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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 109 78
Rank change year-on-year -32 -31 +35
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 320 377 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 2.94% 3.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.42% 20.35% 26.49%
Number of salaries quoted 258 343 1,021
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,063 £57,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £72,225 £78,950 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.51% +1.76% -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 1,427 1,853 4,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.52% 14.46% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 983 1,458 3,744
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 1 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 82 (25.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (18.13%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.81%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.81%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.19%) IIS
5 4 (1.25%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.94%) Confluence
7 2 (0.63%) Apache
8 1 (0.31%) Drupal
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (12.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 217 (67.81%) Azure
2 193 (60.31%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (27.19%) Entra ID
4 53 (16.56%) AWS
5 32 (10.00%) OneDrive
6 24 (7.50%) SaaS
7 23 (7.19%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.06%) IaaS
9 12 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.19%) GitHub
11 7 (2.19%) PaaS
12 6 (1.88%) GCP
13 5 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.94%) Power Platform
16 2 (0.63%) Azure AKS
16 2 (0.63%) Azure Storage
16 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
16 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 121 (37.81%) DNS
2 116 (36.25%) Firewall
3 105 (32.81%) DHCP
4 87 (27.19%) VPN
5 68 (21.25%) WAN
6 59 (18.44%) TCP/IP
7 52 (16.25%) LAN
8 44 (13.75%) Wi-Fi
9 43 (13.44%) VLAN
10 33 (10.31%) VoIP
11 16 (5.00%) SD-WAN
12 11 (3.44%) SAN
12 11 (3.44%) Telnet
13 9 (2.81%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.19%) DMZ
14 7 (2.19%) IP Telephony
15 5 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (1.56%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.56%) STUN
15 5 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.81%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.88%) MySQL
3 5 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Power BI
6 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.75%) Git
2 9 (2.81%) JIRA
3 7 (2.19%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Gatling
7 1 (0.31%) JMeter
7 1 (0.31%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.19%) Finance
3 22 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (3.75%) Telecoms
5 9 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.50%) Banking
6 8 (2.50%) Front Office
6 8 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.50%) Retail
7 7 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.56%) Legal
9 5 (1.56%) Marketing
10 4 (1.25%) Automotive
10 4 (1.25%) German Language
11 3 (0.94%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.94%) Aviation
11 3 (0.94%) Back Office
12 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (35.31%) IT Support
1 113 (35.31%) Support Engineer
2 95 (29.69%) IT Engineer
3 90 (28.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 66 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 58 (18.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 48 (15.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 48 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 47 (14.69%) Senior
8 27 (8.44%) Analyst
9 25 (7.81%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (7.19%) Support Analyst
11 21 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (6.56%) Infrastructure Support
11 21 (6.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 15 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (4.06%) IT Technician
14 13 (4.06%) Support Technician
15 11 (3.44%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.50%) .NET
1 8 (2.50%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (1.56%) SailPoint
2 5 (1.56%) XMPP
3 4 (1.25%) FIDO
3 4 (1.25%) Node.js
4 2 (0.63%) ADO
4 2 (0.63%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.31%) CSS
5 1 (0.31%) HTML
5 1 (0.31%) JSP
5 1 (0.31%) Memcached
5 1 (0.31%) REST
5 1 (0.31%) RESTful
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.31%) SOAP
5 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.75%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.00%) Replication
3 16 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.13%) CCTV
5 10 (3.13%) CMDB
6 9 (2.81%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.81%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.50%) Equities
7 8 (2.50%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.50%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.19%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.19%) iPad
9 5 (1.56%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.56%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.25%) iPhone
10 4 (1.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 320 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (22.19%) Linux
3 60 (18.75%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 33 (10.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (8.44%) Mac OS
7 24 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.69%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.56%) Debian
10 5 (1.56%) Unix
11 3 (0.94%) Android
11 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.31%) CentOS
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (24.69%) ITIL
3 78 (24.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 60 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 50 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (15.31%) Service Delivery
7 40 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (12.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 39 (12.19%) Mentoring
9 37 (11.56%) DevOps
10 35 (10.94%) CI/CD
11 34 (10.63%) Migration
12 30 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (7.81%) Service Management
14 24 (7.50%) Change Management
14 24 (7.50%) Coaching
15 22 (6.88%) Cloud Operations
16 21 (6.56%) Process Improvement
17 20 (6.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 18 (5.63%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.75%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.06%) SQL
3 29 (9.06%) Python
4 11 (3.44%) Bash
5 5 (1.56%) PHP
6 4 (1.25%) Bicep
6 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.63%) C#
7 2 (0.63%) Go
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Perl
8 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (9.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (9.06%) Azure Certification
3 24 (7.50%) Degree
4 21 (6.56%) Security Cleared
5 16 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.69%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.44%) MCSE
9 10 (3.13%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.81%) CCNA
11 8 (2.50%) CCNP
11 8 (2.50%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.50%) MCSA
11 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.94%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.94%) CISSP
14 3 (0.94%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.38%) SLA
3 8 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.88%) NIST
5 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.94%) QA
7 2 (0.63%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) GDPR
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 193 (60.31%) Active Directory
2 72 (22.50%) Hyper-V
3 56 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.38%) vSphere
5 12 (3.75%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.13%) Docker
7 9 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.50%) Firmware
9 6 (1.88%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.63%) XenApp
13 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.31%) iptables
13 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.31%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 87 (27.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (10.94%) Terraform
3 26 (8.13%) Ansible
4 21 (6.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (4.38%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.13%) Autotask
6 10 (3.13%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.81%) SCCM
8 8 (2.50%) Grafana
9 5 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.56%) Packer
10 3 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.63%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.63%) Kibana
11 2 (0.63%) Nagios
11 2 (0.63%) Nessus
11 2 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 212 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 102 (31.88%) VMware
3 40 (12.50%) Cisco
4 23 (7.19%) Google
5 16 (5.00%) Veeam
6 13 (4.06%) Fortinet
7 12 (3.75%) Splunk
8 10 (3.13%) Dell
8 10 (3.13%) Draytek
8 10 (3.13%) HP
8 10 (3.13%) NetApp
8 10 (3.13%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.81%) ConnectWise
10 8 (2.50%) Apple
10 8 (2.50%) Charles River
10 8 (2.50%) WatchGuard
11 7 (2.19%) Mitel
12 6 (1.88%) Meraki
12 6 (1.88%) Okta