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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 150 85
Rank change year-on-year -14 -65 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 267 369 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 2.46% 3.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.39% 16.73% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 208 325 928
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,700 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £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 £58,750 £53,750 £57,125
90th Percentile £74,650 £69,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.70% -10.00%

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 1,377 2,205 4,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.34% 14.71% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,303 3,569
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +0.97% -6.36%
75th Percentile £74,987 £69,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,700 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 May 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 71 (26.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (20.60%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.49%) IIS
4 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.25%) Confluence
6 2 (0.75%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) Drupal
7 1 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) Magento
1 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 179 (67.04%) Azure
2 159 (59.55%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (28.46%) Entra ID
4 45 (16.85%) AWS
5 29 (10.86%) OneDrive
6 15 (5.62%) Google Workspace
6 15 (5.62%) SaaS
7 12 (4.49%) IaaS
8 10 (3.75%) GitHub
8 10 (3.75%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.62%) GCP
10 7 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.25%) PaaS
12 4 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.12%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.75%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.75%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 99 (37.08%) DNS
2 92 (34.46%) Firewall
3 82 (30.71%) DHCP
4 70 (26.22%) VPN
5 60 (22.47%) WAN
6 48 (17.98%) TCP/IP
7 46 (17.23%) LAN
8 40 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (12.36%) VLAN
10 31 (11.61%) VoIP
11 10 (3.75%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.75%) Unified Communications
12 8 (3.00%) Telnet
13 7 (2.62%) DMZ
14 6 (2.25%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (2.25%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.25%) SAN
14 6 (2.25%) WebEx
15 5 (1.87%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.87%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (16.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.87%) MySQL
4 4 (1.50%) Power BI
5 3 (1.12%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.75%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.37%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.37%) Redis
7 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.37%) Git
1 9 (3.37%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (3.00%) JIRA
3 5 (1.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.12%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.37%) Gatling
6 1 (0.37%) JMeter
6 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.37%) Vagrant
General
1 110 (41.20%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.61%) Finance
3 25 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.49%) Banking
5 12 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.49%) Legal
5 12 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.37%) Retail
7 8 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.00%) Law
8 6 (2.25%) Front Office
8 6 (2.25%) Marketing
8 6 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.12%) Aviation
11 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 92 (34.46%) Support Engineer
2 90 (33.71%) IT Support
3 81 (30.34%) IT Engineer
4 76 (28.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (21.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (14.23%) Senior
7 33 (12.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 29 (10.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 29 (10.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 24 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (8.61%) Analyst
11 21 (7.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (5.62%) Support Analyst
14 14 (5.24%) 3rd Line Support
15 13 (4.87%) Infrastructure Support
16 12 (4.49%) IT Technician
16 12 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
16 12 (4.49%) Support Technician
17 10 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.37%) CSS
1 9 (3.37%) HTML
2 6 (2.25%) .NET
2 6 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (2.25%) XMPP
3 5 (1.87%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.50%) ADO
5 3 (1.12%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.12%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.12%) Web Services
6 2 (0.75%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) JSP
7 1 (0.37%) Memcached
7 1 (0.37%) REST
7 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.36%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.49%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 11 (4.12%) Replication
6 10 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.75%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.37%) CMDB
8 8 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.62%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.25%) Equities
10 6 (2.25%) Fixed Income
10 6 (2.25%) FlexPod
10 6 (2.25%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.87%) PKI
11 5 (1.87%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 267 (100.00%) Windows
2 52 (19.48%) Linux
3 42 (15.73%) Windows 10
4 35 (13.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (10.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (8.61%) Mac OS
7 21 (7.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (4.49%) Apple iOS
9 11 (4.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (3.00%) Unix
11 5 (1.87%) Debian
11 5 (1.87%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.75%) Android
12 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (32.58%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (25.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (19.85%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (19.10%) Customer Service
5 50 (18.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 45 (16.85%) ITIL
7 40 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (12.36%) Service Delivery
9 28 (10.49%) DevOps
10 25 (9.36%) CI/CD
10 25 (9.36%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.61%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (7.87%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (7.49%) Information Security
14 20 (7.49%) Process Improvement
15 19 (7.12%) Change Management
15 19 (7.12%) High Availability
15 19 (7.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 19 (7.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.21%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.73%) SQL
3 29 (10.86%) Python
4 8 (3.00%) Bash
5 6 (2.25%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.25%) VBA
5 6 (2.25%) VBScript
6 4 (1.50%) Bicep
7 3 (1.12%) C#
8 2 (0.75%) Go
9 1 (0.37%) Java
9 1 (0.37%) PHP
9 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (13.11%) Degree
2 27 (10.11%) Azure Certification
3 23 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (8.61%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.49%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.87%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (3.37%) DBS Check
6 9 (3.37%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.87%) CCNA
9 5 (1.87%) HNC
9 5 (1.87%) HND
10 4 (1.50%) CISSP
11 3 (1.12%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.12%) MCSE
12 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.75%) CCNP
12 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.62%) SLA
4 7 (2.62%) NIST
5 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.12%) GDPR
5 3 (1.12%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.37%) ITGC
6 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 159 (59.55%) Active Directory
2 61 (22.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (18.35%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.37%) vSphere
5 11 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.25%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.25%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.50%) Docker
9 4 (1.50%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.12%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.12%) Firmware
11 1 (0.37%) iptables
Systems Management
1 65 (24.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (16.10%) Terraform
3 25 (9.36%) Ansible
4 20 (7.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (6.74%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.75%) vCenter Server
7 8 (3.00%) Autotask
7 8 (3.00%) Grafana
7 8 (3.00%) SCCM
8 7 (2.62%) Packer
9 6 (2.25%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (1.12%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.75%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.75%) Kibana
11 2 (0.75%) Nagios
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 199 (74.53%) Microsoft
2 87 (32.58%) VMware
3 33 (12.36%) Cisco
4 19 (7.12%) Veeam
5 16 (5.99%) Splunk
6 15 (5.62%) Google
7 12 (4.49%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.12%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.75%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.75%) NetApp
10 9 (3.37%) ConnectWise
10 9 (3.37%) Dell
10 9 (3.37%) HP
11 8 (3.00%) Meraki
12 7 (2.62%) EMC
12 7 (2.62%) iManage
12 7 (2.62%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.25%) Charles River
13 6 (2.25%) F5
14 5 (1.87%) Synology