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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 109 78
Rank change year-on-year -52 -31 +34
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 298 389 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 2.92% 3.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.97% 20.88% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 234 352 997
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £32,500 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,875 £76,225 £73,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £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 1,421 1,863 4,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.92% 13.96% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,423 3,712
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,375 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -14.29%

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 24 April 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 73 (24.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (18.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.02%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.02%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.02%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.68%) IIS
5 5 (1.68%) Confluence
6 2 (0.67%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Drupal
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (13.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 205 (68.79%) Azure
2 177 (59.40%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (27.52%) Entra ID
4 45 (15.10%) AWS
5 31 (10.40%) OneDrive
6 23 (7.72%) SaaS
7 21 (7.05%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.36%) IaaS
9 12 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.68%) GitHub
11 7 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.35%) GCP
11 7 (2.35%) PaaS
11 7 (2.35%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.01%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.67%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 115 (38.59%) DNS
2 105 (35.23%) Firewall
3 98 (32.89%) DHCP
4 81 (27.18%) VPN
5 71 (23.83%) WAN
6 54 (18.12%) LAN
6 54 (18.12%) TCP/IP
7 42 (14.09%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (12.42%) VLAN
9 33 (11.07%) VoIP
10 15 (5.03%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.36%) SAN
11 10 (3.36%) Telnet
12 9 (3.02%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.35%) DMZ
13 7 (2.35%) Wireless
14 5 (1.68%) BGP
14 5 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.68%) MPLS
14 5 (1.68%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (1.34%) MySQL
3 4 (1.34%) Power BI
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.67%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.02%) Git
1 9 (3.02%) JIRA
1 9 (3.02%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.67%) GitLab
3 2 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Gatling
4 1 (0.34%) JMeter
4 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 114 (38.26%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.09%) Finance
3 24 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.03%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.69%) Banking
7 10 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Front Office
8 8 (2.68%) Legal
8 8 (2.68%) Retail
9 7 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.68%) Law
11 5 (1.68%) Marketing
12 3 (1.01%) Automotive
12 3 (1.01%) Aviation
13 2 (0.67%) German Language
13 2 (0.67%) Military
13 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (33.22%) Support Engineer
2 95 (31.88%) IT Support
3 81 (27.18%) IT Engineer
4 76 (25.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (22.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (16.11%) Senior
7 43 (14.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 37 (12.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 37 (12.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 27 (9.06%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (8.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (8.39%) Analyst
12 23 (7.72%) 3rd Line Support
13 21 (7.05%) Infrastructure Support
14 19 (6.38%) Support Analyst
15 16 (5.37%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 14 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
17 12 (4.03%) IT Technician
17 12 (4.03%) Support Technician
18 11 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.68%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (2.01%) .NET
3 5 (1.68%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.68%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.68%) XMPP
4 4 (1.34%) ADO
4 4 (1.34%) CSS
4 4 (1.34%) FIDO
4 4 (1.34%) HTML
5 3 (1.01%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.34%) JSP
6 1 (0.34%) Memcached
6 1 (0.34%) REST
6 1 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.07%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (5.03%) Replication
5 11 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.36%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.02%) CMDB
7 9 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.02%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.68%) Equities
8 8 (2.68%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.35%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.01%) iPad
11 5 (1.68%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.68%) PKI
11 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.34%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 298 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (18.79%) Linux
3 53 (17.79%) Windows 10
4 35 (11.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (10.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (8.72%) Mac OS
7 22 (7.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (5.03%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.69%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.68%) Unix
11 5 (1.68%) Debian
12 4 (1.34%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.01%) Android
14 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (25.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 61 (20.47%) ITIL
4 56 (18.79%) Customer Service
5 48 (16.11%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (15.44%) Disaster Recovery
7 43 (14.43%) Service Delivery
8 38 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (12.42%) Mentoring
10 35 (11.74%) DevOps
11 32 (10.74%) Migration
12 30 (10.07%) CI/CD
13 28 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
14 25 (8.39%) Change Management
15 22 (7.38%) Identity Access Management
16 21 (7.05%) Cloud Operations
17 20 (6.71%) Infrastructure as Code
17 20 (6.71%) Process Improvement
18 19 (6.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 18 (6.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (26.17%) PowerShell
2 49 (16.44%) SQL
3 27 (9.06%) Python
4 9 (3.02%) Bash
5 4 (1.34%) Bicep
6 3 (1.01%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.01%) VBA
6 3 (1.01%) VBScript
7 2 (0.67%) Go
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
8 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (10.40%) Degree
2 29 (9.73%) Azure Certification
3 25 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (7.38%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.38%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.03%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.69%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.02%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.01%) CCNA
11 5 (1.68%) CCNP
11 5 (1.68%) MCSE
12 4 (1.34%) HNC
12 4 (1.34%) HND
13 3 (1.01%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.01%) CISSP
13 3 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.01%) MCSA
14 2 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.03%) SLA
3 13 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.01%) NIST
5 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.01%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) QA
7 2 (0.67%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 182 (61.07%) Active Directory
2 63 (21.14%) Hyper-V
3 61 (20.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.37%) vSphere
5 12 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.68%) Firmware
7 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.34%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.34%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.01%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.01%) Docker
10 1 (0.34%) iptables
10 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 74 (24.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (13.09%) Terraform
3 24 (8.05%) Ansible
4 22 (7.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.37%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.36%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.68%) Autotask
7 8 (2.68%) SCCM
8 7 (2.35%) Grafana
9 6 (2.01%) Packer
10 5 (1.68%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.01%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.67%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.67%) Kibana
12 2 (0.67%) Nagios
12 2 (0.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 214 (71.81%) Microsoft
2 97 (32.55%) VMware
3 39 (13.09%) Cisco
4 21 (7.05%) Google
5 17 (5.70%) Veeam
6 14 (4.70%) Splunk
7 12 (4.03%) Fortinet
8 11 (3.69%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.36%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.02%) ConnectWise
10 9 (3.02%) Dell
10 9 (3.02%) HP
10 9 (3.02%) NetApp
11 8 (2.68%) Charles River
11 8 (2.68%) Meraki
11 8 (2.68%) Okta
12 7 (2.35%) Apple
13 6 (2.01%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.68%) Draytek
14 5 (1.68%) F5