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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 376 334
Rank change year-on-year -7 -42 +189
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 24 94 179
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.46% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.34% 3.46% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23 69 167
10th Percentile £29,650 £29,400 £28,200
25th Percentile £39,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.60% -1.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,920 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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 1,792 2,719 3,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.95% 13.35% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,677 3,052
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £88,675
UK median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -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 17 October 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 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (79.17%) Azure
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.83%) AWS
4 4 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (12.50%) GCP
5 3 (12.50%) Nutanix
5 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 2 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
6 2 (8.33%) IaaS
6 2 (8.33%) PaaS
6 2 (8.33%) SaaS
7 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) WAN
2 12 (50.00%) Firewall
3 8 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (29.17%) LAN
5 6 (25.00%) DHCP
5 6 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 5 (20.83%) VPN
7 4 (16.67%) DNS
7 4 (16.67%) VLAN
8 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 2 (8.33%) Wireless
10 1 (4.17%) BGP
10 1 (4.17%) OSPF
10 1 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Support Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 5 (20.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) IT Support
4 5 (20.83%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior
6 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support
6 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Server Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (20.83%) Clustering
2 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (12.50%) BYOD
4 3 (12.50%) Driving Licence
5 2 (8.33%) CCTV
5 2 (8.33%) Digital Signage
5 2 (8.33%) Replication
6 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.17%) Fat Client
6 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.17%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (79.17%) Windows Server
3 11 (45.83%) Linux
4 10 (41.67%) Windows 10
5 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (20.83%) Apple iOS
7 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
8 3 (12.50%) CentOS
9 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) ITIL
1 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (16.67%) Data Security
4 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (16.67%) Network Design
4 4 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 4 (16.67%) SIEM
4 4 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.50%) DevOps
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) Go
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) MCP
4 1 (4.17%) MCSA
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 20 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (54.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (37.50%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (16.67%) XenApp
5 3 (12.50%) BitLocker
6 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (4.17%) Docker
7 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (16.67%) ZENworks
3 3 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (8.33%) Ansible
5 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (4.17%) Kibana
5 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.17%) Nagios
5 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 1 (4.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) VMware
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (41.67%) Meraki
4 6 (25.00%) Cisco
5 5 (20.83%) Apple
5 5 (20.83%) SonicWALL
6 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 4 (16.67%) Citrix
7 2 (8.33%) EMC
7 2 (8.33%) Google
7 2 (8.33%) Oracle
7 2 (8.33%) TOWER Software
8 1 (4.17%) Acronis
8 1 (4.17%) Commvault
8 1 (4.17%) Datto
8 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
8 1 (4.17%) HP
8 1 (4.17%) SAP
8 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.17%) Splunk