Windows Server 2016 Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 283 230
Rank change year-on-year +1 -53 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 8 27 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.23% 0.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.63% 2.12% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 6 27 51
10th Percentile £51,875 £22,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £53,281 £24,375 £40,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +17.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £48,000
90th Percentile - £53,750 £53,000
England median annual salary £42,750 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% +5.00% -3.03%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 requiring operating system skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,270 1,274 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.71% 11.01% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 373 905 729
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £30,001 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the North West

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the North West

Windows Server 2016
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 17 June 2025. 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
Manchester +46 4 £60,000 +33.33% 25
Cumbria -57 3 £53,750 +67.97% 6
Cheshire - 1 - - 10
Windows Server 2016
England

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 5 (62.50%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (25.00%) Games
1 2 (25.00%) Military
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
3 4 (50.00%) CentOS
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (12.50%) Android
4 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Patch Management
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (25.00%) Game Development
4 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Network Management
4 2 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Storage Management
4 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
4 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (12.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) MCSA
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (25.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
4 1 (12.50%) Firmware
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) McAfee
4 1 (12.50%) Symantec
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