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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 129 83
Rank change year-on-year -31 -46 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 280 384 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.70% 3.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.01% 19.92% 25.10%
Number of salaries quoted 217 344 968
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,375 £35,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,818 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -6.67%

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 1,399 1,928 4,451
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.67% 13.56% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,375 3,637
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -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 8 May 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 69 (24.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (19.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.21%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.21%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.21%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (3.21%) IIS
4 6 (2.14%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Drupal
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (14.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Magento
2 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 191 (68.21%) Azure
2 164 (58.57%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (27.86%) Entra ID
4 43 (15.36%) AWS
5 30 (10.71%) OneDrive
6 17 (6.07%) Google Workspace
6 17 (6.07%) SaaS
7 12 (4.29%) IaaS
8 10 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (3.21%) GitHub
10 8 (2.86%) Power Platform
11 7 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.50%) GCP
11 7 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.14%) PaaS
13 3 (1.07%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.71%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 107 (38.21%) DNS
2 96 (34.29%) Firewall
3 90 (32.14%) DHCP
4 75 (26.79%) VPN
5 65 (23.21%) WAN
6 51 (18.21%) TCP/IP
7 49 (17.50%) LAN
8 39 (13.93%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (12.86%) VLAN
10 33 (11.79%) VoIP
11 12 (4.29%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.57%) Unified Communications
13 9 (3.21%) Telnet
14 8 (2.86%) SAN
15 7 (2.50%) DMZ
15 7 (2.50%) Wireless
16 6 (2.14%) Cisco ASA
16 6 (2.14%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (2.14%) WebEx
17 5 (1.79%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (15.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.79%) MySQL
4 4 (1.43%) Power BI
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.71%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.36%) Redis
7 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.21%) Git
1 9 (3.21%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (2.86%) JIRA
3 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.71%) GitLab
4 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) Gatling
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) Vagrant
General
1 112 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.00%) Finance
3 24 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (4.64%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.29%) Banking
7 10 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.21%) Legal
8 9 (3.21%) Retail
9 8 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.50%) Front Office
11 6 (2.14%) Law
11 6 (2.14%) Marketing
11 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.79%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.07%) Aviation
14 2 (0.71%) Military
14 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (32.50%) Support Engineer
2 87 (31.07%) IT Support
3 77 (27.50%) IT Engineer
4 72 (25.71%) IT Support Engineer
5 63 (22.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (16.07%) Senior
7 35 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
8 31 (11.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 31 (11.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 25 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (8.57%) Analyst
10 24 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
12 17 (6.07%) Infrastructure Support
12 17 (6.07%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (4.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 11 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
16 10 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
16 10 (3.57%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.50%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (2.14%) XMPP
3 5 (1.79%) .NET
3 5 (1.79%) CSS
3 5 (1.79%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.79%) HTML
4 4 (1.43%) ADO
5 3 (1.07%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.07%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.71%) FIDO
7 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.36%) JSP
7 1 (0.36%) Memcached
7 1 (0.36%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) SOAP
7 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.79%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.64%) Replication
6 11 (3.93%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.57%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (3.21%) CMDB
8 9 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.50%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.50%) Equities
9 7 (2.50%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.14%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.79%) iPad
11 5 (1.79%) PKI
11 5 (1.79%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (1.79%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.43%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 280 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (19.64%) Linux
3 48 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 34 (12.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (10.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (8.57%) Mac OS
7 21 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (5.36%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.86%) Unix
11 5 (1.79%) Debian
11 5 (1.79%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.07%) Android
13 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (26.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 55 (19.64%) ITIL
4 53 (18.93%) Customer Service
5 51 (18.21%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (17.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 38 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (12.86%) Service Delivery
9 33 (11.79%) Mentoring
10 30 (10.71%) DevOps
11 28 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
12 26 (9.29%) CI/CD
13 25 (8.93%) Change Management
14 23 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (8.21%) Migration
15 21 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
15 21 (7.50%) Process Improvement
16 19 (6.79%) Roadmaps
17 18 (6.43%) High Availability
17 18 (6.43%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (27.86%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.36%) SQL
3 27 (9.64%) Python
4 8 (2.86%) Bash
5 4 (1.43%) Bicep
5 4 (1.43%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.43%) VBA
5 4 (1.43%) VBScript
6 2 (0.71%) Go
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) Java
7 1 (0.36%) PHP
7 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (11.79%) Degree
2 28 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 25 (8.93%) Security Cleared
4 24 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (7.86%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.93%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.21%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.79%) HNC
10 5 (1.79%) HND
11 4 (1.43%) CCNA
12 3 (1.07%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.07%) CISSP
12 3 (1.07%) MCSE
13 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.71%) CCNP
13 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.36%) SLA
3 13 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.14%) NIST
5 3 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.07%) GDPR
5 3 (1.07%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.36%) ITGC
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 167 (59.64%) Active Directory
2 64 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (20.36%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.07%) vSphere
5 12 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.79%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.43%) Firmware
9 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.07%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.07%) Docker
11 1 (0.36%) iptables
Systems Management
1 67 (23.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (15.00%) Terraform
3 25 (8.93%) Ansible
4 21 (7.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.71%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.57%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.86%) Grafana
7 8 (2.86%) SCCM
8 7 (2.50%) Autotask
8 7 (2.50%) Packer
9 6 (2.14%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (1.07%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.71%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.71%) Kibana
11 2 (0.71%) Nagios
11 2 (0.71%) Nessus
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 204 (72.86%) Microsoft
2 93 (33.21%) VMware
3 39 (13.93%) Cisco
4 17 (6.07%) Google
4 17 (6.07%) Veeam
5 15 (5.36%) Splunk
6 12 (4.29%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.29%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.93%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.57%) NetApp
9 9 (3.21%) ConnectWise
9 9 (3.21%) Dell
9 9 (3.21%) HP
9 9 (3.21%) Meraki
10 7 (2.50%) Charles River
11 6 (2.14%) Apple
11 6 (2.14%) EMC
11 6 (2.14%) F5
11 6 (2.14%) Okta
11 6 (2.14%) SolarWinds