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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 384 443
Rank change year-on-year +17 +59 +101
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 65 208 235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.61% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.35% 4.42% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 60 192 192
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £26,375
25th Percentile £36,313 £32,000 £31,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £58,125 £55,000 £53,825
90th Percentile £76,250 £59,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -1.23%

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 1,938 4,704 6,567
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.81% 13.89% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 3,662 4,816
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,690
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -

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 7 May 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 34 (52.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (13.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.62%) IIS
4 2 (3.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 53 (81.54%) Azure
2 44 (67.69%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (21.54%) Entra ID
4 9 (13.85%) AWS
5 6 (9.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (9.23%) Nutanix
6 5 (7.69%) IaaS
6 5 (7.69%) SaaS
7 4 (6.15%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (6.15%) GCP
7 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
7 4 (6.15%) PaaS
8 2 (3.08%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (50.77%) Firewall
2 28 (43.08%) WAN
3 24 (36.92%) LAN
4 17 (26.15%) DHCP
4 17 (26.15%) DNS
5 12 (18.46%) VPN
6 11 (16.92%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
8 8 (12.31%) VLAN
9 7 (10.77%) SAN
9 7 (10.77%) SD-WAN
9 7 (10.77%) VoIP
10 6 (9.23%) Multicast
11 2 (3.08%) Network Security
12 1 (1.54%) MPLS
12 1 (1.54%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.23%) DB2
3 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.85%) Finance
3 5 (7.69%) Legal
4 3 (4.62%) Games
4 3 (4.62%) Law
5 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (50.77%) Support Engineer
2 20 (30.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 20 (30.77%) 3rd Line Support
2 20 (30.77%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 15 (23.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 15 (23.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (18.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (15.38%) Senior
6 8 (12.31%) IT Engineer
7 7 (10.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (9.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (7.69%) IT Support
9 5 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Lead
10 4 (6.15%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) PowerShell Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Senior IT Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Server Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Windows Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Onboarding
2 11 (16.92%) Replication
3 8 (12.31%) Security Posture
4 7 (10.77%) Clustering
5 6 (9.23%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (7.69%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
7 4 (6.15%) Fat Client
7 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
7 4 (6.15%) Thin Client
8 2 (3.08%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (83.08%) Windows Server
3 44 (67.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (29.23%) Windows 10
5 18 (27.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (20.00%) Linux
7 11 (16.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (6.15%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.62%) Android
9 3 (4.62%) CentOS
10 2 (3.08%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.54%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Mentoring
2 16 (24.62%) Infrastructure Management
3 15 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (21.54%) Data Security
4 14 (21.54%) Network Design
4 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (16.92%) DevOps
5 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
6 9 (13.85%) ITIL
7 8 (12.31%) Customer Service
7 8 (12.31%) Virtual Environments
8 6 (9.23%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.23%) High Availability
8 6 (9.23%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (9.23%) Product Management
9 5 (7.69%) Containerisation
9 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.69%) Line Management
9 5 (7.69%) Patch Management
9 5 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.08%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.85%) SQL
3 3 (4.62%) Python
4 1 (1.54%) Bash
4 1 (1.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.15%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.15%) MCSA
4 3 (4.62%) CCNA
4 3 (4.62%) CCNP
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.62%) MCP
5 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) NIST
2 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 33 (50.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (32.31%) Hyper-V
4 15 (23.08%) XenApp
5 13 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (4.62%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (3.08%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.54%) Docker
8 1 (1.54%) Firmware
8 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.23%) Ansible
3 4 (6.15%) ZENworks
4 3 (4.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.62%) SCCM
4 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.62%) Terraform
5 2 (3.08%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.54%) Kibana
6 1 (1.54%) Nagios
6 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) VMware
2 37 (56.92%) Microsoft
3 23 (35.38%) Cisco
4 20 (30.77%) Meraki
5 18 (27.69%) Citrix
6 17 (26.15%) SonicWALL
7 15 (23.08%) CheckPoint
8 7 (10.77%) Apple
9 6 (9.23%) EMC
9 6 (9.23%) IBM
10 4 (6.15%) Acronis
10 4 (6.15%) Fortinet
10 4 (6.15%) Oracle
10 4 (6.15%) TOWER Software
11 3 (4.62%) iManage
11 3 (4.62%) Intapp
11 3 (4.62%) NetApp
11 3 (4.62%) Riverbed
11 3 (4.62%) Ubiquiti
12 1 (1.54%) Commvault