Windows Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 30 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,723 3,345 5,503
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.02% 8.34% 7.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.95% 54.13% 42.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,223 2,616 3,865
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £34,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,619 6,180 12,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.60% 15.41% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,561 4,522 7,468
10th Percentile £30,313 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Windows salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 441 (16.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 256 (9.40%) SharePoint
3 113 (4.15%) IIS
4 95 (3.49%) Apache
5 36 (1.32%) Tomcat
6 25 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 18 (0.66%) CMS
7 18 (0.66%) Confluence
8 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.29%) nginx
9 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
11 5 (0.18%) SAS
12 4 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.11%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
13 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
13 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.11%) JBoss
Applications
1 268 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.33%) Trello
6 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) SPSS
9 2 (0.073%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.073%) CATIA
9 2 (0.073%) NASTRAN
9 2 (0.073%) Sketch
10 1 (0.037%) 1Password
10 1 (0.037%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.037%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.037%) InDesign
10 1 (0.037%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 38 (1.40%) NEC Housing
2 28 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 9 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
6 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.073%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.073%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.073%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.037%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.037%) Endur
8 1 (0.037%) Findur
8 1 (0.037%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1,163 (42.71%) Azure
2 1,089 (39.99%) Microsoft 365
3 424 (15.57%) Entra ID
4 324 (11.90%) AWS
5 136 (4.99%) SaaS
6 103 (3.78%) IaaS
7 91 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
8 88 (3.23%) Amazon S3
9 86 (3.16%) OneDrive
10 82 (3.01%) GCP
11 80 (2.94%) GitHub
11 80 (2.94%) Power Platform
12 62 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
13 42 (1.54%) Nutanix
14 36 (1.32%) PaaS
15 35 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
15 35 (1.29%) WhatsApp
16 29 (1.07%) Power Automate
16 29 (1.07%) Serverless
17 28 (1.03%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 580 (21.30%) Firewall
2 449 (16.49%) DNS
3 291 (10.69%) DHCP
4 248 (9.11%) WAN
5 246 (9.03%) VPN
6 233 (8.56%) TCP/IP
7 218 (8.01%) LAN
8 178 (6.54%) Internet
9 146 (5.36%) SAN
10 136 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
11 109 (4.00%) Wireless
12 90 (3.31%) VLAN
13 76 (2.79%) Network Security
14 74 (2.72%) VoIP
15 70 (2.57%) SNMP
16 56 (2.06%) IPsec
16 56 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
17 54 (1.98%) NAS
18 49 (1.80%) SD-WAN
19 40 (1.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 355 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.71%) MongoDB
3 74 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
4 71 (2.61%) MySQL
4 71 (2.61%) Relational Database
5 67 (2.46%) Power BI
6 57 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
7 54 (1.98%) Oracle Database
8 48 (1.76%) DB2
9 36 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 34 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (1.18%) RDBMS
12 24 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (0.55%) Redis
15 14 (0.51%) QlikView
16 13 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
17 12 (0.44%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 98 (3.60%) Git
2 94 (3.45%) JIRA
3 55 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 48 (1.76%) Visual Studio
5 43 (1.58%) GitLab
6 27 (0.99%) Subversion
7 22 (0.81%) CMake
8 21 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 21 (0.77%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.73%) IBM UrbanCode
10 16 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (0.48%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.37%) MSI
13 10 (0.37%) Trac
14 9 (0.33%) InstallShield
15 8 (0.29%) TeamCity
16 7 (0.26%) CircleCI
17 6 (0.22%) Selenium
17 6 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 800 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 586 (21.52%) Finance
3 277 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (5.55%) Public Sector
5 111 (4.08%) Banking
6 100 (3.67%) Law
7 96 (3.53%) Retail
8 89 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 85 (3.12%) Legal
10 78 (2.86%) Marketing
11 77 (2.83%) Telecoms
12 63 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (1.95%) Electronics
14 49 (1.80%) Games
15 45 (1.65%) Manufacturing
16 43 (1.58%) Police
17 37 (1.36%) Local Government
17 37 (1.36%) Military
18 36 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
19 35 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 473 (17.37%) Senior
2 408 (14.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 338 (12.41%) Analyst
4 297 (10.91%) Support Engineer
5 274 (10.06%) IT Engineer
6 273 (10.03%) IT Support
7 193 (7.09%) Lead
8 157 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 155 (5.69%) Consultant
9 155 (5.69%) Developer
10 151 (5.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 136 (4.99%) Support Analyst
12 126 (4.63%) Software Engineer
13 121 (4.44%) IT Analyst
14 111 (4.08%) 3rd Line Support
15 90 (3.31%) IT Manager
16 87 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
17 85 (3.12%) Administrator
18 84 (3.08%) Applications Support
19 77 (2.83%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (6.21%) .NET
2 102 (3.75%) HTML
3 78 (2.86%) CSS
4 76 (2.79%) RabbitMQ
5 63 (2.31%) YAML
6 58 (2.13%) .NET Framework
7 57 (2.09%) ASP.NET
8 55 (2.02%) AngularJS
9 53 (1.95%) WPF
10 51 (1.87%) REST
11 49 (1.80%) Web Services
12 46 (1.69%) React
13 43 (1.58%) WinForms
14 41 (1.51%) XML
15 37 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
16 33 (1.21%) RESTful
17 32 (1.18%) Vue
18 31 (1.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 30 (1.10%) jQuery
19 30 (1.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 254 (9.33%) Data Centre
2 189 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
3 149 (5.47%) Public Cloud
4 133 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 76 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 68 (2.50%) PKI
7 67 (2.46%) Onboarding
8 64 (2.35%) Clustering
9 57 (2.09%) Replication
10 48 (1.76%) Cyberattack
11 39 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 37 (1.36%) Client/Server
13 36 (1.32%) Cloud Native
13 36 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
13 36 (1.32%) Mobile App
14 35 (1.29%) Private Cloud
15 32 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
16 31 (1.14%) IoT
17 29 (1.07%) Social Media
17 29 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,081 (39.70%) Windows Server
2 831 (30.52%) Linux
3 473 (17.37%) Windows 10
4 215 (7.90%) Unix
5 187 (6.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 166 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 157 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 146 (5.36%) Apple iOS
9 115 (4.22%) Android
10 89 (3.27%) Mac OS
11 85 (3.12%) Windows 7
12 68 (2.50%) VMS
13 64 (2.35%) Ubuntu
14 54 (1.98%) Data ONTAP
14 54 (1.98%) Windows 8
15 48 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
16 45 (1.65%) Solaris
17 43 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 31 (1.14%) Mac OS X
19 24 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (19.10%) ITIL
2 511 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
3 498 (18.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 365 (13.40%) Agile
5 338 (12.41%) Customer Service
6 327 (12.01%) DevOps
7 317 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
8 266 (9.77%) Mentoring
9 186 (6.83%) Software Engineering
10 183 (6.72%) CI/CD
10 183 (6.72%) Project Management
11 181 (6.65%) Change Management
12 170 (6.24%) Migration
13 167 (6.13%) Service Management
14 165 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
15 161 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 151 (5.55%) Roadmaps
17 144 (5.29%) Actionable Insight
18 143 (5.25%) Computer Science
19 130 (4.77%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 447 (16.42%) PowerShell
2 419 (15.39%) SQL
3 239 (8.78%) Python
4 231 (8.48%) C#
5 118 (4.33%) Bash
6 87 (3.20%) Java
7 84 (3.08%) C++
8 77 (2.83%) JavaScript
9 67 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 49 (1.80%) VB
11 40 (1.47%) VBScript
12 38 (1.40%) C
12 38 (1.40%) Perl
13 35 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.99%) TypeScript
15 26 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.81%) PHP
17 21 (0.77%) VB.NET
18 19 (0.70%) XAML
19 18 (0.66%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 504 (18.51%) Degree
2 286 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 149 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 144 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 103 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 92 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 70 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
8 57 (2.09%) CISSP
9 55 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.87%) CCNA
11 48 (1.76%) MCP
12 41 (1.51%) MCSE
13 40 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 32 (1.18%) AWS Certification
15 31 (1.14%) CISM
16 25 (0.92%) DBS Check
17 23 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
18 22 (0.81%) A+ Certification
19 18 (0.66%) CCSP
20 17 (0.62%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (3.31%) SLA
2 89 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (2.68%) QA
4 63 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 37 (1.36%) NIST
7 23 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 16 (0.59%) PMO
9 15 (0.55%) ITGC
10 13 (0.48%) GDPR
10 13 (0.48%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.40%) GRC
12 9 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.29%) MISRA
14 6 (0.22%) ISO 9000
15 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,226 (45.02%) Active Directory
2 546 (20.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 383 (14.07%) Hyper-V
4 173 (6.35%) Docker
5 131 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
6 101 (3.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 97 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
8 80 (2.94%) vSphere
9 52 (1.91%) XenApp
10 41 (1.51%) XenDesktop
11 28 (1.03%) VirtualBox
12 25 (0.92%) Firmware
13 19 (0.70%) NFS
14 17 (0.62%) Terminal Services
15 14 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
15 14 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
16 11 (0.40%) OpenSSH
16 11 (0.40%) pfSense
17 9 (0.33%) Forefront TMG
18 8 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 372 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 243 (8.92%) Ansible
3 211 (7.75%) SCCM
4 195 (7.16%) Kubernetes
5 185 (6.79%) Terraform
6 131 (4.81%) vCenter Server
7 85 (3.12%) WSUS
8 65 (2.39%) Prometheus
9 60 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
10 58 (2.13%) SCOM
11 55 (2.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 45 (1.65%) Grafana
13 42 (1.54%) Puppet
14 36 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
14 36 (1.32%) Nagios
15 27 (0.99%) ZABBIX
16 24 (0.88%) Progress Chef
17 17 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 16 (0.59%) FortiGate
18 16 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 1,336 (49.06%) Microsoft
2 799 (29.34%) VMware
3 169 (6.21%) Citrix
4 164 (6.02%) Cisco
5 144 (5.29%) Oracle
6 117 (4.30%) Apple
7 97 (3.56%) Red Hat
8 91 (3.34%) NetApp
9 89 (3.27%) Veeam
10 86 (3.16%) Dell
11 74 (2.72%) HP
12 72 (2.64%) IBM
12 72 (2.64%) ServiceNow
13 67 (2.46%) Adobe
14 64 (2.35%) Meraki
15 63 (2.31%) Palo Alto
16 61 (2.24%) Google
17 54 (1.98%) SolidFire
18 50 (1.84%) SAP
19 49 (1.80%) Splunk