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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 159 90
Rank change year-on-year -20 -69 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 307 365 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 2.27% 3.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.37% 17.20% 23.92%
Number of salaries quoted 254 322 870
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,563 £32,000 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 1,507 2,122 4,357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.23% 13.22% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 1,253 3,428
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,996
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.60% -12.39%

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 3 July 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 94 (30.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (22.80%) SharePoint
3 29 (9.45%) IIS
4 9 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.95%) Confluence
6 3 (0.98%) Apache
6 3 (0.98%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.33%) Site Server
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (14.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Magento
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 203 (66.12%) Microsoft 365
2 200 (65.15%) Azure
3 113 (36.81%) Entra ID
4 57 (18.57%) AWS
5 33 (10.75%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.56%) SaaS
7 13 (4.23%) IaaS
7 13 (4.23%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.93%) GCP
8 9 (2.93%) GitHub
8 9 (2.93%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.95%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.63%) PaaS
11 5 (1.63%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 130 (42.35%) Firewall
2 111 (36.16%) DNS
3 92 (29.97%) DHCP
4 83 (27.04%) VPN
5 64 (20.85%) TCP/IP
6 59 (19.22%) WAN
7 50 (16.29%) LAN
8 37 (12.05%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (11.73%) VLAN
10 35 (11.40%) VoIP
11 13 (4.23%) Wireless
12 11 (3.58%) Network Security
13 8 (2.61%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.95%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.95%) SAN
14 6 (1.95%) WebEx
15 5 (1.63%) BGP
15 5 (1.63%) DMZ
15 5 (1.63%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.63%) MySQL
4 4 (1.30%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.30%) Power BI
5 2 (0.65%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
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 (2.93%) Git
1 9 (2.93%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.30%) GitLab
4 3 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.98%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 171 (55.70%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.40%) Finance
3 29 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.54%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.56%) Legal
8 13 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.91%) Banking
10 11 (3.58%) Retail
11 10 (3.26%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.61%) Law
13 6 (1.95%) Marketing
14 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.30%) Games
16 2 (0.65%) Advertising
16 2 (0.65%) Aviation
16 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
17 1 (0.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 118 (38.44%) Support Engineer
2 111 (36.16%) IT Support
3 98 (31.92%) IT Engineer
4 93 (30.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (17.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (15.31%) Senior
7 38 (12.38%) Analyst
8 33 (10.75%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (10.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 31 (10.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 30 (9.77%) Support Analyst
12 21 (6.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.89%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (4.56%) 1st Line Support
14 14 (4.56%) Infrastructure Support
15 13 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
15 13 (4.23%) Support Technician
16 12 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
17 11 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
17 11 (3.58%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.23%) CSS
1 13 (4.23%) HTML
2 9 (2.93%) Web Services
3 8 (2.61%) .NET
4 7 (2.28%) .NET Framework
4 7 (2.28%) Middleware
4 7 (2.28%) XML
5 6 (1.95%) XMPP
6 5 (1.63%) FreeSWITCH
7 4 (1.30%) ADO
7 4 (1.30%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.33%) JSP
8 1 (0.33%) Memcached
8 1 (0.33%) REST
8 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.33%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.33%) SOAP
8 1 (0.33%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.77%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.58%) Clustering
6 11 (3.58%) Replication
7 9 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.93%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.93%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.61%) CMDB
9 7 (2.28%) PKI
10 6 (1.95%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.95%) FlexPod
10 6 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.63%) iPhone
11 5 (1.63%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 307 (100.00%) Windows
2 57 (18.57%) Linux
3 37 (12.05%) Windows Server 2016
4 36 (11.73%) Windows 10
5 23 (7.49%) Mac OS
6 22 (7.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (6.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (3.26%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (2.28%) Android
9 7 (2.28%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.95%) Unix
11 5 (1.63%) Debian
11 5 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (33.55%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (25.73%) Customer Service
3 70 (22.80%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (22.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 66 (21.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 60 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (13.68%) ITIL
8 35 (11.40%) High Availability
9 34 (11.07%) Mentoring
10 32 (10.42%) Service Delivery
11 31 (10.10%) Business Continuity
11 31 (10.10%) Project Delivery
12 28 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (7.49%) Information Security
14 22 (7.17%) Root Cause Analysis
15 21 (6.84%) DevOps
16 20 (6.51%) Change Management
16 20 (6.51%) Migration
17 19 (6.19%) CI/CD
17 19 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 85 (27.69%) PowerShell
2 48 (15.64%) SQL
3 32 (10.42%) Python
4 8 (2.61%) Bash
4 8 (2.61%) T-SQL
5 7 (2.28%) C#
6 6 (1.95%) VBA
6 6 (1.95%) VBScript
7 4 (1.30%) Bicep
8 3 (0.98%) Go
9 2 (0.65%) Java
10 1 (0.33%) ABAP
10 1 (0.33%) PHP
10 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (16.61%) Degree
2 31 (10.10%) Azure Certification
2 31 (10.10%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.54%) DBS Check
6 11 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.93%) CCNA
8 9 (2.93%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.63%) HNC
10 5 (1.63%) HND
11 4 (1.30%) CISSP
11 4 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.98%) CCNP
12 3 (0.98%) MCSE
13 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
1 27 (8.79%) SLA
2 18 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.28%) GDPR
4 6 (1.95%) NIST
5 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.33%) ITGC
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 190 (61.89%) Active Directory
2 77 (25.08%) Hyper-V
2 77 (25.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.51%) vSphere
4 12 (3.91%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.95%) Terminal Services
6 6 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.63%) Docker
8 4 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.30%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.98%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.65%) Firmware
10 2 (0.65%) Squid
Systems Management
1 90 (29.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (11.07%) Terraform
3 24 (7.82%) Ansible
4 19 (6.19%) Kubernetes
5 15 (4.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.26%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (2.93%) Autotask
7 9 (2.93%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.61%) Grafana
9 7 (2.28%) Packer
10 6 (1.95%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (1.63%) SCCM
12 4 (1.30%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.98%) Kibana
13 3 (0.98%) Nagios
13 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 266 (86.64%) Microsoft
2 101 (32.90%) VMware
3 37 (12.05%) Cisco
4 28 (9.12%) Veeam
5 19 (6.19%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.86%) Meraki
7 16 (5.21%) Splunk
8 12 (3.91%) Fortinet
8 12 (3.91%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.58%) Google
10 9 (2.93%) Dell
10 9 (2.93%) HP
10 9 (2.93%) NetApp
11 8 (2.61%) ConnectWise
11 8 (2.61%) iManage
12 7 (2.28%) Citrix
12 7 (2.28%) EMC
12 7 (2.28%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.95%) F5
14 5 (1.63%) Synology