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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 114 90
Rank change year-on-year -44 -24 +74
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 334 649 853
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.05% 2.77% 3.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.45% 21.17% 22.28%
Number of salaries quoted 274 448 783
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £35,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,542
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +5.88%

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 1,914 3,066 3,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.74% 13.08% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 1,904 3,219
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,973 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

Windows Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Windows Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (28.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (16.47%) SharePoint
3 44 (13.17%) IIS
4 12 (3.59%) Apache Solr
5 9 (2.69%) CMS
6 4 (1.20%) Apache
6 4 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.90%) Confluence
7 3 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.30%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.20%) PlanetPress Connect
1 4 (1.20%) Sage 1000
2 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 186 (55.69%) Azure
2 167 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (19.16%) Entra ID
4 42 (12.57%) AWS
5 40 (11.98%) SaaS
6 37 (11.08%) IaaS
7 24 (7.19%) PaaS
8 20 (5.99%) GitHub
9 19 (5.69%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.99%) Cloudflare
11 10 (2.99%) Nutanix
12 9 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.40%) Azure Stack
14 7 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.80%) GCP
15 6 (1.80%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.80%) PowerApps
16 5 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (29.94%) Firewall
2 89 (26.65%) DNS
3 72 (21.56%) DHCP
4 48 (14.37%) VPN
5 33 (9.88%) WAN
6 30 (8.98%) SAN
6 30 (8.98%) VoIP
7 27 (8.08%) TCP/IP
8 23 (6.89%) VLAN
9 19 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (5.09%) LAN
10 17 (5.09%) SD-WAN
11 10 (2.99%) Wireless
12 7 (2.10%) SSL
13 6 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.50%) DMZ
14 5 (1.50%) STUN
15 3 (0.90%) Internet
15 3 (0.90%) WLAN
16 2 (0.60%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.96%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.19%) MySQL
3 13 (3.89%) Data Hub
3 13 (3.89%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (3.89%) SQL CLR
4 6 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.50%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.20%) MS Access
6 4 (1.20%) Power BI
6 4 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
6 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
7 1 (0.30%) GIS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (6.29%) Git
2 4 (1.20%) Toad
3 3 (0.90%) GitLab
3 3 (0.90%) JIRA
4 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.30%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 118 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.67%) Finance
3 30 (8.98%) Public Sector
4 22 (6.59%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.19%) Back Office
6 13 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.99%) Legal
9 9 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.40%) Local Government
10 8 (2.40%) Welsh Language
11 7 (2.10%) Law
12 6 (1.80%) Advertising
13 4 (1.20%) Electronics
13 4 (1.20%) Marketing
13 4 (1.20%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.20%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.90%) Games
15 2 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (21.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 56 (16.77%) Support Engineer
3 40 (11.98%) IT Support
4 33 (9.88%) IT Engineer
5 29 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support
6 28 (8.38%) Senior
7 25 (7.49%) 3rd Line Support
8 23 (6.89%) Analyst
8 23 (6.89%) Lead
9 22 (6.59%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (6.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 19 (5.69%) Applications Support
11 19 (5.69%) Technical Engineer
11 19 (5.69%) Technical Support
12 17 (5.09%) Support Analyst
13 16 (4.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.79%) Server Engineer
13 16 (4.79%) Technical Support Engineer
14 15 (4.49%) IT Analyst
14 15 (4.49%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.78%) .NET
2 13 (3.89%) .NET Core
2 13 (3.89%) .NET Framework
2 13 (3.89%) Dapper ORM
2 13 (3.89%) Entity Framework
3 8 (2.40%) HTML
4 6 (1.80%) CSS
4 6 (1.80%) SAML
5 5 (1.50%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.50%) YAML
6 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.20%) Node.js
6 4 (1.20%) Web Services
7 3 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.60%) React
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth
9 1 (0.30%) OpenID
9 1 (0.30%) REST
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.30%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.78%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.28%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 14 (4.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 13 (3.89%) Clustering
7 13 (3.89%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.69%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.40%) IoT
9 8 (2.40%) PKI
10 7 (2.10%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.80%) Replication
12 5 (1.50%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.20%) CMDB
13 4 (1.20%) e-Learning
13 4 (1.20%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 333 (99.70%) Windows
2 94 (28.14%) Linux
3 43 (12.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 27 (8.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (5.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (5.09%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (3.29%) Android
8 11 (3.29%) Unix
9 10 (2.99%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.40%) Rocky
10 8 (2.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (2.10%) Debian
12 5 (1.50%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.50%) CentOS
13 3 (0.90%) Solaris
14 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.30%) AIX
15 1 (0.30%) SUSE
15 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (32.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 105 (31.44%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (19.76%) ITIL
4 54 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (14.37%) Mentoring
6 45 (13.47%) Customer Service
7 41 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 35 (10.48%) Containerisation
9 35 (10.48%) DevOps
10 32 (9.58%) High Availability
11 28 (8.38%) Collaborative Culture
12 27 (8.08%) Performance Tuning
13 26 (7.78%) Agile
13 26 (7.78%) CI/CD
14 23 (6.89%) Migration
14 23 (6.89%) Project Delivery
15 22 (6.59%) Service Management
16 21 (6.29%) Artificial Intelligence
16 21 (6.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 86 (25.75%) PowerShell
2 63 (18.86%) SQL
3 37 (11.08%) Python
4 25 (7.49%) C#
5 20 (5.99%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.40%) Bash
6 8 (2.40%) VBA
7 7 (2.10%) PHP
8 6 (1.80%) Perl
8 6 (1.80%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.20%) Bicep
9 4 (1.20%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.20%) VB
9 4 (1.20%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.60%) Go
11 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (11.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (10.78%) Degree
3 31 (9.28%) Azure Certification
4 29 (8.68%) Security Cleared
5 26 (7.78%) MCSA
6 25 (7.49%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (7.19%) CCNA
8 23 (6.89%) DBS Check
9 22 (6.59%) MCSE
10 19 (5.69%) DV Cleared
10 19 (5.69%) SC Cleared
11 17 (5.09%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (4.79%) CCNP
13 14 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (4.19%) MCP
14 11 (3.29%) A+ Certification
15 10 (2.99%) AWS Certification
16 7 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (1.50%) CISA
18 4 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.68%) SLA
2 13 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.10%) QA
5 5 (1.50%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.50%) ITGC
6 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.20%) NIST
7 3 (0.90%) GDPR
8 2 (0.60%) GRC
8 2 (0.60%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 189 (56.59%) Active Directory
2 72 (21.56%) Hyper-V
3 71 (21.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (7.78%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (5.39%) Docker
6 12 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.99%) vSphere
8 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.80%) XenApp
10 5 (1.50%) Kamailio
10 5 (1.50%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.30%) Forefront TMG
13 1 (0.30%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 67 (20.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (9.28%) Ansible
3 28 (8.38%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.69%) SCCM
5 17 (5.09%) Terraform
6 12 (3.59%) SCOM
7 9 (2.69%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.40%) WSUS
9 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 7 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.20%) Autotask
10 4 (1.20%) Proxmox
10 4 (1.20%) ZENworks
11 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.90%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.90%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.90%) Puppet
11 3 (0.90%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 222 (66.47%) Microsoft
2 110 (32.93%) VMware
3 29 (8.68%) Cisco
4 23 (6.89%) Oracle
4 23 (6.89%) Veeam
5 16 (4.79%) Dell
6 15 (4.49%) NetApp
7 14 (4.19%) Apple
7 14 (4.19%) SAP
7 14 (4.19%) SonicWALL
8 13 (3.89%) Meraki
9 12 (3.59%) Red Hat
10 11 (3.29%) SolarWinds
11 10 (2.99%) HP
11 10 (2.99%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.69%) Salesforce
13 8 (2.40%) Citrix
13 8 (2.40%) EMC
13 8 (2.40%) Google
13 8 (2.40%) Sophos