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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 151 82
Rank change year-on-year -17 -69 +39
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 282 360 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 2.46% 3.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.01% 16.99% 24.37%
Number of salaries quoted 224 315 912
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,700 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,187 £53,243 £57,125
90th Percentile £73,525 £69,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -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 1,409 2,119 4,390
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.35% 14.47% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,219 3,552
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,200 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £33,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year - -4.31% -5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,550 £83,750
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 29 May 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 80 (28.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (20.92%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.32%) IIS
4 9 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.13%) Confluence
6 2 (0.71%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 184 (65.25%) Azure
2 173 (61.35%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (30.14%) Entra ID
4 47 (16.67%) AWS
5 31 (10.99%) OneDrive
6 15 (5.32%) Google Workspace
7 13 (4.61%) IaaS
7 13 (4.61%) SaaS
8 11 (3.90%) Power Platform
9 10 (3.55%) GitHub
10 9 (3.19%) GCP
11 8 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.13%) PaaS
14 3 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.06%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.71%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.71%) Azure Storage
15 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 102 (36.17%) DNS
2 98 (34.75%) Firewall
3 84 (29.79%) DHCP
4 74 (26.24%) VPN
5 59 (20.92%) WAN
6 50 (17.73%) TCP/IP
7 46 (16.31%) LAN
8 41 (14.54%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (11.70%) VoIP
10 32 (11.35%) VLAN
11 10 (3.55%) Unified Communications
12 9 (3.19%) SD-WAN
13 7 (2.48%) DMZ
14 6 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (2.13%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.13%) SAN
14 6 (2.13%) WebEx
15 5 (1.77%) BGP
15 5 (1.77%) Telnet
15 5 (1.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.77%) MySQL
5 4 (1.42%) Power BI
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.71%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.35%) Redis
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 (3.19%) Git
1 9 (3.19%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.77%) JIRA
2 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.06%) GitLab
4 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) Gatling
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 126 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.12%) Finance
3 27 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.61%) Legal
7 12 (4.26%) Banking
7 12 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.19%) Law
8 9 (3.19%) Retail
9 8 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.13%) Marketing
10 6 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.06%) Aviation
11 3 (1.06%) Front Office
12 2 (0.71%) Advertising
12 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 99 (35.11%) IT Support
2 98 (34.75%) Support Engineer
3 89 (31.56%) IT Engineer
4 83 (29.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (20.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (13.48%) Senior
7 35 (12.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 32 (11.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 27 (9.57%) Analyst
11 22 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (7.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (6.74%) Support Analyst
14 16 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (4.96%) IT Technician
15 14 (4.96%) Support Technician
16 13 (4.61%) 3rd Line Support
17 12 (4.26%) IT Support Technician
17 12 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
18 11 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.90%) CSS
1 11 (3.90%) HTML
2 8 (2.84%) .NET
3 6 (2.13%) XMPP
4 5 (1.77%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.77%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.77%) Web Services
5 4 (1.42%) ADO
5 4 (1.42%) XML
6 3 (1.06%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.35%) JSP
7 1 (0.35%) Memcached
7 1 (0.35%) REST
7 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.35%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.22%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.90%) Replication
5 10 (3.55%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.55%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.19%) CMDB
7 7 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.48%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.13%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.77%) PKI
9 5 (1.77%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 282 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (18.79%) Linux
3 42 (14.89%) Windows 10
4 37 (13.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (9.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (9.22%) Mac OS
7 24 (8.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.90%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (2.48%) Unix
10 5 (1.77%) Debian
10 5 (1.77%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.06%) Android
12 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (24.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 65 (23.05%) Customer Service
4 59 (20.92%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (19.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 45 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (14.89%) ITIL
8 33 (11.70%) Service Delivery
9 27 (9.57%) DevOps
10 24 (8.51%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.16%) Information Security
11 23 (8.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 23 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (7.80%) CI/CD
12 22 (7.80%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (7.45%) Business Continuity
14 20 (7.09%) High Availability
14 20 (7.09%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (7.09%) Process Improvement
15 18 (6.38%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 79 (28.01%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.54%) SQL
3 29 (10.28%) Python
4 8 (2.84%) Bash
5 6 (2.13%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.13%) VBA
5 6 (2.13%) VBScript
6 5 (1.77%) C#
7 4 (1.42%) Bicep
8 2 (0.71%) Go
8 2 (0.71%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) ABAP
9 1 (0.35%) PHP
9 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (14.89%) Degree
2 29 (10.28%) Azure Certification
3 26 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (8.16%) Security Cleared
5 20 (7.09%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.61%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (4.26%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.19%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.13%) CCNA
12 5 (1.77%) HNC
12 5 (1.77%) HND
13 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.42%) CISSP
14 3 (1.06%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.06%) MCSE
15 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.71%) CCNP
15 2 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.03%) SLA
3 7 (2.48%) NIST
4 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.06%) GDPR
4 3 (1.06%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.35%) ITGC
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 172 (60.99%) Active Directory
2 65 (23.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (19.50%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.03%) vSphere
5 11 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.13%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.42%) Docker
9 4 (1.42%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.06%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 71 (25.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (14.54%) Terraform
3 25 (8.87%) Ansible
4 20 (7.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (6.38%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.55%) Autotask
6 10 (3.55%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.84%) Grafana
7 8 (2.84%) SCCM
8 7 (2.48%) Packer
9 6 (2.13%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.71%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.71%) Kibana
11 2 (0.71%) Nagios
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 221 (78.37%) Microsoft
2 91 (32.27%) VMware
3 34 (12.06%) Cisco
4 22 (7.80%) Veeam
5 17 (6.03%) Google
6 15 (5.32%) Splunk
7 13 (4.61%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.26%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.55%) ConnectWise
9 10 (3.55%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.55%) Meraki
9 10 (3.55%) NetApp
10 9 (3.19%) Dell
10 9 (3.19%) HP
11 8 (2.84%) iManage
12 7 (2.48%) EMC
12 7 (2.48%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.13%) F5
14 5 (1.77%) Citrix
14 5 (1.77%) Synology