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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 151 84
Rank change year-on-year -19 -67 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 333 373 958
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 2.26% 3.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.92% 17.68% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 284 325 784
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £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 £58,750 £53,750 £55,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year - -5.33% -6.11%

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 1,519 2,110 3,982
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.06% 12.77% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,177 1,244 3,073
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,300
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.15% -9.90%

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 July 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
1 104 (31.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (23.42%) SharePoint
3 31 (9.31%) IIS
4 9 (2.70%) Apache
4 9 (2.70%) nginx
5 8 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (2.10%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) Drupal
7 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.30%) Site Server
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (13.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.60%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.30%) Magento
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 220 (66.07%) Microsoft 365
2 212 (63.66%) Azure
3 124 (37.24%) Entra ID
4 62 (18.62%) AWS
5 31 (9.31%) OneDrive
6 13 (3.90%) IaaS
6 13 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.90%) SaaS
7 9 (2.70%) GCP
7 9 (2.70%) GitHub
7 9 (2.70%) Google Workspace
8 8 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.10%) Cloudflare
9 7 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.50%) PaaS
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 138 (41.44%) Firewall
2 117 (35.14%) DNS
3 97 (29.13%) DHCP
4 89 (26.73%) VPN
5 71 (21.32%) TCP/IP
6 59 (17.72%) WAN
7 55 (16.52%) LAN
8 42 (12.61%) VLAN
9 37 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (10.51%) VoIP
11 19 (5.71%) Wireless
12 12 (3.60%) Network Security
13 7 (2.10%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.80%) WebEx
15 5 (1.50%) DMZ
15 5 (1.50%) NAS
15 5 (1.50%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.50%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (19.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.50%) MySQL
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.20%) Power BI
6 2 (0.60%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.30%) Redis
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.00%) Git
2 9 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.50%) JIRA
5 4 (1.20%) GitLab
6 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.30%) Gatling
7 1 (0.30%) JMeter
7 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 182 (54.65%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.31%) Finance
3 29 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.11%) Legal
7 15 (4.50%) Retail
8 12 (3.60%) Banking
8 12 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.00%) Law
10 10 (3.00%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.80%) Marketing
12 5 (1.50%) Games
13 2 (0.60%) Advertising
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 121 (36.34%) Support Engineer
2 118 (35.44%) IT Support
3 100 (30.03%) IT Engineer
4 95 (28.53%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (16.52%) Analyst
6 50 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 45 (13.51%) Senior
8 41 (12.31%) Support Analyst
9 34 (10.21%) 2nd Line Support
10 33 (9.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 32 (9.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 22 (6.61%) IT Analyst
13 18 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.11%) IT Support Analyst
15 16 (4.80%) 1st Line Support
15 16 (4.80%) Azure Engineer
16 15 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support
17 14 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 13 (3.90%) Microsoft Engineer
19 12 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.11%) CSS
1 17 (5.11%) HTML
2 15 (4.50%) Web Services
3 12 (3.60%) .NET
4 11 (3.30%) .NET Framework
4 11 (3.30%) XML
5 8 (2.40%) Middleware
6 6 (1.80%) XMPP
7 5 (1.50%) FreeSWITCH
8 4 (1.20%) ADO
8 4 (1.20%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.30%) JSP
9 1 (0.30%) Memcached
9 1 (0.30%) REST
9 1 (0.30%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.30%) SAP BC
9 1 (0.30%) SOAP
9 1 (0.30%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.91%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.60%) Clustering
7 11 (3.30%) Replication
8 9 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.70%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.70%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.40%) CMDB
9 8 (2.40%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.10%) PKI
11 6 (1.80%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.50%) iPhone
12 5 (1.50%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 333 (100.00%) Windows
2 64 (19.22%) Linux
3 38 (11.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 37 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 22 (6.61%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (2.10%) Android
9 6 (1.80%) Unix
10 5 (1.50%) Debian
10 5 (1.50%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.20%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (26.73%) Customer Service
3 74 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 68 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (20.42%) Disaster Recovery
5 65 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (16.52%) ITIL
7 43 (12.91%) High Availability
8 37 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 34 (10.21%) Business Continuity
9 34 (10.21%) Project Delivery
10 30 (9.01%) Service Delivery
10 30 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (6.61%) Change Management
12 21 (6.31%) Information Security
13 20 (6.01%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (6.01%) Migration
13 20 (6.01%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (5.71%) CI/CD
14 19 (5.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 90 (27.03%) PowerShell
2 53 (15.92%) SQL
3 33 (9.91%) Python
4 11 (3.30%) C#
5 8 (2.40%) Bash
5 8 (2.40%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.80%) VBA
6 6 (1.80%) VBScript
7 5 (1.50%) Bicep
8 3 (0.90%) Go
9 2 (0.60%) Java
10 1 (0.30%) ABAP
10 1 (0.30%) PHP
10 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (16.52%) Degree
2 35 (10.51%) Azure Certification
2 35 (10.51%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (9.61%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.11%) DBS Check
6 14 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.90%) CCNA
8 11 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (3.30%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (2.10%) HNC
10 7 (2.10%) HND
11 6 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.90%) CEH
13 3 (0.90%) CISM
13 3 (0.90%) GIAC
13 3 (0.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.31%) SLA
2 30 (9.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.10%) GDPR
5 5 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.50%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.30%) ITGC
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 200 (60.06%) Active Directory
2 85 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (24.92%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.01%) vSphere
5 18 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.80%) Terminal Services
7 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.50%) Docker
9 4 (1.20%) Squid
9 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.20%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.90%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 94 (28.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (10.51%) Terraform
3 24 (7.21%) Ansible
4 21 (6.31%) Kubernetes
5 15 (4.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (3.30%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (2.40%) Autotask
7 8 (2.40%) Grafana
8 7 (2.10%) Packer
8 7 (2.10%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (1.20%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.20%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.90%) Kibana
11 3 (0.90%) Nagios
11 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 287 (86.19%) Microsoft
2 107 (32.13%) VMware
3 39 (11.71%) Cisco
4 35 (10.51%) Veeam
5 22 (6.61%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.41%) Meraki
7 17 (5.11%) Splunk
8 14 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 13 (3.90%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.30%) Citrix
10 11 (3.30%) Google
11 10 (3.00%) iManage
12 8 (2.40%) Dell
12 8 (2.40%) HP
13 7 (2.10%) ConnectWise
13 7 (2.10%) EMC
13 7 (2.10%) NetApp
13 7 (2.10%) WatchGuard
14 6 (1.80%) F5
14 6 (1.80%) SolarWinds