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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 161 93
Rank change year-on-year +1 -68 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 413 322 633
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.95% 3.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.07% 17.92% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 349 262 410
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,775 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,406 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,390 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 1,584 1,797 2,836
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.30% 10.87% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 959 1,699
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

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 15 October 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
1 135 (32.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (27.12%) SharePoint
3 33 (7.99%) IIS
4 11 (2.66%) Apache
4 11 (2.66%) nginx
5 4 (0.97%) Confluence
5 4 (0.97%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.24%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.48%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 278 (67.31%) Microsoft 365
2 265 (64.16%) Azure
3 209 (50.61%) Entra ID
4 54 (13.08%) AWS
5 45 (10.90%) OneDrive
6 13 (3.15%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.66%) IaaS
7 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.69%) Cloudflare
10 7 (1.69%) SaaS
11 6 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.45%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.45%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.45%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.45%) Serverless
12 5 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.21%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 158 (38.26%) Firewall
2 157 (38.01%) DNS
3 136 (32.93%) DHCP
4 103 (24.94%) VPN
5 80 (19.37%) TCP/IP
6 52 (12.59%) VLAN
7 43 (10.41%) LAN
8 38 (9.20%) WAN
9 24 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (5.08%) Network Security
10 21 (5.08%) Wireless
11 20 (4.84%) VoIP
12 14 (3.39%) SAN
13 12 (2.91%) IP Telephony
14 8 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (1.69%) NAS
16 3 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
16 3 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
16 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.73%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.21%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.48%) Big Data
4 2 (0.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.24%) MySQL
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.24%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (1.69%) JIRA
2 6 (1.45%) Git
3 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.24%) Flyway
5 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 212 (51.33%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (10.65%) Finance
4 22 (5.33%) Legal
4 22 (5.33%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.84%) Retail
6 18 (4.36%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.18%) Games
11 8 (1.94%) Law
12 7 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.97%) Automotive
13 4 (0.97%) Publishing
14 3 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.73%) Banking
14 3 (0.73%) Marketing
15 2 (0.48%) Military
16 1 (0.24%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 118 (28.57%) IT Support
2 110 (26.63%) Support Engineer
3 105 (25.42%) IT Engineer
4 87 (21.07%) IT Support Engineer
5 79 (19.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 74 (17.92%) Analyst
7 63 (15.25%) Senior
8 43 (10.41%) Support Analyst
9 30 (7.26%) Consultant
9 30 (7.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (6.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 25 (6.05%) 3rd Line Support
11 25 (6.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 25 (6.05%) IT Analyst
12 24 (5.81%) 1st Line Support
13 22 (5.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (5.33%) Senior IT Engineer
14 21 (5.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 21 (5.08%) Microsoft Engineer
15 20 (4.84%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.54%) Terraform
2 20 (4.84%) CSS
2 20 (4.84%) HTML
3 18 (4.36%) Web Services
4 17 (4.12%) .NET
4 17 (4.12%) XML
5 16 (3.87%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.94%) Middleware
7 5 (1.21%) JSON
7 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.97%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.97%) Blazor
8 4 (0.97%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.97%) jQuery
8 4 (0.97%) RESTful
8 4 (0.97%) SAML
8 4 (0.97%) Sass
9 3 (0.73%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.73%) XMPP
10 2 (0.48%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.14%) Driving Licence
2 24 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (3.87%) Replication
5 15 (3.63%) Clustering
6 13 (3.15%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.91%) CCTV
7 12 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.66%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.42%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (1.69%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.45%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.45%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.45%) Thin Client
13 5 (1.21%) iPhone
13 5 (1.21%) PKI
13 5 (1.21%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 413 (100.00%) Windows
2 81 (19.61%) Linux
3 30 (7.26%) Windows 10
4 27 (6.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.39%) macOS
7 8 (1.94%) Android
8 6 (1.45%) Unix
8 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.97%) Debian
10 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.48%) Rocky
12 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (39.23%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (31.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 116 (28.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 100 (24.21%) Cybersecurity
5 91 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (20.34%) Customer Service
7 66 (15.98%) ITIL
8 61 (14.77%) Project Delivery
9 57 (13.80%) Mentoring
10 55 (13.32%) High Availability
11 53 (12.83%) Business Continuity
12 48 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (10.65%) Service Delivery
14 39 (9.44%) Migration
15 35 (8.47%) Cloud Security
16 30 (7.26%) Collaborative Culture
16 30 (7.26%) ITSM
16 30 (7.26%) Root Cause Analysis
17 27 (6.54%) AI
17 27 (6.54%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (23.97%) PowerShell
2 50 (12.11%) SQL
3 17 (4.12%) C#
3 17 (4.12%) Python
4 15 (3.63%) Bicep
5 7 (1.69%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.97%) VBA
6 4 (0.97%) VBScript
7 3 (0.73%) Bash
8 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) Go
9 1 (0.24%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 61 (14.77%) Degree
2 59 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (11.62%) Security Cleared
4 44 (10.65%) SC Cleared
5 36 (8.72%) Azure Certification
6 27 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (6.30%) CCNA
8 16 (3.87%) DBS Check
9 15 (3.63%) CCNP
9 15 (3.63%) MCSA
10 14 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (3.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (2.91%) MCSE
12 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 9 (2.18%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.45%) CISSP
15 5 (1.21%) CEH
15 5 (1.21%) CISM
15 5 (1.21%) GIAC
15 5 (1.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (10.65%) SLA
3 18 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.42%) GDPR
5 6 (1.45%) NIST
6 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.48%) GRC
7 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 261 (63.20%) Active Directory
2 143 (34.62%) Hyper-V
3 116 (28.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (5.57%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (5.33%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (3.39%) vSphere
8 6 (1.45%) Squid
9 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.97%) Docker
11 3 (0.73%) Firmware
11 3 (0.73%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.48%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.48%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 145 (35.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.39%) Failover Clustering
3 13 (3.15%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.91%) SCCM
5 9 (2.18%) Ansible
6 7 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.21%) HAProxy
8 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (1.21%) SCOM
9 4 (0.97%) Autotask
9 4 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.97%) WSUS
10 3 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.73%) Grafana
10 3 (0.73%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.48%) Kibana
11 2 (0.48%) Packer
12 1 (0.24%) logstash
Vendors
1 349 (84.50%) Microsoft
2 153 (37.05%) VMware
3 62 (15.01%) Veeam
4 33 (7.99%) Cisco
5 30 (7.26%) WatchGuard
6 21 (5.08%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.60%) Citrix
7 19 (4.60%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.63%) Meraki
9 14 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 14 (3.39%) SolarWinds
9 14 (3.39%) SonicWALL
10 12 (2.91%) Acronis
10 12 (2.91%) Draytek
10 12 (2.91%) Mitel
11 11 (2.66%) Apple
12 9 (2.18%) N-able
12 9 (2.18%) Splunk
13 8 (1.94%) Datto
13 8 (1.94%) Zscaler