Windows Server Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 89 123
Rank change year-on-year -47 +34 +37
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 382 1,136 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.48% 3.36% 2.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.43% 24.17% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 342 979 981
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,691 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,939 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%

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 1,870 4,700 6,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.13% 13.91% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 3,657 4,814
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,666
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -

Windows Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server.

Windows Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Windows Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 141 (36.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (20.16%) SharePoint
3 40 (10.47%) IIS
4 13 (3.40%) Apache
5 6 (1.57%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.31%) NetWeaver
6 5 (1.31%) nginx
6 5 (1.31%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.05%) CMS
8 3 (0.79%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.52%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Sage 50
2 5 (1.31%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (1.31%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 212 (55.50%) Microsoft 365
2 201 (52.62%) Azure
3 65 (17.02%) AWS
4 59 (15.45%) Entra ID
5 30 (7.85%) SaaS
6 28 (7.33%) IaaS
7 25 (6.54%) OneDrive
8 24 (6.28%) PaaS
9 10 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.36%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.09%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.83%) GCP
13 6 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.57%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.31%) GitHub
14 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (1.05%) Power Platform
15 4 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 151 (39.53%) Firewall
2 128 (33.51%) DNS
3 89 (23.30%) DHCP
4 68 (17.80%) VPN
5 60 (15.71%) WAN
6 50 (13.09%) LAN
7 43 (11.26%) TCP/IP
8 38 (9.95%) VLAN
9 32 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (6.81%) SAN
11 21 (5.50%) VoIP
12 17 (4.45%) Remote Desktop
12 17 (4.45%) Wireless
13 12 (3.14%) SD-WAN
14 8 (2.09%) Internet
15 6 (1.57%) ADSL
16 5 (1.31%) HTTP
16 5 (1.31%) NAS
16 5 (1.31%) Network Security
17 4 (1.05%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.57%) GIS
3 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (1.31%) Data Hub
4 5 (1.31%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.31%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (1.31%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.31%) SQL CLR
5 3 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.79%) MySQL
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) DB2
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.14%) Git
2 5 (1.31%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.05%) JIRA
4 3 (0.79%) GitLab
4 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 128 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 72 (18.85%) Finance
3 23 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (6.02%) Manufacturing
4 18 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.93%) Law
5 15 (3.93%) Legal
6 11 (2.88%) Automotive
6 11 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.62%) Back Office
8 9 (2.36%) Banking
9 8 (2.09%) Welsh Language
10 6 (1.57%) Advertising
10 6 (1.57%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.57%) Local Government
10 6 (1.57%) Marketing
11 5 (1.31%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.31%) Retail
12 4 (1.05%) Games
13 3 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 79 (20.68%) Support Engineer
2 65 (17.02%) IT Support
3 64 (16.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (12.57%) 2nd Line Support
5 46 (12.04%) IT Engineer
6 40 (10.47%) 3rd Line Support
7 39 (10.21%) Analyst
8 34 (8.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 30 (7.85%) Lead
9 30 (7.85%) Senior
10 29 (7.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 25 (6.54%) IT Technician
12 23 (6.02%) IT Analyst
12 23 (6.02%) Technical Support
13 22 (5.76%) Support Analyst
14 21 (5.50%) IT Support Engineer
15 19 (4.97%) Administrator
16 18 (4.71%) IT Support Analyst
17 17 (4.45%) Cloud Engineer
18 16 (4.19%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.40%) Web Services
2 11 (2.88%) .NET
3 7 (1.83%) .NET Framework
4 6 (1.57%) REST
5 5 (1.31%) .NET Core
5 5 (1.31%) Dapper ORM
5 5 (1.31%) Entity Framework
5 5 (1.31%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.31%) Middleware
6 4 (1.05%) HTML
7 3 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.79%) SAML
8 2 (0.52%) JSON
9 1 (0.26%) Ajax
9 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.26%) HTML5
9 1 (0.26%) Ninject
9 1 (0.26%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (0.26%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.16%) Data Centre
2 32 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (8.12%) Onboarding
4 29 (7.59%) Driving Licence
5 20 (5.24%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.88%) FMCG
6 11 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.36%) Clustering
7 9 (2.36%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.09%) IoT
9 7 (1.83%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.83%) Replication
10 6 (1.57%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.05%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.79%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 374 (97.91%) Windows
2 95 (24.87%) Linux
3 53 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 52 (13.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (8.64%) Windows 10
6 19 (4.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (4.19%) AIX
8 16 (4.19%) Android
9 10 (2.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (2.36%) Mac OS
11 8 (2.09%) Unix
12 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.05%) Solaris
13 3 (0.79%) CentOS
13 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.01%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (23.82%) ITIL
3 86 (22.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 71 (18.59%) Customer Service
5 61 (15.97%) Disaster Recovery
6 55 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (10.99%) Project Delivery
8 39 (10.21%) Mentoring
9 37 (9.69%) Infrastructure Management
10 28 (7.33%) Problem Management
11 26 (6.81%) Patch Management
12 25 (6.54%) Project Management
13 24 (6.28%) Change Management
13 24 (6.28%) Collaborative Culture
13 24 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.02%) High Availability
15 22 (5.76%) Migration
15 22 (5.76%) Service Management
16 20 (5.24%) DevOps
16 20 (5.24%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (26.44%) PowerShell
2 39 (10.21%) SQL
3 29 (7.59%) Python
4 16 (4.19%) Bash
5 8 (2.09%) C#
6 6 (1.57%) Java
7 5 (1.31%) C
7 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.31%) Perl
8 3 (0.79%) PHP
8 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 1 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (10.73%) Degree
2 39 (10.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (7.07%) MCSA
4 26 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (5.76%) Security Cleared
6 20 (5.24%) CCNA
7 19 (4.97%) Azure Certification
7 19 (4.97%) MCSE
8 15 (3.93%) AWS Certification
9 14 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
9 14 (3.66%) SC Cleared
10 13 (3.40%) MCP
11 12 (3.14%) DBS Check
11 12 (3.14%) DV Cleared
12 11 (2.88%) CCNP
13 10 (2.62%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (1.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.57%) IBM AIX Certification
16 5 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (13.09%) SLA
2 7 (1.83%) GDPR
2 7 (1.83%) QA
3 6 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.05%) NIST
5 3 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 248 (64.92%) Active Directory
2 120 (31.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (18.06%) Hyper-V
4 29 (7.59%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (3.93%) XenApp
7 13 (3.40%) vSphere
8 11 (2.88%) Terminal Services
8 11 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (2.36%) Docker
10 8 (2.09%) Firmware
11 4 (1.05%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.79%) Squid
12 3 (0.79%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.26%) LXC
14 1 (0.26%) Samba
14 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 71 (18.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (7.07%) Ansible
3 24 (6.28%) SCCM
4 10 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.36%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.36%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.83%) SCOM
6 7 (1.83%) Terraform
7 6 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.31%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.31%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (1.31%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.05%) WSUS
9 4 (1.05%) ZENworks
10 3 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.79%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.79%) Nagios
10 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 218 (57.07%) Microsoft
2 161 (42.15%) VMware
3 45 (11.78%) Cisco
4 37 (9.69%) Citrix
5 25 (6.54%) Meraki
6 22 (5.76%) Apple
7 20 (5.24%) SonicWALL
8 17 (4.45%) Oracle
9 16 (4.19%) CheckPoint
10 15 (3.93%) Veeam
11 14 (3.66%) HP
12 10 (2.62%) Dell
12 10 (2.62%) ServiceNow
13 9 (2.36%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.36%) iManage
13 9 (2.36%) Intapp
13 9 (2.36%) NetApp
13 9 (2.36%) Sage
14 7 (1.83%) EMC
14 7 (1.83%) Red Hat