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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 106 80
Rank change year-on-year -41 -26 +33
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 308 390 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.72% 2.92% 3.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.46% 20.87% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 245 352 995
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £76,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

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 1,435 1,869 4,501
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.03% 14.01% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 981 1,432 3,691
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,340 £37,170 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -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 21 April 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 74 (24.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (17.21%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.92%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.60%) IIS
5 5 (1.62%) Confluence
6 2 (0.65%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Drupal
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) Magento
2 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 207 (67.21%) Azure
2 182 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (26.62%) Entra ID
4 49 (15.91%) AWS
5 31 (10.06%) OneDrive
6 23 (7.47%) Google Workspace
6 23 (7.47%) SaaS
7 13 (4.22%) IaaS
8 12 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.27%) GCP
9 7 (2.27%) GitHub
9 7 (2.27%) PaaS
10 6 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.62%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.97%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.65%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 118 (38.31%) DNS
2 108 (35.06%) Firewall
3 101 (32.79%) DHCP
4 83 (26.95%) VPN
5 73 (23.70%) WAN
6 56 (18.18%) LAN
6 56 (18.18%) TCP/IP
7 44 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (12.66%) VLAN
9 34 (11.04%) VoIP
10 15 (4.87%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.25%) SAN
11 10 (3.25%) Telnet
12 9 (2.92%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.27%) DMZ
14 5 (1.62%) BGP
14 5 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.62%) MPLS
14 5 (1.62%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (1.30%) MySQL
3 4 (1.30%) Power BI
4 3 (0.97%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.65%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.32%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.32%) Redis
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.92%) Git
1 9 (2.92%) JIRA
1 9 (2.92%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Gatling
4 1 (0.32%) JMeter
4 1 (0.32%) Vagrant
General
1 112 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.96%) Finance
3 22 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.57%) Banking
7 10 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.60%) Front Office
9 8 (2.60%) Legal
9 8 (2.60%) Retail
10 7 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.62%) Law
11 5 (1.62%) Marketing
12 4 (1.30%) Automotive
13 3 (0.97%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.97%) Aviation
14 2 (0.65%) German Language
14 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 103 (33.44%) Support Engineer
2 102 (33.12%) IT Support
3 87 (28.25%) IT Engineer
4 82 (26.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (21.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 51 (16.56%) Senior
7 48 (15.58%) 2nd Line Support
8 41 (13.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 41 (13.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 27 (8.77%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (8.44%) Analyst
10 26 (8.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (6.82%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (6.82%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.49%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 14 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.90%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (3.90%) IT Technician
15 12 (3.90%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.60%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (1.95%) .NET
3 5 (1.62%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.62%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.62%) XMPP
4 4 (1.30%) ADO
4 4 (1.30%) CSS
4 4 (1.30%) FIDO
4 4 (1.30%) HTML
5 3 (0.97%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.32%) JSP
6 1 (0.32%) Memcached
6 1 (0.32%) REST
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.32%) SOAP
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.36%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.19%) Replication
4 15 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (4.87%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.25%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.60%) CMDB
8 8 (2.60%) Equities
8 8 (2.60%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.27%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.95%) iPad
11 5 (1.62%) CCTV
11 5 (1.62%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.62%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.62%) PKI
11 5 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 308 (100.00%) Windows
2 64 (20.78%) Linux
3 56 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (10.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (8.77%) Mac OS
7 23 (7.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.87%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.60%) Unix
11 5 (1.62%) Debian
12 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.97%) Android
14 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.32%) SUSE
14 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 68 (22.08%) ITIL
4 57 (18.51%) Customer Service
5 50 (16.23%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 43 (13.96%) Disaster Recovery
8 38 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (12.34%) Mentoring
9 36 (11.69%) DevOps
10 33 (10.71%) Migration
11 30 (9.74%) CI/CD
12 29 (9.42%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (7.79%) Change Management
14 21 (6.82%) Cloud Operations
14 21 (6.82%) Identity Access Management
14 21 (6.82%) Service Management
15 20 (6.49%) Coaching
15 20 (6.49%) Infrastructure as Code
16 19 (6.17%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.65%) PowerShell
2 49 (15.91%) SQL
3 27 (8.77%) Python
4 9 (2.92%) Bash
5 4 (1.30%) Bicep
6 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.97%) VBA
6 3 (0.97%) VBScript
7 2 (0.65%) Go
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) Java
8 1 (0.32%) PHP
8 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (9.74%) Azure Certification
2 29 (9.42%) Degree
3 26 (8.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.17%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.87%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.25%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.60%) CCNA
11 7 (2.27%) CCNP
11 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.27%) MCSE
12 5 (1.62%) MCSA
13 4 (1.30%) HNC
13 4 (1.30%) HND
13 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.97%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.97%) CISSP
14 3 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.87%) SLA
3 13 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.95%) NIST
5 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.97%) GDPR
6 3 (0.97%) QA
7 2 (0.65%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.32%) ITGC
System Software
1 186 (60.39%) Active Directory
2 67 (21.75%) Hyper-V
3 60 (19.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.19%) vSphere
5 12 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.95%) Firmware
8 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.30%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.30%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.97%) Docker
11 1 (0.32%) iptables
11 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (24.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (12.66%) Terraform
3 24 (7.79%) Ansible
4 23 (7.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.19%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.25%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.92%) Autotask
8 8 (2.60%) SCCM
9 7 (2.27%) Grafana
10 5 (1.62%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.62%) Packer
11 3 (0.97%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.65%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.65%) Nagios
12 2 (0.65%) Nessus
12 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (69.81%) Microsoft
2 100 (32.47%) VMware
3 39 (12.66%) Cisco
4 23 (7.47%) Google
5 16 (5.19%) Veeam
6 14 (4.55%) Splunk
7 12 (3.90%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.25%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.92%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.92%) Dell
9 9 (2.92%) HP
9 9 (2.92%) NetApp
9 9 (2.92%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.60%) Charles River
10 8 (2.60%) Meraki
10 8 (2.60%) Okta
11 7 (2.27%) Apple
11 7 (2.27%) Draytek
12 6 (1.95%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.62%) WatchGuard