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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 156 87
Rank change year-on-year -22 -69 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 284 364 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 2.38% 3.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.51% 17.03% 23.98%
Number of salaries quoted 231 320 900
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -6.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,875 £53,750 £56,648
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 1,385 2,137 4,507
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.00% 13.97% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,238 3,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £35,375 £33,250 £38,883
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -7.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £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 14 June 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 84 (29.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (21.13%) SharePoint
3 21 (7.39%) IIS
4 9 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.11%) Confluence
6 2 (0.70%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) Site Server
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (15.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 184 (64.79%) Azure
2 180 (63.38%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (34.51%) Entra ID
4 49 (17.25%) AWS
5 31 (10.92%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.58%) SaaS
7 12 (4.23%) Google Workspace
7 12 (4.23%) IaaS
8 10 (3.52%) GitHub
9 9 (3.17%) GCP
10 8 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.76%) PaaS
14 4 (1.41%) Cloudflare
15 3 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
16 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 106 (37.32%) Firewall
2 102 (35.92%) DNS
3 85 (29.93%) DHCP
4 76 (26.76%) VPN
5 57 (20.07%) WAN
6 55 (19.37%) TCP/IP
7 46 (16.20%) LAN
8 38 (13.38%) Wi-Fi
9 32 (11.27%) VoIP
10 30 (10.56%) VLAN
11 9 (3.17%) Unified Communications
12 8 (2.82%) SAN
13 7 (2.46%) SD-WAN
13 7 (2.46%) Wireless
14 6 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (2.11%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.11%) Network Security
14 6 (2.11%) WebEx
15 5 (1.76%) NAS
15 5 (1.76%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.76%) MySQL
5 4 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.41%) Power BI
6 2 (0.70%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.35%) Redis
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.17%) Git
1 9 (3.17%) Visual Studio Code
2 6 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.41%) GitLab
4 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.06%) JIRA
5 1 (0.35%) Gatling
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 145 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.97%) Finance
3 28 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.75%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.23%) Banking
6 12 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.23%) Legal
7 11 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.52%) Retail
9 9 (3.17%) Law
10 7 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.11%) Marketing
12 3 (1.06%) Aviation
13 2 (0.70%) Advertising
13 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.35%) Front Office
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (36.97%) Support Engineer
2 102 (35.92%) IT Support
3 92 (32.39%) IT Engineer
4 87 (30.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (13.73%) Senior
7 34 (11.97%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 32 (11.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 31 (10.92%) Analyst
11 22 (7.75%) Support Analyst
12 20 (7.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (6.34%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (4.58%) IT Technician
14 13 (4.58%) Support Technician
15 12 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
15 12 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
16 11 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.87%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.23%) CSS
1 12 (4.23%) HTML
2 8 (2.82%) .NET
3 6 (2.11%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.11%) Web Services
3 6 (2.11%) XML
3 6 (2.11%) XMPP
4 5 (1.76%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.41%) ADO
6 3 (1.06%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.70%) Middleware
8 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.35%) JSP
8 1 (0.35%) Memcached
8 1 (0.35%) REST
8 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.35%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.35%) SOAP
8 1 (0.35%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.21%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.87%) Replication
5 10 (3.52%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.17%) CMDB
6 9 (3.17%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.11%) Clustering
8 6 (2.11%) FlexPod
8 6 (2.11%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.76%) PKI
9 5 (1.76%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 284 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (19.72%) Linux
3 40 (14.08%) Windows 10
4 38 (13.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (9.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (9.15%) Mac OS
7 25 (8.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.87%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (3.17%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.11%) Unix
11 5 (1.76%) Debian
11 5 (1.76%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.41%) Android
13 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (33.45%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (24.65%) Customer Service
3 64 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 60 (21.13%) Cybersecurity
5 59 (20.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 55 (19.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (13.73%) ITIL
8 32 (11.27%) Service Delivery
9 26 (9.15%) DevOps
10 25 (8.80%) High Availability
10 25 (8.80%) Mentoring
11 24 (8.45%) Business Continuity
12 23 (8.10%) Information Security
13 22 (7.75%) Project Delivery
13 22 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (7.39%) CI/CD
15 20 (7.04%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (7.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 20 (7.04%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (6.69%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 75 (26.41%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.44%) SQL
3 30 (10.56%) Python
4 8 (2.82%) Bash
5 7 (2.46%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.11%) C#
6 6 (2.11%) VBA
6 6 (2.11%) VBScript
7 4 (1.41%) Bicep
8 3 (1.06%) Go
9 2 (0.70%) Java
10 1 (0.35%) ABAP
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (16.90%) Degree
2 29 (10.21%) Azure Certification
3 28 (9.86%) Security Cleared
4 25 (8.80%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (4.58%) DBS Check
7 10 (3.52%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.17%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.46%) CCNA
11 5 (1.76%) HNC
11 5 (1.76%) HND
12 4 (1.41%) CISSP
13 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.06%) MCSE
14 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.70%) CCNP
14 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.10%) Cyber Essentials
1 23 (8.10%) SLA
2 18 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.11%) NIST
4 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.41%) GDPR
5 2 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.35%) ITGC
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 174 (61.27%) Active Directory
2 70 (24.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (21.48%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.69%) vSphere
5 11 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.11%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.76%) Docker
7 5 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.41%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.70%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 76 (26.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (13.03%) Terraform
3 24 (8.45%) Ansible
4 19 (6.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (6.34%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.87%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.17%) Autotask
8 8 (2.82%) Grafana
8 8 (2.82%) SCCM
9 7 (2.46%) Packer
10 6 (2.11%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (1.76%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.06%) Kibana
12 3 (1.06%) Nagios
12 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 234 (82.39%) Microsoft
2 97 (34.15%) VMware
3 33 (11.62%) Cisco
4 24 (8.45%) Veeam
5 18 (6.34%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.28%) Splunk
7 14 (4.93%) Google
8 13 (4.58%) Meraki
9 12 (4.23%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.87%) NetApp
11 10 (3.52%) Fortinet
12 9 (3.17%) Dell
12 9 (3.17%) HP
13 8 (2.82%) ConnectWise
13 8 (2.82%) iManage
14 7 (2.46%) EMC
14 7 (2.46%) SolarWinds
15 6 (2.11%) F5
16 5 (1.76%) Citrix
16 5 (1.76%) Synology