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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 123 169
Rank change year-on-year +35 +46 -77
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,111 1,145 1,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.29% 2.78% 2.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.82% 18.05% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 952 936 1,443
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.78% +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 4,665 6,343 12,224
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.80% 15.41% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,617 4,665 7,423
10th Percentile £30,288 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,890 £41,250 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £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 11 May 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
1 306 (27.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 170 (15.30%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.97%) IIS
4 11 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.81%) CMS
6 8 (0.72%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.63%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.45%) Apache
9 4 (0.36%) Confluence
9 4 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.27%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.27%) JBoss
10 3 (0.27%) Orchard CMS
10 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
12 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.090%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.090%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 79 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) SPSS
5 2 (0.18%) CATIA
5 2 (0.18%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.090%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.090%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 616 (55.45%) Microsoft 365
2 598 (53.83%) Azure
3 263 (23.67%) Entra ID
4 127 (11.43%) AWS
5 77 (6.93%) OneDrive
6 58 (5.22%) SaaS
7 43 (3.87%) IaaS
8 42 (3.78%) GitHub
9 32 (2.88%) Power Platform
10 27 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
10 27 (2.43%) Nutanix
11 23 (2.07%) PaaS
12 19 (1.71%) Azure Storage
13 16 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.44%) WhatsApp
14 15 (1.35%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.17%) GCP
15 13 (1.17%) Power Automate
16 12 (1.08%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 326 (29.34%) Firewall
2 274 (24.66%) DNS
3 218 (19.62%) DHCP
4 127 (11.43%) WAN
5 115 (10.35%) SAN
6 110 (9.90%) TCP/IP
7 105 (9.45%) LAN
8 92 (8.28%) VPN
9 75 (6.75%) Wireless
10 68 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
11 65 (5.85%) VLAN
12 44 (3.96%) VoIP
13 37 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
14 35 (3.15%) Internet
15 34 (3.06%) NAS
16 26 (2.34%) SD-WAN
17 24 (2.16%) Network Security
18 17 (1.53%) FTP
19 15 (1.35%) HTTP
19 15 (1.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (14.67%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.79%) DB2
3 25 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.98%) Power BI
5 16 (1.44%) MySQL
6 13 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.72%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.45%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.45%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.36%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.27%) Big Data
13 3 (0.27%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 44 (3.96%) Git
2 35 (3.15%) JIRA
3 21 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.08%) GitLab
5 10 (0.90%) Trac
6 6 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.54%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.54%) Snyk
7 4 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.27%) GoCD
8 3 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.27%) Subversion
9 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.090%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.090%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 334 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.02%) Finance
3 112 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.69%) Telecoms
5 37 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (3.33%) Legal
5 37 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (2.43%) Law
9 25 (2.25%) Marketing
10 22 (1.98%) Banking
11 21 (1.89%) Retail
12 17 (1.53%) Games
13 13 (1.17%) Advertising
14 12 (1.08%) Investment Banking
15 10 (0.90%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.72%) Military
17 7 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.54%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 240 (21.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 180 (16.20%) Senior
3 157 (14.13%) IT Engineer
4 152 (13.68%) Support Engineer
5 116 (10.44%) IT Support
6 112 (10.08%) Analyst
7 86 (7.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (6.75%) 3rd Line Support
9 71 (6.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 65 (5.85%) Consultant
11 62 (5.58%) Lead
12 58 (5.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 52 (4.68%) IT Manager
14 43 (3.87%) Administrator
15 42 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 41 (3.69%) IT Analyst
16 41 (3.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (3.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
18 38 (3.42%) Infrastructure Support
18 38 (3.42%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.98%) .NET
2 18 (1.62%) ARM Templates
3 11 (0.99%) HTML
4 9 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.81%) CSS
4 9 (0.81%) LDAP
5 8 (0.72%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.72%) Web Services
6 7 (0.63%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.54%) AWS CDK
7 6 (0.54%) jQuery
7 6 (0.54%) React
8 5 (0.45%) Blazor
8 5 (0.45%) REST
9 4 (0.36%) JSON
9 4 (0.36%) Middleware
9 4 (0.36%) SAML
9 4 (0.36%) XML
10 3 (0.27%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.36%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (7.92%) Data Centre
3 51 (4.59%) PKI
4 48 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 47 (4.23%) Clustering
6 39 (3.51%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.52%) Driving Licence
7 28 (2.52%) Replication
8 19 (1.71%) SCADA
8 19 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.62%) Client/Server
10 17 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.26%) iPad
12 10 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.72%) EFT
13 8 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
13 8 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.72%) Product Ownership
14 7 (0.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,111 (100.00%) Windows
2 223 (20.07%) Linux
3 218 (19.62%) Windows 10
4 169 (15.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 149 (13.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 146 (13.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 60 (5.40%) Windows 7
8 52 (4.68%) Unix
9 47 (4.23%) Windows 8
10 34 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
11 23 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (1.80%) Mac OS
13 13 (1.17%) Windows NT
14 11 (0.99%) Android
14 11 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.72%) VMS
16 5 (0.45%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.36%) Windows 2000
17 4 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (26.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 236 (21.24%) ITIL
3 197 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (14.13%) Customer Service
5 128 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
6 98 (8.82%) DevOps
7 88 (7.92%) Migration
8 85 (7.65%) Mentoring
9 75 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (6.39%) Agile
11 67 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (5.85%) Server Management
13 64 (5.76%) Project Delivery
13 64 (5.76%) Service Management
14 60 (5.40%) Information Security
15 58 (5.22%) Roadmaps
16 56 (5.04%) Change Management
17 54 (4.86%) Project Management
18 53 (4.77%) CI/CD
19 48 (4.32%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 262 (23.58%) PowerShell
2 127 (11.43%) SQL
3 54 (4.86%) Python
4 42 (3.78%) C#
5 38 (3.42%) Bash
6 35 (3.15%) VBScript
7 32 (2.88%) VB
8 20 (1.80%) Java
9 16 (1.44%) Bicep
10 11 (0.99%) Delphi
10 11 (0.99%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.99%) Korn
11 9 (0.81%) ActionScript
11 9 (0.81%) Perl
11 9 (0.81%) Ruby
11 9 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.36%) C++
14 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 180 (16.20%) Degree
2 99 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 70 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 28 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (2.43%) CCNA
8 25 (2.25%) MCSE
9 24 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.89%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.71%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (1.53%) DBS Check
14 14 (1.26%) CISA
14 14 (1.26%) MCSA
15 13 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 8 (0.72%) A+ Certification
16 8 (0.72%) MCP
17 7 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.50%) SLA
2 32 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.44%) PMO
5 15 (1.35%) ITGC
6 12 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.90%) NIST
8 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.72%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.63%) QA
11 6 (0.54%) GDPR
12 3 (0.27%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.090%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.090%) GxP
14 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.090%) NCSC
System Software
1 704 (63.37%) Active Directory
2 352 (31.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 314 (28.26%) Hyper-V
4 84 (7.56%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (6.57%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (5.31%) vSphere
7 47 (4.23%) Docker
8 43 (3.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 43 (3.87%) XenApp
9 37 (3.33%) XenDesktop
10 30 (2.70%) VirtualBox
11 15 (1.35%) NFS
12 14 (1.26%) Firmware
13 10 (0.90%) pfSense
13 10 (0.90%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.81%) OpenSSH
15 6 (0.54%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.27%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 209 (18.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 129 (11.61%) SCCM
3 63 (5.67%) vCenter Server
4 57 (5.13%) Ansible
5 55 (4.95%) WSUS
6 50 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.32%) Kubernetes
8 44 (3.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 40 (3.60%) SCOM
10 35 (3.15%) Terraform
11 32 (2.88%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (1.89%) Grafana
13 19 (1.71%) Nagios
14 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 15 (1.35%) Puppet
16 11 (0.99%) PowerCLI
16 11 (0.99%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.90%) SCDPM
18 9 (0.81%) FortiGate
18 9 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 703 (63.28%) Microsoft
2 553 (49.77%) VMware
3 127 (11.43%) Citrix
4 111 (9.99%) Cisco
5 73 (6.57%) Veeam
6 56 (5.04%) Meraki
7 47 (4.23%) HP
8 43 (3.87%) ServiceNow
9 36 (3.24%) NetApp
10 34 (3.06%) Apple
11 32 (2.88%) Oracle
12 31 (2.79%) Dell
13 30 (2.70%) Sun
14 29 (2.61%) Red Hat
15 28 (2.52%) Commvault
15 28 (2.52%) IBM
16 27 (2.43%) Fortinet
17 21 (1.89%) Google
17 21 (1.89%) Sophos
18 20 (1.80%) EMC