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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 358 414
Rank change year-on-year -35 +56 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 27 67 182
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.45% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.93% 3.15% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23 64 169
10th Percentile £31,550 £31,250 £26,100
25th Percentile £40,875 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,761 £56,250
90th Percentile - £76,250 £61,234
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -

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 1,396 2,128 4,455
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.19% 14.21% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,242 3,547
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 7 June 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 20 (74.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (25.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.41%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (59.26%) Azure
3 11 (40.74%) AWS
3 11 (40.74%) Google Workspace
4 6 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
6 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) DHCP
1 17 (62.96%) DNS
1 17 (62.96%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (40.74%) LAN
2 11 (40.74%) TCP/IP
2 11 (40.74%) VoIP
2 11 (40.74%) WAN
3 9 (33.33%) Firewall
4 5 (18.52%) SAN
5 4 (14.81%) VPN
6 2 (7.41%) Network Security
7 1 (3.70%) VLAN
7 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Law
3 1 (3.70%) Legal
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) IT Engineer
1 17 (62.96%) IT Support
2 16 (59.26%) IT Support Engineer
2 16 (59.26%) Support Engineer
3 13 (48.15%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (40.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 11 (40.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (7.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Support
9 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 1 (3.70%) IT Support Technician
9 1 (3.70%) IT Technician
9 1 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
9 1 (3.70%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (92.59%) Windows Server
3 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (59.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (48.15%) Windows 10
6 11 (40.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (18.52%) Business Continuity
2 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (18.52%) Identity Management
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (18.52%) ITIL
2 5 (18.52%) Service Management
2 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) DevOps
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (14.81%) Security Operations
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 2 (7.41%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.70%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (3.70%) Document Management
6 1 (3.70%) Incident Response
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security
6 1 (3.70%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Azure Certification
1 5 (18.52%) CCNA
1 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (48.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (14.81%) SCCM
3 4 (14.81%) vCenter Server
4 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (96.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Google
3 9 (33.33%) Veeam
4 5 (18.52%) NetApp
4 5 (18.52%) VMware
5 4 (14.81%) 3PAR
5 4 (14.81%) SolarWinds
6 2 (7.41%) HP
7 1 (3.70%) Cisco
7 1 (3.70%) iManage
7 1 (3.70%) Meraki
7 1 (3.70%) Nimble Storage