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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 148 104
Rank change year-on-year -19 -44 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 373 363 720
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 2.20% 2.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.14% 17.75% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 318 308 542
10th Percentile £28,275 £30,000 £29,525
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.61% -8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,573 £68,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 1,545 2,045 3,219
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.64% 12.37% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 1,170 2,218
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,785
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%

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 August 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
1 119 (31.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (26.01%) SharePoint
3 33 (8.85%) IIS
4 12 (3.22%) Apache
4 12 (3.22%) nginx
5 9 (2.41%) Confluence
6 4 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.27%) Drupal
7 1 (0.27%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.27%) Site Server
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.54%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.27%) Magento
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 243 (65.15%) Microsoft 365
2 231 (61.93%) Azure
3 158 (42.36%) Entra ID
4 55 (14.75%) AWS
5 42 (11.26%) OneDrive
6 14 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (2.41%) GitHub
7 9 (2.41%) IaaS
8 8 (2.14%) GCP
8 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.14%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.88%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.88%) SaaS
10 6 (1.61%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.34%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 142 (38.07%) Firewall
2 137 (36.73%) DNS
3 118 (31.64%) DHCP
4 89 (23.86%) VPN
5 78 (20.91%) TCP/IP
6 51 (13.67%) LAN
7 50 (13.40%) WAN
8 42 (11.26%) VLAN
9 30 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (5.90%) VoIP
11 20 (5.36%) Wireless
12 19 (5.09%) Network Security
13 7 (1.88%) SAN
14 5 (1.34%) BGP
14 5 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (1.34%) MPLS
14 5 (1.34%) NAS
14 5 (1.34%) Unified Communications
14 5 (1.34%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (17.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.34%) MySQL
3 5 (1.34%) Power BI
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Redis
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (3.22%) Git
2 9 (2.41%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (2.14%) JIRA
4 3 (0.80%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.27%) Gatling
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 194 (52.01%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.06%) Finance
3 37 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.09%) Legal
6 17 (4.56%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.56%) Retail
7 15 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.75%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.68%) Banking
10 10 (2.68%) Law
11 8 (2.14%) Games
12 5 (1.34%) Marketing
13 2 (0.54%) Advertising
13 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.54%) Military
14 1 (0.27%) Local Government
14 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (28.15%) Support Engineer
2 100 (26.81%) IT Support
3 93 (24.93%) IT Engineer
4 80 (21.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (19.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 62 (16.62%) Analyst
7 60 (16.09%) Senior
8 38 (10.19%) Support Analyst
9 30 (8.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (6.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 24 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 22 (5.90%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (5.90%) Consultant
12 22 (5.90%) IT Analyst
13 16 (4.29%) IT Support Analyst
13 16 (4.29%) Microsoft Engineer
14 15 (4.02%) 1st Line Support
15 13 (3.49%) Senior Support Engineer
15 13 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.99%) Terraform
2 18 (4.83%) CSS
2 18 (4.83%) HTML
2 18 (4.83%) Web Services
3 15 (4.02%) .NET
4 13 (3.49%) .NET Framework
4 13 (3.49%) XML
5 8 (2.14%) Middleware
6 5 (1.34%) XMPP
7 4 (1.07%) ADO
7 4 (1.07%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.27%) Memcached
9 1 (0.27%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.27%) SAP BC
9 1 (0.27%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.31%) Driving Licence
2 25 (6.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.09%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.56%) Public Cloud
5 16 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.02%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.02%) Replication
7 13 (3.49%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.22%) Clustering
9 10 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.14%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.14%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.88%) CMDB
11 7 (1.88%) PKI
12 5 (1.34%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.34%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.34%) iPhone
12 5 (1.34%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (1.34%) Thin Client
12 5 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 373 (100.00%) Windows
2 78 (20.91%) Linux
3 29 (7.77%) Windows 10
3 29 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (4.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (3.75%) Mac OS
6 11 (2.95%) Unix
7 10 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (2.41%) Android
8 9 (2.41%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.07%) Debian
9 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (35.39%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (28.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 97 (26.01%) Disaster Recovery
4 87 (23.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (21.45%) Customer Service
6 71 (19.03%) Cybersecurity
7 60 (16.09%) ITIL
8 54 (14.48%) Mentoring
9 50 (13.40%) High Availability
9 50 (13.40%) Project Delivery
10 49 (13.14%) Business Continuity
11 41 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
12 31 (8.31%) Roadmaps
13 30 (8.04%) Service Delivery
14 29 (7.77%) Change Management
14 29 (7.77%) Migration
15 25 (6.70%) Collaborative Culture
16 24 (6.43%) Root Cause Analysis
17 23 (6.17%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 95 (25.47%) PowerShell
2 51 (13.67%) SQL
3 28 (7.51%) Python
4 14 (3.75%) C#
5 12 (3.22%) Bicep
6 9 (2.41%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.61%) VBA
7 6 (1.61%) VBScript
8 2 (0.54%) Bash
8 2 (0.54%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) ABAP
9 1 (0.27%) Java
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
9 1 (0.27%) Ruby
9 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (15.82%) Degree
2 41 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (10.19%) SC Cleared
5 36 (9.65%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.56%) CCNA
8 16 (4.29%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (3.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (3.22%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.88%) HNC
11 7 (1.88%) HND
12 5 (1.34%) CCNP
12 5 (1.34%) CEH
12 5 (1.34%) CISM
12 5 (1.34%) CISSP
12 5 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.34%) GIAC
13 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.26%) SLA
2 34 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.68%) GDPR
5 6 (1.61%) NIST
6 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 234 (62.73%) Active Directory
2 101 (27.08%) Hyper-V
2 101 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.90%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (4.83%) vSphere
5 14 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.61%) Squid
7 6 (1.61%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.34%) Docker
8 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.07%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.07%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 109 (29.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.43%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.63%) Ansible
4 11 (2.95%) Failover Clustering
5 10 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (1.88%) Packer
7 6 (1.61%) SCCM
8 5 (1.34%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.34%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.34%) Grafana
8 5 (1.34%) HAProxy
8 5 (1.34%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.07%) Autotask
9 4 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.07%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.80%) SCOM
10 3 (0.80%) WSUS
11 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.54%) Kibana
Vendors
1 326 (87.40%) Microsoft
2 127 (34.05%) VMware
3 55 (14.75%) Veeam
4 39 (10.46%) Cisco
5 20 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.83%) Meraki
7 16 (4.29%) Palo Alto
7 16 (4.29%) Splunk
8 14 (3.75%) Fortinet
9 12 (3.22%) WatchGuard
10 11 (2.95%) Citrix
10 11 (2.95%) iManage
11 10 (2.68%) Apple
11 10 (2.68%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.14%) SonicWALL
13 7 (1.88%) Acronis
13 7 (1.88%) EMC
13 7 (1.88%) HP
13 7 (1.88%) NetApp
14 6 (1.61%) F5