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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 110 81
Rank change year-on-year -44 -29 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 304 392 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.70% 2.93% 3.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.21% 20.87% 25.43%
Number of salaries quoted 241 353 996
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,083 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -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 1,433 1,878 4,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.02% 14.05% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 979 1,437 3,692
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £36,250 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,125
90th Percentile £90,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,629 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.46% +8.06% -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 22 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 74 (24.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (18.09%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.96%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.63%) IIS
5 5 (1.64%) Confluence
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.33%) Magento
2 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 207 (68.09%) Azure
2 180 (59.21%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (27.30%) Entra ID
4 48 (15.79%) AWS
5 31 (10.20%) OneDrive
6 23 (7.57%) SaaS
7 22 (7.24%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.28%) IaaS
9 12 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.30%) GCP
10 7 (2.30%) GitHub
10 7 (2.30%) PaaS
10 7 (2.30%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.99%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.66%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 117 (38.49%) DNS
2 107 (35.20%) Firewall
3 100 (32.89%) DHCP
4 82 (26.97%) VPN
5 72 (23.68%) WAN
6 56 (18.42%) TCP/IP
7 55 (18.09%) LAN
8 43 (14.14%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (12.50%) VLAN
10 34 (11.18%) VoIP
11 15 (4.93%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.29%) SAN
12 10 (3.29%) Telnet
13 9 (2.96%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.30%) DMZ
14 7 (2.30%) Wireless
15 5 (1.64%) BGP
15 5 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (1.64%) MPLS
15 5 (1.64%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (1.32%) MySQL
3 4 (1.32%) Power BI
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.66%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.33%) Redis
6 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.96%) Git
1 9 (2.96%) JIRA
1 9 (2.96%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.66%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.33%) Gatling
4 1 (0.33%) JMeter
4 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 113 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.14%) Finance
3 23 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.62%) Banking
7 10 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.63%) Front Office
8 8 (2.63%) Legal
8 8 (2.63%) Retail
8 8 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.64%) Law
10 5 (1.64%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Automotive
11 3 (0.99%) Aviation
12 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.66%) German Language
12 2 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 101 (33.22%) Support Engineer
2 97 (31.91%) IT Support
3 83 (27.30%) IT Engineer
4 78 (25.66%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (22.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (16.45%) Senior
7 45 (14.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 38 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 38 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 27 (8.88%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (8.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (8.22%) Analyst
12 23 (7.57%) 3rd Line Support
13 21 (6.91%) Infrastructure Support
14 19 (6.25%) Support Analyst
15 16 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 14 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
17 12 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (3.95%) IT Technician
17 12 (3.95%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (1.97%) .NET
3 5 (1.64%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.64%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.64%) XMPP
4 4 (1.32%) ADO
4 4 (1.32%) CSS
4 4 (1.32%) FIDO
4 4 (1.32%) HTML
5 3 (0.99%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.33%) JSP
6 1 (0.33%) Memcached
6 1 (0.33%) REST
6 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.33%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.33%) SOAP
6 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.86%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.26%) Replication
4 15 (4.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.62%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.29%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.63%) CMDB
8 8 (2.63%) Equities
8 8 (2.63%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.30%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.97%) iPad
11 5 (1.64%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.64%) PKI
11 5 (1.64%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.32%) CCTV
12 4 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 304 (100.00%) Windows
2 62 (20.39%) Linux
3 55 (18.09%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (8.88%) Mac OS
7 23 (7.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.93%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.63%) Unix
11 5 (1.64%) Debian
12 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.99%) Android
14 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.33%) SUSE
14 1 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.28%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (25.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 65 (21.38%) ITIL
4 56 (18.42%) Customer Service
5 49 (16.12%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (14.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 44 (14.47%) Service Delivery
8 39 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (12.17%) Mentoring
10 36 (11.84%) DevOps
11 33 (10.86%) Migration
12 30 (9.87%) CI/CD
13 29 (9.54%) Root Cause Analysis
14 24 (7.89%) Change Management
15 21 (6.91%) Cloud Operations
15 21 (6.91%) Identity Access Management
16 20 (6.58%) Infrastructure as Code
16 20 (6.58%) Service Management
17 19 (6.25%) Coaching
17 19 (6.25%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.99%) PowerShell
2 49 (16.12%) SQL
3 27 (8.88%) Python
4 9 (2.96%) Bash
5 4 (1.32%) Bicep
6 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.99%) VBA
6 3 (0.99%) VBScript
7 2 (0.66%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) Java
8 1 (0.33%) PHP
8 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (9.87%) Azure Certification
2 29 (9.54%) Degree
3 25 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (7.24%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.93%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.62%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.29%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.30%) CCNA
10 7 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.97%) CCNP
11 6 (1.97%) MCSE
12 4 (1.32%) HNC
12 4 (1.32%) HND
12 4 (1.32%) MCSA
13 3 (0.99%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 3 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.93%) SLA
3 13 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.97%) NIST
5 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.99%) GDPR
6 3 (0.99%) QA
7 2 (0.66%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.33%) ITGC
System Software
1 185 (60.86%) Active Directory
2 65 (21.38%) Hyper-V
3 60 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.26%) vSphere
5 12 (3.95%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.97%) Firmware
8 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.32%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.32%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.99%) Docker
11 1 (0.33%) iptables
11 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (24.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (12.83%) Terraform
3 24 (7.89%) Ansible
4 23 (7.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.26%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.29%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.63%) Autotask
7 8 (2.63%) SCCM
8 7 (2.30%) Grafana
9 5 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.64%) Packer
10 3 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.66%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.66%) Nagios
11 2 (0.66%) Nessus
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 214 (70.39%) Microsoft
2 98 (32.24%) VMware
3 39 (12.83%) Cisco
4 22 (7.24%) Google
5 17 (5.59%) Veeam
6 14 (4.61%) Splunk
7 12 (3.95%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.29%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.96%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.96%) Dell
9 9 (2.96%) HP
9 9 (2.96%) NetApp
9 9 (2.96%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.63%) Charles River
10 8 (2.63%) Meraki
10 8 (2.63%) Okta
11 7 (2.30%) Apple
12 6 (1.97%) Draytek
12 6 (1.97%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.64%) Juniper