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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 153 105
Rank change year-on-year -16 -48 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 378 362 698
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 2.21% 2.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.40% 17.96% 22.27%
Number of salaries quoted 323 306 511
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,250
90th Percentile £69,390 £70,000 £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 1,549 2,016 3,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.63% 12.33% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 1,152 2,095
10th Percentile £28,500 £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 - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,751 £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 3 September 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
1 121 (32.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (26.46%) SharePoint
3 35 (9.26%) IIS
4 12 (3.17%) Apache
4 12 (3.17%) nginx
5 9 (2.38%) Confluence
6 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.26%) Drupal
7 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.26%) Site Server
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.53%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.26%) Magento
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 246 (65.08%) Microsoft 365
2 235 (62.17%) Azure
3 162 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 55 (14.55%) AWS
5 43 (11.38%) OneDrive
6 14 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (2.38%) GitHub
7 9 (2.38%) IaaS
8 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.12%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.85%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.85%) GCP
9 7 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.85%) SaaS
10 6 (1.59%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.32%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 145 (38.36%) Firewall
2 139 (36.77%) DNS
3 121 (32.01%) DHCP
4 89 (23.54%) VPN
5 79 (20.90%) TCP/IP
6 49 (12.96%) LAN
7 48 (12.70%) WAN
8 43 (11.38%) VLAN
9 29 (7.67%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (6.08%) VoIP
11 20 (5.29%) Wireless
12 19 (5.03%) Network Security
13 7 (1.85%) SAN
14 5 (1.32%) BGP
14 5 (1.32%) MPLS
14 5 (1.32%) NAS
15 4 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (1.06%) IP Telephony
15 4 (1.06%) Unified Communications
15 4 (1.06%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.32%) MySQL
3 5 (1.32%) Power BI
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.26%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (3.17%) Git
2 9 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (2.12%) JIRA
4 3 (0.79%) GitLab
5 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.26%) Gatling
6 1 (0.26%) JMeter
6 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 199 (52.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.90%) Finance
3 38 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.03%) Legal
6 17 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.23%) Retail
8 15 (3.97%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.65%) Law
12 9 (2.38%) Banking
12 9 (2.38%) Games
13 4 (1.06%) Marketing
14 2 (0.53%) Advertising
14 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.53%) Military
15 1 (0.26%) Local Government
15 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (28.31%) Support Engineer
2 104 (27.51%) IT Support
3 95 (25.13%) IT Engineer
4 82 (21.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 70 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 63 (16.67%) Analyst
7 60 (15.87%) Senior
8 38 (10.05%) Support Analyst
9 29 (7.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (6.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 24 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 23 (6.08%) Consultant
13 22 (5.82%) Azure Engineer
13 22 (5.82%) IT Analyst
14 16 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
14 16 (4.23%) IT Support Analyst
14 16 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
15 14 (3.70%) Senior Support Engineer
16 13 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.58%) Terraform
2 20 (5.29%) CSS
2 20 (5.29%) HTML
3 18 (4.76%) Web Services
4 17 (4.50%) .NET
5 15 (3.97%) .NET Framework
5 15 (3.97%) XML
6 8 (2.12%) Middleware
7 4 (1.06%) ADO
7 4 (1.06%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.06%) XMPP
8 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.53%) Blazor
8 2 (0.53%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.53%) jQuery
8 2 (0.53%) JSON
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.53%) RESTful
8 2 (0.53%) Sass
9 1 (0.26%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.73%) Driving Licence
2 24 (6.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.03%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.50%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.97%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.70%) Replication
7 13 (3.44%) Private Cloud
8 12 (3.17%) Clustering
9 10 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.12%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.12%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.85%) CMDB
11 7 (1.85%) PKI
12 6 (1.59%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.59%) Thin Client
13 5 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 5 (1.32%) iPhone
13 5 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 378 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (20.90%) Linux
3 30 (7.94%) Windows 10
4 28 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (4.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.70%) Mac OS
7 11 (2.91%) Unix
8 10 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.38%) Android
9 9 (2.38%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.06%) Debian
11 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (34.92%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 98 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
4 89 (23.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (21.16%) Customer Service
6 74 (19.58%) Cybersecurity
7 62 (16.40%) ITIL
8 55 (14.55%) Mentoring
9 52 (13.76%) Project Delivery
10 51 (13.49%) High Availability
11 50 (13.23%) Business Continuity
12 41 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (8.47%) Roadmaps
13 32 (8.47%) Service Delivery
14 30 (7.94%) Change Management
14 30 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
15 29 (7.67%) Migration
16 25 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
17 24 (6.35%) Cloud Security
17 24 (6.35%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 95 (25.13%) PowerShell
2 53 (14.02%) SQL
3 27 (7.14%) Python
4 16 (4.23%) C#
5 12 (3.17%) Bicep
6 9 (2.38%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.59%) VBA
7 6 (1.59%) VBScript
8 2 (0.53%) Bash
8 2 (0.53%) Go
8 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.26%) ABAP
9 1 (0.26%) Java
9 1 (0.26%) PHP
9 1 (0.26%) Ruby
9 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (16.14%) Degree
2 42 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (10.85%) Security Cleared
4 38 (10.05%) SC Cleared
5 36 (9.52%) Azure Certification
6 20 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (5.03%) CCNA
8 16 (4.23%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (3.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (3.17%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.85%) CCNP
11 7 (1.85%) HNC
11 7 (1.85%) HND
12 6 (1.59%) MCSE
13 5 (1.32%) CEH
13 5 (1.32%) CISM
13 5 (1.32%) CISSP
13 5 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.64%) SLA
2 36 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.65%) GDPR
5 6 (1.59%) NIST
6 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) ITGC
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 238 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 106 (28.04%) Hyper-V
3 102 (26.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.50%) vSphere
6 14 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (3.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.59%) Squid
8 6 (1.59%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.32%) Docker
10 4 (1.06%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 112 (29.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.29%) Ansible
4 11 (2.91%) Failover Clustering
5 10 (2.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (1.85%) Packer
7 6 (1.59%) SCCM
8 5 (1.32%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.32%) HAProxy
8 5 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.06%) Autotask
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.06%) Grafana
9 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.06%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.79%) SCOM
10 3 (0.79%) WSUS
11 2 (0.53%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 329 (87.04%) Microsoft
2 130 (34.39%) VMware
3 57 (15.08%) Veeam
4 38 (10.05%) Cisco
5 20 (5.29%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.76%) Meraki
7 16 (4.23%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.97%) Splunk
8 15 (3.97%) WatchGuard
9 14 (3.70%) Fortinet
10 11 (2.91%) Apple
10 11 (2.91%) Citrix
10 11 (2.91%) iManage
11 10 (2.65%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.38%) SonicWALL
13 8 (2.12%) Acronis
14 7 (1.85%) Datto
14 7 (1.85%) EMC
15 6 (1.59%) HP
15 6 (1.59%) N-able