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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,553 2,737 3,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 8.10% 8.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.67% 59.20% 54.19%
Number of salaries quoted 847 2,234 2,666
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%

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 2,647 4,623 6,263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.00% 13.67% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 3,569 4,591
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £82,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 21 May 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
1 207 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (8.56%) SharePoint
3 55 (3.54%) IIS
4 13 (0.84%) Apache
5 12 (0.77%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.32%) Confluence
6 5 (0.32%) Moodle
6 5 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.32%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.26%) nginx
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.13%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.064%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 116 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.39%) Trello
6 2 (0.13%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.064%) 1Password
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.064%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 18 (1.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 8 (0.52%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.32%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.064%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.064%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 475 (30.59%) Azure
2 465 (29.94%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (10.56%) AWS
4 127 (8.18%) Entra ID
5 90 (5.80%) SaaS
6 46 (2.96%) OneDrive
7 40 (2.58%) PaaS
8 38 (2.45%) GCP
9 31 (2.00%) IaaS
10 27 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 26 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (1.61%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.22%) Mimecast
16 17 (1.09%) Google Workspace
16 17 (1.09%) Power Automate
17 13 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (0.84%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 354 (22.79%) VPN
2 263 (16.93%) Cisco IOS
3 238 (15.33%) Firewall
4 227 (14.62%) Broadband
5 170 (10.95%) DNS
6 119 (7.66%) DHCP
7 101 (6.50%) WAN
8 84 (5.41%) LAN
9 80 (5.15%) TCP/IP
10 62 (3.99%) SAN
10 62 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (2.77%) VLAN
12 39 (2.51%) Wireless
13 25 (1.61%) VoIP
14 23 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (1.42%) Internet
15 22 (1.42%) NAS
16 18 (1.16%) Network Security
16 18 (1.16%) SD-WAN
16 18 (1.16%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (9.34%) SQL Server
2 30 (1.93%) DB2
3 29 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.71%) Power BI
9 10 (0.64%) RDBMS
10 9 (0.58%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.45%) Data Hub
12 7 (0.45%) GIS
12 7 (0.45%) MySQL
12 7 (0.45%) SQL CLR
13 6 (0.39%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
15 3 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 50 (3.22%) Git
2 32 (2.06%) JIRA
3 30 (1.93%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.58%) Subversion
6 8 (0.52%) Selenium
7 7 (0.45%) GitLab
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.32%) WiX
9 4 (0.26%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.26%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.13%) CMake
11 2 (0.13%) Hudson
11 2 (0.13%) TestComplete
11 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.064%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.064%) WebDriver
General
1 605 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 384 (24.73%) Analytical Skills
3 319 (20.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 198 (12.75%) Finance
5 45 (2.90%) Law
6 35 (2.25%) Legal
7 33 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 31 (2.00%) Banking
9 30 (1.93%) Back Office
9 30 (1.93%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.67%) Local Government
10 26 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 26 (1.67%) Marketing
11 21 (1.35%) Public Sector
12 20 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.16%) Advertising
14 12 (0.77%) Games
15 11 (0.71%) Automotive
15 11 (0.71%) Electronics
15 11 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 366 (23.57%) Support Engineer
2 355 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 212 (13.65%) Analyst
4 208 (13.39%) IT Support
5 125 (8.05%) Senior
6 112 (7.21%) Support Analyst
7 93 (5.99%) IT Engineer
8 77 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
9 74 (4.76%) IT Analyst
10 61 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
11 58 (3.73%) Lead
12 54 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 50 (3.22%) IT Support Analyst
14 49 (3.16%) Applications Support
15 46 (2.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 45 (2.90%) 3rd Line Support
17 42 (2.70%) Developer
18 41 (2.64%) Administrator
19 39 (2.51%) 1st Line Support
20 37 (2.38%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (17.45%) Elastic Stack
2 71 (4.57%) .NET
3 31 (2.00%) .NET Framework
3 31 (2.00%) REST
4 23 (1.48%) ASP.NET
5 18 (1.16%) SOAP
6 17 (1.09%) .NET Core
6 17 (1.09%) HTML
7 16 (1.03%) Entity Framework
7 16 (1.03%) Middleware
7 16 (1.03%) Node.js
7 16 (1.03%) XML
8 15 (0.97%) Web Services
9 14 (0.90%) JSON
10 8 (0.52%) LDAP
10 8 (0.52%) MFC
11 7 (0.45%) COM
11 7 (0.45%) CSS
11 7 (0.45%) React
11 7 (0.45%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 262 (16.87%) Cyberattack
2 73 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
3 71 (4.57%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 52 (3.35%) Driving Licence
7 47 (3.03%) Social Media
8 38 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 28 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (1.35%) Clustering
11 20 (1.29%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.29%) Replication
12 17 (1.09%) Cloud Native
13 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (0.90%) iPhone
16 13 (0.84%) Hedge funds
17 12 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 540 (34.77%) Linux
2 366 (23.57%) Windows Server
3 306 (19.70%) Android
4 241 (15.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 157 (10.11%) Windows 10
6 66 (4.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 60 (3.86%) Apple iOS
7 60 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (2.70%) Mac OS
8 42 (2.70%) Unix
9 36 (2.32%) Windows Vista
10 20 (1.29%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.58%) AIX
12 9 (0.58%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.32%) VMS
14 4 (0.26%) Solaris
14 4 (0.26%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.19%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (35.61%) Problem-Solving
2 386 (24.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 365 (23.50%) DevOps
4 286 (18.42%) Line Management
5 280 (18.03%) Risk Management
5 280 (18.03%) Task Automation
6 276 (17.77%) Mathematics
6 276 (17.77%) Platform Engineering
7 264 (17.00%) Storage Management
8 245 (15.78%) Coaching
9 240 (15.45%) Proactive Maintenance
10 232 (14.94%) Proactive Monitoring
11 215 (13.84%) Broadcast Engineering
11 215 (13.84%) Post-Production
11 215 (13.84%) Procure-to-Pay
12 202 (13.01%) ITIL
13 194 (12.49%) Customer Service
14 121 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
15 95 (6.12%) Agile
16 89 (5.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 451 (29.04%) PowerShell
2 378 (24.34%) Python
3 311 (20.03%) Bash
4 172 (11.08%) SQL
5 68 (4.38%) C#
6 46 (2.96%) Java
7 40 (2.58%) C++
7 40 (2.58%) JavaScript
8 28 (1.80%) PL/SQL
9 25 (1.61%) VB.NET
10 22 (1.42%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.84%) VBA
12 12 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.58%) PHP
13 9 (0.58%) R
14 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.45%) C
15 7 (0.45%) Perl
16 6 (0.39%) Delphi
17 5 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 401 (25.82%) Degree
2 86 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 58 (3.73%) Security Cleared
4 55 (3.54%) DBS Check
5 43 (2.77%) Azure Certification
5 43 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (2.32%) SC Cleared
7 32 (2.06%) CCNA
8 31 (2.00%) CISSP
9 30 (1.93%) MCSA
10 28 (1.80%) MCSE
11 27 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.61%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.35%) CCNP
14 20 (1.29%) A+ Certification
15 19 (1.22%) MCP
16 17 (1.09%) DV Cleared
16 17 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
17 15 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.73%) SLA
2 33 (2.12%) QA
3 27 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.61%) GDPR
5 7 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.45%) NIST
6 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.26%) FINRA
9 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.13%) ITGC
11 1 (0.064%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.064%) NCSC
11 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.064%) PMO
System Software
1 690 (44.43%) Active Directory
2 344 (22.15%) Hyper-V
3 292 (18.80%) Docker
4 280 (18.03%) vSphere
5 271 (17.45%) VMware NSX
6 150 (9.66%) VMware Infrastructure
7 39 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (1.22%) Firmware
8 19 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
9 16 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (0.97%) XenApp
11 11 (0.71%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.58%) BitLocker
13 7 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
14 4 (0.26%) KVM
15 3 (0.19%) Xen
16 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.13%) NFS
16 2 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 332 (21.38%) Ansible
1 332 (21.38%) Terraform
2 176 (11.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 63 (4.06%) SCCM
4 45 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 28 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (1.09%) Puppet
7 15 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.71%) SCOM
9 9 (0.58%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.45%) WSUS
11 6 (0.39%) SCOrch
12 5 (0.32%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.32%) Nessus
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.32%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 757 (48.74%) Microsoft
2 359 (23.12%) Cisco
3 270 (17.39%) Splunk
4 268 (17.26%) Juniper
5 262 (16.87%) 3PAR
6 241 (15.52%) VMware
7 217 (13.97%) Sun
8 60 (3.86%) Apple
9 55 (3.54%) Oracle
10 53 (3.41%) ServiceNow
11 49 (3.16%) Citrix
12 37 (2.38%) Meraki
13 25 (1.61%) Google
13 25 (1.61%) HP
14 22 (1.42%) Veeam
15 21 (1.35%) iManage
16 20 (1.29%) SonicWALL
17 18 (1.16%) CheckPoint
18 16 (1.03%) NetApp
19 15 (0.97%) Dell