Windows Server Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 88 119
Rank change year-on-year -36 +31 +34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 391 1,149 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.58% 3.40% 2.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.04% 24.25% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 351 993 1,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%

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 1,858 4,739 6,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.28% 14.02% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 3,704 4,931
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,438 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server.

Windows Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 25 April 2025.

Windows Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 142 (36.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (20.72%) SharePoint
3 36 (9.21%) IIS
4 13 (3.32%) Apache
5 6 (1.53%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.28%) NetWeaver
6 5 (1.28%) nginx
6 5 (1.28%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.02%) CMS
8 3 (0.77%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Sage 50
2 6 (1.53%) Elite 3E
2 6 (1.53%) Sage 200
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 221 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 210 (53.71%) Azure
3 65 (16.62%) AWS
4 62 (15.86%) Entra ID
5 31 (7.93%) IaaS
6 28 (7.16%) SaaS
7 27 (6.91%) OneDrive
8 24 (6.14%) PaaS
9 9 (2.30%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.05%) GCP
10 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (2.05%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.79%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.02%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 151 (38.62%) Firewall
2 128 (32.74%) DNS
3 86 (21.99%) DHCP
4 67 (17.14%) VPN
5 58 (14.83%) WAN
6 50 (12.79%) LAN
7 46 (11.76%) TCP/IP
8 37 (9.46%) VLAN
9 33 (8.44%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (6.14%) SAN
11 19 (4.86%) VoIP
12 18 (4.60%) Wireless
13 17 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (2.56%) SD-WAN
15 8 (2.05%) Internet
16 6 (1.53%) ADSL
16 6 (1.53%) VSAN
17 5 (1.28%) HTTP
17 5 (1.28%) NAS
18 4 (1.02%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.53%) GIS
3 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (1.28%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (1.28%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.02%) MySQL
6 3 (0.77%) Data Hub
6 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.77%) SQL CLR
7 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.26%) DB2
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.58%) Git
2 5 (1.28%) JIRA
2 5 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.02%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 131 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 78 (19.95%) Finance
3 24 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (6.14%) Manufacturing
4 20 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.09%) Law
6 15 (3.84%) Legal
7 11 (2.81%) Automotive
7 11 (2.81%) Banking
7 11 (2.81%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.05%) Back Office
8 8 (2.05%) Welsh Language
9 7 (1.79%) Marketing
10 6 (1.53%) Advertising
10 6 (1.53%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.53%) Local Government
11 5 (1.28%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.28%) Retail
12 3 (0.77%) Games
12 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (20.46%) Support Engineer
2 67 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 63 (16.11%) IT Support
4 50 (12.79%) IT Engineer
5 47 (12.02%) 2nd Line Support
6 41 (10.49%) 3rd Line Support
7 39 (9.97%) Analyst
8 34 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 31 (7.93%) Lead
10 30 (7.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 30 (7.67%) Senior
11 24 (6.14%) IT Technician
11 24 (6.14%) Technical Support
12 23 (5.88%) IT Analyst
13 22 (5.63%) Administrator
13 22 (5.63%) Support Analyst
14 20 (5.12%) IT Support Engineer
15 18 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (4.60%) IT Support Analyst
16 17 (4.35%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.32%) Web Services
2 8 (2.05%) .NET
3 6 (1.53%) REST
4 5 (1.28%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.28%) GraphQL
4 5 (1.28%) Middleware
5 4 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.02%) HTML
6 3 (0.77%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.77%) Dapper ORM
6 3 (0.77%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.51%) JSON
7 2 (0.51%) SAML
8 1 (0.26%) Ajax
8 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.26%) CSS
8 1 (0.26%) HTML5
8 1 (0.26%) WSH
8 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.23%) Data Centre
2 33 (8.44%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (7.67%) Onboarding
4 27 (6.91%) Driving Licence
5 22 (5.63%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.81%) FMCG
6 11 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.05%) IoT
7 8 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.79%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.79%) Clustering
8 7 (1.79%) Replication
9 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.28%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.77%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 383 (97.95%) Windows
2 91 (23.27%) Linux
3 56 (14.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 52 (13.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 20 (5.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (4.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (4.35%) AIX
9 15 (3.84%) Android
10 11 (2.81%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (2.30%) Mac OS
12 8 (2.05%) Unix
13 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
13 4 (1.02%) Solaris
14 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.26%) CentOS
16 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (22.51%) ITIL
3 87 (22.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 69 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 68 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
6 58 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 37 (9.46%) Infrastructure Management
9 36 (9.21%) Mentoring
10 29 (7.42%) Problem Management
11 27 (6.91%) Server Management
12 26 (6.65%) Migration
12 26 (6.65%) Patch Management
13 25 (6.39%) Change Management
14 24 (6.14%) Project Management
15 23 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (5.88%) DevOps
16 22 (5.63%) Collaborative Culture
16 22 (5.63%) High Availability
16 22 (5.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (26.85%) PowerShell
2 39 (9.97%) SQL
3 27 (6.91%) Python
4 17 (4.35%) Bash
5 6 (1.53%) C#
5 6 (1.53%) Java
6 5 (1.28%) C
6 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.02%) Perl
8 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.51%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 2 (0.51%) PHP
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (11.25%) Degree
2 36 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (5.88%) MCSA
5 21 (5.37%) Security Cleared
6 19 (4.86%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.35%) CCNA
8 16 (4.09%) MCSE
9 15 (3.84%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (3.58%) AWS Certification
10 14 (3.58%) SC Cleared
11 11 (2.81%) DBS Check
11 11 (2.81%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.56%) A+ Certification
13 9 (2.30%) MCP
14 8 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (1.79%) CCNP
15 7 (1.79%) IBM AIX Certification
16 6 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.53%) SLA
2 7 (1.79%) GDPR
2 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.79%) QA
3 5 (1.28%) NIST
4 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 254 (64.96%) Active Directory
2 122 (31.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (17.14%) Hyper-V
4 27 (6.91%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (4.09%) XenApp
7 14 (3.58%) vSphere
8 11 (2.81%) Docker
8 11 (2.81%) Terminal Services
9 10 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.05%) Firmware
11 3 (0.77%) Squid
11 3 (0.77%) Terminal Server
11 3 (0.77%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.51%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.26%) LXC
13 1 (0.26%) Samba
13 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 74 (18.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (6.91%) SCCM
3 26 (6.65%) Ansible
4 10 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.56%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.05%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.79%) Terraform
7 6 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.28%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.28%) SCOM
8 5 (1.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (1.28%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.02%) Nagios
10 3 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.77%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.77%) Puppet
11 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 225 (57.54%) Microsoft
2 159 (40.66%) VMware
3 48 (12.28%) Cisco
4 42 (10.74%) Citrix
5 24 (6.14%) Meraki
6 22 (5.63%) Apple
7 19 (4.86%) SonicWALL
8 16 (4.09%) CheckPoint
9 15 (3.84%) Oracle
10 14 (3.58%) HP
10 14 (3.58%) Veeam
11 11 (2.81%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.56%) Dell
12 10 (2.56%) iManage
12 10 (2.56%) Intapp
12 10 (2.56%) Sage
13 9 (2.30%) Google
13 9 (2.30%) NetApp
14 8 (2.05%) Fortinet
15 7 (1.79%) WatchGuard