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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 156 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 -69 +20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 324 377 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.30% 3.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.85% 17.61% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 269 331 862
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,700
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year - -1.23% -10.00%

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 1,554 2,141 4,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.33% 13.05% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,273 3,380
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.28%
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%

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 July 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
1 101 (31.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (23.15%) SharePoint
3 31 (9.57%) IIS
4 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.85%) Apache
5 6 (1.85%) Confluence
5 6 (1.85%) nginx
6 1 (0.31%) Drupal
6 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.31%) Site Server
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.31%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.31%) Magento
1 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 215 (66.36%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (64.51%) Azure
3 119 (36.73%) Entra ID
4 60 (18.52%) AWS
5 34 (10.49%) OneDrive
6 15 (4.63%) SaaS
7 13 (4.01%) IaaS
7 13 (4.01%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.78%) GCP
8 9 (2.78%) GitHub
8 9 (2.78%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.16%) Cloudflare
9 7 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.85%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.54%) PaaS
12 4 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 135 (41.67%) Firewall
2 116 (35.80%) DNS
3 95 (29.32%) DHCP
4 89 (27.47%) VPN
5 68 (20.99%) TCP/IP
6 58 (17.90%) WAN
7 51 (15.74%) LAN
8 39 (12.04%) VLAN
9 37 (11.42%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (10.80%) VoIP
11 15 (4.63%) Wireless
12 11 (3.40%) Network Security
13 8 (2.47%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.85%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.85%) WebEx
15 5 (1.54%) BGP
15 5 (1.54%) NAS
15 5 (1.54%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.54%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.54%) MySQL
4 4 (1.23%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.23%) Power BI
5 2 (0.62%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.31%) Redis
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Git
2 9 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.23%) GitLab
4 4 (1.23%) JIRA
5 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) Gatling
6 1 (0.31%) JMeter
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) Vagrant
General
1 179 (55.25%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.42%) Finance
3 30 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.94%) Legal
8 14 (4.32%) Retail
9 13 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.70%) Banking
11 10 (3.09%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.78%) Law
13 8 (2.47%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.85%) Marketing
15 5 (1.54%) Games
16 2 (0.62%) Advertising
16 2 (0.62%) Aviation
16 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
17 1 (0.31%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 121 (37.35%) Support Engineer
2 116 (35.80%) IT Support
3 100 (30.86%) IT Engineer
4 95 (29.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 51 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (14.51%) Analyst
6 47 (14.51%) Senior
7 35 (10.80%) Support Analyst
8 33 (10.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (9.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 31 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 20 (6.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.94%) 1st Line Support
12 16 (4.94%) IT Analyst
13 15 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (4.32%) Infrastructure Support
15 13 (4.01%) IT Support Analyst
15 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Engineer
15 13 (4.01%) Support Technician
16 12 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.63%) CSS
1 15 (4.63%) HTML
2 12 (3.70%) Web Services
3 10 (3.09%) .NET
4 9 (2.78%) .NET Framework
4 9 (2.78%) XML
5 8 (2.47%) Middleware
6 6 (1.85%) XMPP
7 5 (1.54%) FreeSWITCH
8 4 (1.23%) ADO
8 4 (1.23%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.31%) JSP
9 1 (0.31%) Memcached
9 1 (0.31%) REST
9 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.31%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.31%) SAP BC
9 1 (0.31%) SOAP
9 1 (0.31%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.57%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.01%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.70%) Clustering
7 11 (3.40%) Replication
8 9 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.78%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.78%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.47%) CMDB
10 7 (2.16%) PKI
10 7 (2.16%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.85%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.54%) iPhone
12 5 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 324 (100.00%) Windows
2 62 (19.14%) Linux
3 37 (11.42%) Windows 10
3 37 (11.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 23 (7.10%) Mac OS
5 21 (6.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (6.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.09%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (2.16%) Android
9 6 (1.85%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.85%) Unix
10 5 (1.54%) Debian
10 5 (1.54%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (26.23%) Customer Service
3 71 (21.91%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (21.60%) Disaster Recovery
5 69 (21.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 62 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (14.51%) ITIL
8 40 (12.35%) High Availability
9 35 (10.80%) Mentoring
10 33 (10.19%) Business Continuity
10 33 (10.19%) Project Delivery
11 32 (9.88%) Service Delivery
12 29 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 24 (7.41%) Information Security
14 22 (6.79%) Change Management
14 22 (6.79%) Root Cause Analysis
15 21 (6.48%) DevOps
16 20 (6.17%) CI/CD
16 20 (6.17%) Migration
16 20 (6.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (27.16%) PowerShell
2 51 (15.74%) SQL
3 33 (10.19%) Python
4 9 (2.78%) C#
5 8 (2.47%) Bash
5 8 (2.47%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.85%) VBA
6 6 (1.85%) VBScript
7 4 (1.23%) Bicep
8 3 (0.93%) Go
9 2 (0.62%) Java
10 1 (0.31%) ABAP
10 1 (0.31%) PHP
10 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (16.36%) Degree
2 32 (9.88%) Azure Certification
2 32 (9.88%) Security Cleared
3 31 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (8.95%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.25%) DBS Check
6 11 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.09%) CCNA
8 9 (2.78%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.54%) CISSP
10 5 (1.54%) HNC
10 5 (1.54%) HND
11 3 (0.93%) CCNP
11 3 (0.93%) CISM
11 3 (0.93%) GIAC
11 3 (0.93%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.26%) SLA
2 29 (8.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.16%) GDPR
4 7 (2.16%) NIST
5 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.62%) QA
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.31%) ITGC
7 1 (0.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 196 (60.49%) Active Directory
2 82 (25.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (24.69%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.17%) vSphere
5 14 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.85%) Terminal Services
7 6 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.54%) Docker
9 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.23%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.93%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.93%) Squid
11 2 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 93 (28.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (10.49%) Terraform
3 24 (7.41%) Ansible
4 20 (6.17%) Kubernetes
5 15 (4.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (3.40%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (2.78%) Autotask
8 8 (2.47%) Grafana
8 8 (2.47%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.16%) Packer
10 6 (1.85%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.23%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.23%) SCCM
12 3 (0.93%) Kibana
12 3 (0.93%) Nagios
12 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 279 (86.11%) Microsoft
2 105 (32.41%) VMware
3 37 (11.42%) Cisco
4 32 (9.88%) Veeam
5 21 (6.48%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.56%) Meraki
7 17 (5.25%) Splunk
8 14 (4.32%) Fortinet
8 14 (4.32%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.40%) Google
10 9 (2.78%) Citrix
10 9 (2.78%) Dell
10 9 (2.78%) HP
10 9 (2.78%) iManage
11 8 (2.47%) ConnectWise
11 8 (2.47%) NetApp
12 7 (2.16%) EMC
12 7 (2.16%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.16%) WatchGuard
13 6 (1.85%) F5