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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 153 86
Rank change year-on-year -23 -67 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 299 363 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 2.32% 3.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.55% 17.09% 24.20%
Number of salaries quoted 245 320 887
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
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 1,455 2,124 4,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.14% 13.58% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 1,240 3,455
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 - - -9.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 26 June 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 91 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (22.07%) SharePoint
3 27 (9.03%) IIS
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.01%) Confluence
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Drupal
6 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) Site Server
6 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Magento
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 198 (66.22%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (65.55%) Azure
3 106 (35.45%) Entra ID
4 56 (18.73%) AWS
5 32 (10.70%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.35%) IaaS
6 13 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.35%) SaaS
7 11 (3.68%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.01%) GCP
8 9 (3.01%) GitHub
9 7 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.67%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.67%) PaaS
11 5 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 123 (41.14%) Firewall
2 109 (36.45%) DNS
3 92 (30.77%) DHCP
4 83 (27.76%) VPN
5 63 (21.07%) TCP/IP
6 59 (19.73%) WAN
7 49 (16.39%) LAN
8 37 (12.37%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (11.71%) VoIP
10 34 (11.37%) VLAN
11 12 (4.01%) Wireless
12 9 (3.01%) Network Security
13 8 (2.68%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.34%) SAN
15 6 (2.01%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (2.01%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.01%) SD-WAN
15 6 (2.01%) WebEx
16 5 (1.67%) DMZ
16 5 (1.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.73%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.67%) MySQL
4 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.34%) Power BI
5 2 (0.67%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.67%) 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 (3.01%) Git
1 9 (3.01%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.34%) GitLab
4 3 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.00%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 165 (55.18%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.04%) Finance
3 29 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.36%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.68%) Legal
8 13 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.01%) Banking
10 9 (3.01%) Retail
11 8 (2.68%) Law
11 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.01%) Marketing
13 3 (1.00%) Games
14 2 (0.67%) Advertising
14 2 (0.67%) Aviation
14 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 117 (39.13%) Support Engineer
2 108 (36.12%) IT Support
3 98 (32.78%) IT Engineer
4 93 (31.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (17.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (15.05%) Senior
7 35 (11.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 34 (11.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 33 (11.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 33 (11.04%) Analyst
10 25 (8.36%) Support Analyst
11 21 (7.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (5.35%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
13 13 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
13 13 (4.35%) Support Technician
14 12 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.68%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.01%) CSS
1 12 (4.01%) HTML
2 7 (2.34%) .NET
3 6 (2.01%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.01%) Middleware
3 6 (2.01%) Web Services
3 6 (2.01%) XML
3 6 (2.01%) XMPP
4 5 (1.67%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.34%) ADO
5 4 (1.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) JSP
6 1 (0.33%) Memcached
6 1 (0.33%) REST
6 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.33%) SAP BC
6 1 (0.33%) SOAP
6 1 (0.33%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.03%) Driving Licence
2 21 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.01%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.68%) Replication
7 10 (3.34%) Clustering
8 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (3.01%) Private Cloud
8 9 (3.01%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.68%) CMDB
10 7 (2.34%) PKI
11 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.01%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.01%) Security Posture
11 6 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.67%) iPhone
12 5 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 299 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (18.39%) Linux
3 39 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (12.71%) Windows 10
5 25 (8.36%) Mac OS
5 25 (8.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (8.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (2.68%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.34%) Android
10 6 (2.01%) Unix
11 5 (1.67%) Debian
11 5 (1.67%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (25.75%) Customer Service
3 68 (22.74%) Cybersecurity
4 67 (22.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 64 (21.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 57 (19.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (13.04%) ITIL
8 34 (11.37%) Service Delivery
9 33 (11.04%) Mentoring
10 31 (10.37%) High Availability
11 30 (10.03%) Business Continuity
12 29 (9.70%) Project Delivery
13 26 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (7.69%) Information Security
15 22 (7.36%) DevOps
16 21 (7.02%) Root Cause Analysis
17 20 (6.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 19 (6.35%) CI/CD
18 19 (6.35%) Infrastructure as Code
19 18 (6.02%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.76%) PowerShell
2 46 (15.38%) SQL
3 32 (10.70%) Python
4 8 (2.68%) Bash
4 8 (2.68%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.01%) C#
5 6 (2.01%) VBA
5 6 (2.01%) VBScript
6 4 (1.34%) Bicep
7 3 (1.00%) Go
8 2 (0.67%) Java
9 1 (0.33%) ABAP
9 1 (0.33%) PHP
9 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (16.72%) Degree
2 29 (9.70%) Azure Certification
2 29 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.69%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.01%) CCNA
7 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.67%) HNC
10 5 (1.67%) HND
11 4 (1.34%) CISSP
12 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.00%) CCNP
12 3 (1.00%) MCSE
13 2 (0.67%) CISM
13 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 25 (8.36%) SLA
3 18 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.01%) GDPR
4 6 (2.01%) NIST
5 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.67%) 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
1 187 (62.54%) Active Directory
2 75 (25.08%) Hyper-V
3 74 (24.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.69%) vSphere
5 11 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.01%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.67%) Docker
9 4 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.34%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (28.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (11.71%) Terraform
3 24 (8.03%) Ansible
4 19 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.34%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.01%) Autotask
7 9 (3.01%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (2.68%) Grafana
9 7 (2.34%) Packer
10 6 (2.01%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.01%) SCCM
11 4 (1.34%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.00%) Kibana
12 3 (1.00%) Nagios
12 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 259 (86.62%) Microsoft
2 98 (32.78%) VMware
3 37 (12.37%) Cisco
4 26 (8.70%) Veeam
5 18 (6.02%) Meraki
5 18 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 16 (5.35%) Splunk
7 13 (4.35%) Google
8 12 (4.01%) Fortinet
8 12 (4.01%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.34%) NetApp
10 9 (3.01%) Dell
10 9 (3.01%) HP
11 8 (2.68%) ConnectWise
11 8 (2.68%) iManage
11 8 (2.68%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.34%) Citrix
12 7 (2.34%) EMC
13 6 (2.01%) F5
14 5 (1.67%) Synology