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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 163 103
Rank change year-on-year +1 -60 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 405 326 664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.94% 2.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.65% 17.60% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 347 262 435
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,634 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,406 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.94% -10.21% -

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 1,579 1,852 2,968
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.35% 11.01% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 988 1,747
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,625 £33,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 October 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
1 128 (31.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (26.42%) SharePoint
3 35 (8.64%) IIS
4 11 (2.72%) Apache
4 11 (2.72%) nginx
5 6 (1.48%) Confluence
6 3 (0.74%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 263 (64.94%) Microsoft 365
2 254 (62.72%) Azure
3 191 (47.16%) Entra ID
4 55 (13.58%) AWS
5 46 (11.36%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.73%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.48%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.48%) Azure Storage
10 6 (1.48%) IaaS
10 6 (1.48%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.48%) Serverless
11 5 (1.23%) GCP
11 5 (1.23%) SaaS
11 5 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 154 (38.02%) Firewall
2 151 (37.28%) DNS
3 131 (32.35%) DHCP
4 101 (24.94%) VPN
5 81 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 50 (12.35%) VLAN
7 44 (10.86%) LAN
8 41 (10.12%) WAN
9 25 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (5.19%) Network Security
10 21 (5.19%) VoIP
11 20 (4.94%) Wireless
12 10 (2.47%) IP Telephony
13 8 (1.98%) SAN
14 4 (0.99%) NAS
15 3 (0.74%) BGP
15 3 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
15 3 (0.74%) MPLS
15 3 (0.74%) OSPF
15 3 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (17.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 3 (0.74%) Power BI
5 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) Big Data
6 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Git
1 7 (1.73%) JIRA
2 4 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.49%) GitLab
3 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.25%) Flyway
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 206 (50.86%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.10%) Finance
3 42 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.19%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.94%) Legal
6 19 (4.69%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.44%) Retail
8 17 (4.20%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.47%) Law
12 9 (2.22%) Games
13 6 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.23%) Banking
15 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.74%) Automotive
15 3 (0.74%) Publishing
16 2 (0.49%) Marketing
16 2 (0.49%) Military
17 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 113 (27.90%) IT Support
2 109 (26.91%) Support Engineer
3 99 (24.44%) IT Engineer
4 85 (20.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 72 (17.78%) Analyst
5 72 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 62 (15.31%) Senior
7 42 (10.37%) Support Analyst
8 31 (7.65%) Consultant
9 30 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (5.93%) 1st Line Support
10 24 (5.93%) IT Analyst
11 22 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 21 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 20 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
13 20 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 20 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support
13 20 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 19 (4.69%) Microsoft Engineer
15 18 (4.44%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.41%) Terraform
2 22 (5.43%) CSS
2 22 (5.43%) HTML
3 18 (4.44%) Web Services
4 17 (4.20%) .NET
4 17 (4.20%) XML
5 16 (3.95%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.98%) Middleware
7 5 (1.23%) JSON
7 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.99%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.99%) Blazor
8 4 (0.99%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.99%) jQuery
8 4 (0.99%) RESTful
8 4 (0.99%) Sass
9 2 (0.49%) ADO
9 2 (0.49%) LDAP
9 2 (0.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.88%) Driving Licence
2 21 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.21%) Clustering
6 12 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.47%) CCTV
8 10 (2.47%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.22%) Replication
10 8 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.98%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.48%) Fat Client
11 6 (1.48%) Thin Client
12 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.23%) iPhone
12 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.23%) PKI
12 5 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 405 (100.00%) Windows
2 82 (20.25%) Linux
3 30 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 27 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (4.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.96%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.22%) Unix
8 8 (1.98%) Android
9 7 (1.73%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.99%) Debian
11 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.49%) Rocky
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (36.30%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (30.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 110 (27.16%) Disaster Recovery
4 90 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (21.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (20.74%) Customer Service
7 61 (15.06%) ITIL
8 56 (13.83%) Mentoring
8 56 (13.83%) Project Delivery
9 50 (12.35%) High Availability
10 49 (12.10%) Business Continuity
11 47 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (9.63%) Service Delivery
13 36 (8.89%) Migration
14 33 (8.15%) Cloud Security
15 28 (6.91%) Change Management
15 28 (6.91%) ITSM
16 27 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
16 27 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
16 27 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 93 (22.96%) PowerShell
2 55 (13.58%) SQL
3 18 (4.44%) Python
4 17 (4.20%) C#
5 14 (3.46%) Bicep
6 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.48%) VBA
7 6 (1.48%) VBScript
8 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) ABAP
11 1 (0.25%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) Java
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (15.56%) Degree
2 52 (12.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 42 (10.37%) SC Cleared
5 31 (7.65%) Azure Certification
6 26 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (6.17%) CCNA
8 16 (3.95%) DBS Check
9 14 (3.46%) CCNP
10 13 (3.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (2.72%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.47%) MCSA
12 10 (2.47%) MCSE
12 10 (2.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (1.48%) CISSP
14 5 (1.23%) CEH
14 5 (1.23%) CISM
14 5 (1.23%) GIAC
14 5 (1.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (10.86%) SLA
3 21 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.72%) GDPR
5 6 (1.48%) NIST
6 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) ITGC
9 1 (0.25%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 253 (62.47%) Active Directory
2 124 (30.62%) Hyper-V
3 108 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (6.17%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (4.20%) vSphere
7 16 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.48%) Squid
9 4 (0.99%) Docker
9 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.99%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.74%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.74%) Firmware
11 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 130 (32.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.95%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.96%) Failover Clustering
4 11 (2.72%) Ansible
5 9 (2.22%) SCCM
6 5 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.23%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.99%) Autotask
7 4 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.99%) WSUS
8 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.74%) SCOM
8 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.49%) Grafana
9 2 (0.49%) Kibana
9 2 (0.49%) Packer
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 342 (84.44%) Microsoft
2 146 (36.05%) VMware
3 64 (15.80%) Veeam
4 31 (7.65%) Cisco
5 28 (6.91%) WatchGuard
6 20 (4.94%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.44%) Palo Alto
8 17 (4.20%) Meraki
9 16 (3.95%) Citrix
10 14 (3.46%) ServiceNow
10 14 (3.46%) SonicWALL
11 12 (2.96%) Acronis
12 11 (2.72%) Apple
13 10 (2.47%) Draytek
13 10 (2.47%) iManage
13 10 (2.47%) Mitel
13 10 (2.47%) SolarWinds
13 10 (2.47%) Splunk
14 9 (2.22%) N-able
15 8 (1.98%) Datto