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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 157 84
Rank change year-on-year -18 -73 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 296 360 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.31% 3.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.39% 16.97% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 242 317 891
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 £57,188 £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 1,452 2,121 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.11% 13.62% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 1,233 3,487
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 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £43,710 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -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 24 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 90 (30.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (21.96%) SharePoint
3 26 (8.78%) IIS
4 9 (3.04%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (3.04%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.04%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.03%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Site Server
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (15.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
1 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 194 (65.54%) Microsoft 365
2 192 (64.86%) Azure
3 105 (35.47%) Entra ID
4 54 (18.24%) AWS
5 32 (10.81%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.39%) IaaS
6 13 (4.39%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.39%) SaaS
7 11 (3.72%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.04%) GCP
8 9 (3.04%) GitHub
9 7 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.69%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.69%) PaaS
12 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.35%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 118 (39.86%) Firewall
2 106 (35.81%) DNS
3 89 (30.07%) DHCP
4 80 (27.03%) VPN
5 60 (20.27%) TCP/IP
6 57 (19.26%) WAN
7 47 (15.88%) LAN
8 37 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (11.82%) VoIP
10 33 (11.15%) VLAN
11 10 (3.38%) Wireless
12 9 (3.04%) Network Security
13 8 (2.70%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.36%) SAN
15 6 (2.03%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (2.03%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.03%) SD-WAN
15 6 (2.03%) WebEx
16 5 (1.69%) NAS
16 5 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.24%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.69%) MySQL
4 4 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.35%) Power BI
5 2 (0.68%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.04%) Git
1 9 (3.04%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.35%) GitLab
4 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.01%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Gatling
5 1 (0.34%) JMeter
5 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (54.39%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.15%) Finance
3 30 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.43%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.73%) Legal
7 13 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.05%) Banking
9 10 (3.38%) Retail
10 8 (2.70%) Law
10 8 (2.70%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.03%) Marketing
12 3 (1.01%) Aviation
12 3 (1.01%) Games
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 115 (38.85%) Support Engineer
2 108 (36.49%) IT Support
3 98 (33.11%) IT Engineer
4 93 (31.42%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 44 (14.86%) Senior
7 35 (11.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 34 (11.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 34 (11.49%) Analyst
9 33 (11.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 25 (8.45%) Support Analyst
11 20 (6.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
13 13 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (4.39%) Support Technician
14 12 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Engineer
14 12 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.05%) CSS
1 12 (4.05%) HTML
2 7 (2.36%) .NET
3 6 (2.03%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.03%) Web Services
3 6 (2.03%) XML
3 6 (2.03%) XMPP
4 5 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.69%) Middleware
5 4 (1.35%) ADO
6 3 (1.01%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.34%) JSP
7 1 (0.34%) Memcached
7 1 (0.34%) REST
7 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.34%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.34%) SOAP
7 1 (0.34%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.12%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.72%) Replication
7 9 (3.04%) Clustering
7 9 (3.04%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.70%) CMDB
8 8 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.36%) PKI
9 7 (2.36%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.03%) FlexPod
10 6 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.35%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 296 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (18.58%) Linux
3 39 (13.18%) Windows 10
4 38 (12.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (8.45%) Mac OS
6 24 (8.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (3.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (2.70%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.03%) Android
9 6 (2.03%) Unix
10 5 (1.69%) Debian
10 5 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (25.68%) Customer Service
3 68 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
4 65 (21.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 62 (20.95%) Disaster Recovery
6 57 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (12.84%) ITIL
8 32 (10.81%) Service Delivery
9 30 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 29 (9.80%) High Availability
11 28 (9.46%) Business Continuity
12 27 (9.12%) Project Delivery
13 24 (8.11%) Information Security
13 24 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (7.43%) DevOps
15 21 (7.09%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (6.42%) CI/CD
16 19 (6.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 18 (6.08%) Infrastructure as Code
17 18 (6.08%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 81 (27.36%) PowerShell
2 45 (15.20%) SQL
3 31 (10.47%) Python
4 8 (2.70%) Bash
4 8 (2.70%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.03%) C#
5 6 (2.03%) VBA
5 6 (2.03%) VBScript
6 4 (1.35%) Bicep
7 3 (1.01%) Go
8 2 (0.68%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) ABAP
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (16.89%) Degree
2 29 (9.80%) Azure Certification
2 29 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.78%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.41%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.04%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.36%) CCNA
10 5 (1.69%) CISSP
10 5 (1.69%) HNC
10 5 (1.69%) HND
11 3 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.01%) MCSE
12 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.68%) CCNP
12 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 25 (8.45%) SLA
2 17 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.36%) NIST
4 5 (1.69%) GDPR
5 4 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.68%) QA
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.34%) ITGC
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 183 (61.82%) Active Directory
2 74 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (24.32%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.76%) vSphere
5 11 (3.72%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.03%) Terminal Services
6 6 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.69%) Docker
8 4 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.01%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 84 (28.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (11.82%) Terraform
3 24 (8.11%) Ansible
4 19 (6.42%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.38%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.04%) Autotask
8 8 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (2.70%) Grafana
9 7 (2.36%) Packer
9 7 (2.36%) SCCM
10 6 (2.03%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.01%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.01%) Kibana
11 3 (1.01%) Nagios
11 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 254 (85.81%) Microsoft
2 98 (33.11%) VMware
3 36 (12.16%) Cisco
4 26 (8.78%) Veeam
5 18 (6.08%) ServiceNow
6 17 (5.74%) Meraki
7 16 (5.41%) Splunk
8 13 (4.39%) Google
9 12 (4.05%) Fortinet
9 12 (4.05%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.38%) NetApp
11 9 (3.04%) Dell
11 9 (3.04%) HP
12 8 (2.70%) ConnectWise
12 8 (2.70%) iManage
13 7 (2.36%) Citrix
13 7 (2.36%) EMC
13 7 (2.36%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.03%) F5
15 5 (1.69%) Synology