Windows Server 2016 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server 2016 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 410 438
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 +139
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 53 190 192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.07% 4.22% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 50 162 167
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,761 £55,000 £57,575
90th Percentile £76,250 £60,726 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -2.44%

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 2,563 4,499 5,542
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.43% 13.22% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 3,385 4,177
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,702
25th Percentile £33,250 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £83,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,996 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.60% -12.39% -

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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 6 July 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 24 (45.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.55%) IIS
4 2 (3.77%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 42 (79.25%) Azure
2 29 (54.72%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (20.75%) AWS
4 7 (13.21%) Entra ID
5 6 (11.32%) Nutanix
6 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 5 (9.43%) IaaS
6 5 (9.43%) SaaS
7 4 (7.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (7.55%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (7.55%) PaaS
8 3 (5.66%) OneDrive
9 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 25 (47.17%) Firewall
2 23 (43.40%) WAN
3 17 (32.08%) LAN
4 13 (24.53%) DHCP
4 13 (24.53%) DNS
5 9 (16.98%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (15.09%) TCP/IP
7 7 (13.21%) SD-WAN
8 6 (11.32%) Multicast
8 6 (11.32%) SAN
8 6 (11.32%) VPN
9 5 (9.43%) VLAN
9 5 (9.43%) VoIP
10 1 (1.89%) BGP
10 1 (1.89%) MPLS
10 1 (1.89%) Network Security
10 1 (1.89%) OSPF
10 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) DB2
3 1 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) GitLab
1 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Games
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Law
4 2 (3.77%) Legal
4 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Electronics
5 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.89%) Marketing
5 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (58.49%) Support Engineer
2 17 (32.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 16 (30.19%) 3rd Line Support
3 16 (30.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (24.53%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 13 (24.53%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) IT Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Senior
7 5 (9.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) IT Support
7 5 (9.43%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) PowerShell Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Server Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.19%) Onboarding
2 11 (20.75%) Replication
3 8 (15.09%) Clustering
4 6 (11.32%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (9.43%) Security Posture
6 4 (7.55%) Driving Licence
7 3 (5.66%) Data Centre
7 3 (5.66%) Fat Client
7 3 (5.66%) Thin Client
8 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (83.02%) Windows Server
3 34 (64.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (32.08%) Windows 10
5 15 (28.30%) Linux
5 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (7.55%) CentOS
7 4 (7.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (5.66%) Android
9 2 (3.77%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
2 14 (26.42%) Infrastructure Management
3 13 (24.53%) Data Security
3 13 (24.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (24.53%) Network Design
3 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (22.64%) DevOps
5 10 (18.87%) ITIL
5 10 (18.87%) Project Delivery
6 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
6 6 (11.32%) Product Management
7 5 (9.43%) Containerisation
7 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
7 5 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (9.43%) High Availability
7 5 (9.43%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (9.43%) Patch Management
7 5 (9.43%) Test Automation
7 5 (9.43%) Virtual Environments
8 4 (7.55%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 3 (5.66%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) Bash
4 2 (3.77%) Go
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.55%) DBS Check
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.66%) MCP
3 3 (5.66%) MCSA
3 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.77%) CCNP
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) CCNA
5 1 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (73.58%) Active Directory
2 29 (54.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (32.08%) Hyper-V
4 13 (24.53%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (24.53%) XenApp
5 3 (5.66%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (3.77%) Docker
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (3.77%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.89%) Firmware
7 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.43%) Ansible
3 4 (7.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (7.55%) ZENworks
4 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.77%) Kibana
5 2 (3.77%) Nagios
5 2 (3.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.77%) SCCM
5 2 (3.77%) Terraform
6 1 (1.89%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.89%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.89%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (71.70%) VMware
2 29 (54.72%) Microsoft
3 21 (39.62%) Cisco
4 19 (35.85%) Meraki
5 16 (30.19%) SonicWALL
6 15 (28.30%) Citrix
7 14 (26.42%) CheckPoint
8 6 (11.32%) Apple
8 6 (11.32%) IBM
9 5 (9.43%) EMC
10 4 (7.55%) Oracle
10 4 (7.55%) TOWER Software
11 3 (5.66%) Acronis
12 2 (3.77%) Datto
12 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
12 2 (3.77%) iManage
12 2 (3.77%) Intapp
12 2 (3.77%) Riverbed
12 2 (3.77%) SolarWinds
12 2 (3.77%) Splunk