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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 368 311
Rank change year-on-year -15 -57 +289
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2019 36 92 195
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.46% 0.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.04% 3.45% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 26 64 187
10th Percentile £36,250 £26,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,438 £28,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £39,750 £47,103
Median % change year-on-year +28.93% -15.61% +10.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £56,000 £56,525
90th Percentile - £74,875 £62,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -1.18%

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 1,769 2,667 3,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.77% 13.38% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 986 1,626 2,987
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,150
25th Percentile £33,281 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,991 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -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 1 November 2025.

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 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Azure
2 16 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (38.89%) Entra ID
4 8 (22.22%) Azure Stack
5 4 (11.11%) SaaS
6 3 (8.33%) AWS
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (5.56%) GCP
7 2 (5.56%) IaaS
7 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.78%) GitHub
8 1 (2.78%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
8 1 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) SAN
2 13 (36.11%) DHCP
2 13 (36.11%) DNS
3 8 (22.22%) Firewall
4 7 (19.44%) WAN
5 6 (16.67%) LAN
6 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.33%) VPN
7 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.78%) NAS
8 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.78%) VLAN
8 1 (2.78%) VoIP
8 1 (2.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Local Government
4 2 (5.56%) Legal
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) IT Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Senior
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) IT Support
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 10 (27.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (25.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.78%) Clustering
5 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (94.44%) Windows Server
3 12 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (25.00%) Linux
5 8 (22.22%) Rocky
6 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
7 3 (8.33%) Windows 10
8 2 (5.56%) Android
8 2 (5.56%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (33.33%) DevOps
3 11 (30.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.78%) ITIL
4 10 (27.78%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (27.78%) Security Operations
5 9 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
8 4 (11.11%) Data Security
8 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (11.11%) Network Design
9 3 (8.33%) AI
9 3 (8.33%) Decision Intelligence
9 3 (8.33%) Information Security
9 3 (8.33%) Project Management
9 3 (8.33%) Service Management
9 3 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) Azure Certification
2 10 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
3 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.33%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.56%) Degree
7 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.78%) CCNP
7 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 32 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 11 (30.56%) Hyper-V
2 11 (30.56%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (11.11%) XenApp
5 2 (5.56%) vSphere
6 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 10 (27.78%) SCCM
2 10 (27.78%) vCenter Server
3 3 (8.33%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) SmoothWall
4 2 (5.56%) Terraform
5 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 23 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 20 (55.56%) VMware
3 10 (27.78%) 3PAR
3 10 (27.78%) Dell
3 10 (27.78%) NetApp
3 10 (27.78%) SolarWinds
3 10 (27.78%) Veeam
4 8 (22.22%) Cisco
5 4 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 4 (11.11%) Citrix
5 4 (11.11%) EMC
5 4 (11.11%) Meraki
5 4 (11.11%) SonicWALL
6 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.56%) HP
8 1 (2.78%) Commvault
8 1 (2.78%) Oracle
8 1 (2.78%) Pure Storage
8 1 (2.78%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.78%) TOWER Software