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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 378 316
Rank change year-on-year -22 -62 +206
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 19 88 188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.44% 0.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.07% 3.29% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 18 63 175
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £41,500 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -6.21% -1.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £57,575
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,210
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.52% -6.49%

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 1,770 2,675 3,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.80% 13.40% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,635 2,999
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £33,469 £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 £71,991 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,119
% change year-on-year -15.00% -0.24% -4.54%

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 31 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 10 (52.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.53%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (73.68%) Azure
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 3 (15.79%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (15.79%) Google Workspace
4 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
5 2 (10.53%) GCP
6 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (5.26%) IaaS
6 1 (5.26%) Nutanix
6 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 1 (5.26%) PaaS
6 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) WAN
2 8 (42.11%) LAN
3 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 6 (31.58%) Firewall
4 5 (26.32%) VPN
5 4 (21.05%) DNS
5 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
5 4 (21.05%) VLAN
6 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (10.53%) Wireless
8 1 (5.26%) BGP
8 1 (5.26%) Network Security
8 1 (5.26%) OSPF
8 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
8 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) GitLab
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Electronics
3 1 (5.26%) Games
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Support Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 3 (15.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) IT Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) IT Support
4 3 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.79%) BYOD
2 3 (15.79%) Clustering
3 2 (10.53%) CCTV
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Signage
3 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Fat Client
4 1 (5.26%) Replication
4 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Windows Server
3 9 (47.37%) Windows 10
4 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
6 4 (21.05%) Linux
6 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
7 2 (10.53%) CentOS
7 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (5.26%) AIX
8 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
8 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Mentoring
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Data Security
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (21.05%) Network Design
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
6 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (5.26%) High Availability
7 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) Bash
2 2 (10.53%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CCNA
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 14 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (26.32%) Hyper-V
4 4 (21.05%) XenApp
5 3 (15.79%) BitLocker
6 1 (5.26%) Docker
6 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (10.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (5.26%) Ansible
4 1 (5.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (5.26%) Kibana
4 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.26%) Nagios
4 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (52.63%) VMware
3 7 (36.84%) Cisco
4 5 (26.32%) Citrix
5 4 (21.05%) Apple
5 4 (21.05%) CheckPoint
5 4 (21.05%) Meraki
5 4 (21.05%) SonicWALL
6 3 (15.79%) Google
7 2 (10.53%) Datto
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle
8 1 (5.26%) Commvault
8 1 (5.26%) EMC
8 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
8 1 (5.26%) HP
8 1 (5.26%) IBM
8 1 (5.26%) SAP
8 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
8 1 (5.26%) TOWER Software
8 1 (5.26%) Veeam