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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 155 89
Rank change year-on-year -22 -66 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 341 368 817
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 2.24% 3.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.13% 17.60% 23.31%
Number of salaries quoted 292 321 664
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,506
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -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 1,541 2,091 3,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.03% 12.71% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,223 2,651
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,375 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 28 July 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
1 104 (30.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (23.17%) SharePoint
3 32 (9.38%) IIS
4 12 (3.52%) Apache
4 12 (3.52%) nginx
5 7 (2.05%) Confluence
5 7 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.29%) Drupal
6 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.29%) Site Server
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (12.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.59%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.29%) Magento
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 222 (65.10%) Microsoft 365
2 213 (62.46%) Azure
3 131 (38.42%) Entra ID
4 62 (18.18%) AWS
5 31 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.11%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.52%) IaaS
7 12 (3.52%) SaaS
8 9 (2.64%) GCP
8 9 (2.64%) GitHub
9 8 (2.35%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.35%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.05%) Cloudflare
10 7 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.47%) PaaS
12 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 137 (40.18%) Firewall
2 119 (34.90%) DNS
3 98 (28.74%) DHCP
4 87 (25.51%) VPN
5 74 (21.70%) TCP/IP
6 59 (17.30%) WAN
7 56 (16.42%) LAN
8 40 (11.73%) VLAN
9 34 (9.97%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (9.09%) VoIP
11 20 (5.87%) Wireless
12 14 (4.11%) Network Security
13 7 (2.05%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.76%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.76%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.76%) WebEx
15 5 (1.47%) BGP
15 5 (1.47%) MPLS
15 5 (1.47%) NAS
15 5 (1.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (19.94%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.47%) MySQL
4 5 (1.47%) Power BI
5 4 (1.17%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.59%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (3.23%) Git
2 9 (2.64%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (1.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.47%) JIRA
5 4 (1.17%) GitLab
6 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.29%) Gatling
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 184 (53.96%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.20%) Finance
3 32 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.57%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (5.28%) Legal
6 18 (5.28%) Retail
7 14 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.52%) Banking
8 12 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.93%) Law
10 6 (1.76%) Marketing
11 5 (1.47%) Games
12 2 (0.59%) Advertising
12 2 (0.59%) Military
12 2 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.29%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 115 (33.72%) Support Engineer
2 112 (32.84%) IT Support
3 93 (27.27%) IT Engineer
4 89 (26.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 59 (17.30%) Analyst
6 53 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 47 (13.78%) Senior
8 43 (12.61%) Support Analyst
9 31 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 31 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
10 30 (8.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 22 (6.45%) IT Analyst
12 20 (5.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (4.99%) IT Support Analyst
14 15 (4.40%) 1st Line Support
15 14 (4.11%) Infrastructure Support
16 13 (3.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 13 (3.81%) Applications Support
17 12 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.57%) CSS
1 19 (5.57%) HTML
1 19 (5.57%) Web Services
2 15 (4.40%) .NET
3 13 (3.81%) .NET Framework
3 13 (3.81%) XML
4 8 (2.35%) Middleware
5 6 (1.76%) XMPP
6 4 (1.17%) ADO
6 4 (1.17%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.17%) FreeSWITCH
7 1 (0.29%) JSP
7 1 (0.29%) Memcached
7 1 (0.29%) REST
7 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.29%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.29%) SOAP
7 1 (0.29%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.68%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.81%) Replication
6 12 (3.52%) Clustering
7 10 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.64%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.64%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.64%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.35%) CMDB
10 7 (2.05%) PKI
11 6 (1.76%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.47%) iPhone
12 5 (1.47%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (1.47%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 341 (100.00%) Windows
2 67 (19.65%) Linux
3 37 (10.85%) Windows 10
3 37 (10.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (5.87%) Mac OS
6 16 (4.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (2.05%) Android
9 6 (1.76%) Unix
10 5 (1.47%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.17%) Debian
12 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.31%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (25.22%) Customer Service
3 75 (21.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 73 (21.41%) Disaster Recovery
5 71 (20.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (16.72%) ITIL
8 47 (13.78%) High Availability
9 39 (11.44%) Project Delivery
10 38 (11.14%) Business Continuity
10 38 (11.14%) Mentoring
11 33 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (8.50%) Service Delivery
13 25 (7.33%) Change Management
14 22 (6.45%) Migration
14 22 (6.45%) Roadmaps
15 20 (5.87%) CI/CD
15 20 (5.87%) DevOps
15 20 (5.87%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (5.57%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 89 (26.10%) PowerShell
2 55 (16.13%) SQL
3 33 (9.68%) Python
4 14 (4.11%) C#
5 9 (2.64%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.05%) Bash
6 7 (2.05%) Bicep
7 6 (1.76%) VBA
7 6 (1.76%) VBScript
8 3 (0.88%) Go
9 2 (0.59%) Java
10 1 (0.29%) ABAP
10 1 (0.29%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (15.54%) Degree
2 39 (11.44%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.56%) Azure Certification
3 36 (10.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.69%) DBS Check
5 15 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (4.11%) CCNA
7 13 (3.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (3.52%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.05%) HNC
9 7 (2.05%) HND
10 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.88%) CCNP
12 3 (0.88%) CISM
12 3 (0.88%) CISSP
12 3 (0.88%) GIAC
12 3 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.68%) SLA
2 28 (8.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.05%) GDPR
5 5 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.47%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.29%) ITGC
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 204 (59.82%) Active Directory
2 90 (26.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (24.34%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (5.57%) vSphere
6 10 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.76%) Docker
7 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.76%) Squid
7 6 (1.76%) Terminal Services
7 6 (1.76%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.88%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.88%) Firmware
9 3 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 97 (28.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (10.85%) Terraform
3 22 (6.45%) Ansible
4 21 (6.16%) Kubernetes
5 14 (4.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (3.23%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (2.35%) Grafana
8 7 (2.05%) Autotask
8 7 (2.05%) Packer
9 6 (1.76%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (1.76%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.47%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.17%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.88%) Kibana
12 3 (0.88%) Nagios
12 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.59%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 295 (86.51%) Microsoft
2 116 (34.02%) VMware
3 41 (12.02%) Cisco
3 41 (12.02%) Veeam
4 22 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.28%) Meraki
6 17 (4.99%) Splunk
7 14 (4.11%) Palo Alto
8 13 (3.81%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.23%) Citrix
9 11 (3.23%) iManage
10 10 (2.93%) Google
11 9 (2.64%) HP
12 7 (2.05%) ConnectWise
12 7 (2.05%) Dell
12 7 (2.05%) EMC
12 7 (2.05%) NetApp
12 7 (2.05%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.05%) WatchGuard
13 6 (1.76%) F5