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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 107 76
Rank change year-on-year -34 -31 +36
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 325 430 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 3.11% 3.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.26% 21.37% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 267 350 1,030
10th Percentile £29,450 £28,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £32,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,563 £57,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 1,397 2,012 4,296
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.34% 14.54% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,435 3,673
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £29,761
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,500 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,313 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,958
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.48% -10.56%

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 13 March 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 95 (29.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.15%) IIS
4 6 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.23%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
Applications
1 34 (10.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.62%) PlanetPress Connect
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 219 (67.38%) Azure
2 203 (62.46%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (28.92%) Entra ID
4 51 (15.69%) AWS
5 29 (8.92%) OneDrive
6 24 (7.38%) SaaS
7 23 (7.08%) Google Workspace
8 17 (5.23%) IaaS
9 12 (3.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.15%) PaaS
11 5 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.54%) GCP
12 4 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.23%) ShareGate
13 3 (0.92%) Azure Storage
13 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.62%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 121 (37.23%) DNS
2 120 (36.92%) Firewall
3 106 (32.62%) DHCP
4 90 (27.69%) VPN
5 65 (20.00%) WAN
6 61 (18.77%) TCP/IP
7 49 (15.08%) LAN
7 49 (15.08%) VLAN
8 42 (12.92%) Wi-Fi
9 32 (9.85%) VoIP
10 18 (5.54%) SD-WAN
11 13 (4.00%) SAN
12 11 (3.38%) Telnet
13 8 (2.46%) SSL
14 7 (2.15%) DMZ
14 7 (2.15%) IP Telephony
14 7 (2.15%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.15%) Wireless
15 5 (1.54%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.54%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.23%) MySQL
3 3 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.62%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.31%) Power BI
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.46%) Git
1 8 (2.46%) JIRA
2 5 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.62%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.00%) Finance
3 19 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.46%) Front Office
7 7 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.15%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.85%) Retail
9 5 (1.54%) Banking
9 5 (1.54%) German Language
9 5 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.23%) Automotive
11 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.92%) Aviation
11 3 (0.92%) Back Office
11 3 (0.92%) Legal
11 3 (0.92%) Marketing
12 2 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 112 (34.46%) IT Support
2 104 (32.00%) Support Engineer
3 87 (26.77%) IT Engineer
4 83 (25.54%) IT Support Engineer
5 63 (19.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 56 (17.23%) 2nd Line Support
7 46 (14.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 46 (14.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 43 (13.23%) Senior
9 32 (9.85%) Analyst
10 26 (8.00%) Support Analyst
11 24 (7.38%) 3rd Line Support
12 19 (5.85%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (5.85%) Infrastructure Support
13 18 (5.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.23%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (4.62%) Support Technician
16 14 (4.31%) Infrastructure Manager
16 14 (4.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 13 (4.00%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (2.15%) .NET
3 5 (1.54%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.54%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.23%) FIDO
4 4 (1.23%) Node.js
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.92%) SAPUI5
5 3 (0.92%) XMPP
6 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.31%) ADO
6 1 (0.31%) CSS
6 1 (0.31%) HTML
6 1 (0.31%) JSP
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) REST
6 1 (0.31%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) SOAP
6 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.46%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.62%) Replication
4 14 (4.31%) Client/Server
5 12 (3.69%) CCTV
5 12 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.46%) CMDB
7 8 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.46%) Equities
7 8 (2.46%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.46%) iPad
8 7 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.54%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.23%) iPhone
10 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 325 (100.00%) Windows
2 64 (19.69%) Linux
3 60 (18.46%) Windows 10
4 33 (10.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 30 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (8.31%) Mac OS
7 26 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (5.23%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.54%) Debian
11 3 (0.92%) Android
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.92%) Unix
12 1 (0.31%) CentOS
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.15%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (24.92%) ITIL
3 77 (23.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 53 (16.31%) Service Delivery
6 49 (15.08%) Cybersecurity
7 45 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (12.92%) Mentoring
9 41 (12.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 41 (12.62%) Migration
10 34 (10.46%) DevOps
11 31 (9.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 30 (9.23%) CI/CD
13 25 (7.69%) Coaching
13 25 (7.69%) Service Management
14 24 (7.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 21 (6.46%) Change Management
15 21 (6.46%) Cloud Operations
16 20 (6.15%) Performance Tuning
16 20 (6.15%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.85%) PowerShell
2 48 (14.77%) SQL
3 24 (7.38%) Python
4 10 (3.08%) Bash
5 6 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.23%) PHP
7 3 (0.92%) Bicep
8 2 (0.62%) VBA
9 1 (0.31%) C#
9 1 (0.31%) Go
9 1 (0.31%) Java
9 1 (0.31%) Perl
9 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (7.38%) Azure Certification
3 23 (7.08%) Degree
4 17 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (4.92%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.69%) CCNA
9 11 (3.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 10 (3.08%) DBS Check
10 10 (3.08%) MCSE
11 9 (2.77%) CCNP
12 8 (2.46%) MCSA
13 6 (1.85%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.92%) CISSP
14 3 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.69%) SLA
3 10 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.54%) NIST
5 3 (0.92%) GDPR
5 3 (0.92%) QA
6 2 (0.62%) GRC
6 2 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 198 (60.92%) Active Directory
2 78 (24.00%) Hyper-V
3 53 (16.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.31%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.77%) Docker
5 9 (2.77%) vSphere
6 8 (2.46%) Firmware
7 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.62%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) iptables
11 1 (0.31%) vCloud
11 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 96 (29.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (8.62%) Terraform
3 18 (5.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (5.23%) Ansible
5 13 (4.00%) Autotask
6 12 (3.69%) SCCM
7 10 (3.08%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.77%) Kubernetes
9 6 (1.85%) Grafana
10 4 (1.23%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.23%) Nessus
11 3 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.92%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.62%) WSUS
13 1 (0.31%) Nagios
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 215 (66.15%) Microsoft
2 98 (30.15%) VMware
3 32 (9.85%) Cisco
4 23 (7.08%) Google
5 18 (5.54%) Veeam
6 11 (3.38%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.08%) Draytek
7 10 (3.08%) NetApp
8 9 (2.77%) Apple
8 9 (2.77%) ConnectWise
9 8 (2.46%) Charles River
9 8 (2.46%) HP
9 8 (2.46%) WatchGuard
10 7 (2.15%) 3PAR
10 7 (2.15%) Dell
10 7 (2.15%) Mitel
10 7 (2.15%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.15%) Splunk
11 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.54%) Freshdesk