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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 88 71
Rank change year-on-year -40 -17 +38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 334 577 861
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 3.38% 4.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.50% 22.90% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 277 389 789
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £62,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,250 £76,250
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 1,310 2,520 3,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.62% 14.75% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 945 1,576 2,694
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +1.00% -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 30 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 59 (17.66%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.79%) 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 4 (1.20%) 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
1 218 (65.27%) Azure
2 185 (55.39%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (25.15%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.18%) AWS
5 21 (6.29%) IaaS
6 19 (5.69%) OneDrive
7 16 (4.79%) SaaS
8 15 (4.49%) Google Workspace
9 11 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.69%) PaaS
11 8 (2.40%) GitHub
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Storage
13 6 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
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%) DNS
1 95 (28.44%) Firewall
2 89 (26.65%) DHCP
3 70 (20.96%) VPN
4 47 (14.07%) WAN
5 44 (13.17%) TCP/IP
6 40 (11.98%) VLAN
7 31 (9.28%) LAN
8 25 (7.49%) VoIP
9 23 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (6.29%) SAN
11 18 (5.39%) SD-WAN
12 14 (4.19%) SSL
13 11 (3.29%) Telnet
14 9 (2.69%) Wireless
15 7 (2.10%) DMZ
15 7 (2.10%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.50%) STUN
17 4 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
17 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
1 120 (35.93%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.38%) Finance
3 17 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.19%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.29%) Telecoms
6 10 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.99%) Front Office
7 9 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.10%) 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%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.90%) Back Office
11 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Advertising
12 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.60%) Law
12 2 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 76 (22.75%) Support Engineer
2 73 (21.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 73 (21.86%) IT Support
3 58 (17.37%) IT Engineer
4 49 (14.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 48 (14.37%) IT Support Engineer
6 35 (10.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 35 (10.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 35 (10.48%) Senior
7 28 (8.38%) Analyst
8 27 (8.08%) 3rd Line Support
9 24 (7.19%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (5.99%) Applications Support
11 20 (5.99%) Infrastructure Manager
11 20 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 19 (5.69%) Applications Engineer
13 18 (5.39%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (4.49%) IT Manager
15 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%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.90%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
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%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.97%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.39%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.79%) 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 4 (1.20%) iPhone
13 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 334 (100.00%) Windows
2 69 (20.66%) Linux
3 40 (11.98%) Windows 10
4 31 (9.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (7.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (5.39%) Mac OS
7 14 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.59%) 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%) SUSE
11 3 (0.90%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.60%) Solaris
13 1 (0.30%) CentOS
13 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.30%) VMS
13 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (27.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 88 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (23.35%) ITIL
4 56 (16.77%) Mentoring
5 55 (16.47%) Migration
6 52 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (14.37%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (13.77%) Customer Service
9 45 (13.47%) DevOps
10 44 (13.17%) Service Delivery
11 37 (11.08%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (9.58%) CI/CD
13 26 (7.78%) Containerisation
14 25 (7.49%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (6.89%) Coaching
15 23 (6.89%) Service Management
16 22 (6.59%) Root Cause Analysis
17 21 (6.29%) Change Management
17 21 (6.29%) ITSM
18 19 (5.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.05%) PowerShell
2 68 (20.36%) SQL
3 23 (6.89%) 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 26 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (6.89%) Azure Certification
2 23 (6.89%) Degree
3 20 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 17 (5.09%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.49%) CCNA
6 15 (4.49%) DBS Check
7 14 (4.19%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (3.59%) MCP
9 10 (2.99%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.69%) CCNP
10 9 (2.69%) MCSA
10 9 (2.69%) MCSE
11 7 (2.10%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.90%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.49%) 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 3 (0.90%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 185 (55.39%) Active Directory
2 71 (21.26%) Hyper-V
3 37 (11.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.39%) Docker
4 18 (5.39%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.80%) Firmware
6 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.50%) Kamailio
7 5 (1.50%) vSphere
8 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.60%) XenApp
10 1 (0.30%) iptables
10 1 (0.30%) vCloud
10 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 96 (28.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.68%) Terraform
3 21 (6.29%) Kubernetes
4 18 (5.39%) Ansible
5 17 (5.09%) SCCM
6 13 (3.89%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.99%) Autotask
8 8 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.50%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.50%) Nessus
9 5 (1.50%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.60%) WSUS
11 1 (0.30%) CASB
11 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.30%) Grafana
11 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 202 (60.48%) Microsoft
2 86 (25.75%) VMware
3 27 (8.08%) Veeam
4 24 (7.19%) Cisco
5 22 (6.59%) Google
6 12 (3.59%) 3PAR
6 12 (3.59%) NetApp
6 12 (3.59%) 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%) Mitel
9 7 (2.10%) SAP
9 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow