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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 86 73
Rank change year-on-year -43 -13 +50
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 323 639 862
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.12% 3.35% 4.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.69% 23.64% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 268 423 804
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £36,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,250 £60,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,800 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% 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 1,308 2,703 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.57% 14.18% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 956 1,689 2,792
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

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 3 December 2025.

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 89 (27.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 21 (6.50%) IIS
4 13 (4.02%) Apache Solr
5 6 (1.86%) CMS
6 4 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.62%) Confluence
8 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.55%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.24%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.31%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 203 (62.85%) Azure
2 178 (55.11%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (24.77%) Entra ID
4 31 (9.60%) AWS
5 23 (7.12%) IaaS
6 20 (6.19%) SaaS
7 14 (4.33%) OneDrive
8 11 (3.41%) GitHub
9 10 (3.10%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.48%) Azure Stack
11 8 (2.48%) PaaS
12 7 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.86%) Azure Storage
13 6 (1.86%) Cloudflare
14 5 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (1.55%) ShareGate
15 4 (1.24%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 91 (28.17%) Firewall
2 85 (26.32%) DNS
3 80 (24.77%) DHCP
4 57 (17.65%) VPN
5 39 (12.07%) TCP/IP
5 39 (12.07%) WAN
6 31 (9.60%) VLAN
7 26 (8.05%) VoIP
8 25 (7.74%) LAN
9 21 (6.50%) SAN
10 17 (5.26%) SD-WAN
10 17 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.72%) SSL
12 11 (3.41%) Wireless
13 7 (2.17%) IP Telephony
14 6 (1.86%) Telnet
15 5 (1.55%) DMZ
15 5 (1.55%) STUN
16 4 (1.24%) WLAN
17 3 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.64%) MySQL
3 14 (4.33%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.24%) Data Hub
7 4 (1.24%) MS Access
7 4 (1.24%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (1.24%) SQL CLR
8 3 (0.93%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.62%) Power BI
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.43%) Git
2 7 (2.17%) JIRA
3 4 (1.24%) Toad
4 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.76%) Finance
3 22 (6.81%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.33%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.17%) Back Office
8 7 (2.17%) Front Office
8 7 (2.17%) Legal
8 7 (2.17%) Local Government
9 6 (1.86%) German Language
9 6 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.55%) Advertising
11 4 (1.24%) Automotive
12 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Electronics
13 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.62%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (22.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 63 (19.50%) IT Support
4 53 (16.41%) IT Engineer
5 41 (12.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 37 (11.46%) IT Support Engineer
7 36 (11.15%) Senior
8 28 (8.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 28 (8.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 28 (8.67%) 3rd Line Support
8 28 (8.67%) Analyst
9 21 (6.50%) Support Analyst
10 20 (6.19%) Applications Engineer
10 20 (6.19%) Applications Support
10 20 (6.19%) Infrastructure Manager
11 19 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (5.57%) Infrastructure Support
13 16 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (4.95%) Consultant
13 16 (4.95%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.33%) .NET
2 8 (2.48%) Node.js
3 5 (1.55%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.55%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.55%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.55%) YAML
4 4 (1.24%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.24%) Dapper ORM
4 4 (1.24%) Entity Framework
4 4 (1.24%) FIDO
4 4 (1.24%) HTML
4 4 (1.24%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.93%) CSS
5 3 (0.93%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.93%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.62%) React
7 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.31%) OpenID
7 1 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.17%) Driving Licence
2 25 (7.74%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.33%) Client/Server
5 13 (4.02%) CCTV
6 12 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.41%) iPad
8 10 (3.10%) Replication
9 9 (2.79%) CMDB
9 9 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.48%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.17%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.55%) Clustering
13 5 (1.55%) Equities
13 5 (1.55%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 323 (100.00%) Windows
2 80 (24.77%) Linux
3 32 (9.91%) Windows 10
4 30 (9.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (5.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.33%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.79%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.79%) Unix
7 9 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.48%) Rocky
9 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.55%) Debian
11 3 (0.93%) Android
11 3 (0.93%) Solaris
11 3 (0.93%) SUSE
11 3 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.31%) AIX
13 1 (0.31%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (21.98%) ITIL
4 56 (17.34%) Mentoring
5 55 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (15.17%) Migration
7 45 (13.93%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (12.69%) Customer Service
9 39 (12.07%) DevOps
10 37 (11.46%) Service Delivery
11 36 (11.15%) Containerisation
11 36 (11.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (9.91%) CI/CD
13 27 (8.36%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (6.50%) Coaching
15 20 (6.19%) Agile
15 20 (6.19%) ITSM
15 20 (6.19%) Service Management
16 17 (5.26%) Change Management
16 17 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 70 (21.67%) SQL
3 31 (9.60%) Python
4 19 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.02%) C#
6 7 (2.17%) PHP
7 6 (1.86%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.86%) VBA
8 5 (1.55%) Bash
9 4 (1.24%) Bicep
9 4 (1.24%) VB
10 2 (0.62%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (8.36%) Azure Certification
2 25 (7.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (6.81%) Degree
4 20 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 17 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.64%) CCNA
6 15 (4.64%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.72%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.72%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.72%) MCP
8 11 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.10%) MCSA
9 10 (3.10%) MCSE
10 9 (2.79%) CCNP
11 6 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.55%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.33%) SLA
3 11 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.55%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.24%) GRC
5 4 (1.24%) QA
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.62%) ITGC
7 2 (0.62%) NIST
System Software
1 180 (55.73%) Active Directory
2 76 (23.53%) Hyper-V
3 33 (10.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.50%) Docker
5 16 (4.95%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.55%) Firmware
8 5 (1.55%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.55%) vSphere
9 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.62%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) vCloud
11 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (26.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 22 (6.81%) Ansible
3 22 (6.81%) Terraform
4 20 (6.19%) SCCM
5 11 (3.41%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.79%) Autotask
7 7 (2.17%) WSUS
8 6 (1.86%) SCOM
9 5 (1.55%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 5 (1.55%) Nessus
10 4 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.24%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.31%) Grafana
12 1 (0.31%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 206 (63.78%) Microsoft
2 79 (24.46%) VMware
3 26 (8.05%) Veeam
4 23 (7.12%) Cisco
5 17 (5.26%) Google
6 13 (4.02%) Dell
6 13 (4.02%) Oracle
7 11 (3.41%) Datto
7 11 (3.41%) SAP
8 10 (3.10%) 3PAR
8 10 (3.10%) NetApp
8 10 (3.10%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.48%) Apple
9 8 (2.48%) Freshdesk
9 8 (2.48%) WatchGuard
10 7 (2.17%) Draytek
10 7 (2.17%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.17%) Mitel
10 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.86%) ServiceNow