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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 168 100
Rank change year-on-year +4 -68 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 400 321 659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 1.94% 2.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.30% 17.35% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 343 258 429
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 1,581 1,850 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.37% 11.17% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 985 1,764
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.12%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,250 £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 29 September 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
1 126 (31.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (26.25%) SharePoint
3 35 (8.75%) IIS
4 11 (2.75%) Apache
4 11 (2.75%) nginx
5 6 (1.50%) Confluence
6 2 (0.50%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.50%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.50%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 258 (64.50%) Microsoft 365
2 248 (62.00%) Azure
3 186 (46.50%) Entra ID
4 54 (13.50%) AWS
5 45 (11.25%) OneDrive
6 13 (3.25%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.75%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.50%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.50%) Azure Storage
10 6 (1.50%) IaaS
10 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.50%) Serverless
11 5 (1.25%) GCP
11 5 (1.25%) SaaS
11 5 (1.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 153 (38.25%) Firewall
2 151 (37.75%) DNS
3 132 (33.00%) DHCP
4 100 (25.00%) VPN
5 82 (20.50%) TCP/IP
6 49 (12.25%) VLAN
7 44 (11.00%) LAN
8 42 (10.50%) WAN
9 26 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (5.50%) VoIP
11 21 (5.25%) Network Security
12 20 (5.00%) Wireless
13 9 (2.25%) IP Telephony
14 8 (2.00%) SAN
15 5 (1.25%) NAS
16 4 (1.00%) BGP
16 4 (1.00%) MPLS
17 3 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
17 3 (0.75%) OSPF
17 3 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (17.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.00%) Power BI
5 3 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.75%) MySQL
6 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.50%) Big Data
7 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Git
1 7 (1.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.50%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.25%) Flyway
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 204 (51.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.50%) Finance
3 40 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.50%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.00%) Legal
6 18 (4.50%) Telecoms
7 17 (4.25%) Manufacturing
7 17 (4.25%) Retail
8 13 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.50%) Law
11 9 (2.25%) Games
12 6 (1.50%) Banking
12 6 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.50%) Automotive
14 2 (0.50%) Marketing
14 2 (0.50%) Military
14 2 (0.50%) Publishing
15 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 111 (27.75%) IT Support
2 109 (27.25%) Support Engineer
3 99 (24.75%) IT Engineer
4 85 (21.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (17.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 69 (17.25%) Analyst
7 63 (15.75%) Senior
8 41 (10.25%) Support Analyst
9 30 (7.50%) Consultant
9 30 (7.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (6.00%) 1st Line Support
11 23 (5.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 22 (5.50%) IT Analyst
13 21 (5.25%) 2nd Line Support
13 21 (5.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 20 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 19 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 19 (4.75%) Microsoft Engineer
16 17 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.75%) Terraform
2 22 (5.50%) CSS
2 22 (5.50%) HTML
3 18 (4.50%) Web Services
4 17 (4.25%) .NET
4 17 (4.25%) XML
5 16 (4.00%) .NET Framework
6 8 (2.00%) Middleware
7 5 (1.25%) JSON
7 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.00%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.00%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.00%) Blazor
8 4 (1.00%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.00%) jQuery
8 4 (1.00%) RESTful
8 4 (1.00%) Sass
9 3 (0.75%) ADO
10 2 (0.50%) LDAP
10 2 (0.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.75%) Driving Licence
2 21 (5.25%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.25%) Clustering
6 12 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.75%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.25%) CCTV
9 9 (2.25%) Replication
9 9 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.00%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.50%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.50%) PKI
12 6 (1.50%) Thin Client
13 5 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 5 (1.25%) iPhone
13 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.25%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 400 (100.00%) Windows
2 81 (20.25%) Linux
3 31 (7.75%) Windows 10
4 25 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (4.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (2.75%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.50%) Unix
8 8 (2.00%) Android
9 7 (1.75%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.00%) Debian
11 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.75%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.50%) Rocky
14 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (35.50%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (30.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 107 (26.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 89 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (21.75%) Cybersecurity
6 85 (21.25%) Customer Service
7 61 (15.25%) ITIL
8 56 (14.00%) Mentoring
9 55 (13.75%) Project Delivery
10 49 (12.25%) High Availability
11 48 (12.00%) Business Continuity
12 47 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (9.50%) Service Delivery
14 36 (9.00%) Migration
15 33 (8.25%) Cloud Security
16 29 (7.25%) Change Management
17 28 (7.00%) Infrastructure as Code
18 27 (6.75%) ITSM
19 26 (6.50%) Incident Management
19 26 (6.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 92 (23.00%) PowerShell
2 54 (13.50%) SQL
3 18 (4.50%) Python
4 17 (4.25%) C#
5 14 (3.50%) Bicep
6 9 (2.25%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.50%) VBA
7 6 (1.50%) VBScript
8 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.75%) Bash
10 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) ABAP
11 1 (0.25%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) Java
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (15.75%) Degree
2 51 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (11.75%) Security Cleared
4 43 (10.75%) SC Cleared
5 30 (7.50%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (6.00%) CCNA
8 17 (4.25%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.25%) CCNP
9 13 (3.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (3.00%) DV Cleared
11 11 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.25%) MCSA
12 9 (2.25%) MCSE
12 9 (2.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (1.50%) CISSP
14 5 (1.25%) CEH
14 5 (1.25%) CISM
14 5 (1.25%) GIAC
14 5 (1.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.25%) SLA
2 43 (10.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.75%) GDPR
5 6 (1.50%) NIST
6 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ITGC
8 1 (0.25%) QA
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 251 (62.75%) Active Directory
2 121 (30.25%) Hyper-V
3 108 (27.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (6.50%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (4.50%) vSphere
7 15 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.50%) Squid
9 5 (1.25%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.00%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.00%) Docker
10 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.75%) Firmware
11 3 (0.75%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 125 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.25%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.00%) Ansible
3 12 (3.00%) Failover Clustering
4 9 (2.25%) SCCM
5 6 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.25%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.00%) Autotask
7 4 (1.00%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (1.00%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.00%) WSUS
8 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.75%) SCOM
9 2 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.50%) Grafana
9 2 (0.50%) Kibana
9 2 (0.50%) Packer
9 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 338 (84.50%) Microsoft
2 143 (35.75%) VMware
3 64 (16.00%) Veeam
4 30 (7.50%) Cisco
5 26 (6.50%) WatchGuard
6 19 (4.75%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.25%) Palo Alto
8 16 (4.00%) Meraki
9 15 (3.75%) Citrix
10 14 (3.50%) ServiceNow
11 13 (3.25%) SonicWALL
12 12 (3.00%) Acronis
13 11 (2.75%) Apple
13 11 (2.75%) Splunk
14 10 (2.50%) iManage
14 10 (2.50%) SolarWinds
15 9 (2.25%) Draytek
15 9 (2.25%) Mitel
15 9 (2.25%) N-able
16 8 (2.00%) Datto