Windows Server Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server
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 Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 123 161
Rank change year-on-year +36 +38 -69
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,137 1,218 1,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.37% 2.82% 2.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.15% 18.28% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 980 996 1,456
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,313 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £36,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,050 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £79,125 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,708 6,663 11,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.95% 15.44% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 4,860 7,445
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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
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 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 a work from home option citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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
1 326 (28.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 176 (15.48%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.90%) IIS
4 11 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.79%) CMS
6 8 (0.70%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.62%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.44%) Apache
10 4 (0.35%) Confluence
10 4 (0.35%) SAS
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.26%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.26%) JBoss
11 3 (0.26%) Orchard CMS
11 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.18%) nginx
13 1 (0.088%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.088%) Site Server
13 1 (0.088%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 80 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) SPSS
4 2 (0.18%) CATIA
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.088%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.088%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 637 (56.02%) Microsoft 365
2 610 (53.65%) Azure
3 265 (23.31%) Entra ID
4 135 (11.87%) AWS
5 79 (6.95%) OneDrive
6 55 (4.84%) SaaS
7 46 (4.05%) GitHub
8 42 (3.69%) IaaS
9 34 (2.99%) Power Platform
10 28 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (2.37%) Nutanix
12 21 (1.85%) PaaS
13 18 (1.58%) Google Workspace
14 17 (1.50%) Azure Storage
14 17 (1.50%) Mimecast
15 16 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (1.41%) WhatsApp
16 14 (1.23%) GCP
16 14 (1.23%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 328 (28.85%) Firewall
2 276 (24.27%) DNS
3 224 (19.70%) DHCP
4 137 (12.05%) WAN
5 119 (10.47%) SAN
6 116 (10.20%) LAN
7 108 (9.50%) TCP/IP
8 102 (8.97%) VPN
9 78 (6.86%) Wireless
10 73 (6.42%) VLAN
11 68 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (3.96%) VoIP
13 39 (3.43%) Remote Desktop
14 37 (3.25%) Internet
14 37 (3.25%) NAS
15 26 (2.29%) SD-WAN
16 25 (2.20%) Network Security
17 17 (1.50%) FTP
18 16 (1.41%) SSL
19 15 (1.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.73%) DB2
3 28 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (2.20%) Power BI
5 15 (1.32%) MySQL
6 12 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.44%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.26%) Big Data
13 3 (0.26%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.26%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.26%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (4.13%) Git
2 35 (3.08%) JIRA
3 22 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.41%) GitLab
5 10 (0.88%) Trac
6 6 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.53%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.53%) Snyk
7 4 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.26%) Subversion
9 2 (0.18%) GoCD
9 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.088%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 335 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 180 (15.83%) Finance
3 111 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (3.69%) Telecoms
5 41 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 37 (3.25%) Legal
8 36 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (2.37%) Law
11 26 (2.29%) Banking
12 24 (2.11%) Marketing
13 22 (1.93%) Retail
14 17 (1.50%) Games
15 16 (1.41%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.23%) Advertising
17 9 (0.79%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.79%) Military
18 6 (0.53%) Japanese Language
18 6 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 253 (22.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 191 (16.80%) Senior
3 157 (13.81%) IT Engineer
4 150 (13.19%) Support Engineer
5 117 (10.29%) IT Support
6 111 (9.76%) Analyst
7 88 (7.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 73 (6.42%) 3rd Line Support
9 70 (6.16%) IT Support Engineer
10 65 (5.72%) Consultant
11 64 (5.63%) Lead
12 55 (4.84%) IT Manager
13 54 (4.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 44 (3.87%) Administrator
15 43 (3.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (3.52%) 2nd Line Support
16 40 (3.52%) Infrastructure Support
16 40 (3.52%) Windows Engineer
17 39 (3.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 39 (3.43%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.93%) .NET
2 19 (1.67%) ARM Templates
3 11 (0.97%) HTML
4 9 (0.79%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.79%) CSS
4 9 (0.79%) LDAP
5 8 (0.70%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.70%) Web Services
6 7 (0.62%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.53%) AWS CDK
7 6 (0.53%) jQuery
7 6 (0.53%) React
8 5 (0.44%) Blazor
8 5 (0.44%) JSON
8 5 (0.44%) REST
9 4 (0.35%) Middleware
9 4 (0.35%) SAML
9 4 (0.35%) XML
10 3 (0.26%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (7.65%) Data Centre
3 53 (4.66%) PKI
4 48 (4.22%) Clustering
4 48 (4.22%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.46%) Replication
7 26 (2.29%) Driving Licence
8 20 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.58%) Client/Server
9 18 (1.58%) SCADA
10 16 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.23%) iPad
12 12 (1.06%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.79%) Fat Client
14 9 (0.79%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.79%) Thin Client
15 8 (0.70%) EFT
15 8 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1,137 (100.00%) Windows
2 227 (19.96%) Linux
3 223 (19.61%) Windows 10
4 177 (15.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 158 (13.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 151 (13.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 65 (5.72%) Windows 7
8 53 (4.66%) Unix
9 49 (4.31%) Windows 8
10 35 (3.08%) Windows Server 2008
11 27 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.93%) Mac OS
13 16 (1.41%) Windows NT
14 12 (1.06%) Android
14 12 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
16 8 (0.70%) VMS
17 6 (0.53%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.44%) Windows 2000
18 5 (0.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (26.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 241 (21.20%) ITIL
3 201 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
4 162 (14.25%) Customer Service
5 124 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
6 103 (9.06%) DevOps
7 91 (8.00%) Migration
8 85 (7.48%) Mentoring
9 74 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 73 (6.42%) Agile
11 68 (5.98%) Service Management
12 67 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 65 (5.72%) Project Delivery
14 62 (5.45%) Server Management
15 60 (5.28%) Information Security
16 59 (5.19%) Project Management
17 57 (5.01%) CI/CD
18 56 (4.93%) Roadmaps
19 55 (4.84%) Change Management
20 50 (4.40%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 271 (23.83%) PowerShell
2 132 (11.61%) SQL
3 57 (5.01%) Python
4 45 (3.96%) Bash
5 42 (3.69%) C#
6 33 (2.90%) VBScript
7 32 (2.81%) VB
8 19 (1.67%) Java
9 16 (1.41%) Bicep
10 15 (1.32%) Korn
11 13 (1.14%) Perl
11 13 (1.14%) Ruby
12 11 (0.97%) Delphi
13 10 (0.88%) JavaScript
14 9 (0.79%) ActionScript
14 9 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.53%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.35%) C++
17 2 (0.18%) PHP
17 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (16.36%) Degree
2 99 (8.71%) Security Cleared
3 72 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 61 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (2.37%) CCNA
8 25 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.93%) MCSE
10 21 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.67%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 15 (1.32%) CISA
13 15 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 14 (1.23%) MCSA
15 13 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (0.97%) A+ Certification
16 11 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 8 (0.70%) MCP
18 7 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.49%) SLA
2 32 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.58%) PMO
5 17 (1.50%) ITGC
6 11 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.79%) NIST
9 7 (0.62%) QA
10 6 (0.53%) GDPR
11 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.088%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.088%) GxP
13 1 (0.088%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.088%) NCSC
System Software
1 727 (63.94%) Active Directory
2 356 (31.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 317 (27.88%) Hyper-V
4 84 (7.39%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (6.42%) Virtual Machines
6 62 (5.45%) vSphere
7 49 (4.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 47 (4.13%) Docker
9 45 (3.96%) XenApp
10 38 (3.34%) XenDesktop
11 32 (2.81%) VirtualBox
12 15 (1.32%) Firmware
12 15 (1.32%) NFS
13 10 (0.88%) pfSense
13 10 (0.88%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.79%) OpenSSH
15 7 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
16 6 (0.53%) DFS Replication
17 5 (0.44%) VMware NSX
18 3 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 216 (19.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 137 (12.05%) SCCM
3 62 (5.45%) Ansible
4 61 (5.36%) vCenter Server
5 60 (5.28%) WSUS
6 49 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.22%) Kubernetes
8 45 (3.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 40 (3.52%) SCOM
10 36 (3.17%) Microsoft Clustering
11 34 (2.99%) Terraform
12 20 (1.76%) Grafana
12 20 (1.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 20 (1.76%) Nagios
12 20 (1.76%) Puppet
13 13 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
14 12 (1.06%) ZABBIX
15 11 (0.97%) FortiGate
15 11 (0.97%) PowerCLI
15 11 (0.97%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 729 (64.12%) Microsoft
2 553 (48.64%) VMware
3 131 (11.52%) Citrix
4 120 (10.55%) Cisco
5 74 (6.51%) Veeam
6 61 (5.36%) Meraki
7 52 (4.57%) HP
8 47 (4.13%) ServiceNow
9 39 (3.43%) Apple
10 36 (3.17%) NetApp
11 35 (3.08%) Sun
12 32 (2.81%) Dell
12 32 (2.81%) Oracle
13 31 (2.73%) Red Hat
14 28 (2.46%) IBM
15 27 (2.37%) Commvault
15 27 (2.37%) Fortinet
16 24 (2.11%) Google
17 23 (2.02%) Sophos
18 19 (1.67%) EMC