Hybrid/Remote Windows Job Trends

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 791 1,328 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.21% 8.86% 8.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 57.44% 60.23% 59.90%
Number of salaries quoted 596 845 2,234
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £77,500
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -11.11%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows 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 1,377 2,205 4,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.34% 14.71% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,303 3,569
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +0.97% -6.36%
75th Percentile £74,987 £69,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,700 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Windows salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows
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
1 141 (17.83%) SharePoint
2 120 (15.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.15%) IIS
4 10 (1.26%) Confluence
5 9 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) FileNet
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 132 (16.69%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.63%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.63%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.25%) Avid Media Composer
6 2 (0.25%) Pro Tools
7 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.51%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 449 (56.76%) Microsoft 365
2 376 (47.53%) Azure
3 206 (26.04%) Entra ID
4 103 (13.02%) AWS
5 54 (6.83%) OneDrive
6 40 (5.06%) SaaS
7 39 (4.93%) Google Workspace
8 26 (3.29%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.15%) IaaS
11 16 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (2.02%) GCP
12 15 (1.90%) Azure AKS
13 14 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 13 (1.64%) GitHub
15 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (1.52%) PaaS
16 8 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.01%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 153 (19.34%) DNS
2 142 (17.95%) Firewall
3 115 (14.54%) VPN
4 112 (14.16%) DHCP
5 78 (9.86%) TCP/IP
6 72 (9.10%) WAN
7 60 (7.59%) LAN
7 60 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
8 46 (5.82%) VoIP
9 39 (4.93%) VLAN
10 12 (1.52%) SMTP
11 11 (1.39%) Wireless
12 10 (1.26%) Network Security
12 10 (1.26%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.26%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.14%) SNMP
13 9 (1.14%) SSL
14 8 (1.01%) SAN
14 8 (1.01%) Telnet
15 7 (0.88%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.10%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 18 (2.28%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (1.52%) DB2
6 8 (1.01%) Power BI
7 7 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.76%) MySQL
9 5 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.38%) InfluxDB
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
13 1 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (3.92%) JIRA
2 17 (2.15%) GitLab
3 9 (1.14%) Git
3 9 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.25%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.25%) JMeter
6 2 (0.25%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.25%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) WinDbg
General
1 355 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 122 (15.42%) Finance
3 62 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.45%) Back Office
4 51 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.17%) Legal
8 30 (3.79%) Law
9 24 (3.03%) Retail
10 22 (2.78%) Banking
10 22 (2.78%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.52%) Advertising
11 12 (1.52%) Marketing
12 11 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.01%) Front Office
13 8 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.76%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 223 (28.19%) IT Support
2 210 (26.55%) Support Engineer
3 136 (17.19%) IT Engineer
4 130 (16.43%) Analyst
5 126 (15.93%) IT Support Engineer
6 103 (13.02%) Senior
7 87 (11.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (9.48%) Support Analyst
9 55 (6.95%) IT Analyst
10 54 (6.83%) Site Engineer
10 54 (6.83%) Support Technician
11 52 (6.57%) Desktop Support
12 50 (6.32%) Desktop Engineer
12 50 (6.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 48 (6.07%) 2nd Line Support
14 46 (5.82%) IT Technician
15 43 (5.44%) IT Support Technician
16 38 (4.80%) Azure Engineer
16 38 (4.80%) Consultant
17 36 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.91%) .NET
2 14 (1.77%) Node.js
3 10 (1.26%) HTML
3 10 (1.26%) REST
3 10 (1.26%) SAML
4 9 (1.14%) CSS
4 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (1.01%) EDI
6 6 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.76%) Middleware
6 6 (0.76%) OpenID
6 6 (0.76%) XMPP
7 5 (0.63%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.63%) OAuth
7 5 (0.63%) Web Services
8 4 (0.51%) ADO
9 3 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.60%) Driving Licence
2 56 (7.08%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.53%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.28%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (2.15%) Replication
9 16 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.90%) Client/Server
11 14 (1.77%) CMDB
12 13 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.52%) Private Cloud
14 11 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.26%) Social Media
16 9 (1.14%) CCTV
16 9 (1.14%) Cloud Native
16 9 (1.14%) PKI
17 8 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 267 (33.75%) Windows Server
2 162 (20.48%) Windows 10
3 161 (20.35%) Linux
4 62 (7.84%) Mac OS
5 55 (6.95%) Apple iOS
6 49 (6.19%) Android
7 35 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 27 (3.41%) Unix
10 23 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.39%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.63%) Debian
13 4 (0.51%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.38%) VMS
14 3 (0.38%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.25%) AIX
15 2 (0.25%) CentOS
15 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (26.93%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (26.30%) ITIL
3 201 (25.41%) Customer Service
4 153 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (18.96%) Cybersecurity
6 103 (13.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 79 (9.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 77 (9.73%) Customer Experience
8 77 (9.73%) Patch Management
9 75 (9.48%) Mentoring
10 72 (9.10%) Software Deployment
11 70 (8.85%) DevOps
12 63 (7.96%) Analytics
13 60 (7.59%) Ticket Management
14 59 (7.46%) Service Delivery
15 55 (6.95%) CI/CD
16 52 (6.57%) Service Management
17 49 (6.19%) ITSM
18 48 (6.07%) Customer Acquisition
19 44 (5.56%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 156 (19.72%) PowerShell
2 106 (13.40%) SQL
3 59 (7.46%) Python
4 27 (3.41%) C#
5 23 (2.91%) Bash
6 20 (2.53%) Java
7 12 (1.52%) C++
8 11 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.39%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.39%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.14%) C
10 6 (0.76%) PHP
10 6 (0.76%) VBA
10 6 (0.76%) VBScript
11 5 (0.63%) Bicep
11 5 (0.63%) Go
12 4 (0.51%) Delphi
12 4 (0.51%) Pascal
12 4 (0.51%) Perl
12 4 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (17.57%) Degree
2 116 (14.66%) Security Cleared
3 104 (13.15%) SC Cleared
4 61 (7.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 48 (6.07%) CTC Cleared
6 40 (5.06%) Azure Certification
7 35 (4.42%) DBS Check
8 26 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (2.91%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.28%) CCNA
11 16 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (1.64%) MCSE
13 12 (1.52%) CISSP
13 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (1.39%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.39%) CREST Certified
15 10 (1.26%) CCNP
16 7 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.49%) SLA
2 40 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (2.40%) NIST
5 14 (1.77%) GDPR
6 11 (1.39%) QA
7 10 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.63%) GRC
11 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.13%) ITGC
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 317 (40.08%) Active Directory
2 88 (11.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (7.71%) Hyper-V
4 29 (3.67%) vSphere
5 18 (2.28%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (1.39%) BitLocker
6 11 (1.39%) Docker
7 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.01%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.76%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.76%) Firmware
9 6 (0.76%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.51%) KVM
11 1 (0.13%) iptables
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.13%) QEMU
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 168 (21.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (9.61%) Terraform
3 51 (6.45%) SCCM
4 34 (4.30%) Ansible
5 33 (4.17%) Kubernetes
6 20 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (2.40%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.90%) Argo
10 14 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (1.64%) Grafana
12 8 (1.01%) Autotask
13 7 (0.88%) Packer
13 7 (0.88%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
14 6 (0.76%) Prometheus
15 5 (0.63%) Graylog
16 3 (0.38%) Check_MK
16 3 (0.38%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 499 (63.08%) Microsoft
2 126 (15.93%) VMware
3 104 (13.15%) Cisco
4 52 (6.57%) ServiceNow
5 39 (4.93%) Apple
5 39 (4.93%) Google
6 32 (4.05%) Splunk
7 28 (3.54%) Citrix
8 27 (3.41%) SolarWinds
8 27 (3.41%) Veeam
9 22 (2.78%) Fortinet
10 19 (2.40%) Dell
11 18 (2.28%) HP
12 17 (2.15%) Meraki
12 17 (2.15%) Oracle
12 17 (2.15%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.90%) iManage
14 14 (1.77%) Adobe
15 12 (1.52%) Sage
16 10 (1.26%) NetApp
313 hybrid/remote Windows jobs