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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 161 104
Rank change year-on-year +1 -57 -18
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 407 324 645
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.93% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.97% 17.67% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 349 261 420
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £28,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +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 1,567 1,834 2,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.29% 10.91% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 974 1,714
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 7 October 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
1 130 (31.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 108 (26.54%) SharePoint
3 35 (8.60%) IIS
4 11 (2.70%) Apache
4 11 (2.70%) nginx
5 5 (1.23%) Confluence
6 3 (0.74%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 267 (65.60%) Microsoft 365
2 257 (63.14%) Azure
3 196 (48.16%) Entra ID
4 55 (13.51%) AWS
5 46 (11.30%) OneDrive
6 13 (3.19%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.97%) IaaS
10 7 (1.72%) Cloudflare
10 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.47%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.47%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.47%) SaaS
11 6 (1.47%) Serverless
12 5 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 154 (37.84%) Firewall
2 153 (37.59%) DNS
3 133 (32.68%) DHCP
4 101 (24.82%) VPN
5 81 (19.90%) TCP/IP
6 50 (12.29%) VLAN
7 44 (10.81%) LAN
8 40 (9.83%) WAN
9 25 (6.14%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (5.16%) Network Security
10 21 (5.16%) VoIP
11 20 (4.91%) Wireless
12 11 (2.70%) IP Telephony
13 10 (2.46%) SAN
14 6 (1.47%) NAS
15 4 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
16 3 (0.74%) OSPF
17 2 (0.49%) BGP
17 2 (0.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (17.20%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) Power BI
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) Big Data
5 2 (0.49%) MySQL
6 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (1.72%) JIRA
2 6 (1.47%) Git
3 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.49%) GitLab
4 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.25%) Flyway
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 209 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 48 (11.79%) Finance
3 44 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.91%) Legal
4 20 (4.91%) Telecoms
5 19 (4.67%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.42%) Retail
7 17 (4.18%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.46%) Law
11 9 (2.21%) Games
12 6 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Banking
14 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.74%) Automotive
14 3 (0.74%) Publishing
15 2 (0.49%) Marketing
15 2 (0.49%) Military
16 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (28.01%) IT Support
2 108 (26.54%) Support Engineer
3 100 (24.57%) IT Engineer
4 85 (20.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 73 (17.94%) Analyst
5 73 (17.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 64 (15.72%) Senior
7 42 (10.32%) Support Analyst
8 31 (7.62%) Consultant
8 31 (7.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (5.90%) 1st Line Support
9 24 (5.90%) IT Analyst
10 22 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 22 (5.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (5.16%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (5.16%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (4.91%) 2nd Line Support
12 20 (4.91%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 19 (4.67%) Microsoft Engineer
14 18 (4.42%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.37%) Terraform
2 22 (5.41%) CSS
2 22 (5.41%) HTML
3 18 (4.42%) Web Services
4 17 (4.18%) .NET
4 17 (4.18%) XML
5 16 (3.93%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.97%) Middleware
7 5 (1.23%) JSON
7 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.98%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.98%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.98%) Blazor
8 4 (0.98%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.98%) jQuery
8 4 (0.98%) RESTful
8 4 (0.98%) Sass
9 2 (0.49%) ADO
9 2 (0.49%) LDAP
9 2 (0.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.32%) Driving Licence
2 21 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.44%) Clustering
6 12 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.95%) Replication
7 11 (2.70%) CCTV
7 11 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.72%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.47%) Fat Client
11 6 (1.47%) Thin Client
12 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.23%) iPhone
12 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 407 (100.00%) Windows
2 81 (19.90%) Linux
3 30 (7.37%) Windows 10
4 28 (6.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (4.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.95%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.97%) Android
7 8 (1.97%) Unix
8 6 (1.47%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.98%) Debian
9 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.49%) Rocky
11 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (30.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 113 (27.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 91 (22.36%) Cybersecurity
5 88 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (20.64%) Customer Service
7 63 (15.48%) ITIL
8 58 (14.25%) Project Delivery
9 56 (13.76%) Mentoring
10 52 (12.78%) High Availability
11 51 (12.53%) Business Continuity
12 47 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.58%) Service Delivery
14 37 (9.09%) Migration
15 34 (8.35%) Cloud Security
16 29 (7.13%) ITSM
17 28 (6.88%) Change Management
17 28 (6.88%) Collaborative Culture
17 28 (6.88%) Incident Management
17 28 (6.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 94 (23.10%) PowerShell
2 54 (13.27%) SQL
3 17 (4.18%) C#
3 17 (4.18%) Python
4 15 (3.69%) Bicep
5 9 (2.21%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.47%) VBA
6 6 (1.47%) VBScript
7 4 (0.98%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.74%) Bash
9 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.25%) ABAP
10 1 (0.25%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) Java
10 1 (0.25%) Ruby
10 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (14.99%) Degree
2 56 (13.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (11.55%) Security Cleared
4 43 (10.57%) SC Cleared
5 32 (7.86%) Azure Certification
6 27 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (6.39%) CCNA
8 17 (4.18%) DBS Check
9 15 (3.69%) CCNP
10 13 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (2.95%) MCSA
12 11 (2.70%) MCSE
12 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (2.46%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.47%) CISSP
15 5 (1.23%) CEH
15 5 (1.23%) CISM
15 5 (1.23%) GIAC
15 5 (1.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 45 (11.06%) SLA
3 21 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.70%) GDPR
5 6 (1.47%) NIST
6 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.98%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) ITGC
9 1 (0.25%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 255 (62.65%) Active Directory
2 129 (31.70%) Hyper-V
3 110 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (5.90%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (3.69%) vSphere
8 6 (1.47%) Squid
9 4 (0.98%) Docker
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.98%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.74%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.74%) Firmware
11 1 (0.25%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 134 (32.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.19%) Failover Clustering
4 10 (2.46%) SCCM
5 9 (2.21%) Ansible
6 6 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.23%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.23%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.98%) Autotask
8 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 4 (0.98%) SCOM
8 4 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.98%) WSUS
9 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.49%) Grafana
10 2 (0.49%) Kibana
10 2 (0.49%) Packer
10 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 343 (84.28%) Microsoft
2 147 (36.12%) VMware
3 63 (15.48%) Veeam
4 31 (7.62%) Cisco
5 29 (7.13%) WatchGuard
6 20 (4.91%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.42%) Palo Alto
8 17 (4.18%) Citrix
9 16 (3.93%) Meraki
10 14 (3.44%) ServiceNow
10 14 (3.44%) SonicWALL
11 12 (2.95%) Acronis
11 12 (2.95%) SolarWinds
12 11 (2.70%) Apple
12 11 (2.70%) Draytek
12 11 (2.70%) Mitel
13 10 (2.46%) iManage
14 9 (2.21%) N-able
14 9 (2.21%) Splunk
15 8 (1.97%) Datto