Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 417 509
Rank change year-on-year +4 +92 -158
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 612 760 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.75% 0.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.36% 4.70% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 540 614 881
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,075 £24,800
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +1.23%
75th Percentile £54,500 £52,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,434
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.93% -3.92%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,033 16,182 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,810 10,929 16,503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2016 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 587 £40,210 +0.53% 117
UK excluding London 0 519 £40,000 +14.29% 91
Work from Home +45 200 £45,000 +5.88% 32
South East -3 167 £50,000 +58.73% 22
North of England -2 104 £35,000 -12.50% 26
South West +46 99 £37,500 -8.54% 11
London -11 85 £53,000 +0.95% 30
Midlands -19 72 £35,000 +7.69% 19
East of England +41 60 £33,000 +14.78% 14
Yorkshire +81 52 £35,000 +8.70% 13
West Midlands 0 50 £32,500 +1.56% 8
North West -49 32 £40,000 -11.11% 8
East Midlands -13 21 £37,500 +7.14% 11
North East +5 20 £31,000 -38.00% 5
Scotland -69 13 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Northern Ireland +17 3 £40,000 +23.08%
Wales -5 2 £46,250 +68.18% 1

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 184 (30.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (16.34%) SharePoint
3 31 (5.07%) IIS
4 21 (3.43%) Exchange Server 2010
5 20 (3.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 18 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (2.29%) Confluence
8 9 (1.47%) WordPress
9 6 (0.98%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 97 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 347 (56.70%) Microsoft 365
2 324 (52.94%) Azure
3 113 (18.46%) Entra ID
4 63 (10.29%) AWS
5 56 (9.15%) OneDrive
6 47 (7.68%) Mimecast
7 20 (3.27%) SaaS
8 18 (2.94%) Azure Storage
9 17 (2.78%) Google Workspace
10 16 (2.61%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (2.29%) Power Platform
13 12 (1.96%) OCI
14 11 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.47%) GCP
15 9 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 8 (1.31%) IaaS
16 8 (1.31%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 228 (37.25%) DNS
2 218 (35.62%) Firewall
3 195 (31.86%) DHCP
4 98 (16.01%) TCP/IP
5 89 (14.54%) WAN
6 77 (12.58%) VPN
7 73 (11.93%) LAN
8 68 (11.11%) Wireless
9 60 (9.80%) SAN
10 44 (7.19%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (6.37%) VoIP
12 32 (5.23%) VLAN
13 22 (3.59%) Remote Desktop
14 21 (3.43%) SD-WAN
15 18 (2.94%) Network Security
16 14 (2.29%) NAS
17 13 (2.12%) Fibre Channel
18 11 (1.80%) iSCSI
19 10 (1.63%) Internet
20 9 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (13.07%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (4.90%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.76%) MySQL
5 9 (1.47%) DB2
6 8 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.98%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.98%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.98%) Power BI
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.94%) JIRA
2 8 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.98%) Eclipse
4 5 (0.82%) Git
5 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.33%) Hudson
5 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.54%) Finance
3 28 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (2.94%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 16 (2.61%) Retail
8 14 (2.29%) Legal
9 12 (1.96%) Back Office
10 11 (1.80%) Automotive
11 10 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.63%) Law
12 9 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.98%) Aviation
15 5 (0.82%) Banking
15 5 (0.82%) Games
16 4 (0.65%) Electronics
17 2 (0.33%) Military
18 1 (0.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 152 (24.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 142 (23.20%) IT Engineer
3 114 (18.63%) IT Support
4 94 (15.36%) Support Engineer
5 87 (14.22%) Senior
6 69 (11.27%) IT Support Engineer
7 68 (11.11%) Administrator
8 65 (10.62%) Analyst
9 49 (8.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 44 (7.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 35 (5.72%) IT Technician
12 34 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
12 34 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support
14 31 (5.07%) Systems Administrator
15 30 (4.90%) DBA
16 29 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
17 27 (4.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 27 (4.41%) DV Cleared DBA
17 27 (4.41%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.94%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.47%) LAMP
3 8 (1.31%) LDAP
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) SAML
5 2 (0.33%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.33%) WSH
6 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.16%) Kafka
6 1 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.16%) XML
6 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.46%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (6.86%) Driving Licence
3 33 (5.39%) Data Centre
4 30 (4.90%) PKI
5 27 (4.41%) Replication
6 22 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.61%) CCTV
9 14 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
10 13 (2.12%) Clustering
11 9 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) VAX
13 6 (0.98%) EMC VNX
13 6 (0.98%) Fat Client
13 6 (0.98%) Handset
13 6 (0.98%) iPad
13 6 (0.98%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.98%) Xbox
14 5 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 600 (98.04%) Windows
2 438 (71.57%) Windows Server
3 412 (67.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 284 (46.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 238 (38.89%) Windows 10
6 174 (28.43%) Linux
7 70 (11.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 56 (9.15%) CentOS
9 46 (7.52%) Windows 7
10 32 (5.23%) Ubuntu
11 24 (3.92%) Windows 8
12 19 (3.10%) Apple iOS
12 19 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 16 (2.61%) Mac OS
13 16 (2.61%) Windows NT
13 16 (2.61%) Windows XP
14 9 (1.47%) VMS
15 6 (0.98%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.65%) Unix
16 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (27.12%) ITIL
3 129 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (17.16%) Customer Service
5 73 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
6 59 (9.64%) Project Management
7 57 (9.31%) Mentoring
8 53 (8.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 51 (8.33%) Change Management
9 51 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
10 50 (8.17%) Time Management
11 47 (7.68%) Service Management
12 46 (7.52%) Storage Management
13 40 (6.54%) DevOps
14 37 (6.05%) User Experience
15 36 (5.88%) Line Management
16 34 (5.56%) Agile
16 34 (5.56%) Roadmaps
17 30 (4.90%) Capacity Management
17 30 (4.90%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 210 (34.31%) PowerShell
2 79 (12.91%) SQL
3 46 (7.52%) Bash
4 26 (4.25%) VBScript
5 19 (3.10%) VB
6 17 (2.78%) C#
7 14 (2.29%) Bicep
8 9 (1.47%) Python
9 6 (0.98%) Perl
10 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) Java
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 121 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 108 (17.65%) Degree
3 80 (13.07%) DV Cleared
4 59 (9.64%) SC Cleared
5 46 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (7.03%) DBS Check
7 37 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.25%) CCNA
9 23 (3.76%) CCNP
9 23 (3.76%) MCSE
10 19 (3.10%) MCSA
11 18 (2.94%) HNC
12 16 (2.61%) A+ Certification
12 16 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 14 (2.29%) Azure Certification
15 8 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.49%) MCTS
16 3 (0.49%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.33%) SLA
2 11 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.31%) GDPR
4 5 (0.82%) NIST
5 3 (0.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.33%) NCSC
6 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.33%) QA
7 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 395 (64.54%) Active Directory
2 238 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 187 (30.56%) Hyper-V
4 61 (9.97%) vSphere
5 44 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (6.37%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (3.10%) Firmware
9 16 (2.61%) Terminal Services
10 9 (1.47%) Docker
11 8 (1.31%) XenApp
12 6 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.82%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.49%) KVM
16 2 (0.33%) NFS
16 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 119 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (17.48%) SCCM
3 73 (11.93%) WSUS
4 54 (8.82%) vCenter Server
5 39 (6.37%) SCOM
6 34 (5.56%) Kubernetes
7 24 (3.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (2.94%) Ansible
8 18 (2.94%) EMC NetWorker
9 17 (2.78%) Terraform
10 13 (2.12%) Nagios
10 13 (2.12%) NetBackup
11 12 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (1.96%) Sysprep
12 11 (1.80%) McAfee ePO
13 10 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (1.31%) EMC VPLEX
14 8 (1.31%) Nessus
14 8 (1.31%) SCVMM
15 7 (1.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 451 (73.69%) Microsoft
2 311 (50.82%) VMware
3 102 (16.67%) Cisco
4 74 (12.09%) Citrix
5 70 (11.44%) Veeam
6 67 (10.95%) Red Hat
7 59 (9.64%) Apple
8 56 (9.15%) HP
9 48 (7.84%) Oracle
10 42 (6.86%) Sophos
11 34 (5.56%) Dell
12 30 (4.90%) Meraki
13 29 (4.74%) Palo Alto
14 27 (4.41%) Aruba
15 26 (4.25%) EMC
15 26 (4.25%) SolarWinds
16 23 (3.76%) ConnectWise
16 23 (3.76%) Google
17 21 (3.43%) Juniper
18 19 (3.10%) Barracuda Networks