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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 92 72
Rank change year-on-year -29 -20 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 325 568 848
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 3.41% 4.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.21% 22.87% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 268 383 776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,875 £34,875 £36,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,750 £62,125
90th Percentile £76,625 £81,250 £77,500
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 1,289 2,484 3,180
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.51% 14.93% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,539 2,669
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -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 8 January 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 87 (26.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (17.54%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.62%) IIS
4 7 (2.15%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.62%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.54%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 213 (65.54%) Azure
2 182 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (24.92%) Entra ID
4 33 (10.15%) AWS
5 21 (6.46%) IaaS
6 19 (5.85%) OneDrive
7 16 (4.92%) Google Workspace
7 16 (4.92%) SaaS
8 11 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.77%) PaaS
10 8 (2.46%) GitHub
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Storage
12 6 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.85%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 4 (1.23%) Azure Stack
15 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 93 (28.62%) DNS
2 91 (28.00%) Firewall
3 88 (27.08%) DHCP
4 69 (21.23%) VPN
5 48 (14.77%) WAN
6 45 (13.85%) TCP/IP
7 39 (12.00%) VLAN
8 31 (9.54%) LAN
9 24 (7.38%) VoIP
9 24 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (6.77%) SAN
11 19 (5.85%) SD-WAN
12 14 (4.31%) SSL
13 11 (3.38%) Telnet
14 8 (2.46%) Wireless
15 7 (2.15%) DMZ
15 7 (2.15%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.54%) STUN
17 4 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.92%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.77%) MySQL
3 8 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.23%) MS Access
7 4 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
9 1 (0.31%) Power BI
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.54%) Git
2 10 (3.08%) JIRA
3 4 (1.23%) Toad
4 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.62%) 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
1 116 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.69%) Finance
3 17 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.69%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.08%) Front Office
5 10 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.46%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.85%) German Language
7 6 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.85%) Legal
7 6 (1.85%) Local Government
8 4 (1.23%) Automotive
9 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.92%) Back Office
9 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.62%) Law
10 2 (0.62%) Military
10 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (23.69%) Support Engineer
2 74 (22.77%) IT Support
3 70 (21.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (17.23%) IT Engineer
5 51 (15.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 49 (15.08%) IT Support Engineer
7 37 (11.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 37 (11.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 34 (10.46%) Senior
9 27 (8.31%) Analyst
10 26 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
11 25 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (6.77%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (6.15%) Applications Support
13 20 (6.15%) Infrastructure Manager
13 20 (6.15%) Support Analyst
14 19 (5.85%) Applications Engineer
15 18 (5.54%) Infrastructure Support
16 15 (4.62%) IT Manager
17 14 (4.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.38%) .NET
2 8 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (2.46%) Node.js
3 5 (1.54%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.54%) YAML
4 4 (1.23%) FIDO
4 4 (1.23%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.92%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.62%) CSS
6 2 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.62%) React
7 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.31%) RESTful
7 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.77%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.31%) Client/Server
2 14 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.31%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.00%) CCTV
4 11 (3.38%) iPad
5 10 (3.08%) CMDB
5 10 (3.08%) Replication
6 9 (2.77%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.46%) Equities
7 8 (2.46%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.46%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.23%) Clustering
10 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 325 (100.00%) Windows
2 64 (19.69%) Linux
3 43 (13.23%) Windows 10
4 30 (9.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (8.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (5.54%) Mac OS
7 15 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.69%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.46%) Unix
10 5 (1.54%) Debian
11 3 (0.92%) Rocky
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE
11 3 (0.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.62%) Android
12 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.62%) Solaris
13 1 (0.31%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.31%) VMS
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 88 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (23.38%) ITIL
3 56 (17.23%) Mentoring
4 53 (16.31%) Migration
5 52 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (14.15%) DevOps
7 45 (13.85%) Customer Service
7 45 (13.85%) Service Delivery
8 43 (13.23%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
10 29 (8.92%) CI/CD
11 25 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
12 24 (7.38%) Service Management
13 23 (7.08%) Coaching
13 23 (7.08%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (6.46%) Change Management
14 21 (6.46%) Containerisation
14 21 (6.46%) ITSM
15 19 (5.85%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 74 (22.77%) PowerShell
2 67 (20.62%) SQL
3 20 (6.15%) Python
4 12 (3.69%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.46%) C#
6 7 (2.15%) PHP
7 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.54%) Bash
8 5 (1.54%) 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (7.08%) Degree
3 21 (6.46%) Azure Certification
4 20 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (5.54%) Security Cleared
6 16 (4.92%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.62%) CCNA
8 14 (4.31%) DBS Check
9 12 (3.69%) MCP
10 11 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (2.77%) CCNP
11 9 (2.77%) MCSA
12 8 (2.46%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.46%) MCSE
13 7 (2.15%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
17 2 (0.62%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (4.62%) SLA
3 12 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.54%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.54%) QA
5 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.23%) GDPR
5 4 (1.23%) GRC
6 2 (0.62%) NCSC
6 2 (0.62%) NIST
System Software
1 181 (55.69%) Active Directory
2 67 (20.62%) Hyper-V
3 36 (11.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.85%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.62%) Docker
6 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.85%) Firmware
7 6 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.54%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.54%) vSphere
9 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.62%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) iptables
11 1 (0.31%) vCloud
11 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 98 (30.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.23%) Terraform
3 19 (5.85%) Kubernetes
4 18 (5.54%) Ansible
4 18 (5.54%) SCCM
5 14 (4.31%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.08%) Autotask
7 9 (2.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.54%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.54%) Nessus
9 4 (1.23%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.62%) WSUS
11 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.31%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.31%) Grafana
11 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.31%) SCOM
11 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 194 (59.69%) Microsoft
2 85 (26.15%) VMware
3 26 (8.00%) Veeam
4 22 (6.77%) Cisco
4 22 (6.77%) Google
5 13 (4.00%) 3PAR
5 13 (4.00%) NetApp
5 13 (4.00%) SolarWinds
6 9 (2.77%) Apple
7 8 (2.46%) Charles River
7 8 (2.46%) Datto
7 8 (2.46%) Draytek
7 8 (2.46%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.46%) Freshdesk
7 8 (2.46%) WatchGuard
8 7 (2.15%) Dell
8 7 (2.15%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.15%) Mitel
8 7 (2.15%) SAP
8 7 (2.15%) ServiceNow