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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 153 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 -66 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 288 365 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 2.38% 3.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.69% 17.06% 24.13%
Number of salaries quoted 233 321 900
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £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 £56,250 £53,750 £56,526
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 1,392 2,139 4,493
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.97% 13.93% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 1,238 3,533
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £89,300 £80,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 17 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 85 (29.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (20.83%) SharePoint
3 24 (8.33%) IIS
4 9 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.08%) Confluence
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) Site Server
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (15.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 185 (64.24%) Azure
2 183 (63.54%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (34.03%) Entra ID
4 51 (17.71%) AWS
5 30 (10.42%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.51%) SaaS
7 12 (4.17%) Google Workspace
7 12 (4.17%) IaaS
7 12 (4.17%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.13%) GCP
8 9 (3.13%) GitHub
9 7 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.74%) PaaS
12 4 (1.39%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 110 (38.19%) Firewall
2 104 (36.11%) DNS
3 87 (30.21%) DHCP
4 78 (27.08%) VPN
5 59 (20.49%) TCP/IP
6 56 (19.44%) WAN
7 45 (15.63%) LAN
8 37 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (11.81%) VoIP
10 30 (10.42%) VLAN
11 8 (2.78%) SAN
11 8 (2.78%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.43%) Network Security
12 7 (2.43%) SD-WAN
12 7 (2.43%) Wireless
13 6 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (2.08%) WebEx
14 5 (1.74%) NAS
14 5 (1.74%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.06%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.74%) MySQL
5 4 (1.39%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.39%) Power BI
6 2 (0.69%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.35%) Redis
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.13%) Git
1 9 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
2 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.39%) GitLab
4 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.04%) JIRA
5 1 (0.35%) Gatling
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 151 (52.43%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.15%) Finance
3 29 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.86%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.17%) Banking
7 12 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.17%) Legal
8 10 (3.47%) Retail
9 9 (3.13%) Law
10 7 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.08%) Marketing
12 3 (1.04%) Aviation
13 2 (0.69%) Advertising
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.35%) Games
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 109 (37.85%) Support Engineer
2 104 (36.11%) IT Support
3 94 (32.64%) IT Engineer
4 89 (30.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (13.54%) Senior
7 34 (11.81%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 32 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 32 (11.11%) Analyst
10 23 (7.99%) Support Analyst
11 20 (6.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.51%) Support Technician
14 12 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
14 12 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support
14 12 (4.17%) IT Technician
14 12 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.17%) CSS
1 12 (4.17%) HTML
2 8 (2.78%) .NET
3 6 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.08%) Web Services
3 6 (2.08%) XML
3 6 (2.08%) XMPP
4 5 (1.74%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.39%) ADO
5 4 (1.39%) Middleware
6 3 (1.04%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.35%) JSP
7 1 (0.35%) Memcached
7 1 (0.35%) REST
7 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.35%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.35%) SOAP
7 1 (0.35%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.38%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.82%) Replication
5 10 (3.47%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.13%) CMDB
6 9 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.08%) Clustering
8 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
8 6 (2.08%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.74%) PKI
9 5 (1.74%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.04%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 288 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (19.44%) Linux
3 40 (13.89%) Windows 10
4 38 (13.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (9.03%) Mac OS
7 25 (8.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.82%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (3.13%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.08%) Unix
11 5 (1.74%) Android
11 5 (1.74%) Debian
11 5 (1.74%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 65 (22.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 62 (21.53%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (21.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (12.85%) ITIL
8 34 (11.81%) Service Delivery
9 27 (9.38%) High Availability
9 27 (9.38%) Mentoring
10 26 (9.03%) Business Continuity
11 25 (8.68%) DevOps
12 23 (7.99%) Information Security
12 23 (7.99%) Project Delivery
12 23 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (6.94%) CI/CD
13 20 (6.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 20 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
14 19 (6.60%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 76 (26.39%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.28%) SQL
3 30 (10.42%) Python
4 8 (2.78%) Bash
5 7 (2.43%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.08%) C#
6 6 (2.08%) VBA
6 6 (2.08%) VBScript
7 4 (1.39%) Bicep
8 3 (1.04%) Go
9 2 (0.69%) Java
10 1 (0.35%) ABAP
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (17.01%) Degree
2 30 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.07%) Azure Certification
4 27 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (4.51%) DBS Check
7 10 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.43%) CCNA
11 5 (1.74%) HNC
11 5 (1.74%) HND
12 4 (1.39%) CISSP
13 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.04%) MCSE
14 2 (0.69%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.69%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 24 (8.33%) SLA
2 18 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.08%) NIST
4 4 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.39%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) QA
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.35%) ITGC
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 175 (60.76%) Active Directory
2 72 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.60%) vSphere
5 11 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.08%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.74%) Docker
7 5 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.69%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 79 (27.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (12.85%) Terraform
3 24 (8.33%) Ansible
4 18 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (6.25%) Kubernetes
5 11 (3.82%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.13%) Autotask
7 8 (2.78%) Grafana
7 8 (2.78%) SCCM
8 7 (2.43%) Packer
9 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.04%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.04%) Kibana
11 3 (1.04%) Nagios
11 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 240 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 97 (33.68%) VMware
3 34 (11.81%) Cisco
4 25 (8.68%) Veeam
5 18 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.21%) Splunk
7 14 (4.86%) Google
7 14 (4.86%) Meraki
8 12 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.82%) NetApp
10 10 (3.47%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.13%) Dell
11 9 (3.13%) HP
12 8 (2.78%) ConnectWise
12 8 (2.78%) iManage
13 7 (2.43%) EMC
13 7 (2.43%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.08%) Citrix
14 6 (2.08%) F5
15 5 (1.74%) Synology