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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 394 299
Rank change year-on-year +55 -95 +210
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 32 59 192
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.35% 0.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.47% 2.38% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19 47 187
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,598 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £73,125 £58,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £59,000
UK median annual salary £37,250 £42,500 £44,400
% change year-on-year -12.35% -4.28% +4.47%

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 1,296 2,480 3,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.63% 14.87% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,538 2,709
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,075 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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 4 January 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 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
2 14 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (28.13%) AWS
4 8 (25.00%) Google Workspace
5 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
6 4 (12.50%) Azure Stack
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.13%) GCP
7 1 (3.13%) GitHub
7 1 (3.13%) IaaS
7 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (68.75%) DHCP
1 22 (68.75%) DNS
2 14 (43.75%) SAN
3 10 (31.25%) WAN
4 9 (28.13%) LAN
4 9 (28.13%) TCP/IP
4 9 (28.13%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (25.00%) VoIP
6 3 (9.38%) Firewall
6 3 (9.38%) VPN
7 1 (3.13%) NAS
7 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.13%) VLAN
7 1 (3.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.13%) Legal
3 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (40.63%) IT Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (28.13%) Support Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) IT Support
4 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (15.63%) Data Centre
3 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (96.88%) Windows Server
3 21 (65.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (31.25%) Windows 10
4 10 (31.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (28.13%) Mac OS
6 5 (15.63%) Linux
7 4 (12.50%) Rocky
8 2 (6.25%) Android
8 2 (6.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (59.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (43.75%) DevOps
5 13 (40.63%) Performance Tuning
5 13 (40.63%) Security Operations
6 5 (15.63%) Containerisation
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL
8 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (6.25%) Information Security
10 1 (3.13%) Document Management
10 1 (3.13%) ERP
10 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Automation
10 1 (3.13%) IT Strategy
10 1 (3.13%) Migration
10 1 (3.13%) Preventative Maintenance
10 1 (3.13%) Systems Analysis
10 1 (3.13%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Azure Certification
2 5 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CCNP
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 28 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 13 (40.63%) Hyper-V
2 13 (40.63%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.25%) vSphere
4 1 (3.13%) Docker
4 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (40.63%) SCCM
1 13 (40.63%) vCenter Server
2 8 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (18.75%) Kubernetes
4 2 (6.25%) Ansible
4 2 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (46.88%) VMware
3 13 (40.63%) 3PAR
3 13 (40.63%) NetApp
3 13 (40.63%) SolarWinds
3 13 (40.63%) Veeam
4 8 (25.00%) Google
5 5 (15.63%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) Commvault
6 1 (3.13%) HP
6 1 (3.13%) Pure Storage
6 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow