Azure
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) Google Workspace
3 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) WAN
2 8 (47.06%) LAN
3 6 (35.29%) DHCP
4 5 (29.41%) Firewall
4 5 (29.41%) VLAN
4 5 (29.41%) VPN
5 4 (23.53%) DNS
5 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
5 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (17.65%) VoIP
7 2 (11.76%) Wireless
8 1 (5.88%) BGP
8 1 (5.88%) Network Security
8 1 (5.88%) OSPF
8 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Games
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Support Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (23.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) IT Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Desktop Support
4 3 (17.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 2 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Junior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) BYOD
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) CCTV
2 2 (11.76%) Digital Signage
2 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Clustering
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Fat Client
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Social Media
3 1 (5.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server
3 11 (64.71%) Windows 10
4 5 (29.41%) Apple iOS
4 5 (29.41%) Mac OS
4 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (17.65%) Linux
6 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (5.88%) AIX
7 1 (5.88%) CentOS
7 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) ITIL
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
4 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (11.76%) Data Security
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (11.76%) Network Design
5 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) ERP
6 1 (5.88%) High Availability
6 1 (5.88%) Information Security
6 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Bash
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CCNA
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
3 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (41.18%) Hyper-V
3 3 (17.65%) BitLocker
3 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (11.76%) XenApp
5 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (17.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
4 1 (5.88%) Kibana
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Nagios
4 1 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Apple
4 4 (23.53%) Google
5 3 (17.65%) Citrix
5 3 (17.65%) Meraki
6 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
6 2 (11.76%) Datto
6 2 (11.76%) SonicWALL
7 1 (5.88%) Acronis
7 1 (5.88%) Commvault
7 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
7 1 (5.88%) HP
7 1 (5.88%) IBM
7 1 (5.88%) Oracle
7 1 (5.88%) SAP
7 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.88%) Splunk
7 1 (5.88%) Veeam