Hybrid/Remote Windows Server Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 148 88
Rank change year-on-year -28 -60 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 290 362 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 2.34% 3.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.41% 17.01% 24.15%
Number of salaries quoted 237 320 900
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £56,313
90th Percentile £70,500 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows Server 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 1,421 2,128 4,477
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.05% 13.75% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,237 3,519
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 - - -9.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,940 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -14.29%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows Server
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Windows Server
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

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

Windows Server
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 87 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (21.03%) SharePoint
3 24 (8.28%) IIS
4 9 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.07%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Site Server
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
1 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (65.17%) Azure
2 187 (64.48%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (34.83%) Entra ID
4 52 (17.93%) AWS
5 30 (10.34%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.48%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.14%) Google Workspace
7 12 (4.14%) IaaS
7 12 (4.14%) SaaS
8 9 (3.10%) GCP
8 9 (3.10%) GitHub
9 7 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.72%) PaaS
12 4 (1.38%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 115 (39.66%) Firewall
2 103 (35.52%) DNS
3 86 (29.66%) DHCP
4 79 (27.24%) VPN
5 59 (20.34%) TCP/IP
6 58 (20.00%) WAN
7 48 (16.55%) LAN
8 37 (12.76%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (11.72%) VoIP
10 30 (10.34%) VLAN
11 9 (3.10%) Wireless
12 8 (2.76%) Network Security
12 8 (2.76%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.41%) SAN
14 6 (2.07%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (2.07%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.07%) SD-WAN
14 6 (2.07%) WebEx
15 5 (1.72%) NAS
15 5 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.72%) MySQL
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.38%) Power BI
5 2 (0.69%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.10%) Git
1 9 (3.10%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.38%) GitLab
4 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.03%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Gatling
5 1 (0.34%) JMeter
5 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 153 (52.76%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.03%) Finance
3 30 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.83%) Legal
5 14 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.14%) Banking
8 10 (3.45%) Retail
9 9 (3.10%) Law
10 8 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.07%) Marketing
12 3 (1.03%) Aviation
13 2 (0.69%) Advertising
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.34%) Games
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (37.93%) Support Engineer
2 105 (36.21%) IT Support
3 95 (32.76%) IT Engineer
4 90 (31.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 50 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 40 (13.79%) Senior
7 34 (11.72%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 33 (11.38%) Analyst
9 32 (11.03%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 24 (8.28%) Support Analyst
11 19 (6.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.48%) Support Technician
14 12 (4.14%) 1st Line Support
14 12 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (4.14%) Infrastructure Support
14 12 (4.14%) IT Technician
14 12 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.14%) CSS
1 12 (4.14%) HTML
2 7 (2.41%) .NET
3 6 (2.07%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.07%) Web Services
3 6 (2.07%) XML
3 6 (2.07%) XMPP
4 5 (1.72%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.38%) ADO
5 4 (1.38%) Middleware
6 3 (1.03%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.34%) JSP
7 1 (0.34%) Memcached
7 1 (0.34%) REST
7 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.34%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.34%) SOAP
7 1 (0.34%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.97%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.79%) Replication
6 9 (3.10%) CMDB
6 9 (3.10%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.10%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.41%) Clustering
8 7 (2.41%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.07%) FlexPod
9 6 (2.07%) PKI
9 6 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 290 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (18.62%) Linux
3 39 (13.45%) Windows 10
3 39 (13.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 26 (8.97%) Mac OS
5 25 (8.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 25 (8.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (2.76%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.07%) Unix
9 5 (1.72%) Android
9 5 (1.72%) Debian
9 5 (1.72%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (25.86%) Customer Service
3 66 (22.76%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (21.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 61 (21.03%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (12.41%) ITIL
8 32 (11.03%) Service Delivery
9 28 (9.66%) Mentoring
10 27 (9.31%) Business Continuity
10 27 (9.31%) High Availability
11 25 (8.62%) Project Delivery
12 24 (8.28%) Information Security
12 24 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (7.59%) DevOps
14 20 (6.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 20 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
15 19 (6.55%) CI/CD
16 18 (6.21%) Performance Tuning
16 18 (6.21%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (26.90%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.17%) SQL
3 31 (10.69%) Python
4 8 (2.76%) Bash
4 8 (2.76%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.07%) C#
5 6 (2.07%) VBA
5 6 (2.07%) VBScript
6 4 (1.38%) Bicep
7 3 (1.03%) Go
8 2 (0.69%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) ABAP
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (17.24%) Degree
2 30 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 27 (9.31%) SC Cleared
5 25 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (5.17%) DBS Check
7 10 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.10%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.10%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.41%) CCNA
11 5 (1.72%) CISSP
11 5 (1.72%) HNC
11 5 (1.72%) HND
12 3 (1.03%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.03%) MCSE
13 2 (0.69%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.69%) CCNP
13 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 24 (8.28%) SLA
3 18 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.41%) NIST
5 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
6 2 (0.69%) QA
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.34%) ITGC
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 178 (61.38%) Active Directory
2 72 (24.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (23.10%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.55%) vSphere
5 10 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.07%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.72%) Docker
7 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 79 (27.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (12.41%) Terraform
3 24 (8.28%) Ansible
4 19 (6.55%) Kubernetes
5 18 (6.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.45%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.10%) Autotask
8 8 (2.76%) Grafana
9 7 (2.41%) Packer
9 7 (2.41%) SCCM
10 6 (2.07%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.07%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.03%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.03%) Kibana
11 3 (1.03%) Nagios
11 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 246 (84.83%) Microsoft
2 96 (33.10%) VMware
3 34 (11.72%) Cisco
4 24 (8.28%) Veeam
5 18 (6.21%) ServiceNow
6 16 (5.52%) Meraki
6 16 (5.52%) Splunk
7 14 (4.83%) Google
8 12 (4.14%) Fortinet
8 12 (4.14%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.45%) NetApp
10 9 (3.10%) Dell
10 9 (3.10%) HP
11 8 (2.76%) ConnectWise
11 8 (2.76%) iManage
12 7 (2.41%) Citrix
12 7 (2.41%) EMC
12 7 (2.41%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.07%) F5
14 5 (1.72%) Synology