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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 109 83
Rank change year-on-year -38 -26 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 301 394 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.68% 2.94% 3.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.11% 20.97% 25.38%
Number of salaries quoted 238 356 998
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,875 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,625 £76,125 £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 1,426 1,879 4,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.96% 14.04% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,440 3,712
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,442 £36,250 £38,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -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 23 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 (24.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (18.27%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.66%) IIS
5 5 (1.66%) Confluence
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.33%) Magento
2 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 206 (68.44%) Azure
2 180 (59.80%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (27.57%) Entra ID
4 48 (15.95%) AWS
5 31 (10.30%) OneDrive
6 23 (7.64%) SaaS
7 22 (7.31%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.32%) IaaS
9 12 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.33%) GCP
10 7 (2.33%) GitHub
10 7 (2.33%) PaaS
10 7 (2.33%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.00%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.66%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 117 (38.87%) DNS
2 107 (35.55%) Firewall
3 100 (33.22%) DHCP
4 82 (27.24%) VPN
5 72 (23.92%) WAN
6 56 (18.60%) TCP/IP
7 55 (18.27%) LAN
8 43 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (12.62%) VLAN
10 34 (11.30%) VoIP
11 15 (4.98%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.32%) SAN
12 10 (3.32%) Telnet
13 9 (2.99%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.33%) DMZ
14 7 (2.33%) Wireless
15 5 (1.66%) BGP
15 5 (1.66%) MPLS
15 5 (1.66%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.66%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.28%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (1.33%) MySQL
3 4 (1.33%) Power BI
4 3 (1.00%) 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 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (2.66%) Git
2 8 (2.66%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.66%) GitLab
4 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 113 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.29%) Finance
3 23 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.99%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.65%) Banking
7 10 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.66%) Front Office
8 8 (2.66%) Legal
8 8 (2.66%) Retail
8 8 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.66%) Law
10 5 (1.66%) Marketing
11 3 (1.00%) Automotive
11 3 (1.00%) Aviation
12 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.66%) Military
12 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (33.55%) Support Engineer
2 97 (32.23%) IT Support
3 83 (27.57%) IT Engineer
4 78 (25.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (22.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (15.95%) Senior
7 45 (14.95%) 2nd Line Support
8 38 (12.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 38 (12.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 26 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (8.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (8.31%) Analyst
11 23 (7.64%) 3rd Line Support
12 21 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
13 19 (6.31%) Support Analyst
14 16 (5.32%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 14 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.99%) IT Technician
16 12 (3.99%) Support Technician
17 11 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.66%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (1.99%) .NET
3 5 (1.66%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.66%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.66%) XMPP
4 4 (1.33%) ADO
4 4 (1.33%) CSS
4 4 (1.33%) FIDO
4 4 (1.33%) HTML
5 3 (1.00%) 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 (10.96%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.32%) Replication
4 15 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.32%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.99%) Private Cloud
6 9 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.66%) CMDB
7 8 (2.66%) Equities
7 8 (2.66%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.99%) iPad
10 5 (1.66%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.66%) PKI
10 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.33%) CCTV
11 4 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 301 (100.00%) Windows
2 59 (19.60%) Linux
3 55 (18.27%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (10.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (8.97%) Mac OS
7 23 (7.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.98%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.65%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.66%) Unix
11 5 (1.66%) Debian
12 4 (1.33%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.00%) 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 87 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (25.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (20.93%) ITIL
4 56 (18.60%) Customer Service
5 49 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (14.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 44 (14.62%) Service Delivery
8 39 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (11.63%) DevOps
9 35 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 33 (10.96%) Migration
11 29 (9.63%) CI/CD
11 29 (9.63%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (7.97%) Change Management
13 21 (6.98%) Cloud Operations
13 21 (6.98%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (6.64%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (6.31%) Process Improvement
15 19 (6.31%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 18 (5.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (25.91%) PowerShell
2 49 (16.28%) SQL
3 26 (8.64%) Python
4 9 (2.99%) Bash
5 4 (1.33%) Bicep
6 3 (1.00%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.00%) VBA
6 3 (1.00%) 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 29 (9.63%) Azure Certification
1 29 (9.63%) Degree
2 25 (8.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (7.31%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.31%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.98%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.32%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.33%) CCNA
9 7 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.99%) CCNP
10 6 (1.99%) MCSE
11 4 (1.33%) HNC
11 4 (1.33%) HND
11 4 (1.33%) MCSA
12 3 (1.00%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.00%) CISSP
12 3 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.98%) SLA
3 13 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.99%) NIST
5 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.00%) GDPR
6 3 (1.00%) QA
7 2 (0.66%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.33%) ITGC
System Software
1 184 (61.13%) Active Directory
2 65 (21.59%) Hyper-V
3 60 (19.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.32%) vSphere
5 12 (3.99%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.99%) Firmware
8 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.33%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.33%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.00%) Docker
11 1 (0.33%) iptables
11 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (24.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (12.62%) Terraform
3 23 (7.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 23 (7.64%) Ansible
4 15 (4.98%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.32%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.66%) Autotask
6 8 (2.66%) SCCM
7 7 (2.33%) Grafana
8 5 (1.66%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.66%) Packer
9 3 (1.00%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.66%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.66%) Kibana
10 2 (0.66%) Nessus
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 213 (70.76%) Microsoft
2 98 (32.56%) VMware
3 39 (12.96%) Cisco
4 22 (7.31%) Google
5 17 (5.65%) Veeam
6 14 (4.65%) Splunk
7 12 (3.99%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.32%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.99%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.99%) Dell
9 9 (2.99%) HP
9 9 (2.99%) NetApp
9 9 (2.99%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.66%) Charles River
10 8 (2.66%) Meraki
10 8 (2.66%) Okta
11 7 (2.33%) Apple
12 6 (1.99%) Draytek
12 6 (1.99%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.66%) Juniper