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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 112 82
Rank change year-on-year -34 -30 +27
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 295 389 1,135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 2.89% 3.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.83% 21.18% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 232 348 984
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,100
Median % change year-on-year - -9.77% -5.80%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £73,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

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 1,416 1,837 4,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.82% 13.64% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,391 3,674
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,748
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.28% -5.91%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

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 April 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 72 (24.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (18.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.05%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (3.05%) IIS
4 6 (2.03%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 202 (68.47%) Azure
2 173 (58.64%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (28.14%) Entra ID
4 45 (15.25%) AWS
5 30 (10.17%) OneDrive
6 21 (7.12%) SaaS
7 20 (6.78%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.41%) IaaS
9 11 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.71%) GitHub
11 7 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.37%) GCP
11 7 (2.37%) PaaS
11 7 (2.37%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.68%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 112 (37.97%) DNS
2 102 (34.58%) Firewall
3 95 (32.20%) DHCP
4 79 (26.78%) VPN
5 70 (23.73%) WAN
6 54 (18.31%) LAN
7 53 (17.97%) TCP/IP
8 40 (13.56%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (12.20%) VLAN
10 34 (11.53%) VoIP
11 13 (4.41%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.39%) SAN
12 10 (3.39%) Telnet
13 9 (3.05%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.37%) DMZ
14 7 (2.37%) Wireless
15 5 (1.69%) BGP
15 5 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (1.69%) MPLS
15 5 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.69%) MySQL
4 4 (1.36%) Power BI
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.68%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.34%) Redis
7 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.05%) Git
1 9 (3.05%) JIRA
1 9 (3.05%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Gatling
4 1 (0.34%) JMeter
4 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 113 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.92%) Finance
3 24 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.73%) Banking
6 11 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.05%) Legal
8 8 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.71%) Front Office
8 8 (2.71%) Retail
9 7 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.03%) Law
10 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.69%) Marketing
12 3 (1.02%) Automotive
12 3 (1.02%) Aviation
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Military
13 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (32.88%) Support Engineer
2 93 (31.53%) IT Support
3 80 (27.12%) IT Engineer
4 75 (25.42%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (22.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (16.27%) Senior
7 41 (13.90%) 2nd Line Support
8 36 (12.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 36 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 26 (8.81%) Analyst
9 26 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (8.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (7.46%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (6.44%) Support Analyst
13 15 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 11 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.73%) IT Technician
14 11 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.71%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (2.03%) .NET
3 5 (1.69%) CSS
3 5 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.69%) HTML
3 5 (1.69%) XMPP
4 4 (1.36%) ADO
4 4 (1.36%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.02%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.02%) FIDO
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.34%) JSP
6 1 (0.34%) Memcached
6 1 (0.34%) REST
6 1 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.19%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.75%) Replication
5 11 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.39%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.71%) CMDB
8 8 (2.71%) Equities
8 8 (2.71%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.37%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.37%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.03%) iPad
11 5 (1.69%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.69%) PKI
11 5 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 295 (100.00%) Windows
2 58 (19.66%) Linux
3 51 (17.29%) Windows 10
4 34 (11.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (10.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (9.15%) Mac OS
7 21 (7.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (5.08%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.71%) Unix
11 5 (1.69%) Debian
11 5 (1.69%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.02%) Android
13 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (29.83%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (26.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 59 (20.00%) ITIL
4 55 (18.64%) Customer Service
5 51 (17.29%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (15.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 42 (14.24%) Service Delivery
8 38 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (11.86%) Mentoring
10 34 (11.53%) DevOps
11 29 (9.83%) CI/CD
11 29 (9.83%) Migration
12 28 (9.49%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (8.14%) Change Management
14 22 (7.46%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (6.78%) Cloud Operations
15 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (6.78%) Process Improvement
16 19 (6.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 18 (6.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (26.44%) PowerShell
2 50 (16.95%) SQL
3 26 (8.81%) Python
4 8 (2.71%) Bash
5 4 (1.36%) Bicep
5 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.36%) VBA
5 4 (1.36%) VBScript
6 2 (0.68%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) C#
7 1 (0.34%) Java
7 1 (0.34%) PHP
7 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (10.51%) Degree
2 29 (9.83%) Azure Certification
3 24 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (8.14%) Security Cleared
4 21 (7.12%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.75%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.73%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.39%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.69%) CCNA
9 5 (1.69%) HNC
9 5 (1.69%) HND
9 5 (1.69%) MCSE
10 4 (1.36%) CCNP
11 3 (1.02%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.02%) CISSP
11 3 (1.02%) MCSA
12 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.08%) SLA
3 14 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.03%) NIST
5 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.02%) GDPR
6 3 (1.02%) QA
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 179 (60.68%) Active Directory
2 63 (21.36%) Hyper-V
3 62 (21.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.42%) vSphere
5 12 (4.07%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.69%) Firmware
7 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.36%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.02%) Docker
10 1 (0.34%) iptables
Systems Management
1 71 (24.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (13.56%) Terraform
3 24 (8.14%) Ansible
4 22 (7.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.42%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.39%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.71%) Autotask
7 8 (2.71%) SCCM
8 7 (2.37%) Grafana
9 6 (2.03%) Packer
10 5 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.02%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.68%) Kibana
12 2 (0.68%) Nagios
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (71.53%) Microsoft
2 97 (32.88%) VMware
3 40 (13.56%) Cisco
4 20 (6.78%) Google
5 16 (5.42%) Veeam
6 14 (4.75%) Splunk
7 12 (4.07%) Fortinet
8 11 (3.73%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.39%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.05%) ConnectWise
10 9 (3.05%) Dell
10 9 (3.05%) HP
10 9 (3.05%) Meraki
10 9 (3.05%) NetApp
11 8 (2.71%) Charles River
12 7 (2.37%) Apple
12 7 (2.37%) Okta
13 6 (2.03%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.69%) Draytek
14 5 (1.69%) F5