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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 113 74
Rank change year-on-year -24 -39 +39
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 323 412 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 3.08% 3.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.96% 21.24% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 264 350 1,036
10th Percentile £29,225 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,875 £57,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +2.35% -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 1,407 1,940 4,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.32% 14.52% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,436 3,695
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £29,857
25th Percentile £33,688 £37,250 £37,775
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.29% -11.23%

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 20 March 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 (28.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (19.50%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.86%) IIS
5 4 (1.24%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (11.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) PlanetPress Connect
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 216 (66.87%) Azure
2 201 (62.23%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (27.86%) Entra ID
4 51 (15.79%) AWS
5 30 (9.29%) OneDrive
6 25 (7.74%) Google Workspace
7 23 (7.12%) SaaS
8 15 (4.64%) IaaS
9 12 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.86%) PaaS
11 5 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.55%) GCP
12 4 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.93%) GitHub
13 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.93%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.62%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 122 (37.77%) DNS
2 118 (36.53%) Firewall
3 107 (33.13%) DHCP
4 89 (27.55%) VPN
5 67 (20.74%) WAN
6 61 (18.89%) TCP/IP
7 51 (15.79%) LAN
8 48 (14.86%) VLAN
9 44 (13.62%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (10.22%) VoIP
11 17 (5.26%) SD-WAN
12 12 (3.72%) SAN
13 11 (3.41%) Telnet
14 8 (2.48%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.17%) DMZ
15 7 (2.17%) IP Telephony
15 7 (2.17%) Wireless
16 6 (1.86%) SSL
17 5 (1.55%) Reverse Proxy
17 5 (1.55%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.55%) MySQL
3 4 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.62%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.62%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Power BI
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.79%) Git
2 8 (2.48%) JIRA
3 5 (1.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.62%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.07%) Finance
3 20 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (3.41%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.48%) Front Office
8 7 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.17%) Retail
9 6 (1.86%) Banking
9 6 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.55%) German Language
11 4 (1.24%) Automotive
11 4 (1.24%) Marketing
12 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.93%) Aviation
12 3 (0.93%) Back Office
12 3 (0.93%) Legal
13 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (34.67%) IT Support
2 108 (33.44%) Support Engineer
3 89 (27.55%) IT Engineer
4 85 (26.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 63 (19.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 56 (17.34%) 2nd Line Support
7 46 (14.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 46 (14.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 45 (13.93%) Senior
9 30 (9.29%) Analyst
10 24 (7.43%) Support Analyst
11 23 (7.12%) 3rd Line Support
12 20 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support
13 19 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (4.64%) Support Technician
15 13 (4.02%) IT Technician
16 12 (3.72%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.48%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (2.17%) .NET
3 5 (1.55%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.55%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.24%) FIDO
4 4 (1.24%) Node.js
4 4 (1.24%) XMPP
5 2 (0.62%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.62%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.31%) ADO
6 1 (0.31%) CSS
6 1 (0.31%) HTML
6 1 (0.31%) JSP
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) REST
6 1 (0.31%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) SOAP
6 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.24%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.95%) Replication
4 13 (4.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.72%) CCTV
5 12 (3.72%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.48%) CMDB
6 8 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.48%) Equities
6 8 (2.48%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.48%) iPad
6 8 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.55%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.55%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.24%) FlexPod
9 4 (1.24%) iPhone
9 4 (1.24%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 323 (100.00%) Windows
2 66 (20.43%) Linux
3 62 (19.20%) Windows 10
4 35 (10.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 32 (9.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (8.67%) Mac OS
7 26 (8.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (5.26%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.79%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.55%) Debian
11 4 (1.24%) Unix
12 3 (0.93%) Android
13 2 (0.62%) SUSE
13 2 (0.62%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.31%) CentOS
14 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (30.96%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (24.46%) ITIL
3 76 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 64 (19.81%) Customer Service
5 52 (16.10%) Service Delivery
6 50 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (13.00%) Mentoring
8 39 (12.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (11.76%) Migration
10 33 (10.22%) DevOps
11 31 (9.60%) CI/CD
12 30 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (7.74%) Coaching
13 25 (7.74%) Service Management
14 23 (7.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 22 (6.81%) Change Management
16 21 (6.50%) Cloud Operations
17 20 (6.19%) Process Improvement
18 19 (5.88%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.98%) PowerShell
2 48 (14.86%) SQL
3 26 (8.05%) Python
4 10 (3.10%) Bash
5 5 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.24%) PHP
7 3 (0.93%) Bicep
8 1 (0.31%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) Go
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Perl
8 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (7.74%) Azure Certification
2 25 (7.74%) Degree
3 18 (5.57%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.64%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (4.33%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.41%) CCNA
8 10 (3.10%) MCSE
8 10 (3.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (2.79%) CCNP
9 9 (2.79%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.48%) MCSA
11 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) CISSP
13 3 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.72%) SLA
3 9 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.55%) NIST
5 3 (0.93%) QA
6 2 (0.62%) GDPR
6 2 (0.62%) GRC
6 2 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 196 (60.68%) Active Directory
2 76 (23.53%) Hyper-V
3 54 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.72%) vSphere
6 9 (2.79%) Docker
7 8 (2.48%) Firmware
7 8 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.62%) XenApp
12 1 (0.31%) iptables
12 1 (0.31%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 92 (28.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.98%) Terraform
3 20 (6.19%) Ansible
4 19 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (3.72%) Autotask
6 11 (3.41%) SCCM
7 10 (3.10%) Kubernetes
7 10 (3.10%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.17%) Grafana
9 4 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.93%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.93%) Nessus
11 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.62%) Packer
11 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 214 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 99 (30.65%) VMware
3 35 (10.84%) Cisco
4 24 (7.43%) Google
5 17 (5.26%) Veeam
6 12 (3.72%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.10%) Draytek
7 10 (3.10%) NetApp
8 9 (2.79%) Apple
8 9 (2.79%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.79%) HP
8 9 (2.79%) Splunk
9 8 (2.48%) Charles River
9 8 (2.48%) Dell
9 8 (2.48%) WatchGuard
10 7 (2.17%) Mitel
10 7 (2.17%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.17%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.86%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.86%) SolarWinds