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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 109 84
Rank change year-on-year -49 -25 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 295 390 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 2.89% 3.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.76% 21.16% 25.22%
Number of salaries quoted 232 348 980
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £47,050
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -8.61% -5.90%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 1,421 1,843 4,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.83% 13.65% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,399 3,659
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,417 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -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 28 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 72 (24.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (18.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (3.05%) IIS
4 5 (1.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (13.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 202 (68.47%) Azure
2 174 (58.98%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (27.80%) Entra ID
4 45 (15.25%) AWS
5 30 (10.17%) OneDrive
6 22 (7.46%) SaaS
7 21 (7.12%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.41%) IaaS
9 11 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.71%) GitHub
11 7 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.37%) GCP
11 7 (2.37%) PaaS
11 7 (2.37%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 112 (37.97%) DNS
2 104 (35.25%) Firewall
3 95 (32.20%) DHCP
4 79 (26.78%) VPN
5 71 (24.07%) WAN
6 55 (18.64%) LAN
7 53 (17.97%) TCP/IP
8 41 (13.90%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (12.20%) VLAN
10 33 (11.19%) VoIP
11 14 (4.75%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.39%) SAN
12 10 (3.39%) Telnet
13 9 (3.05%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.37%) DMZ
14 7 (2.37%) Wireless
15 5 (1.69%) BGP
15 5 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (1.69%) MPLS
15 5 (1.69%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.36%) MySQL
4 4 (1.36%) Power BI
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.68%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.34%) Redis
7 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.05%) Git
1 9 (3.05%) JIRA
1 9 (3.05%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Gatling
4 1 (0.34%) JMeter
4 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 114 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.58%) Finance
3 24 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.73%) Banking
7 10 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.05%) Legal
9 8 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.71%) Front Office
9 8 (2.71%) Retail
10 7 (2.37%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.03%) Law
11 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.69%) Marketing
13 3 (1.02%) Automotive
13 3 (1.02%) Aviation
14 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.68%) Military
14 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (33.22%) Support Engineer
2 94 (31.86%) IT Support
3 81 (27.46%) IT Engineer
4 76 (25.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (22.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (15.93%) Senior
7 42 (14.24%) 2nd Line Support
8 37 (12.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 37 (12.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 26 (8.81%) Analyst
9 26 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (8.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (7.80%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (6.44%) Support Analyst
13 15 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 14 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
15 11 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.73%) IT Technician
15 11 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.71%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (2.03%) .NET
3 5 (1.69%) CSS
3 5 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.69%) HTML
3 5 (1.69%) XMPP
4 4 (1.36%) ADO
4 4 (1.36%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.02%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.02%) FIDO
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.34%) JSP
6 1 (0.34%) Memcached
6 1 (0.34%) REST
6 1 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.19%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.75%) Replication
5 11 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.39%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.71%) CMDB
8 8 (2.71%) Equities
8 8 (2.71%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.37%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.37%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.03%) iPad
11 5 (1.69%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.69%) PKI
11 5 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 295 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (18.98%) Linux
3 51 (17.29%) Windows 10
4 35 (11.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (10.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (9.15%) Mac OS
7 22 (7.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (5.08%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.71%) Unix
11 5 (1.69%) Debian
12 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.02%) Android
14 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (29.83%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (25.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 59 (20.00%) ITIL
4 55 (18.64%) Customer Service
5 49 (16.61%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (15.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 41 (13.90%) Service Delivery
8 37 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (11.86%) Mentoring
10 34 (11.53%) DevOps
11 30 (10.17%) Migration
12 29 (9.83%) CI/CD
13 28 (9.49%) Root Cause Analysis
14 24 (8.14%) Change Management
15 22 (7.46%) Identity Access Management
16 20 (6.78%) Cloud Operations
16 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 20 (6.78%) Process Improvement
17 19 (6.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 18 (6.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 77 (26.10%) PowerShell
2 50 (16.95%) SQL
3 26 (8.81%) Python
4 8 (2.71%) Bash
5 4 (1.36%) Bicep
5 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.36%) VBA
5 4 (1.36%) VBScript
6 2 (0.68%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) C#
7 1 (0.34%) Java
7 1 (0.34%) PHP
7 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (10.17%) Degree
2 29 (9.83%) Azure Certification
3 24 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (7.46%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.44%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.75%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (3.39%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.69%) CCNA
10 5 (1.69%) MCSE
11 4 (1.36%) CCNP
11 4 (1.36%) HNC
11 4 (1.36%) HND
12 3 (1.02%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.02%) CISSP
12 3 (1.02%) MCSA
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.08%) SLA
3 14 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.03%) NIST
5 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.02%) GDPR
6 3 (1.02%) QA
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 179 (60.68%) Active Directory
2 63 (21.36%) Hyper-V
3 60 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (5.08%) vSphere
5 12 (4.07%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.69%) Firmware
7 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.36%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.02%) Docker
10 1 (0.34%) iptables
Systems Management
1 71 (24.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (13.22%) Terraform
3 24 (8.14%) Ansible
4 22 (7.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.42%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.39%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.71%) Autotask
7 8 (2.71%) SCCM
8 7 (2.37%) Grafana
9 6 (2.03%) Packer
10 5 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.02%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.68%) Kibana
12 2 (0.68%) Nessus
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 211 (71.53%) Microsoft
2 96 (32.54%) VMware
3 38 (12.88%) Cisco
4 21 (7.12%) Google
5 16 (5.42%) Veeam
6 14 (4.75%) Splunk
7 12 (4.07%) Fortinet
8 11 (3.73%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.39%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.05%) ConnectWise
10 9 (3.05%) Dell
10 9 (3.05%) HP
10 9 (3.05%) NetApp
11 8 (2.71%) Charles River
11 8 (2.71%) Meraki
12 7 (2.37%) Apple
12 7 (2.37%) Okta
13 6 (2.03%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.69%) F5
14 5 (1.69%) iManage