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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 154 86
Rank change year-on-year -15 -68 +33
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 277 362 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.49% 3.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.83% 17.08% 24.43%
Number of salaries quoted 218 315 916
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 £58,438 £53,738 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,650 £69,000 £71,875
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 1,397 2,119 4,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.33% 14.60% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 980 1,219 3,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,375 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,124 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -3.61% -5.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 27 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 77 (27.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (20.94%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.42%) IIS
4 9 (3.25%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.25%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.17%) Confluence
6 2 (0.72%) Apache
7 1 (0.36%) Drupal
7 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.36%) Magento
1 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 183 (66.06%) Azure
2 167 (60.29%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (29.60%) Entra ID
4 45 (16.25%) AWS
5 30 (10.83%) OneDrive
6 15 (5.42%) Google Workspace
7 14 (5.05%) SaaS
8 12 (4.33%) IaaS
9 11 (3.97%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.61%) GitHub
11 8 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (2.89%) GCP
12 7 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.17%) PaaS
14 3 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.72%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.72%) Azure Storage
15 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 99 (35.74%) DNS
2 95 (34.30%) Firewall
3 82 (29.60%) DHCP
4 72 (25.99%) VPN
5 61 (22.02%) WAN
6 49 (17.69%) TCP/IP
7 48 (17.33%) LAN
8 42 (15.16%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (11.91%) VLAN
9 33 (11.91%) VoIP
10 10 (3.61%) Unified Communications
11 9 (3.25%) SD-WAN
12 7 (2.53%) DMZ
12 7 (2.53%) Telnet
13 6 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (2.17%) SAN
13 6 (2.17%) WebEx
14 5 (1.81%) BGP
14 5 (1.81%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (16.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.81%) MySQL
5 4 (1.44%) Power BI
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.72%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.36%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.36%) Redis
8 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.25%) Git
1 9 (3.25%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.53%) JIRA
3 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.08%) GitLab
5 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.36%) Gatling
6 1 (0.36%) JMeter
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Vagrant
General
1 121 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.72%) Finance
3 28 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (4.69%) Legal
6 12 (4.33%) Banking
6 12 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.33%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.25%) Law
7 9 (3.25%) Retail
8 8 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Marketing
9 6 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.81%) Front Office
11 4 (1.44%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.08%) Aviation
13 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Advertising
14 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 97 (35.02%) Support Engineer
2 96 (34.66%) IT Support
3 87 (31.41%) IT Engineer
4 82 (29.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (20.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (13.72%) Senior
7 34 (12.27%) 2nd Line Support
8 30 (10.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 30 (10.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 26 (9.39%) Analyst
10 23 (8.30%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.50%) Support Analyst
13 17 (6.14%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
15 12 (4.33%) Infrastructure Support
15 12 (4.33%) IT Technician
15 12 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
15 12 (4.33%) Support Technician
16 10 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.61%) CSS
1 10 (3.61%) HTML
2 7 (2.53%) .NET
3 6 (2.17%) XMPP
4 5 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (1.81%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.44%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.44%) ADO
5 4 (1.44%) Web Services
6 3 (1.08%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.08%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) JSP
7 1 (0.36%) Memcached
7 1 (0.36%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.36%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.97%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.97%) Replication
5 10 (3.61%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.25%) CMDB
7 7 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.17%) FlexPod
8 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.81%) Equities
9 5 (1.81%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.81%) PKI
9 5 (1.81%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 277 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (19.49%) Linux
3 41 (14.80%) Windows 10
4 36 (13.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (10.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (8.66%) Mac OS
7 23 (8.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.97%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (2.89%) Unix
10 5 (1.81%) Debian
10 5 (1.81%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.72%) Android
11 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.94%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (23.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 57 (20.58%) Customer Service
3 57 (20.58%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (18.41%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (16.25%) ITIL
6 32 (11.55%) Service Delivery
7 27 (9.75%) DevOps
8 25 (9.03%) Mentoring
9 24 (8.66%) CI/CD
10 23 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (8.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (7.58%) Information Security
12 20 (7.22%) High Availability
12 20 (7.22%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (7.22%) Process Improvement
12 20 (7.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 19 (6.86%) Business Continuity
13 19 (6.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 80 (28.88%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.52%) SQL
3 29 (10.47%) Python
4 8 (2.89%) Bash
5 6 (2.17%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.17%) VBA
5 6 (2.17%) VBScript
6 4 (1.44%) Bicep
6 4 (1.44%) C#
7 2 (0.72%) Go
7 2 (0.72%) Java
8 1 (0.36%) ABAP
8 1 (0.36%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (13.72%) Degree
2 28 (10.11%) Azure Certification
3 24 (8.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (8.30%) Security Cleared
5 20 (7.22%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.69%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.25%) DBS Check
7 9 (3.25%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.17%) CCNA
11 5 (1.81%) HNC
11 5 (1.81%) HND
12 4 (1.44%) CISSP
13 3 (1.08%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.08%) MCSE
14 2 (0.72%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.72%) CCNP
14 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.78%) SLA
4 7 (2.53%) NIST
5 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.08%) GDPR
5 3 (1.08%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.36%) ITGC
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 166 (59.93%) Active Directory
2 62 (22.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (18.41%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.14%) vSphere
5 11 (3.97%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.17%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.44%) Docker
9 4 (1.44%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.08%) Firmware
11 1 (0.36%) iptables
Systems Management
1 69 (24.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (15.52%) Terraform
3 26 (9.39%) Ansible
4 20 (7.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (6.50%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.61%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.89%) Autotask
7 8 (2.89%) Grafana
7 8 (2.89%) SCCM
8 7 (2.53%) Packer
9 6 (2.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.72%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.72%) Kibana
11 2 (0.72%) Nagios
11 2 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (76.17%) Microsoft
2 88 (31.77%) VMware
3 34 (12.27%) Cisco
4 20 (7.22%) Veeam
5 16 (5.78%) Google
5 16 (5.78%) Splunk
6 12 (4.33%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.33%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.61%) ConnectWise
7 10 (3.61%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.61%) NetApp
8 9 (3.25%) Dell
8 9 (3.25%) HP
8 9 (3.25%) Meraki
9 8 (2.89%) iManage
10 7 (2.53%) EMC
10 7 (2.53%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.17%) F5
12 5 (1.81%) Citrix
12 5 (1.81%) Synology