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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 149 87
Rank change year-on-year -29 -62 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 299 365 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.31% 3.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.13% 17.29% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 247 321 875
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £28,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £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 £56,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
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 1,485 2,111 4,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.18% 13.36% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 1,236 3,429
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 30 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 91 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (22.07%) SharePoint
3 28 (9.36%) IIS
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.01%) Confluence
6 2 (0.67%) Apache
6 2 (0.67%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.33%) Site Server
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Magento
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 198 (66.22%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (65.55%) Azure
3 107 (35.79%) Entra ID
4 56 (18.73%) AWS
5 32 (10.70%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.68%) SaaS
7 13 (4.35%) IaaS
7 13 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.34%) Google Workspace
9 9 (3.01%) GCP
9 9 (3.01%) GitHub
10 7 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.01%) Cloudflare
12 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.67%) PaaS
12 5 (1.67%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 125 (41.81%) Firewall
2 108 (36.12%) DNS
3 90 (30.10%) DHCP
4 82 (27.42%) VPN
5 62 (20.74%) TCP/IP
6 58 (19.40%) WAN
7 49 (16.39%) LAN
8 37 (12.37%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (11.37%) VLAN
9 34 (11.37%) VoIP
10 12 (4.01%) Wireless
11 10 (3.34%) Network Security
12 8 (2.68%) Unified Communications
13 6 (2.01%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (2.01%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (2.01%) SAN
13 6 (2.01%) WebEx
14 5 (1.67%) BGP
14 5 (1.67%) DMZ
14 5 (1.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (19.06%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.67%) MySQL
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.34%) Power BI
5 2 (0.67%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.33%) Redis
6 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.01%) Git
1 9 (3.01%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.34%) GitLab
4 3 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.00%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 164 (54.85%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.04%) Finance
3 29 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.36%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.68%) Legal
8 13 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.01%) Banking
10 10 (3.34%) Retail
11 9 (3.01%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.68%) Law
13 6 (2.01%) Marketing
14 4 (1.34%) Games
15 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.67%) Advertising
16 2 (0.67%) Aviation
16 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
17 1 (0.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 116 (38.80%) Support Engineer
2 107 (35.79%) IT Support
3 97 (32.44%) IT Engineer
4 92 (30.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (15.72%) Senior
7 34 (11.37%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 33 (11.04%) Analyst
9 32 (10.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 25 (8.36%) Support Analyst
11 21 (7.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (5.35%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
13 13 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
13 13 (4.35%) Support Technician
14 12 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
15 11 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.01%) CSS
1 12 (4.01%) HTML
2 7 (2.34%) .NET
2 7 (2.34%) Web Services
3 6 (2.01%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.01%) Middleware
3 6 (2.01%) XML
3 6 (2.01%) XMPP
4 5 (1.67%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.34%) ADO
5 4 (1.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) JSP
6 1 (0.33%) Memcached
6 1 (0.33%) REST
6 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.33%) SAP BC
6 1 (0.33%) SOAP
6 1 (0.33%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.36%) Driving Licence
2 21 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.01%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.68%) Clustering
6 11 (3.68%) Replication
7 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.01%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.01%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.68%) CMDB
9 7 (2.34%) PKI
10 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.01%) FlexPod
10 6 (2.01%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.67%) iPhone
11 5 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 299 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (18.73%) Linux
3 38 (12.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 37 (12.37%) Windows 10
5 24 (8.03%) Mac OS
6 23 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (7.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (2.34%) Android
9 7 (2.34%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.01%) Unix
11 5 (1.67%) Debian
11 5 (1.67%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (33.11%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (25.42%) Customer Service
3 67 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
4 66 (22.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 64 (21.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 58 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (13.38%) ITIL
8 34 (11.37%) Mentoring
9 33 (11.04%) High Availability
10 32 (10.70%) Service Delivery
11 31 (10.37%) Project Delivery
12 30 (10.03%) Business Continuity
13 27 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (7.69%) Information Security
15 22 (7.36%) Root Cause Analysis
16 21 (7.02%) DevOps
17 19 (6.35%) Change Management
17 19 (6.35%) CI/CD
17 19 (6.35%) Infrastructure as Code
17 19 (6.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.76%) PowerShell
2 46 (15.38%) SQL
3 32 (10.70%) Python
4 8 (2.68%) Bash
4 8 (2.68%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.01%) C#
5 6 (2.01%) VBA
5 6 (2.01%) VBScript
6 4 (1.34%) Bicep
7 3 (1.00%) Go
8 2 (0.67%) Java
9 1 (0.33%) ABAP
9 1 (0.33%) PHP
9 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (16.72%) Degree
2 30 (10.03%) Azure Certification
2 30 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 26 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.69%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.01%) CCNA
7 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.67%) HNC
9 5 (1.67%) HND
10 4 (1.34%) CISSP
11 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.00%) CCNP
11 3 (1.00%) MCSE
11 3 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.70%) SLA
2 25 (8.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.01%) GDPR
4 6 (2.01%) NIST
5 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.67%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.33%) ITGC
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 185 (61.87%) Active Directory
2 74 (24.75%) Hyper-V
2 74 (24.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.69%) vSphere
4 11 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.01%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.67%) Docker
8 4 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.34%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.67%) Firmware
11 1 (0.33%) Squid
Systems Management
1 86 (28.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (11.71%) Terraform
3 24 (8.03%) Ansible
4 19 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 16 (5.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.34%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (3.01%) Autotask
7 9 (3.01%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.68%) Grafana
9 7 (2.34%) Packer
10 6 (2.01%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (1.67%) SCCM
12 4 (1.34%) FortiGate
13 3 (1.00%) Kibana
13 3 (1.00%) Nagios
13 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
13 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 259 (86.62%) Microsoft
2 98 (32.78%) VMware
3 37 (12.37%) Cisco
4 26 (8.70%) Veeam
5 18 (6.02%) Meraki
5 18 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 16 (5.35%) Splunk
7 12 (4.01%) Fortinet
7 12 (4.01%) Google
7 12 (4.01%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.01%) Dell
8 9 (3.01%) HP
8 9 (3.01%) NetApp
9 8 (2.68%) ConnectWise
9 8 (2.68%) iManage
10 7 (2.34%) Citrix
10 7 (2.34%) EMC
10 7 (2.34%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.01%) F5
12 5 (1.67%) Synology