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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 87 68
Rank change year-on-year -32 -19 +46
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 334 593 850
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 3.43% 4.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.32% 23.26% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 279 404 780
10th Percentile £29,950 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,938 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% 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 1,319 2,549 3,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.62% 14.73% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,617 2,667
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,242 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% +0.48% -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 24 December 2025.

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 88 (26.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (17.96%) SharePoint
3 17 (5.09%) IIS
4 10 (2.99%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.90%) CMS
7 2 (0.60%) Confluence
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.50%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.20%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 217 (64.97%) Azure
2 185 (55.39%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (25.15%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.18%) AWS
5 22 (6.59%) IaaS
6 19 (5.69%) OneDrive
7 16 (4.79%) SaaS
8 14 (4.19%) Google Workspace
9 11 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.69%) PaaS
11 8 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (2.40%) GitHub
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Storage
13 6 (1.80%) Azure Stack
13 6 (1.80%) ShareGate
14 5 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 3 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 95 (28.44%) Firewall
2 93 (27.84%) DNS
3 87 (26.05%) DHCP
4 69 (20.66%) VPN
5 46 (13.77%) WAN
6 43 (12.87%) TCP/IP
7 39 (11.68%) VLAN
8 30 (8.98%) LAN
9 26 (7.78%) VoIP
10 22 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (6.29%) SAN
12 18 (5.39%) SD-WAN
13 14 (4.19%) SSL
14 11 (3.29%) Telnet
15 9 (2.69%) Wireless
16 7 (2.10%) DMZ
16 7 (2.10%) IP Telephony
17 5 (1.50%) STUN
18 4 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.59%) MySQL
3 11 (3.29%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.10%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.80%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.50%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.20%) MS Access
7 4 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.90%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.30%) Power BI
10 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.29%) Git
2 10 (2.99%) JIRA
3 4 (1.20%) Toad
4 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.08%) Finance
3 16 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.19%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.59%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.29%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.99%) Front Office
8 8 (2.40%) Legal
9 6 (1.80%) German Language
9 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.80%) Local Government
10 4 (1.20%) Automotive
11 3 (0.90%) Advertising
11 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.90%) Back Office
11 3 (0.90%) Law
11 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (22.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 74 (22.16%) Support Engineer
2 70 (20.96%) IT Support
3 57 (17.07%) IT Engineer
4 47 (14.07%) 2nd Line Support
5 45 (13.47%) IT Support Engineer
6 34 (10.18%) Senior
7 33 (9.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 33 (9.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 27 (8.08%) 3rd Line Support
8 27 (8.08%) Analyst
9 23 (6.89%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (6.29%) Applications Support
10 21 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (5.99%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (5.99%) Infrastructure Manager
11 20 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.39%) Infrastructure Support
13 16 (4.79%) IT Manager
14 14 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.29%) .NET
2 8 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (2.40%) Node.js
3 5 (1.50%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.50%) YAML
4 4 (1.20%) FIDO
4 4 (1.20%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.90%) HTML
5 3 (0.90%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.90%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) React
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.30%) OLE
7 1 (0.30%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.97%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.19%) Client/Server
5 13 (3.89%) CCTV
6 12 (3.59%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.29%) iPad
8 10 (2.99%) CMDB
8 10 (2.99%) Replication
9 9 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.40%) Equities
10 8 (2.40%) Fixed Income
10 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.80%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.50%) Clustering
14 4 (1.20%) iPhone
14 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 334 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (21.26%) Linux
3 38 (11.38%) Windows 10
4 29 (8.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (6.89%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (5.09%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (3.29%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.40%) Unix
10 5 (1.50%) Debian
10 5 (1.50%) Rocky
11 3 (0.90%) Android
11 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.90%) SUSE
11 3 (0.90%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.60%) Solaris
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.30%) CentOS
13 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (27.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (23.35%) ITIL
4 56 (16.77%) Mentoring
5 55 (16.47%) Migration
6 52 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (14.07%) Cybersecurity
8 45 (13.47%) Customer Service
9 44 (13.17%) DevOps
10 42 (12.57%) Service Delivery
11 36 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (9.58%) CI/CD
13 27 (8.08%) Containerisation
14 24 (7.19%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (6.89%) Coaching
16 22 (6.59%) Service Management
17 21 (6.29%) Change Management
17 21 (6.29%) ITSM
17 21 (6.29%) Root Cause Analysis
18 19 (5.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (23.65%) PowerShell
2 69 (20.66%) SQL
3 24 (7.19%) Python
4 15 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.40%) C#
6 7 (2.10%) PHP
7 6 (1.80%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.50%) Bash
8 5 (1.50%) VBA
9 4 (1.20%) Bicep
9 4 (1.20%) VB
10 1 (0.30%) Go
10 1 (0.30%) Perl
10 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (7.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (6.89%) Azure Certification
3 22 (6.59%) Degree
4 20 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.69%) Security Cleared
6 17 (5.09%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.49%) CCNA
7 15 (4.49%) DBS Check
8 13 (3.89%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.59%) MCP
10 10 (2.99%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.69%) CCNP
11 9 (2.69%) MCSA
11 9 (2.69%) MCSE
12 8 (2.40%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.20%) A+ Certification
16 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (4.79%) SLA
3 13 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.50%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.50%) QA
5 4 (1.20%) GDPR
5 4 (1.20%) GRC
6 2 (0.60%) NCSC
6 2 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 185 (55.39%) Active Directory
2 72 (21.56%) Hyper-V
3 35 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.39%) Docker
5 17 (5.09%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.80%) Firmware
7 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.50%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.50%) vSphere
9 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.60%) XenApp
11 1 (0.30%) iptables
11 1 (0.30%) vCloud
11 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (27.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (8.38%) Terraform
3 22 (6.59%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.69%) Ansible
5 17 (5.09%) SCCM
6 12 (3.59%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.99%) Autotask
8 7 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.50%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.50%) Nessus
9 5 (1.50%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.90%) WSUS
11 2 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.60%) SCOM
12 1 (0.30%) CASB
12 1 (0.30%) Grafana
12 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 203 (60.78%) Microsoft
2 83 (24.85%) VMware
3 26 (7.78%) Veeam
4 24 (7.19%) Cisco
5 21 (6.29%) Google
6 11 (3.29%) 3PAR
6 11 (3.29%) NetApp
6 11 (3.29%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.69%) Apple
7 9 (2.69%) Datto
7 9 (2.69%) Dell
8 8 (2.40%) Charles River
8 8 (2.40%) Draytek
8 8 (2.40%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.40%) Freshdesk
8 8 (2.40%) WatchGuard
9 7 (2.10%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.10%) Oracle
9 7 (2.10%) SAP
9 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow