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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 151 104
Rank change year-on-year -20 -47 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 366 367 709
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 2.23% 2.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.72% 17.86% 22.18%
Number of salaries quoted 312 316 545
10th Percentile £28,550 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 1,543 2,055 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.74% 12.46% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 1,189 2,269
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%

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 19 August 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
1 115 (31.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (24.86%) SharePoint
3 32 (8.74%) IIS
4 12 (3.28%) Apache
4 12 (3.28%) nginx
5 9 (2.46%) Confluence
6 4 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.27%) Drupal
7 1 (0.27%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.27%) Site Server
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (10.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.55%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.27%) Magento
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 235 (64.21%) Microsoft 365
2 226 (61.75%) Azure
3 153 (41.80%) Entra ID
4 56 (15.30%) AWS
5 39 (10.66%) OneDrive
6 14 (3.83%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.73%) IaaS
8 9 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.46%) GitHub
9 8 (2.19%) GCP
9 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.19%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.19%) SaaS
10 7 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.91%) Cloudflare
10 7 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.64%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.37%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 136 (37.16%) Firewall
2 132 (36.07%) DNS
3 113 (30.87%) DHCP
4 85 (23.22%) VPN
5 78 (21.31%) TCP/IP
6 51 (13.93%) LAN
6 51 (13.93%) WAN
7 39 (10.66%) VLAN
8 29 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (5.74%) VoIP
10 20 (5.46%) Wireless
11 19 (5.19%) Network Security
12 7 (1.91%) SAN
13 6 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (1.64%) Unified Communications
13 6 (1.64%) WebEx
14 5 (1.37%) BGP
14 5 (1.37%) MPLS
14 5 (1.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (18.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.37%) MySQL
3 5 (1.37%) Power BI
4 4 (1.09%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Redis
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (3.28%) Git
2 9 (2.46%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (2.19%) JIRA
4 3 (0.82%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.27%) Gatling
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 192 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.30%) Finance
3 38 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.92%) Legal
5 18 (4.92%) Retail
6 17 (4.64%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.55%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.28%) Banking
10 12 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.73%) Law
12 7 (1.91%) Games
13 6 (1.64%) Marketing
14 2 (0.55%) Advertising
14 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.55%) Military
15 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (27.32%) Support Engineer
2 95 (25.96%) IT Support
3 88 (24.04%) IT Engineer
4 76 (20.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 69 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 63 (17.21%) Analyst
7 58 (15.85%) Senior
8 39 (10.66%) Support Analyst
9 30 (8.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (7.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 25 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
11 25 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 23 (6.28%) Azure Engineer
13 22 (6.01%) IT Analyst
14 21 (5.74%) Consultant
15 16 (4.37%) IT Support Analyst
15 16 (4.37%) Microsoft Engineer
16 13 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 13 (3.55%) Applications Support
17 12 (3.28%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.19%) CSS
1 19 (5.19%) HTML
1 19 (5.19%) Web Services
2 15 (4.10%) .NET
3 13 (3.55%) .NET Framework
3 13 (3.55%) XML
4 8 (2.19%) Middleware
5 6 (1.64%) XMPP
6 4 (1.09%) ADO
6 4 (1.09%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.27%) JSP
8 1 (0.27%) Memcached
8 1 (0.27%) REST
8 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.27%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.27%) SOAP
8 1 (0.27%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.92%) Driving Licence
2 27 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.64%) Public Cloud
5 16 (4.37%) Replication
6 15 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.28%) Clustering
7 12 (3.28%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.19%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.91%) CMDB
10 7 (1.91%) PKI
10 7 (1.91%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.64%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.37%) iPhone
12 5 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 366 (100.00%) Windows
2 76 (20.77%) Linux
3 30 (8.20%) Windows 10
3 30 (8.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (4.10%) Mac OS
6 11 (3.01%) Unix
7 10 (2.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.19%) Android
8 8 (2.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.82%) Debian
11 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.52%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (27.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 95 (25.96%) Disaster Recovery
4 83 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (21.31%) Customer Service
6 68 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (15.57%) ITIL
8 53 (14.48%) Mentoring
9 51 (13.93%) High Availability
10 49 (13.39%) Business Continuity
10 49 (13.39%) Project Delivery
11 40 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 29 (7.92%) Service Delivery
15 28 (7.65%) Migration
16 27 (7.38%) Change Management
17 24 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
18 23 (6.28%) Collaborative Culture
19 21 (5.74%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.23%) PowerShell
2 52 (14.21%) SQL
3 29 (7.92%) Python
4 14 (3.83%) C#
5 13 (3.55%) Bicep
6 9 (2.46%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.64%) VBA
7 6 (1.64%) VBScript
8 2 (0.55%) Bash
8 2 (0.55%) Go
8 2 (0.55%) Java
9 1 (0.27%) ABAP
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
9 1 (0.27%) Ruby
9 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (15.30%) Degree
2 41 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 38 (10.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 37 (10.11%) Azure Certification
5 16 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (4.37%) DBS Check
6 15 (4.10%) CCNA
7 13 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (3.28%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.91%) HNC
9 7 (1.91%) HND
10 5 (1.37%) CEH
10 5 (1.37%) CISM
10 5 (1.37%) CISSP
10 5 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.37%) GIAC
11 4 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.93%) SLA
2 30 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.46%) GDPR
5 7 (1.91%) NIST
6 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 229 (62.57%) Active Directory
2 100 (27.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (25.68%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.28%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (5.46%) vSphere
6 14 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.64%) Squid
8 6 (1.64%) Terminal Services
8 6 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.37%) Docker
10 4 (1.09%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.82%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 102 (27.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (11.75%) Terraform
3 24 (6.56%) Kubernetes
4 22 (6.01%) Ansible
5 11 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (3.01%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (1.91%) Packer
7 6 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.64%) Grafana
7 6 (1.64%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.37%) HAProxy
8 5 (1.37%) SCCM
8 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.09%) Autotask
9 4 (1.09%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.82%) SCOM
10 3 (0.82%) WSUS
11 2 (0.55%) Kibana
Vendors
1 321 (87.70%) Microsoft
2 126 (34.43%) VMware
3 51 (13.93%) Veeam
4 40 (10.93%) Cisco
5 22 (6.01%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.92%) Meraki
6 18 (4.92%) Splunk
7 16 (4.37%) Palo Alto
8 14 (3.83%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.01%) Citrix
9 11 (3.01%) iManage
10 9 (2.46%) SolarWinds
10 9 (2.46%) WatchGuard
11 8 (2.19%) Apple
11 8 (2.19%) NetApp
12 7 (1.91%) EMC
12 7 (1.91%) Google
12 7 (1.91%) HP
12 7 (1.91%) Oracle
12 7 (1.91%) SonicWALL