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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 108 82
Rank change year-on-year -39 -26 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 312 391 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 2.94% 3.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.58% 20.91% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 247 353 1,003
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £76,250 £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 1,446 1,870 4,529
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.11% 14.04% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,433 3,716
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,340 £37,170 £38,116
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 20 April 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 74 (23.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (17.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.88%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.56%) IIS
5 5 (1.60%) Confluence
6 2 (0.64%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Drupal
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) Magento
2 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 210 (67.31%) Azure
2 183 (58.65%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (26.60%) Entra ID
4 49 (15.71%) AWS
5 31 (9.94%) OneDrive
6 23 (7.37%) Google Workspace
6 23 (7.37%) SaaS
7 13 (4.17%) IaaS
8 12 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.24%) GCP
10 7 (2.24%) GitHub
10 7 (2.24%) PaaS
11 6 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.60%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.64%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 119 (38.14%) DNS
2 109 (34.94%) Firewall
3 102 (32.69%) DHCP
4 85 (27.24%) VPN
5 74 (23.72%) WAN
6 56 (17.95%) LAN
6 56 (17.95%) TCP/IP
7 44 (14.10%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (12.50%) VLAN
9 35 (11.22%) VoIP
10 16 (5.13%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.21%) SAN
11 10 (3.21%) Telnet
12 9 (2.88%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.24%) DMZ
14 5 (1.60%) BGP
14 5 (1.60%) MPLS
14 5 (1.60%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.60%) STUN
14 5 (1.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.42%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.28%) MySQL
3 4 (1.28%) Power BI
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.64%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.32%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.32%) Redis
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.21%) Git
2 9 (2.88%) JIRA
2 9 (2.88%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.64%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) Gatling
6 1 (0.32%) JMeter
6 1 (0.32%) Vagrant
General
1 111 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.78%) Finance
3 22 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.53%) Banking
7 10 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.56%) Front Office
9 8 (2.56%) Retail
10 7 (2.24%) Legal
10 7 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.60%) Marketing
12 4 (1.28%) Automotive
12 4 (1.28%) Law
13 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.96%) Aviation
14 2 (0.64%) Military
14 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (33.01%) Support Engineer
2 102 (32.69%) IT Support
3 87 (27.88%) IT Engineer
4 82 (26.28%) IT Support Engineer
5 68 (21.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 54 (17.31%) Senior
7 48 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 41 (13.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 41 (13.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 28 (8.97%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (8.33%) Analyst
10 26 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (6.73%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (6.73%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.41%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) IT Technician
15 12 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (2.24%) .NET
3 5 (1.60%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.60%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.60%) XMPP
4 4 (1.28%) ADO
4 4 (1.28%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.28%) FIDO
5 3 (0.96%) CSS
5 3 (0.96%) HTML
6 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.32%) JSP
6 1 (0.32%) Memcached
6 1 (0.32%) REST
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.32%) SOAP
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.13%) Replication
4 15 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.53%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.21%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.88%) CMDB
7 9 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.56%) Equities
8 8 (2.56%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.24%) iPad
10 5 (1.60%) CCTV
10 5 (1.60%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.60%) PKI
10 5 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 312 (100.00%) Windows
2 67 (21.47%) Linux
3 57 (18.27%) Windows 10
4 35 (11.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (10.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 28 (8.97%) Mac OS
7 23 (7.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.81%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.56%) Unix
11 5 (1.60%) Debian
12 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.96%) Android
14 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.32%) SUSE
14 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 70 (22.44%) ITIL
4 57 (18.27%) Customer Service
5 50 (16.03%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (14.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (14.10%) Service Delivery
7 40 (12.82%) Mentoring
8 39 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (11.86%) DevOps
10 35 (11.22%) Migration
11 31 (9.94%) CI/CD
12 29 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (7.69%) Change Management
13 24 (7.69%) Service Management
14 22 (7.05%) Coaching
15 21 (6.73%) Cloud Operations
15 21 (6.73%) Identity Access Management
15 21 (6.73%) Infrastructure as Code
16 20 (6.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.32%) PowerShell
2 50 (16.03%) SQL
3 28 (8.97%) Python
4 10 (3.21%) Bash
5 4 (1.28%) Bicep
6 2 (0.64%) Go
6 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.64%) VBA
6 2 (0.64%) VBScript
7 1 (0.32%) C#
7 1 (0.32%) Java
7 1 (0.32%) PHP
7 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (9.62%) Azure Certification
2 29 (9.29%) Degree
3 26 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (7.37%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.09%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.81%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.53%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.21%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.56%) CCNA
11 7 (2.24%) CCNP
11 7 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.24%) MCSE
12 5 (1.60%) MCSA
13 4 (1.28%) HNC
13 4 (1.28%) HND
13 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.96%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.96%) CISSP
14 3 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.81%) SLA
3 12 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.92%) NIST
5 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.96%) GDPR
6 3 (0.96%) QA
7 2 (0.64%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.32%) ITGC
System Software
1 186 (59.62%) Active Directory
2 68 (21.79%) Hyper-V
3 60 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.13%) vSphere
5 12 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.92%) Firmware
7 6 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (1.28%) Docker
9 4 (1.28%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.28%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.96%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.32%) iptables
11 1 (0.32%) vCloud
11 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 77 (24.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (13.14%) Terraform
3 25 (8.01%) Ansible
4 23 (7.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.13%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.21%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.88%) Autotask
8 8 (2.56%) Grafana
8 8 (2.56%) SCCM
9 5 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.60%) Packer
10 3 (0.96%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.64%) Kibana
11 2 (0.64%) Nessus
11 2 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (68.91%) Microsoft
2 100 (32.05%) VMware
3 39 (12.50%) Cisco
4 23 (7.37%) Google
5 16 (5.13%) Veeam
6 14 (4.49%) Splunk
7 12 (3.85%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.21%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.88%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.88%) Dell
9 9 (2.88%) HP
9 9 (2.88%) NetApp
9 9 (2.88%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.56%) Apple
10 8 (2.56%) Charles River
10 8 (2.56%) Meraki
10 8 (2.56%) Okta
11 7 (2.24%) Draytek
12 6 (1.92%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.60%) Dynatrace