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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 107 77
Rank change year-on-year -18 -30 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 350 494 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 3.18% 3.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.61% 21.93% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 288 346 953
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,813 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +3.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,225 £81,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.24% -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 1,422 2,253 4,012
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.65% 14.51% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,433 3,434
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 19 February 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 98 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (18.86%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.71%) IIS
4 5 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.14%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.57%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 30 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.43%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.14%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 235 (67.14%) Azure
2 216 (61.71%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (28.00%) Entra ID
4 45 (12.86%) AWS
5 27 (7.71%) OneDrive
6 23 (6.57%) SaaS
7 21 (6.00%) Google Workspace
8 20 (5.71%) IaaS
9 12 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.57%) PaaS
11 7 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.00%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.43%) ShareGate
14 3 (0.86%) GCP
14 3 (0.86%) GitHub
14 3 (0.86%) IBM Cloud
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 124 (35.43%) Firewall
2 121 (34.57%) DNS
3 107 (30.57%) DHCP
4 97 (27.71%) VPN
5 64 (18.29%) WAN
6 60 (17.14%) TCP/IP
7 48 (13.71%) VLAN
8 44 (12.57%) LAN
9 39 (11.14%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (9.43%) VoIP
11 22 (6.29%) SD-WAN
12 15 (4.29%) SAN
13 14 (4.00%) SSL
14 11 (3.14%) Telnet
15 8 (2.29%) Wireless
16 7 (2.00%) DMZ
16 7 (2.00%) IP Telephony
17 5 (1.43%) Reverse Proxy
17 5 (1.43%) STUN
17 5 (1.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.71%) MySQL
4 5 (1.43%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.14%) MS Access
5 4 (1.14%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.86%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.57%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.29%) FileMaker
8 1 (0.29%) Power BI
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.86%) JIRA
2 9 (2.57%) Git
3 5 (1.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.14%) Toad
5 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.57%) GitLab
6 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 132 (37.71%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.71%) Finance
3 18 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.86%) Front Office
6 10 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.29%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.71%) German Language
9 6 (1.71%) Local Government
10 5 (1.43%) Retail
11 4 (1.14%) Automotive
12 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.86%) Aviation
12 3 (0.86%) Back Office
12 3 (0.86%) Legal
13 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 110 (31.43%) IT Support
2 105 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 81 (23.14%) IT Engineer
4 77 (22.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (18.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 58 (16.57%) 2nd Line Support
7 45 (12.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 45 (12.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 41 (11.71%) Senior
9 33 (9.43%) Analyst
10 28 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
11 26 (7.43%) Support Analyst
12 22 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
13 21 (6.00%) Azure Engineer
14 19 (5.43%) Infrastructure Manager
14 19 (5.43%) Infrastructure Support
15 17 (4.86%) Support Technician
16 16 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 14 (4.00%) Applications Support
17 14 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.57%) .NET
2 8 (2.29%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.43%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.14%) FIDO
4 4 (1.14%) Node.js
4 4 (1.14%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.86%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.86%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.57%) CSS
6 2 (0.57%) HTML
6 2 (0.57%) YAML
7 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.29%) React
7 1 (0.29%) RESTful
7 1 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.71%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.00%) Client/Server
2 14 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.71%) CCTV
4 11 (3.14%) CMDB
4 11 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (3.14%) Replication
4 11 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.86%) iPad
6 9 (2.57%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.29%) Equities
7 8 (2.29%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.14%) iPhone
9 4 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 350 (100.00%) Windows
2 62 (17.71%) Linux
3 59 (16.86%) Windows 10
4 33 (9.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (7.43%) Mac OS
5 26 (7.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (7.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.57%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.57%) Unix
8 7 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.43%) Debian
10 3 (0.86%) SUSE
10 3 (0.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.57%) Android
11 2 (0.57%) Solaris
12 1 (0.29%) CentOS
12 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.29%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (23.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 79 (22.57%) ITIL
4 68 (19.43%) Customer Service
5 55 (15.71%) Migration
6 54 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (15.43%) Service Delivery
7 52 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (14.57%) Mentoring
9 41 (11.71%) Disaster Recovery
10 36 (10.29%) DevOps
11 33 (9.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 28 (8.00%) CI/CD
13 27 (7.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 27 (7.71%) Service Management
14 24 (6.86%) Coaching
15 22 (6.29%) Agile
15 22 (6.29%) Cloud Operations
15 22 (6.29%) Performance Tuning
16 20 (5.71%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (23.43%) PowerShell
2 64 (18.29%) SQL
3 24 (6.86%) Python
4 10 (2.86%) Bash
5 9 (2.57%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.71%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.43%) C#
7 5 (1.43%) VBA
8 4 (1.14%) Bicep
8 4 (1.14%) PHP
8 4 (1.14%) VB
9 1 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
9 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (8.29%) Degree
3 22 (6.29%) Azure Certification
4 19 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (4.57%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (4.00%) CCNA
7 14 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.71%) DBS Check
9 12 (3.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 9 (2.57%) CCNP
10 9 (2.57%) MCSA
10 9 (2.57%) MCSE
11 7 (2.00%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.43%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.86%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.29%) SLA
3 9 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.71%) QA
5 5 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.14%) GDPR
6 4 (1.14%) NIST
7 3 (0.86%) GRC
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 209 (59.71%) Active Directory
2 80 (22.86%) Hyper-V
3 49 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.57%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.14%) Docker
6 8 (2.29%) Firmware
7 7 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (1.71%) vSphere
9 4 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.57%) XenApp
11 1 (0.29%) iptables
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.29%) vCloud
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (30.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (8.00%) Terraform
3 15 (4.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 15 (4.29%) Autotask
3 15 (4.29%) SCCM
4 14 (4.00%) Ansible
5 11 (3.14%) Kubernetes
5 11 (3.14%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.43%) Nessus
7 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.14%) Grafana
7 4 (1.14%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.57%) WSUS
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.29%) Nagios
10 1 (0.29%) SCOM
10 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 223 (63.71%) Microsoft
2 96 (27.43%) VMware
3 28 (8.00%) Cisco
4 23 (6.57%) Google
5 21 (6.00%) Veeam
6 11 (3.14%) Apple
7 10 (2.86%) Draytek
7 10 (2.86%) NetApp
8 9 (2.57%) 3PAR
8 9 (2.57%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.57%) HP
8 9 (2.57%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.29%) Charles River
9 8 (2.29%) Dell
10 7 (2.00%) ConnectWise
10 7 (2.00%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.00%) Freshdesk
10 7 (2.00%) Mitel
10 7 (2.00%) SAP
10 7 (2.00%) WatchGuard