Hybrid/Remote Windows Server 2019 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 356 400
Rank change year-on-year -73 +44 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 22 75 156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.45% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.43% 3.54% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 22 70 135
10th Percentile £31,900 £31,050 £24,750
25th Percentile £38,438 £31,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +23.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £43,750 £54,688 £54,875
90th Percentile £45,450 £77,750 £60,918
UK median annual salary £41,000 £46,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -10.87% +17.95% -2.50%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows Server 2019 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 1,534 2,118 4,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.16% 12.84% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 1,246 3,162
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows Server 2019
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2019.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2019 over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Windows Server 2019 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows Server 2019
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 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.09%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (68.18%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) AWS
3 7 (31.82%) Google Workspace
4 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
5 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
6 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) Firewall
2 13 (59.09%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (54.55%) LAN
3 12 (54.55%) WAN
4 9 (40.91%) DHCP
4 9 (40.91%) DNS
5 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
5 7 (31.82%) VoIP
6 4 (18.18%) Wireless
7 3 (13.64%) VLAN
8 2 (9.09%) Network Security
8 2 (9.09%) VPN
9 1 (4.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) IT Engineer
1 13 (59.09%) IT Support
2 12 (54.55%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (54.55%) Support Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Field Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
7 1 (4.55%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Clustering
1 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
1 22 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 19 (86.36%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (31.82%) Mac OS
4 7 (31.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
4 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (22.73%) Identity Management
4 5 (22.73%) ITIL
4 5 (22.73%) Service Management
5 4 (18.18%) Logistics
5 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (13.64%) Project Management
7 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.09%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
8 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Operations
8 1 (4.55%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) CCNA
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (22.73%) Azure Certification
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (18.18%) DBS Check
4 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) HNC
4 2 (9.09%) HND
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 14 (63.64%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (9.09%) Firmware
4 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (31.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (13.64%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Google
3 5 (22.73%) Veeam
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) iManage
5 1 (4.55%) Meraki
5 1 (4.55%) NetApp
5 1 (4.55%) Nimble Storage