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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 86 72
Rank change year-on-year -43 -14 +46
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 326 642 858
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 3.37% 4.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.87% 23.59% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 270 425 801
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,375 £79,600 £76,000
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 1,311 2,722 3,275
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.55% 14.27% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,700 2,785
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £43,085 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.83% - -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 5 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 91 (27.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (17.48%) SharePoint
3 21 (6.44%) IIS
4 13 (3.99%) Apache Solr
5 6 (1.84%) CMS
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.61%) Confluence
8 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.53%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.31%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 205 (62.88%) Azure
2 181 (55.52%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (24.54%) Entra ID
4 32 (9.82%) AWS
5 23 (7.06%) IaaS
6 20 (6.13%) SaaS
7 14 (4.29%) OneDrive
8 11 (3.37%) GitHub
8 11 (3.37%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.45%) PaaS
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Stack
12 6 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.84%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.84%) Cloudflare
13 5 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.53%) ShareGate
14 4 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 92 (28.22%) Firewall
2 87 (26.69%) DNS
3 82 (25.15%) DHCP
4 58 (17.79%) VPN
5 40 (12.27%) TCP/IP
5 40 (12.27%) WAN
6 32 (9.82%) VLAN
7 27 (8.28%) VoIP
8 26 (7.98%) LAN
9 21 (6.44%) SAN
10 18 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (5.21%) SD-WAN
12 12 (3.68%) SSL
13 11 (3.37%) Wireless
14 7 (2.15%) IP Telephony
15 6 (1.84%) Telnet
16 5 (1.53%) DMZ
16 5 (1.53%) STUN
17 4 (1.23%) WLAN
18 3 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.88%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.60%) MySQL
3 14 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.84%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.23%) Data Hub
7 4 (1.23%) MS Access
7 4 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (1.23%) SQL CLR
8 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.61%) Power BI
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.36%) Git
2 7 (2.15%) JIRA
3 4 (1.23%) Toad
4 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 122 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.66%) Finance
3 21 (6.44%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.21%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.45%) Legal
9 7 (2.15%) Back Office
9 7 (2.15%) Front Office
9 7 (2.15%) Local Government
10 6 (1.84%) German Language
10 6 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.53%) Advertising
12 4 (1.23%) Automotive
13 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Electronics
14 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (21.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (21.47%) Support Engineer
3 65 (19.94%) IT Support
4 54 (16.56%) IT Engineer
5 42 (12.88%) 2nd Line Support
6 39 (11.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 36 (11.04%) Senior
8 29 (8.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 29 (8.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 29 (8.90%) 3rd Line Support
9 28 (8.59%) Analyst
10 21 (6.44%) Support Analyst
11 20 (6.13%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (6.13%) Applications Support
11 20 (6.13%) Infrastructure Manager
12 19 (5.83%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (5.52%) Infrastructure Support
14 16 (4.91%) Azure Engineer
14 16 (4.91%) Consultant
14 16 (4.91%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.29%) .NET
2 8 (2.45%) Node.js
3 5 (1.53%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.53%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.53%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.53%) YAML
4 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.23%) Dapper ORM
4 4 (1.23%) Entity Framework
4 4 (1.23%) FIDO
4 4 (1.23%) HTML
4 4 (1.23%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.92%) CSS
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.92%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.61%) React
7 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.31%) OpenID
7 1 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.34%) Driving Licence
2 24 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.29%) Client/Server
5 13 (3.99%) CCTV
6 11 (3.37%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.37%) iPad
7 10 (3.07%) Replication
8 9 (2.76%) CMDB
8 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.15%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.53%) Clustering
12 5 (1.53%) Equities
12 5 (1.53%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 326 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (24.23%) Linux
3 33 (10.12%) Windows 10
4 30 (9.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (5.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (4.60%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (2.76%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.76%) Unix
9 7 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (2.15%) Rocky
10 5 (1.53%) Debian
11 3 (0.92%) Android
11 3 (0.92%) Solaris
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.31%) AIX
13 1 (0.31%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (22.09%) ITIL
4 57 (17.48%) Mentoring
5 55 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (15.03%) Migration
7 46 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (12.88%) Customer Service
9 39 (11.96%) DevOps
10 38 (11.66%) Service Delivery
11 36 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
12 35 (10.74%) Containerisation
13 32 (9.82%) CI/CD
14 27 (8.28%) Performance Tuning
15 21 (6.44%) Coaching
16 20 (6.13%) Agile
16 20 (6.13%) ITSM
16 20 (6.13%) Service Management
17 18 (5.52%) Change Management
18 17 (5.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (23.93%) PowerShell
2 70 (21.47%) SQL
3 31 (9.51%) Python
4 19 (5.83%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.99%) C#
6 7 (2.15%) PHP
7 6 (1.84%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.84%) VBA
8 5 (1.53%) Bash
9 4 (1.23%) Bicep
9 4 (1.23%) VB
10 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (7.98%) Azure Certification
2 25 (7.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (6.75%) Degree
4 20 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.21%) DBS Check
6 16 (4.91%) Security Cleared
7 15 (4.60%) CCNA
8 14 (4.29%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.68%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.68%) MCP
10 11 (3.37%) DV Cleared
10 11 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (3.07%) MCSA
11 10 (3.07%) MCSE
12 9 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.76%) CCNP
13 6 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.53%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.60%) SLA
3 11 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.53%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.23%) GRC
5 4 (1.23%) QA
6 3 (0.92%) GDPR
6 3 (0.92%) NCSC
7 2 (0.61%) ITGC
7 2 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 182 (55.83%) Active Directory
2 76 (23.31%) Hyper-V
3 33 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.44%) Docker
5 16 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.53%) Firmware
8 5 (1.53%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.53%) vSphere
9 3 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.61%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) vCloud
11 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (26.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.67%) Kubernetes
3 22 (6.75%) Ansible
3 22 (6.75%) Terraform
4 20 (6.13%) SCCM
5 11 (3.37%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.76%) Autotask
7 7 (2.15%) WSUS
8 6 (1.84%) SCOM
9 5 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.53%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 5 (1.53%) Nessus
10 4 (1.23%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.31%) Grafana
12 1 (0.31%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 210 (64.42%) Microsoft
2 79 (24.23%) VMware
3 26 (7.98%) Veeam
4 24 (7.36%) Cisco
5 18 (5.52%) Google
6 13 (3.99%) Oracle
7 12 (3.68%) Dell
8 11 (3.37%) Datto
8 11 (3.37%) SAP
9 10 (3.07%) 3PAR
9 10 (3.07%) NetApp
9 10 (3.07%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.45%) Apple
10 8 (2.45%) Freshdesk
10 8 (2.45%) WatchGuard
11 7 (2.15%) Draytek
11 7 (2.15%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.15%) Mitel
11 7 (2.15%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.84%) ServiceNow