Windows Server Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 112 187
Rank change year-on-year +17 +75 -71
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 827 919 1,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.96% 2.80% 2.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.47% 18.24% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 667 819 1,461
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £56,375 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,542 £67,500
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 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 3,681 5,038 13,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.18% 15.35% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,659 3,865 7,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,538
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +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 26 July 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
1 191 (23.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 145 (17.53%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.75%) IIS
4 8 (0.97%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.85%) CMS
5 7 (0.85%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.60%) Apache
6 5 (0.60%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) GlassFish
7 3 (0.36%) JBoss
7 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.36%) Orchard CMS
7 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 71 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) CATIA
5 1 (0.12%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 17 (2.06%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 485 (58.65%) Azure
2 451 (54.53%) Microsoft 365
3 218 (26.36%) Entra ID
4 64 (7.74%) AWS
5 48 (5.80%) OneDrive
6 43 (5.20%) IaaS
7 34 (4.11%) SaaS
8 27 (3.26%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.02%) Power Platform
10 24 (2.90%) PaaS
11 23 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (2.66%) GitHub
13 21 (2.54%) Azure Storage
14 18 (2.18%) Mimecast
15 15 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
17 10 (1.21%) Google Workspace
18 9 (1.09%) Serverless
19 8 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
19 8 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 250 (30.23%) Firewall
2 228 (27.57%) DNS
3 165 (19.95%) DHCP
4 97 (11.73%) WAN
5 81 (9.79%) TCP/IP
6 80 (9.67%) LAN
7 74 (8.95%) VPN
8 71 (8.59%) SAN
9 63 (7.62%) Wireless
10 55 (6.65%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (6.17%) VLAN
12 37 (4.47%) VoIP
13 32 (3.87%) Internet
14 24 (2.90%) SD-WAN
15 21 (2.54%) Network Security
16 20 (2.42%) NAS
17 18 (2.18%) Remote Desktop
18 15 (1.81%) SSL
19 12 (1.45%) Broadband
20 11 (1.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.99%) DB2
3 27 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (2.18%) MySQL
5 17 (2.06%) Power BI
6 11 (1.33%) Oracle Database
7 10 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.97%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.85%) MariaDB
10 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.60%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.48%) InfluxDB
14 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.36%) SQLite
15 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 28 (3.39%) Git
2 25 (3.02%) JIRA
3 13 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.09%) Trac
5 3 (0.36%) Axure RP
5 3 (0.36%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) GoCD
5 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 226 (27.33%) Social Skills
2 130 (15.72%) Finance
3 87 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 30 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 26 (3.14%) Legal
9 22 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.42%) Marketing
11 16 (1.93%) Law
12 15 (1.81%) Advertising
13 14 (1.69%) Retail
14 11 (1.33%) Automotive
15 10 (1.21%) Games
16 9 (1.09%) Military
17 7 (0.85%) Banking
18 6 (0.73%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
19 4 (0.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 201 (24.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (14.75%) Senior
3 105 (12.70%) Support Engineer
4 104 (12.58%) IT Engineer
5 78 (9.43%) Analyst
6 63 (7.62%) IT Support
7 61 (7.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 58 (7.01%) 3rd Line Support
9 54 (6.53%) Lead
10 50 (6.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 45 (5.44%) Consultant
12 43 (5.20%) IT Manager
13 41 (4.96%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (4.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 38 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
15 35 (4.23%) IT Analyst
16 33 (3.99%) Infrastructure Support
17 31 (3.75%) Technical Support
18 28 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
19 27 (3.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.42%) ARM Templates
2 15 (1.81%) .NET
3 13 (1.57%) REST
4 7 (0.85%) LDAP
4 7 (0.85%) Web Services
5 6 (0.73%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.73%) HTML
5 6 (0.73%) Middleware
6 5 (0.60%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.60%) Blazor
6 5 (0.60%) CSS
7 4 (0.48%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.48%) SAML
7 4 (0.48%) XML
8 3 (0.36%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.36%) jQuery
8 3 (0.36%) JSON
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.36%) Sass
8 3 (0.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (7.50%) PKI
3 57 (6.89%) Clustering
4 43 (5.20%) Data Centre
5 33 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.39%) Driving Licence
7 27 (3.26%) Replication
8 25 (3.02%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.69%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
12 11 (1.33%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.33%) SCADA
13 10 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (1.09%) Public Cloud
15 8 (0.97%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.97%) Product Ownership
16 7 (0.85%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 827 (100.00%) Windows
2 168 (20.31%) Linux
3 140 (16.93%) Windows 10
4 117 (14.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 112 (13.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 108 (13.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (4.72%) Windows 7
8 28 (3.39%) Unix
9 26 (3.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 22 (2.66%) Windows 8
11 13 (1.57%) Android
12 12 (1.45%) Mac OS
13 9 (1.09%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.97%) VMS
15 7 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.73%) Debian
16 6 (0.73%) Ubuntu
17 4 (0.48%) Solaris
17 4 (0.48%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (29.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 158 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (18.74%) ITIL
4 114 (13.78%) Customer Service
5 88 (10.64%) Mentoring
6 85 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
7 74 (8.95%) DevOps
8 66 (7.98%) Agile
8 66 (7.98%) Service Management
9 60 (7.26%) Migration
10 58 (7.01%) Change Management
10 58 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
11 55 (6.65%) Project Delivery
12 49 (5.93%) Analytics
12 49 (5.93%) Roadmaps
13 46 (5.56%) Project Management
14 44 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (5.20%) Information Security
16 42 (5.08%) CI/CD
17 39 (4.72%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 213 (25.76%) PowerShell
2 96 (11.61%) SQL
3 50 (6.05%) Python
4 36 (4.35%) VB
5 33 (3.99%) C#
6 30 (3.63%) Bash
7 29 (3.51%) VBScript
8 17 (2.06%) Bicep
9 16 (1.93%) Java
10 15 (1.81%) ActionScript
11 10 (1.21%) Delphi
12 8 (0.97%) C++
12 8 (0.97%) JavaScript
12 8 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.48%) PHP
14 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.36%) R
16 2 (0.24%) Go
16 2 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 140 (16.93%) Degree
2 71 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 65 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 51 (6.17%) SC Cleared
5 41 (4.96%) DV Cleared
6 21 (2.54%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.42%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.30%) CCNA
9 18 (2.18%) CISA
10 16 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (1.93%) MCSE
11 13 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.21%) MCSA
14 9 (1.09%) CCNP
15 8 (0.97%) HND
16 5 (0.60%) MCP
17 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.32%) SLA
2 26 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.42%) PMO
4 18 (2.18%) ITGC
5 11 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.21%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.97%) GDPR
9 7 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.36%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.36%) NIST
12 3 (0.36%) QA
13 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.12%) GxP
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 521 (63.00%) Active Directory
2 274 (33.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 210 (25.39%) Hyper-V
4 75 (9.07%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (7.38%) vSphere
6 57 (6.89%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (4.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 35 (4.23%) Docker
9 24 (2.90%) XenApp
10 17 (2.06%) NFS
11 15 (1.81%) OpenSSH
12 13 (1.57%) Firmware
12 13 (1.57%) pfSense
13 12 (1.45%) Terminal Services
13 12 (1.45%) XenDesktop
14 9 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
14 9 (1.09%) VMware NSX
15 8 (0.97%) VirtualBox
16 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.48%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 159 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 110 (13.30%) SCCM
3 52 (6.29%) vCenter Server
4 51 (6.17%) Ansible
5 45 (5.44%) Kubernetes
6 43 (5.20%) SCOM
7 41 (4.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 39 (4.72%) WSUS
9 36 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (3.63%) Terraform
11 27 (3.26%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (2.54%) Grafana
12 21 (2.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (1.93%) PowerCLI
14 15 (1.81%) Failover Clustering
14 15 (1.81%) IBM BigFix
15 12 (1.45%) Nagios
16 10 (1.21%) ZABBIX
17 9 (1.09%) SCDPM
18 5 (0.60%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 527 (63.72%) Microsoft
2 402 (48.61%) VMware
3 89 (10.76%) Cisco
4 65 (7.86%) Citrix
5 55 (6.65%) Veeam
6 39 (4.72%) Oracle
7 38 (4.59%) Meraki
8 33 (3.99%) HP
9 31 (3.75%) ServiceNow
10 29 (3.51%) IBM
11 22 (2.66%) Commvault
11 22 (2.66%) Dell
11 22 (2.66%) Fortinet
12 21 (2.54%) Apple
12 21 (2.54%) Sophos
13 19 (2.30%) SolarWinds
14 18 (2.18%) Sage
14 18 (2.18%) SAP
15 16 (1.93%) Aruba
15 16 (1.93%) Juniper