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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 89 74
Rank change year-on-year -32 -15 +27
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 333 572 860
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.22% 3.43% 4.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.69% 23.06% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 274 385 788
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,125 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £40,156 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.76% - -

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 1,296 2,480 3,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.63% 14.87% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,538 2,709
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £40,000
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 £86,075 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -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 4 January 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 90 (27.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (18.02%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.80%) IIS
4 10 (3.00%) 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 18 (5.41%) 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
1 219 (65.77%) Azure
2 185 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (25.23%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.21%) AWS
5 21 (6.31%) IaaS
6 20 (6.01%) OneDrive
7 16 (4.80%) Google Workspace
7 16 (4.80%) SaaS
8 11 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.70%) PaaS
10 8 (2.40%) GitHub
11 7 (2.10%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.80%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.50%) Azure Stack
13 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.90%) Cloudflare
14 3 (0.90%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (28.83%) DNS
2 92 (27.63%) Firewall
3 91 (27.33%) DHCP
4 69 (20.72%) VPN
5 48 (14.41%) WAN
6 46 (13.81%) TCP/IP
7 39 (11.71%) VLAN
8 31 (9.31%) LAN
9 25 (7.51%) VoIP
10 24 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (6.61%) SAN
12 19 (5.71%) SD-WAN
13 14 (4.20%) SSL
14 11 (3.30%) Telnet
15 8 (2.40%) Wireless
16 7 (2.10%) DMZ
16 7 (2.10%) IP Telephony
17 5 (1.50%) STUN
18 4 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.60%) MySQL
3 11 (3.30%) 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 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
9 1 (0.30%) Power BI
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.31%) Git
2 10 (3.00%) 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 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.41%) Finance
3 17 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.90%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.00%) Front Office
7 9 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.80%) German Language
8 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.80%) Legal
8 6 (1.80%) Local Government
9 4 (1.20%) Automotive
10 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.90%) Back Office
10 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Advertising
11 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.60%) Law
11 2 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (23.12%) Support Engineer
2 74 (22.22%) IT Support
3 72 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (17.12%) IT Engineer
5 51 (15.32%) 2nd Line Support
6 49 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 37 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 37 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 34 (10.21%) Senior
9 27 (8.11%) Analyst
10 26 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support
11 25 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (6.61%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (6.01%) Applications Support
13 20 (6.01%) Infrastructure Manager
13 20 (6.01%) Support Analyst
14 19 (5.71%) Applications Engineer
15 18 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support
16 15 (4.50%) IT Manager
17 14 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.30%) .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 49 (14.71%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.20%) Client/Server
5 13 (3.90%) CCTV
6 11 (3.30%) iPad
7 10 (3.00%) CMDB
7 10 (3.00%) Data Centre
7 10 (3.00%) Replication
8 9 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.40%) Equities
9 8 (2.40%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.80%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.20%) iPhone
12 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 333 (100.00%) Windows
2 68 (20.42%) Linux
3 43 (12.91%) Windows 10
4 31 (9.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (8.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (5.41%) Mac OS
7 15 (4.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.60%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.40%) Unix
10 5 (1.50%) Debian
11 4 (1.20%) Rocky
12 3 (0.90%) SUSE
12 3 (0.90%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.60%) Android
13 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.60%) Solaris
14 1 (0.30%) CentOS
14 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.30%) VMS
14 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 89 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (23.12%) ITIL
4 56 (16.82%) Mentoring
5 54 (16.22%) Migration
6 52 (15.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (13.81%) Customer Service
8 46 (13.81%) DevOps
9 45 (13.51%) Service Delivery
10 36 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 32 (9.61%) CI/CD
12 25 (7.51%) Containerisation
12 25 (7.51%) Performance Tuning
13 24 (7.21%) Service Management
14 23 (6.91%) Coaching
14 23 (6.91%) Root Cause Analysis
15 21 (6.31%) Change Management
15 21 (6.31%) ITSM
16 19 (5.71%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 75 (22.52%) PowerShell
2 68 (20.42%) SQL
3 23 (6.91%) Python
4 15 (4.50%) 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 25 (7.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (6.91%) Degree
3 22 (6.61%) Azure Certification
4 20 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.71%) Security Cleared
6 17 (5.11%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.50%) CCNA
7 15 (4.50%) DBS Check
8 12 (3.60%) MCP
8 12 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.70%) CCNP
9 9 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.70%) MCSA
10 8 (2.40%) MCSE
11 7 (2.10%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.50%) 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 (6.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.50%) SLA
3 13 (3.90%) 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
1 184 (55.26%) Active Directory
2 69 (20.72%) Hyper-V
3 37 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (5.41%) Docker
6 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.80%) Firmware
7 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.50%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.50%) vSphere
9 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.60%) XenApp
11 1 (0.30%) iptables
11 1 (0.30%) vCloud
11 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 99 (29.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.01%) Terraform
3 20 (6.01%) Kubernetes
4 18 (5.41%) Ansible
4 18 (5.41%) SCCM
5 14 (4.20%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.00%) Autotask
7 9 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.50%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.50%) Nessus
8 5 (1.50%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.60%) WSUS
10 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.30%) Grafana
10 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.30%) SCOM
10 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 201 (60.36%) Microsoft
2 86 (25.83%) VMware
3 26 (7.81%) Veeam
4 23 (6.91%) Google
5 22 (6.61%) Cisco
6 13 (3.90%) 3PAR
6 13 (3.90%) NetApp
6 13 (3.90%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.70%) Apple
8 8 (2.40%) Charles River
8 8 (2.40%) Datto
8 8 (2.40%) Dell
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