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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 86 71
Rank change year-on-year -46 -15 +45
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 326 597 847
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 3.42% 4.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.85% 23.40% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 272 409 783
10th Percentile £29,775 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,750 £36,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,375 £80,000 £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 1,312 2,551 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.61% 14.61% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,623 2,689
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,625 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.09% +0.11% -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 18 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 86 (26.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (18.40%) SharePoint
3 17 (5.21%) IIS
4 10 (3.07%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.92%) CMS
7 2 (0.61%) Confluence
8 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.53%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 209 (64.11%) Azure
2 181 (55.52%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (25.15%) Entra ID
4 33 (10.12%) AWS
5 21 (6.44%) IaaS
6 18 (5.52%) OneDrive
7 14 (4.29%) SaaS
8 13 (3.99%) Google Workspace
9 10 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.45%) GitHub
10 8 (2.45%) PaaS
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Stack
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.84%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.92%) Cloudflare
14 3 (0.92%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 91 (27.91%) Firewall
2 90 (27.61%) DNS
3 84 (25.77%) DHCP
4 64 (19.63%) VPN
5 42 (12.88%) TCP/IP
5 42 (12.88%) WAN
6 37 (11.35%) VLAN
7 27 (8.28%) LAN
8 26 (7.98%) VoIP
9 21 (6.44%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (6.13%) SAN
11 17 (5.21%) SD-WAN
12 14 (4.29%) SSL
13 10 (3.07%) Telnet
14 8 (2.45%) Wireless
15 7 (2.15%) DMZ
15 7 (2.15%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.53%) STUN
17 4 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.68%) MySQL
3 11 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.84%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.23%) MS Access
7 4 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (6.44%) Git
2 9 (2.76%) JIRA
3 4 (1.23%) Toad
4 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
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
1 113 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.74%) Finance
3 16 (4.91%) Public Sector
4 14 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.76%) Front Office
9 8 (2.45%) Legal
10 6 (1.84%) German Language
10 6 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.84%) Local Government
11 4 (1.23%) Advertising
11 4 (1.23%) Automotive
12 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.92%) Back Office
12 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.61%) Law
13 2 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (21.78%) Support Engineer
3 67 (20.55%) IT Support
4 56 (17.18%) IT Engineer
5 46 (14.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 42 (12.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 34 (10.43%) Senior
8 32 (9.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 32 (9.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 27 (8.28%) 3rd Line Support
9 27 (8.28%) Analyst
10 22 (6.75%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (6.44%) Applications Support
12 20 (6.13%) Applications Engineer
12 20 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (6.13%) Support Analyst
13 19 (5.83%) Infrastructure Manager
14 18 (5.52%) Infrastructure Support
15 16 (4.91%) IT Manager
16 14 (4.29%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.07%) .NET
2 8 (2.45%) Node.js
3 7 (2.15%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (1.53%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.53%) YAML
5 4 (1.23%) FIDO
5 4 (1.23%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.92%) HTML
6 3 (0.92%) SAP Basis
6 3 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.92%) SAPUI5
7 2 (0.61%) CSS
7 2 (0.61%) React
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.31%) OLE
8 1 (0.31%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.03%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.75%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.29%) Client/Server
5 13 (3.99%) CCTV
5 13 (3.99%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.37%) iPad
7 10 (3.07%) Replication
8 9 (2.76%) CMDB
8 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.15%) Equities
10 7 (2.15%) Fixed Income
10 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.84%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.53%) Clustering
13 4 (1.23%) iPhone
13 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 326 (100.00%) Windows
2 70 (21.47%) Linux
3 35 (10.74%) Windows 10
4 28 (8.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (6.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (4.91%) Mac OS
7 12 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.07%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.76%) Unix
10 6 (1.84%) Rocky
11 5 (1.53%) Debian
12 3 (0.92%) Android
12 3 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.92%) SUSE
12 3 (0.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.61%) Solaris
14 1 (0.31%) CentOS
14 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.31%) VMS
14 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (23.93%) ITIL
4 56 (17.18%) Mentoring
5 53 (16.26%) Migration
6 51 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
8 45 (13.80%) Customer Service
9 41 (12.58%) DevOps
10 39 (11.96%) Service Delivery
11 34 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
12 31 (9.51%) CI/CD
13 28 (8.59%) Containerisation
14 23 (7.06%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (6.75%) Coaching
16 21 (6.44%) Change Management
16 21 (6.44%) ITSM
16 21 (6.44%) Service Management
17 20 (6.13%) Root Cause Analysis
18 18 (5.52%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.62%) PowerShell
2 68 (20.86%) SQL
3 24 (7.36%) Python
4 15 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.45%) C#
6 7 (2.15%) PHP
7 6 (1.84%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.53%) Bash
8 5 (1.53%) VBA
9 4 (1.23%) Bicep
9 4 (1.23%) VB
10 1 (0.31%) Go
10 1 (0.31%) Perl
10 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (7.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (7.36%) Azure Certification
3 23 (7.06%) Degree
4 20 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.83%) Security Cleared
6 17 (5.21%) SC Cleared
7 16 (4.91%) DBS Check
8 15 (4.60%) CCNA
9 13 (3.99%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (3.68%) MCP
11 11 (3.37%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.76%) CCNP
12 9 (2.76%) MCSA
12 9 (2.76%) MCSE
13 8 (2.45%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (1.53%) A+ Certification
16 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 2 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (4.91%) SLA
3 11 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.53%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.53%) QA
5 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.23%) GDPR
5 4 (1.23%) GRC
6 2 (0.61%) NCSC
6 2 (0.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) ITGC
System Software
1 182 (55.83%) Active Directory
2 71 (21.78%) Hyper-V
3 31 (9.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.52%) Docker
5 16 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.84%) Firmware
7 6 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.53%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.53%) vSphere
9 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.61%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) vCloud
11 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 88 (26.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.98%) Terraform
3 23 (7.06%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.83%) Ansible
5 16 (4.91%) SCCM
6 11 (3.37%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.07%) Autotask
8 6 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.53%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.53%) Nessus
10 4 (1.23%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.92%) WSUS
12 2 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.61%) SCOM
13 1 (0.31%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.31%) Grafana
13 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 200 (61.35%) Microsoft
2 78 (23.93%) VMware
3 25 (7.67%) Veeam
4 23 (7.06%) Cisco
5 20 (6.13%) Google
6 10 (3.07%) 3PAR
6 10 (3.07%) Dell
6 10 (3.07%) NetApp
6 10 (3.07%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.76%) Apple
7 9 (2.76%) Datto
8 8 (2.45%) Draytek
8 8 (2.45%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.45%) Freshdesk
8 8 (2.45%) Oracle
8 8 (2.45%) SAP
8 8 (2.45%) WatchGuard
9 7 (2.15%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.15%) Mitel
9 7 (2.15%) ServiceNow