Windows Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,533 2,591 2,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.27% 7.91% 8.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.72% 59.07% 54.61%
Number of salaries quoted 848 2,040 2,369
10th Percentile £27,175 £28,498 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,918 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year -1.25% -8.57% -0.57%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows 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 2,567 4,386 5,321
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.18% 13.40% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 3,276 4,052
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,402
Median % change year-on-year - -12.90% +4.37%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,525 £83,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.61% -12.38% -

Windows
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Windows over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Windows salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
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
1 208 (13.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (9.33%) SharePoint
3 69 (4.50%) IIS
4 12 (0.78%) Tomcat
5 11 (0.72%) Apache
6 10 (0.65%) CMS
7 9 (0.59%) Apache Solr
7 9 (0.59%) Moodle
8 6 (0.39%) nginx
9 5 (0.33%) Confluence
9 5 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.065%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.065%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.065%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 124 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.52%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.065%) 1Password
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.065%) Simulink
9 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.78%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.26%) Sage 1000
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.065%) Magento
7 1 (0.065%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 479 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 460 (30.01%) Azure
3 155 (10.11%) Entra ID
4 138 (9.00%) AWS
5 78 (5.09%) SaaS
6 56 (3.65%) OneDrive
7 44 (2.87%) Power Platform
8 37 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.35%) IaaS
10 31 (2.02%) PaaS
11 30 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
12 25 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 25 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (1.44%) GCP
15 21 (1.37%) PowerApps
16 20 (1.30%) GitHub
17 18 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (1.11%) Mimecast
19 16 (1.04%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 356 (23.22%) VPN
2 263 (17.16%) Cisco IOS
3 227 (14.81%) Broadband
4 215 (14.02%) Firewall
5 180 (11.74%) DNS
6 140 (9.13%) DHCP
7 103 (6.72%) WAN
8 86 (5.61%) TCP/IP
9 81 (5.28%) LAN
10 58 (3.78%) Wi-Fi
11 56 (3.65%) SAN
12 44 (2.87%) VLAN
13 41 (2.67%) VoIP
14 38 (2.48%) Wireless
15 27 (1.76%) Internet
16 23 (1.50%) SD-WAN
17 20 (1.30%) NAS
17 20 (1.30%) Network Security
17 20 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
18 14 (0.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.63%) Power BI
2 25 (1.63%) Relational Database
3 22 (1.44%) DB2
4 19 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (0.85%) Data Hub
5 13 (0.85%) SQL CLR
5 13 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.78%) MySQL
7 11 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (0.65%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.46%) GIS
10 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
14 2 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 42 (2.74%) Git
2 30 (1.96%) JIRA
3 29 (1.89%) Visual Studio
4 12 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.46%) GitLab
5 7 (0.46%) Subversion
6 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.33%) Selenium
7 5 (0.33%) WiX
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.13%) CMake
9 2 (0.13%) Hudson
9 2 (0.13%) MSI
9 2 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.065%) TestRail
General
1 613 (39.99%) Social Skills
2 377 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
3 314 (20.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 166 (10.83%) Finance
5 45 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 41 (2.67%) Back Office
7 38 (2.48%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (2.15%) Law
10 31 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.76%) Legal
12 24 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.50%) Advertising
13 23 (1.50%) Banking
14 22 (1.44%) Marketing
15 21 (1.37%) Local Government
16 15 (0.98%) Games
17 13 (0.85%) Automotive
18 10 (0.65%) Retail
19 9 (0.59%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 360 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 358 (23.35%) Support Engineer
3 203 (13.24%) Analyst
4 199 (12.98%) IT Support
5 108 (7.05%) Senior
6 106 (6.91%) Support Analyst
7 95 (6.20%) IT Engineer
8 79 (5.15%) 2nd Line Support
9 69 (4.50%) IT Analyst
10 57 (3.72%) Lead
11 54 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
12 53 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 52 (3.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 50 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
15 49 (3.20%) Technical Support
16 46 (3.00%) 1st Line Support
17 44 (2.87%) IT Support Analyst
18 41 (2.67%) Developer
18 41 (2.67%) Support Technician
19 40 (2.61%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (17.35%) Elastic Stack
2 69 (4.50%) .NET
3 33 (2.15%) .NET Framework
4 29 (1.89%) REST
5 26 (1.70%) ASP.NET
6 20 (1.30%) HTML
7 18 (1.17%) Entity Framework
8 17 (1.11%) .NET Core
9 14 (0.91%) JSON
9 14 (0.91%) SOAP
10 13 (0.85%) Dapper ORM
10 13 (0.85%) Web Services
11 12 (0.78%) WinForms
11 12 (0.78%) XML
12 10 (0.65%) CSS
13 9 (0.59%) Middleware
13 9 (0.59%) Node.js
14 8 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
14 8 (0.52%) MFC
14 8 (0.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 263 (17.16%) Cyberattack
2 94 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
3 69 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 66 (4.31%) Driving Licence
5 45 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.61%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.61%) Social Media
7 29 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.17%) Clustering
11 17 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.04%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.04%) Security Posture
13 14 (0.91%) Private Cloud
13 14 (0.91%) Replication
13 14 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 14 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
14 12 (0.78%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.78%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 500 (32.62%) Linux
2 378 (24.66%) Windows Server
3 306 (19.96%) Android
4 242 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 153 (9.98%) Windows 10
6 75 (4.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 51 (3.33%) Apple iOS
9 50 (3.26%) Mac OS
10 34 (2.22%) Unix
11 28 (1.83%) Windows Vista
12 21 (1.37%) Windows 7
13 14 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 11 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (0.65%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.39%) Rocky
17 5 (0.33%) CentOS
18 4 (0.26%) VMS
19 3 (0.20%) Debian
20 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (36.01%) Problem-Solving
2 400 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 361 (23.55%) DevOps
4 283 (18.46%) Line Management
5 279 (18.20%) Mathematics
5 279 (18.20%) Platform Engineering
6 277 (18.07%) Task Automation
7 268 (17.48%) Risk Management
8 267 (17.42%) Storage Management
9 249 (16.24%) Coaching
10 237 (15.46%) Proactive Maintenance
11 233 (15.20%) Proactive Monitoring
12 228 (14.87%) ITIL
13 227 (14.81%) Customer Service
14 215 (14.02%) Broadcast Engineering
14 215 (14.02%) Post-Production
14 215 (14.02%) Procure-to-Pay
15 126 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
16 107 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
17 88 (5.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 447 (29.16%) PowerShell
2 351 (22.90%) Python
3 297 (19.37%) Bash
4 161 (10.50%) SQL
5 70 (4.57%) C#
6 39 (2.54%) Java
7 37 (2.41%) C++
8 36 (2.35%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 21 (1.37%) VBA
10 19 (1.24%) VB.NET
11 16 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.65%) C
13 8 (0.52%) Bicep
13 8 (0.52%) R
14 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.46%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.39%) Delphi
15 6 (0.39%) Perl
15 6 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 396 (25.83%) Degree
2 90 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 79 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 54 (3.52%) DBS Check
6 51 (3.33%) Azure Certification
7 41 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (2.41%) A+ Certification
9 34 (2.22%) MCSA
10 31 (2.02%) CCNA
11 30 (1.96%) MCSE
11 30 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
12 28 (1.83%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 22 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 20 (1.30%) CCNP
15 19 (1.24%) CISSP
16 18 (1.17%) MCP
17 16 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.46%) SLA
2 32 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (2.09%) QA
3 31 (2.02%) GDPR
4 11 (0.72%) NIST
5 8 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.33%) ITGC
7 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.20%) NCSC
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.065%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.065%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.065%) PERC
10 1 (0.065%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 664 (43.31%) Active Directory
2 355 (23.16%) Hyper-V
3 299 (19.50%) Docker
4 279 (18.20%) vSphere
5 270 (17.61%) VMware NSX
6 136 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
7 32 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (1.50%) Firmware
9 22 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
10 15 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (0.78%) XenApp
12 11 (0.72%) Terminal Services
13 10 (0.65%) BitLocker
14 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
16 3 (0.20%) KVM
17 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 2 (0.13%) Xen
18 1 (0.065%) NFS
18 1 (0.065%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 320 (20.87%) Ansible
2 318 (20.74%) Terraform
3 176 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 59 (3.85%) SCCM
5 49 (3.20%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.11%) Puppet
8 14 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (0.91%) SCOM
9 13 (0.85%) WSUS
10 12 (0.78%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.59%) Grafana
13 7 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.46%) AirWatch
13 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 7 (0.46%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.39%) SmoothWall
15 5 (0.33%) Nessus
16 4 (0.26%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 807 (52.64%) Microsoft
2 359 (23.42%) Cisco
3 275 (17.94%) Splunk
4 271 (17.68%) Juniper
5 264 (17.22%) 3PAR
6 218 (14.22%) Sun
7 214 (13.96%) VMware
8 58 (3.78%) Apple
9 56 (3.65%) Oracle
10 45 (2.94%) ServiceNow
11 34 (2.22%) Citrix
12 31 (2.02%) HP
13 30 (1.96%) Meraki
14 25 (1.63%) Google
14 25 (1.63%) Veeam
15 23 (1.50%) Dell
16 18 (1.17%) SonicWALL
17 17 (1.11%) SolarWinds
18 15 (0.98%) NetApp
18 15 (0.98%) Sophos