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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 112 79
Rank change year-on-year -25 -33 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 327 388 1,178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 3.02% 3.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.85% 20.94% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 264 349 1,034
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £79,200 £73,750
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 1,431 1,853 4,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.50% 14.44% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 987 1,441 3,735
10th Percentile £28,900 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £66,193
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -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 27 March 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 87 (26.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (18.65%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.14%) IIS
5 4 (1.22%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.92%) Confluence
7 2 (0.61%) Apache
8 1 (0.31%) Drupal
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (11.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 221 (67.58%) Azure
2 199 (60.86%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (27.52%) Entra ID
4 54 (16.51%) AWS
5 31 (9.48%) OneDrive
6 24 (7.34%) Google Workspace
6 24 (7.34%) SaaS
7 13 (3.98%) IaaS
8 12 (3.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.14%) GitHub
11 6 (1.83%) GCP
11 6 (1.83%) PaaS
12 5 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.22%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.61%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 122 (37.31%) DNS
2 121 (37.00%) Firewall
3 105 (32.11%) DHCP
4 88 (26.91%) VPN
5 67 (20.49%) WAN
6 61 (18.65%) TCP/IP
7 52 (15.90%) LAN
8 46 (14.07%) VLAN
9 44 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (10.40%) VoIP
11 16 (4.89%) SD-WAN
12 11 (3.36%) SAN
12 11 (3.36%) Telnet
13 9 (2.75%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.14%) DMZ
14 7 (2.14%) IP Telephony
15 6 (1.83%) Wireless
16 5 (1.53%) Reverse Proxy
16 5 (1.53%) SSL
16 5 (1.53%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.83%) MySQL
3 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.92%) Power BI
6 2 (0.61%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.67%) Git
2 9 (2.75%) JIRA
3 7 (2.14%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (1.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.22%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.92%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Gatling
7 1 (0.31%) JMeter
7 1 (0.31%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.62%) Finance
3 23 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.67%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.45%) Front Office
7 8 (2.45%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.45%) Retail
8 7 (2.14%) Banking
8 7 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Legal
10 5 (1.53%) Marketing
11 4 (1.22%) Automotive
11 4 (1.22%) German Language
12 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.92%) Aviation
12 3 (0.92%) Back Office
13 2 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 113 (34.56%) IT Support
2 112 (34.25%) Support Engineer
3 94 (28.75%) IT Engineer
4 89 (27.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (20.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 58 (17.74%) 2nd Line Support
7 48 (14.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 48 (14.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 45 (13.76%) Senior
9 30 (9.17%) Analyst
10 24 (7.34%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (7.34%) Support Analyst
11 21 (6.42%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (6.42%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.89%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (4.28%) Support Technician
16 13 (3.98%) IT Technician
17 11 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.75%) .NET
2 8 (2.45%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.53%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.53%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.53%) XMPP
4 4 (1.22%) FIDO
4 4 (1.22%) Node.js
5 2 (0.61%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.31%) ADO
6 1 (0.31%) CSS
6 1 (0.31%) JSP
6 1 (0.31%) Memcached
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.31%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.31%) SOAP
6 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.07%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.50%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.89%) Replication
4 15 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.36%) CCTV
7 10 (3.06%) Client/Server
7 10 (3.06%) CMDB
8 9 (2.75%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.45%) Equities
9 8 (2.45%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.45%) iPad
9 8 (2.45%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.53%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.53%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 327 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (21.71%) Linux
3 62 (18.96%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.01%) Windows Server 2012
5 33 (10.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (8.56%) Mac OS
7 25 (7.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (4.89%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.53%) Debian
11 4 (1.22%) Unix
12 3 (0.92%) Android
12 3 (0.92%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.31%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.31%) SUSE
13 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (30.89%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (25.08%) ITIL
3 81 (24.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 62 (18.96%) Customer Service
5 52 (15.90%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (15.29%) Service Delivery
7 42 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (12.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (12.54%) Mentoring
9 37 (11.31%) DevOps
10 36 (11.01%) Migration
11 35 (10.70%) CI/CD
12 30 (9.17%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (7.95%) Service Management
14 25 (7.65%) Coaching
15 24 (7.34%) Change Management
16 22 (6.73%) Process Improvement
16 22 (6.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 21 (6.42%) Cloud Operations
18 19 (5.81%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.55%) PowerShell
2 48 (14.68%) SQL
3 31 (9.48%) Python
4 11 (3.36%) Bash
5 5 (1.53%) PHP
6 4 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.92%) Bicep
8 2 (0.61%) C#
8 2 (0.61%) Go
9 1 (0.31%) Java
9 1 (0.31%) Perl
9 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 32 (9.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (8.56%) Azure Certification
3 26 (7.95%) Degree
4 20 (6.12%) Security Cleared
5 15 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.59%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (4.59%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.36%) MCSE
7 10 (3.06%) CCNA
8 9 (2.75%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.75%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 8 (2.45%) CCNP
9 8 (2.45%) MCSA
10 5 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.92%) CISSP
12 3 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.28%) SLA
3 9 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.83%) NIST
5 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.92%) QA
7 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 2 (0.61%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 198 (60.55%) Active Directory
2 73 (22.32%) Hyper-V
3 58 (17.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (3.98%) vSphere
5 10 (3.06%) Docker
6 9 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.45%) Firmware
8 6 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.61%) XenApp
12 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.31%) iptables
12 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.31%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 91 (27.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (10.40%) Terraform
3 24 (7.34%) Ansible
4 20 (6.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (3.98%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.36%) Autotask
6 11 (3.36%) SCCM
7 10 (3.06%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.45%) Grafana
9 5 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.53%) Packer
10 3 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.92%) Nessus
10 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.61%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.61%) Nagios
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 219 (66.97%) Microsoft
2 106 (32.42%) VMware
3 40 (12.23%) Cisco
4 24 (7.34%) Google
5 17 (5.20%) Veeam
6 13 (3.98%) Fortinet
7 11 (3.36%) NetApp
7 11 (3.36%) Splunk
8 10 (3.06%) Draytek
8 10 (3.06%) HP
8 10 (3.06%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.06%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.75%) Apple
9 9 (2.75%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.75%) Dell
10 8 (2.45%) Charles River
10 8 (2.45%) WatchGuard
11 7 (2.14%) Mitel
12 6 (1.83%) 3PAR
12 6 (1.83%) SolarWinds