Windows Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 95 153
Rank change year-on-year -29 +58 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 253 613 773
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.68% 2.44% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.25% 17.80% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 457 578
10th Percentile £237 £263 £213
25th Percentile £324 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £495 £433
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +14.45% +1.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £550
90th Percentile £700 £700 £626
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £429
% change year-on-year -8.00% +16.67% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 28
10th Percentile - £18.90 £16.06
25th Percentile - £20.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate - £21.31 £27.96
Median % change year-on-year - -23.79% -52.21%
75th Percentile - £26.35 £48.62
90th Percentile - £57.50 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £46.75 £30.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +55.83% +30.43% -8.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,557 3,444 5,345
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 13.73% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 2,428 3,777
10th Percentile £225 £250 £293
25th Percentile £350 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £604
90th Percentile £687 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 101 157
10th Percentile £12.80 £19.00 £14.80
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £43.34
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +26.92% +17.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.58%

Windows Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Windows Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Windows Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Windows Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Windows Server hourly rate 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 55 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.11%) IIS
3 16 (6.32%) SharePoint
4 11 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (3.95%) Skype for Business
6 8 (3.16%) Confluence
7 4 (1.58%) Apache
7 4 (1.58%) nginx
8 3 (1.19%) JBoss
8 3 (1.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.40%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.40%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (43.48%) Azure
2 83 (32.81%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (18.58%) Entra ID
4 40 (15.81%) AWS
5 19 (7.51%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (7.11%) Azure Storage
7 16 (6.32%) IaaS
8 12 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.35%) GCP
10 9 (3.56%) PaaS
11 8 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (3.16%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.77%) GitHub
12 7 (2.77%) Rubrik
12 7 (2.77%) SaaS
13 5 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.98%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.98%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 77 (30.43%) Firewall
2 62 (24.51%) DNS
3 45 (17.79%) DHCP
4 29 (11.46%) SAN
5 23 (9.09%) VPN
6 20 (7.91%) LAN
7 14 (5.53%) WAN
8 12 (4.74%) NAS
9 10 (3.95%) Skype
9 10 (3.95%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.56%) VLAN
11 7 (2.77%) Kerberos
12 6 (2.37%) Internet
12 6 (2.37%) Network Security
13 5 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.79%) HTTP
14 2 (0.79%) SSL
14 2 (0.79%) Wireless
14 2 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (15.81%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.58%) Big Data
3 4 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.58%) MySQL
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.58%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.58%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.40%) Looker
5 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.91%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.53%) JIRA
3 13 (5.14%) Git
4 9 (3.56%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.98%) Artifactory
5 5 (1.98%) GitLab
6 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.58%) Subversion
7 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 58 (22.92%) Finance
2 57 (22.53%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.35%) Banking
6 8 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.58%) Law
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
9 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.19%) Marketing
9 3 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.79%) French Language
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 38 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (8.30%) Support Specialist
3 18 (7.11%) Windows Engineer
4 16 (6.32%) Active Directory Support
4 16 (6.32%) Administrator
5 15 (5.93%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.53%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (5.53%) Architect
6 14 (5.53%) Azure Specialist
7 13 (5.14%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (5.14%) Server Engineer
8 12 (4.74%) Infrastructure Technician
8 12 (4.74%) Lead
8 12 (4.74%) Senior
9 11 (4.35%) Applications Support
9 11 (4.35%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) DBA
10 10 (3.95%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 10 (3.95%) SQL DBA
10 10 (3.95%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.51%) ARM Templates
2 17 (6.72%) .NET
3 11 (4.35%) Node.js
4 7 (2.77%) LDAP
4 7 (2.77%) Middleware
5 6 (2.37%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.37%) REST
6 4 (1.58%) YAML
7 3 (1.19%) IBM Integration Bus
7 3 (1.19%) XML
8 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.79%) ADSI
8 2 (0.79%) CSS
8 2 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.79%) HTML
8 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.79%) React Native
9 1 (0.40%) Itk
9 1 (0.40%) LAPP Stack
9 1 (0.40%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.70%) PKI
2 19 (7.51%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.72%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.72%) NHS
4 16 (6.32%) Clustering
5 10 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.56%) Replication
7 8 (3.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.19%) Tandem
11 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 250 (98.81%) Windows
2 64 (25.30%) Linux
3 38 (15.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 33 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (9.88%) Windows 10
6 15 (5.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (4.74%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (4.35%) Android
8 11 (4.35%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.95%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (3.56%) Unix
11 8 (3.16%) Oracle Linux
11 8 (3.16%) Solaris
12 7 (2.77%) VMS
13 3 (1.19%) CentOS
13 3 (1.19%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.69%) DevOps
2 56 (22.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 44 (17.39%) ITIL
5 38 (15.02%) Agile
6 33 (13.04%) Migration
7 29 (11.46%) Analytics
7 29 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (9.49%) High Availability
11 23 (9.09%) Service Management
12 19 (7.51%) Log Analytics
12 19 (7.51%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (7.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 18 (7.11%) RBAC
13 18 (7.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 17 (6.72%) Computer Science
14 17 (6.72%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (35.97%) PowerShell
2 46 (18.18%) SQL
3 29 (11.46%) C#
3 29 (11.46%) Python
4 22 (8.70%) VB
5 19 (7.51%) Bash
6 17 (6.72%) Bicep
7 16 (6.32%) VBScript
8 7 (2.77%) F#
9 5 (1.98%) C++
10 4 (1.58%) Java
10 4 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.58%) Perl
10 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.19%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) Korn
12 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.79%) PHP
12 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (17.79%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.83%) Degree
4 23 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (3.95%) MCSE
8 9 (3.56%) MCSA
9 8 (3.16%) CCNA
9 8 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.98%) CCNP
12 3 (1.19%) MCITP
12 3 (1.19%) MCTS
13 2 (0.79%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.79%) CCENT
13 2 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.79%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.53%) SLA
2 9 (3.56%) QA
3 8 (3.16%) GDPR
3 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.19%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 140 (55.34%) Active Directory
2 46 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.46%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (5.93%) Hyper-V
6 14 (5.53%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (5.14%) Docker
7 13 (5.14%) vSphere
8 8 (3.16%) VMware NSX
9 7 (2.77%) XenApp
10 5 (1.98%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.19%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.40%) Postfix
12 1 (0.40%) vCloud
12 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.40%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 51 (20.16%) SCCM
2 38 (15.02%) Kubernetes
3 26 (10.28%) Ansible
4 23 (9.09%) SCOM
5 21 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (7.91%) WSUS
7 19 (7.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (7.51%) Terraform
8 7 (2.77%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (2.77%) Netcool
8 7 (2.77%) Tivoli
8 7 (2.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 7 (2.77%) vCenter Server
9 6 (2.37%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.37%) Puppet
10 4 (1.58%) BladeLogic
10 4 (1.58%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (1.58%) Kibana
10 4 (1.58%) Nessus
11 3 (1.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 125 (49.41%) Microsoft
2 85 (33.60%) VMware
3 23 (9.09%) Citrix
4 22 (8.70%) ServiceNow
5 19 (7.51%) Qualys
6 17 (6.72%) Oracle
7 16 (6.32%) Cisco
7 16 (6.32%) HP
8 14 (5.53%) Veeam
9 13 (5.14%) Splunk
10 12 (4.74%) IBM
11 11 (4.35%) CyberArk
12 10 (3.95%) Red Hat
13 9 (3.56%) Dell
14 7 (2.77%) CA
14 7 (2.77%) EMC
14 7 (2.77%) Isilon
14 7 (2.77%) Serena
15 5 (1.98%) SAP
16 4 (1.58%) Commvault