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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 124 168
Rank change year-on-year +38 +44 -72
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,104 1,151 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.27% 2.78% 2.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.76% 18.05% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 945 942 1,457
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £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 £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 4,646 6,376 12,343
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.78% 15.42% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,602 4,688 7,485
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,750
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 13 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
1 303 (27.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 169 (15.31%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.90%) IIS
4 11 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.82%) 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%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
12 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.091%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 78 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.54%) 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 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.091%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
2 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 611 (55.34%) Microsoft 365
2 593 (53.71%) Azure
3 260 (23.55%) Entra ID
4 123 (11.14%) AWS
5 76 (6.88%) OneDrive
6 56 (5.07%) SaaS
7 41 (3.71%) GitHub
7 41 (3.71%) IaaS
8 32 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 27 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (2.45%) Nutanix
10 23 (2.08%) PaaS
11 19 (1.72%) Azure Storage
12 16 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.45%) WhatsApp
13 15 (1.36%) Google Workspace
14 13 (1.18%) GCP
14 13 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.09%) Mimecast
15 12 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 324 (29.35%) Firewall
2 274 (24.82%) DNS
3 217 (19.66%) DHCP
4 127 (11.50%) WAN
5 112 (10.14%) SAN
6 110 (9.96%) TCP/IP
7 105 (9.51%) LAN
8 90 (8.15%) VPN
9 75 (6.79%) Wireless
10 68 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
11 65 (5.89%) VLAN
12 44 (3.99%) VoIP
13 37 (3.35%) Remote Desktop
14 34 (3.08%) Internet
14 34 (3.08%) NAS
15 26 (2.36%) SD-WAN
16 24 (2.17%) Network Security
17 17 (1.54%) FTP
18 15 (1.36%) HTTP
18 15 (1.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.81%) DB2
3 25 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.99%) Power BI
5 16 (1.45%) MySQL
6 13 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.72%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.45%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.45%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.36%) InfluxDB
14 3 (0.27%) Big Data
14 3 (0.27%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 43 (3.89%) Git
2 35 (3.17%) JIRA
3 21 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.00%) GitLab
5 10 (0.91%) 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 (0.091%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 333 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 177 (16.03%) Finance
3 112 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.71%) Telecoms
5 37 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (3.35%) Legal
5 37 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (2.45%) Law
9 25 (2.26%) Marketing
10 21 (1.90%) Banking
10 21 (1.90%) Retail
11 17 (1.54%) Games
12 13 (1.18%) Advertising
13 11 (1.00%) Investment Banking
14 10 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.72%) Military
16 7 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.54%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 237 (21.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 178 (16.12%) Senior
3 154 (13.95%) IT Engineer
4 151 (13.68%) Support Engineer
5 115 (10.42%) IT Support
6 111 (10.05%) Analyst
7 85 (7.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (6.79%) 3rd Line Support
9 70 (6.34%) IT Support Engineer
10 65 (5.89%) Consultant
11 62 (5.62%) Lead
12 58 (5.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 52 (4.71%) IT Manager
14 43 (3.89%) Administrator
15 42 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 41 (3.71%) IT Analyst
16 41 (3.71%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 38 (3.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 38 (3.44%) Infrastructure Support
17 38 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.90%) .NET
2 18 (1.63%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.00%) HTML
4 9 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.82%) CSS
4 9 (0.82%) 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 (9.42%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (7.88%) Data Centre
3 51 (4.62%) PKI
4 48 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 46 (4.17%) Clustering
6 39 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.54%) Driving Licence
7 28 (2.54%) Replication
8 19 (1.72%) SCADA
8 19 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 17 (1.54%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.27%) iPad
12 11 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.72%) EFT
14 8 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.72%) Product Ownership
15 7 (0.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,104 (100.00%) Windows
2 222 (20.11%) Linux
3 216 (19.57%) Windows 10
4 166 (15.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 147 (13.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 145 (13.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 60 (5.43%) Windows 7
8 51 (4.62%) Unix
9 47 (4.26%) Windows 8
10 33 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (1.81%) Mac OS
13 13 (1.18%) Windows NT
14 11 (1.00%) Android
14 11 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.72%) VMS
16 4 (0.36%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.36%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (26.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 235 (21.29%) ITIL
3 197 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (14.13%) Customer Service
5 127 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (8.61%) DevOps
7 87 (7.88%) Migration
8 85 (7.70%) Mentoring
9 75 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (6.43%) Agile
11 67 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (5.80%) Server Management
12 64 (5.80%) Service Management
13 63 (5.71%) Project Delivery
14 59 (5.34%) Information Security
14 59 (5.34%) Roadmaps
15 56 (5.07%) Change Management
16 54 (4.89%) Project Management
17 52 (4.71%) CI/CD
18 48 (4.35%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 257 (23.28%) PowerShell
2 123 (11.14%) SQL
3 53 (4.80%) Python
4 42 (3.80%) C#
5 36 (3.26%) Bash
6 35 (3.17%) VBScript
7 32 (2.90%) VB
8 20 (1.81%) Java
9 16 (1.45%) Bicep
10 11 (1.00%) Delphi
10 11 (1.00%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.91%) Korn
12 9 (0.82%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.72%) Perl
13 8 (0.72%) Ruby
14 6 (0.54%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.36%) C++
16 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 178 (16.12%) Degree
2 99 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 70 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (3.99%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (2.54%) CCNA
8 24 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.17%) MCSE
9 21 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.72%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.54%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 14 (1.27%) CISA
12 14 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (1.18%) MCSA
14 12 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (0.72%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.72%) MCP
16 7 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.44%) SLA
2 32 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.45%) PMO
5 15 (1.36%) ITGC
6 12 (1.09%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.91%) NIST
8 9 (0.82%) 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 (0.091%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.091%) GxP
14 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.091%) NCSC
System Software
1 700 (63.41%) Active Directory
2 347 (31.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 313 (28.35%) Hyper-V
4 83 (7.52%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (6.61%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (5.34%) vSphere
7 47 (4.26%) Docker
8 43 (3.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 43 (3.89%) XenApp
9 37 (3.35%) XenDesktop
10 30 (2.72%) VirtualBox
11 15 (1.36%) NFS
12 14 (1.27%) Firmware
13 10 (0.91%) pfSense
13 10 (0.91%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.82%) OpenSSH
15 6 (0.54%) DFS Replication
16 5 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.27%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 208 (18.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 128 (11.59%) SCCM
3 63 (5.71%) vCenter Server
4 56 (5.07%) Ansible
5 55 (4.98%) WSUS
6 50 (4.53%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.35%) Kubernetes
8 44 (3.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 39 (3.53%) SCOM
10 34 (3.08%) Terraform
11 32 (2.90%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (1.90%) Grafana
13 19 (1.72%) Nagios
14 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (1.27%) Puppet
16 11 (1.00%) PowerCLI
16 11 (1.00%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.91%) SCDPM
18 9 (0.82%) FortiGate
18 9 (0.82%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 697 (63.13%) Microsoft
2 548 (49.64%) VMware
3 126 (11.41%) Citrix
4 111 (10.05%) Cisco
5 73 (6.61%) Veeam
6 55 (4.98%) Meraki
7 47 (4.26%) HP
8 43 (3.89%) ServiceNow
9 36 (3.26%) NetApp
10 34 (3.08%) Apple
11 32 (2.90%) Oracle
12 31 (2.81%) Dell
13 29 (2.63%) Sun
14 28 (2.54%) Commvault
14 28 (2.54%) IBM
14 28 (2.54%) Red Hat
15 27 (2.45%) Fortinet
16 21 (1.90%) Google
16 21 (1.90%) Sophos
17 20 (1.81%) EMC