Hybrid/Remote Windows Server Engineer Job Trends

Windows Server Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Windows Server Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 433 450
Rank change year-on-year +62 +17 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Server Engineer 1 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.069% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.071% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 24
10th Percentile - £31,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - -21.95% +13.89%
75th Percentile £42,500 £67,500 £102,500
90th Percentile - £91,250 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -27.27% +5.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Windows Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Windows Server Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Windows Server Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Windows Server Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Windows Server Engineer job vacancies

Windows Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Windows Server Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Windows Server Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Windows Server Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft