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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 151 85
Rank change year-on-year -20 -66 +33
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 289 361 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 2.39% 3.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.72% 16.85% 24.25%
Number of salaries quoted 233 317 907
10th Percentile £28,600 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,355 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -8.10% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,761 £57,000
90th Percentile £74,900 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% 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 1,395 2,143 4,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.17% 14.20% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,248 3,535
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £33,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 June 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 (30.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (21.11%) SharePoint
3 20 (6.92%) IIS
4 9 (3.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.11%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.08%) Confluence
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) Site Server
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (65.74%) Azure
2 179 (61.94%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (31.83%) Entra ID
4 50 (17.30%) AWS
5 33 (11.42%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.50%) Google Workspace
6 13 (4.50%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.50%) SaaS
7 12 (4.15%) IaaS
8 10 (3.46%) GitHub
9 9 (3.11%) GCP
10 8 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.73%) PaaS
13 3 (1.04%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 106 (36.68%) Firewall
2 105 (36.33%) DNS
3 87 (30.10%) DHCP
4 77 (26.64%) VPN
5 57 (19.72%) WAN
6 54 (18.69%) TCP/IP
7 45 (15.57%) LAN
8 41 (14.19%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (11.76%) VoIP
10 30 (10.38%) VLAN
11 10 (3.46%) Unified Communications
12 8 (2.77%) SAN
12 8 (2.77%) SD-WAN
13 7 (2.42%) DMZ
13 7 (2.42%) Wireless
14 6 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.08%) Network Security
14 6 (2.08%) WebEx
15 5 (1.73%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (17.99%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.73%) MySQL
5 4 (1.38%) Power BI
6 3 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.69%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.35%) Redis
8 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.11%) Git
1 9 (3.11%) Visual Studio Code
2 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.38%) GitLab
3 4 (1.38%) JIRA
4 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) Gatling
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 139 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.11%) Finance
3 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (4.50%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.15%) Banking
6 12 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.15%) Legal
7 11 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.46%) Retail
9 9 (3.11%) Law
10 6 (2.08%) Marketing
10 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.04%) Aviation
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
12 2 (0.69%) Front Office
12 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 104 (35.99%) Support Engineer
2 101 (34.95%) IT Support
3 93 (32.18%) IT Engineer
4 86 (29.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (12.80%) Senior
7 35 (12.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 34 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 33 (11.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 30 (10.38%) Analyst
11 21 (7.27%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (7.27%) Support Analyst
12 20 (6.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (4.50%) IT Technician
14 13 (4.50%) Support Technician
15 12 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
16 11 (3.81%) 1st Line Support
16 11 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.81%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.15%) CSS
1 12 (4.15%) HTML
2 8 (2.77%) .NET
3 6 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.08%) Web Services
3 6 (2.08%) XMPP
4 5 (1.73%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.73%) XML
5 4 (1.38%) ADO
6 3 (1.04%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.69%) Middleware
8 1 (0.35%) JSP
8 1 (0.35%) Memcached
8 1 (0.35%) REST
8 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.35%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.34%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.81%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.81%) Replication
5 10 (3.46%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.46%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.11%) CMDB
6 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
7 6 (2.08%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.73%) Clustering
8 5 (1.73%) PKI
8 5 (1.73%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 289 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (19.38%) Linux
3 41 (14.19%) Windows 10
4 40 (13.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (9.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (9.00%) Mac OS
6 26 (9.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (3.81%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (3.46%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.42%) Unix
10 5 (1.73%) Debian
10 5 (1.73%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.38%) Android
12 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (32.87%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (23.88%) Customer Service
2 69 (23.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (21.80%) Cybersecurity
4 58 (20.07%) Disaster Recovery
5 53 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (14.19%) ITIL
7 32 (11.07%) Service Delivery
8 27 (9.34%) DevOps
9 25 (8.65%) High Availability
10 24 (8.30%) Business Continuity
10 24 (8.30%) Mentoring
11 23 (7.96%) Information Security
12 22 (7.61%) CI/CD
12 22 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (7.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 22 (7.61%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.92%) Service Management
15 19 (6.57%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 78 (26.99%) PowerShell
2 43 (14.88%) SQL
3 30 (10.38%) Python
4 9 (3.11%) Bash
5 7 (2.42%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.08%) C#
6 6 (2.08%) VBA
6 6 (2.08%) VBScript
7 4 (1.38%) Bicep
8 3 (1.04%) Go
9 2 (0.69%) Java
10 1 (0.35%) ABAP
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (15.92%) Degree
2 30 (10.38%) Azure Certification
3 28 (9.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (9.34%) Security Cleared
5 24 (8.30%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.50%) DBS Check
7 12 (4.15%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (3.46%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.42%) CCNA
11 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.73%) HNC
12 5 (1.73%) HND
13 4 (1.38%) CISSP
14 3 (1.04%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.04%) MCSE
15 2 (0.69%) CCNP
15 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (6.57%) SLA
3 18 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.42%) NIST
5 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
6 3 (1.04%) QA
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.35%) ITGC
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 179 (61.94%) Active Directory
2 69 (23.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (20.07%) Hyper-V
4 18 (6.23%) vSphere
5 10 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.08%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.73%) Docker
7 5 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.04%) Firmware
10 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 76 (26.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (13.84%) Terraform
3 25 (8.65%) Ansible
4 20 (6.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (6.57%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.81%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.46%) Autotask
8 8 (2.77%) Grafana
8 8 (2.77%) SCCM
9 7 (2.42%) Packer
10 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (1.04%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.04%) Kibana
12 3 (1.04%) Nagios
12 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 236 (81.66%) Microsoft
2 96 (33.22%) VMware
3 34 (11.76%) Cisco
4 23 (7.96%) Veeam
5 16 (5.54%) Splunk
6 15 (5.19%) Google
6 15 (5.19%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.50%) Meraki
8 12 (4.15%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.81%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.81%) NetApp
10 10 (3.46%) ConnectWise
11 9 (3.11%) Dell
11 9 (3.11%) HP
12 8 (2.77%) iManage
13 7 (2.42%) Citrix
13 7 (2.42%) EMC
13 7 (2.42%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.08%) F5
15 5 (1.73%) Synology