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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 96 75
Rank change year-on-year -33 -21 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 337 543 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 3.35% 3.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.54% 22.37% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 277 368 922
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £49,565
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +0.88% +0.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 1,373 2,427 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.68% 14.97% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,489 3,278
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £54,321 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +1.06% -2.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +6.19% -7.62%

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 31 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 95 (28.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (18.40%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.15%) IIS
4 7 (2.08%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.59%) Confluence
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 21 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.48%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.19%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 227 (67.36%) Azure
2 200 (59.35%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (26.11%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.09%) AWS
5 24 (7.12%) OneDrive
6 21 (6.23%) SaaS
7 19 (5.64%) IaaS
8 18 (5.34%) Google Workspace
9 11 (3.26%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.67%) PaaS
11 7 (2.08%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.78%) GitHub
12 6 (1.78%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.89%) IBM Cloud
14 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 107 (31.75%) DNS
2 104 (30.86%) Firewall
3 98 (29.08%) DHCP
4 82 (24.33%) VPN
5 54 (16.02%) WAN
6 52 (15.43%) TCP/IP
7 43 (12.76%) VLAN
8 34 (10.09%) LAN
9 33 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (8.31%) VoIP
11 22 (6.53%) SD-WAN
12 18 (5.34%) SAN
13 14 (4.15%) SSL
14 11 (3.26%) Telnet
15 8 (2.37%) Wireless
16 7 (2.08%) IP Telephony
17 6 (1.78%) DMZ
18 4 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (1.19%) STUN
18 4 (1.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.46%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.67%) MySQL
3 8 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.08%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.48%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.19%) MS Access
7 4 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.89%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.30%) Power BI
10 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.45%) Git
2 10 (2.97%) JIRA
3 4 (1.19%) Toad
4 2 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.87%) Finance
3 19 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.97%) Front Office
4 10 (2.97%) Public Sector
5 9 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.78%) German Language
8 6 (1.78%) Local Government
9 4 (1.19%) Automotive
9 4 (1.19%) Retail
10 3 (0.89%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.89%) Aviation
10 3 (0.89%) Back Office
10 3 (0.89%) Legal
11 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (26.71%) IT Support
2 89 (26.41%) Support Engineer
3 67 (19.88%) IT Engineer
4 66 (19.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 62 (18.40%) IT Support Engineer
6 56 (16.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 41 (12.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 41 (12.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 39 (11.57%) Senior
9 29 (8.61%) Analyst
10 27 (8.01%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (6.53%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
11 22 (6.53%) Support Analyst
12 20 (5.93%) Infrastructure Manager
13 18 (5.34%) Infrastructure Support
14 17 (5.04%) Applications Support
15 15 (4.45%) Applications Engineer
15 15 (4.45%) IT Manager
15 15 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.97%) .NET
2 8 (2.37%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (2.37%) Node.js
3 5 (1.48%) YAML
4 4 (1.19%) FIDO
4 4 (1.19%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.19%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.89%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.89%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.59%) CSS
6 2 (0.59%) HTML
6 2 (0.59%) React
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.95%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.15%) Client/Server
3 13 (3.86%) CCTV
4 12 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.26%) iPad
6 10 (2.97%) CMDB
6 10 (2.97%) Replication
6 10 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.67%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.37%) Equities
8 8 (2.37%) Fixed Income
8 8 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.48%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.19%) iPhone
11 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 337 (100.00%) Windows
2 62 (18.40%) Linux
3 51 (15.13%) Windows 10
4 29 (8.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (7.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (6.23%) Mac OS
7 20 (5.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.45%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.37%) Unix
10 4 (1.19%) Debian
10 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.89%) SUSE
11 3 (0.89%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.59%) Solaris
13 1 (0.30%) Android
13 1 (0.30%) CentOS
13 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.30%) Rocky
13 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (25.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 75 (22.26%) ITIL
4 56 (16.62%) Migration
5 55 (16.32%) Mentoring
6 52 (15.43%) Customer Service
6 52 (15.43%) Service Delivery
7 50 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (14.24%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (11.87%) DevOps
10 39 (11.57%) Disaster Recovery
11 30 (8.90%) Root Cause Analysis
12 29 (8.61%) CI/CD
13 27 (8.01%) Service Management
14 23 (6.82%) Coaching
14 23 (6.82%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (6.53%) Cloud Operations
15 22 (6.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 21 (6.23%) Agile
16 21 (6.23%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 79 (23.44%) PowerShell
2 66 (19.58%) SQL
3 21 (6.23%) Python
4 12 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.37%) C#
6 7 (2.08%) Bash
6 7 (2.08%) PHP
7 6 (1.78%) Bicep
7 6 (1.78%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.48%) VBA
9 4 (1.19%) VB
10 1 (0.30%) Go
10 1 (0.30%) Perl
10 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (8.01%) Degree
3 20 (5.93%) Azure Certification
4 19 (5.64%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.04%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.45%) SC Cleared
7 14 (4.15%) CCNA
8 13 (3.86%) DBS Check
8 13 (3.86%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 9 (2.67%) CCNP
10 9 (2.67%) MCSA
11 8 (2.37%) MCSE
12 7 (2.08%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.78%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.89%) CISSP
16 2 (0.59%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (4.75%) SLA
3 9 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.08%) QA
5 4 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.19%) GDPR
5 4 (1.19%) NIST
6 3 (0.89%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 195 (57.86%) Active Directory
2 72 (21.36%) Hyper-V
3 45 (13.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.15%) Docker
6 7 (2.08%) Firmware
6 7 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.48%) vSphere
9 2 (0.59%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.59%) XenApp
10 1 (0.30%) iptables
10 1 (0.30%) vCloud
10 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 106 (31.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.61%) Terraform
3 17 (5.04%) Ansible
3 17 (5.04%) SCCM
4 14 (4.15%) Kubernetes
5 12 (3.56%) Autotask
5 12 (3.56%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.48%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.48%) Nessus
8 4 (1.19%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.59%) WSUS
10 1 (0.30%) CASB
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
1 207 (61.42%) Microsoft
2 92 (27.30%) VMware
3 24 (7.12%) Cisco
4 23 (6.82%) Veeam
5 21 (6.23%) Google
6 11 (3.26%) Apple
7 10 (2.97%) 3PAR
7 10 (2.97%) NetApp
7 10 (2.97%) SolarWinds
8 9 (2.67%) Draytek
9 8 (2.37%) Charles River
9 8 (2.37%) Datto
9 8 (2.37%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.37%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.37%) Freshdesk
9 8 (2.37%) WatchGuard
10 7 (2.08%) Dell
10 7 (2.08%) HP
10 7 (2.08%) SAP
10 7 (2.08%) ServiceNow