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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 157 104
Rank change year-on-year -7 -53 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 405 327 659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.94% 2.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.73% 17.63% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 348 263 430
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,573 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.47% -10.00% -

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 1,574 1,855 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.33% 11.01% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 990 1,741
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,625 £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 4 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
1 129 (31.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (26.42%) SharePoint
3 35 (8.64%) IIS
4 11 (2.72%) Apache
4 11 (2.72%) nginx
5 6 (1.48%) Confluence
6 3 (0.74%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 265 (65.43%) Microsoft 365
2 254 (62.72%) Azure
3 193 (47.65%) Entra ID
4 55 (13.58%) AWS
5 46 (11.36%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.73%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.73%) IaaS
9 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.48%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.48%) Azure Storage
10 6 (1.48%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.48%) Serverless
11 5 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.23%) SaaS
11 5 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 154 (38.02%) Firewall
2 151 (37.28%) DNS
3 132 (32.59%) DHCP
4 101 (24.94%) VPN
5 81 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 50 (12.35%) VLAN
7 44 (10.86%) LAN
8 41 (10.12%) WAN
9 25 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (5.19%) Network Security
10 21 (5.19%) VoIP
11 20 (4.94%) Wireless
12 11 (2.72%) IP Telephony
13 9 (2.22%) SAN
14 5 (1.23%) NAS
15 3 (0.74%) BGP
15 3 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
15 3 (0.74%) MPLS
15 3 (0.74%) OSPF
15 3 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (17.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 3 (0.74%) Power BI
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) Big Data
6 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (1.73%) JIRA
2 6 (1.48%) Git
3 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.49%) GitLab
4 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.25%) Flyway
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 207 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.10%) Finance
3 42 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.19%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.94%) Legal
5 20 (4.94%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.44%) Retail
7 17 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.47%) Law
11 9 (2.22%) Games
12 6 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Banking
14 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.74%) Automotive
14 3 (0.74%) Publishing
15 2 (0.49%) Marketing
15 2 (0.49%) Military
16 1 (0.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 114 (28.15%) IT Support
2 108 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 100 (24.69%) IT Engineer
4 85 (20.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 72 (17.78%) Analyst
6 70 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 62 (15.31%) Senior
8 42 (10.37%) Support Analyst
9 31 (7.65%) Consultant
10 29 (7.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (5.93%) 1st Line Support
11 24 (5.93%) IT Analyst
12 22 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 21 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 20 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
14 20 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 20 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support
14 20 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 19 (4.69%) Microsoft Engineer
16 17 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.16%) Terraform
2 22 (5.43%) CSS
2 22 (5.43%) HTML
3 18 (4.44%) Web Services
4 17 (4.20%) .NET
4 17 (4.20%) XML
5 16 (3.95%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.98%) Middleware
7 5 (1.23%) JSON
7 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.99%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.99%) Blazor
8 4 (0.99%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.99%) jQuery
8 4 (0.99%) RESTful
8 4 (0.99%) Sass
9 2 (0.49%) ADO
9 2 (0.49%) LDAP
9 2 (0.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.12%) Driving Licence
2 21 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.46%) Clustering
6 11 (2.72%) CCTV
6 11 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.72%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.47%) Replication
7 10 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.73%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.48%) Fat Client
10 6 (1.48%) PKI
10 6 (1.48%) Thin Client
11 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.23%) iPhone
11 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 405 (100.00%) Windows
2 83 (20.49%) Linux
3 30 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 27 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (4.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.96%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.22%) Unix
8 8 (1.98%) Android
9 7 (1.73%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.99%) Debian
11 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.49%) Rocky
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (36.79%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (29.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 110 (27.16%) Disaster Recovery
4 90 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (21.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (20.74%) Customer Service
7 62 (15.31%) ITIL
8 57 (14.07%) Project Delivery
9 56 (13.83%) Mentoring
10 51 (12.59%) High Availability
11 49 (12.10%) Business Continuity
12 46 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.63%) Service Delivery
14 35 (8.64%) Migration
15 33 (8.15%) Cloud Security
16 29 (7.16%) ITSM
17 28 (6.91%) Change Management
17 28 (6.91%) Incident Management
18 27 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
18 27 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 92 (22.72%) PowerShell
2 55 (13.58%) SQL
3 17 (4.20%) C#
3 17 (4.20%) Python
4 14 (3.46%) Bicep
5 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.48%) VBA
6 6 (1.48%) VBScript
7 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.74%) Bash
9 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.25%) ABAP
10 1 (0.25%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) Java
10 1 (0.25%) Ruby
10 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (15.56%) Degree
2 54 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 42 (10.37%) SC Cleared
5 30 (7.41%) Azure Certification
6 27 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (6.42%) CCNA
8 17 (4.20%) DBS Check
9 15 (3.70%) CCNP
10 13 (3.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (2.72%) DV Cleared
11 11 (2.72%) MCSA
11 11 (2.72%) MCSE
11 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.48%) CISSP
13 5 (1.23%) CEH
13 5 (1.23%) CISM
13 5 (1.23%) GIAC
13 5 (1.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 45 (11.11%) SLA
3 21 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.72%) GDPR
5 6 (1.48%) NIST
6 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) ITGC
9 1 (0.25%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 254 (62.72%) Active Directory
2 126 (31.11%) Hyper-V
3 109 (26.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (6.17%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (4.20%) vSphere
7 16 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.48%) Squid
9 4 (0.99%) Docker
9 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.99%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.74%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.74%) Firmware
11 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 132 (32.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.21%) Failover Clustering
4 10 (2.47%) Ansible
5 9 (2.22%) SCCM
6 5 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.23%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.99%) Autotask
7 4 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 4 (0.99%) SCOM
7 4 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.99%) WSUS
8 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.49%) Grafana
9 2 (0.49%) Kibana
9 2 (0.49%) Packer
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 341 (84.20%) Microsoft
2 146 (36.05%) VMware
3 64 (15.80%) Veeam
4 31 (7.65%) Cisco
5 29 (7.16%) WatchGuard
6 20 (4.94%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.44%) Palo Alto
8 17 (4.20%) Meraki
9 16 (3.95%) Citrix
10 14 (3.46%) ServiceNow
10 14 (3.46%) SonicWALL
11 12 (2.96%) Acronis
12 11 (2.72%) Apple
12 11 (2.72%) Draytek
12 11 (2.72%) Mitel
13 10 (2.47%) iManage
13 10 (2.47%) SolarWinds
13 10 (2.47%) Splunk
14 9 (2.22%) N-able
15 8 (1.98%) Datto