Windows Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 97 154
Rank change year-on-year -32 +57 -23
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 253 609 771
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.68% 2.43% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.22% 17.76% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 454 577
10th Percentile £239 £263 £216
25th Percentile £325 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £498 £427
Median % change year-on-year -6.53% +16.51% +0.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £550
90th Percentile £700 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £429
% change year-on-year -8.00% +16.67% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 28
10th Percentile - £18.90 £16.06
25th Percentile - £20.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate - £21.31 £27.96
Median % change year-on-year - -23.79% -52.21%
75th Percentile - £26.35 £48.62
90th Percentile - £57.50 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £46.75 £34.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +37.50% +47.83% -8.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,560 3,429 5,346
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.37% 13.68% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 2,415 3,769
10th Percentile £225 £245 £298
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £606
90th Percentile £685 £725 £677
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 102 160
10th Percentile £12.80 £19.00 £14.95
25th Percentile £14.27 £35.88 £19.63
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +22.22% +21.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.00 £60.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.62
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server.

Windows Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Windows Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server.

Windows Server hourly rate 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 56 (22.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.72%) IIS
3 16 (6.32%) SharePoint
4 11 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (3.95%) Skype for Business
6 9 (3.56%) Confluence
7 4 (1.58%) Apache
7 4 (1.58%) nginx
8 3 (1.19%) JBoss
8 3 (1.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.40%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.40%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (43.48%) Azure
2 82 (32.41%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (18.58%) Entra ID
4 40 (15.81%) AWS
5 19 (7.51%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (7.11%) Azure Storage
7 16 (6.32%) IaaS
8 12 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.35%) GCP
10 9 (3.56%) PaaS
11 8 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (3.16%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.77%) Rubrik
12 7 (2.77%) SaaS
13 6 (2.37%) GitHub
14 5 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.98%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.98%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 77 (30.43%) Firewall
2 63 (24.90%) DNS
3 46 (18.18%) DHCP
4 28 (11.07%) SAN
5 23 (9.09%) VPN
6 18 (7.11%) LAN
7 12 (4.74%) NAS
7 12 (4.74%) WAN
8 11 (4.35%) Skype
9 10 (3.95%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.56%) VLAN
11 7 (2.77%) Kerberos
12 6 (2.37%) Internet
12 6 (2.37%) Network Security
12 6 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (1.19%) Wireless
15 2 (0.79%) HTTP
15 2 (0.79%) SSL
15 2 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.58%) Big Data
3 4 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.58%) MySQL
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.58%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.58%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.40%) Looker
5 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.91%) Jenkins
2 15 (5.93%) JIRA
3 12 (4.74%) Git
4 9 (3.56%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.98%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.58%) GitLab
6 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.58%) Subversion
7 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.53%) Finance
3 22 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.95%) Banking
6 8 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.58%) Law
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
9 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.19%) Marketing
9 3 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.79%) French Language
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
10 2 (0.79%) Military
11 1 (0.40%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.40%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 37 (14.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (8.30%) Support Specialist
3 18 (7.11%) Windows Engineer
4 16 (6.32%) Active Directory Support
4 16 (6.32%) Administrator
5 15 (5.93%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.53%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (5.53%) Azure Specialist
7 13 (5.14%) Architect
7 13 (5.14%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (5.14%) Server Engineer
8 12 (4.74%) Infrastructure Technician
8 12 (4.74%) Senior
9 11 (4.35%) Applications Support
9 11 (4.35%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) DBA
10 10 (3.95%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 10 (3.95%) IT Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) SQL DBA
10 10 (3.95%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.51%) ARM Templates
2 17 (6.72%) .NET
3 11 (4.35%) Node.js
4 7 (2.77%) LDAP
4 7 (2.77%) Middleware
5 6 (2.37%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.37%) REST
6 4 (1.58%) YAML
7 3 (1.19%) IBM Integration Bus
7 3 (1.19%) XML
8 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.79%) ADSI
8 2 (0.79%) CSS
8 2 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.79%) HTML
8 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.79%) React Native
9 1 (0.40%) Itk
9 1 (0.40%) LAPP Stack
9 1 (0.40%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.49%) PKI
2 19 (7.51%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.72%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.72%) NHS
4 16 (6.32%) Clustering
5 10 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.56%) Replication
7 8 (3.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.19%) Tandem
11 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 250 (98.81%) Windows
2 64 (25.30%) Linux
3 38 (15.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 35 (13.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 33 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (10.67%) Windows 10
7 14 (5.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (4.74%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (4.35%) Android
9 11 (4.35%) Apple iOS
10 10 (3.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (3.56%) Unix
12 8 (3.16%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (3.16%) Solaris
13 7 (2.77%) VMS
14 4 (1.58%) CentOS
15 3 (1.19%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.30%) DevOps
2 56 (22.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (17.79%) CI/CD
3 45 (17.79%) ITIL
4 39 (15.42%) Agile
5 33 (13.04%) Migration
6 29 (11.46%) Analytics
6 29 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
9 24 (9.49%) High Availability
9 24 (9.49%) Service Management
10 20 (7.91%) Mobile Device Management
11 19 (7.51%) Log Analytics
12 18 (7.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 18 (7.11%) RBAC
12 18 (7.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 17 (6.72%) Computer Science
13 17 (6.72%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (35.97%) PowerShell
2 48 (18.97%) SQL
3 29 (11.46%) C#
4 27 (10.67%) Python
5 22 (8.70%) VB
6 17 (6.72%) Bash
6 17 (6.72%) Bicep
7 16 (6.32%) VBScript
8 7 (2.77%) F#
9 5 (1.98%) C++
10 4 (1.58%) Java
10 4 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.19%) Perl
12 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.79%) PHP
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.79%) VBA
13 1 (0.40%) Korn
Qualifications
1 47 (18.58%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 36 (14.23%) Degree
4 25 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 12 (4.74%) MCSE
8 10 (3.95%) MCSA
9 7 (2.77%) CCNA
9 7 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.58%) CCNP
12 3 (1.19%) MCITP
12 3 (1.19%) MCTS
13 2 (0.79%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.79%) CCENT
13 2 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.79%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.14%) SLA
2 9 (3.56%) QA
3 8 (3.16%) GDPR
3 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.19%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 141 (55.73%) Active Directory
2 47 (18.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.46%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.53%) Hyper-V
6 13 (5.14%) Docker
6 13 (5.14%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (5.14%) vSphere
7 8 (3.16%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.77%) XenApp
9 5 (1.98%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.19%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.40%) Postfix
11 1 (0.40%) vCloud
11 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.40%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 51 (20.16%) SCCM
2 38 (15.02%) Kubernetes
3 25 (9.88%) Ansible
4 23 (9.09%) SCOM
5 22 (8.70%) WSUS
6 21 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (7.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (7.51%) Terraform
8 7 (2.77%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (2.77%) Netcool
8 7 (2.77%) Tivoli
8 7 (2.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 7 (2.77%) vCenter Server
9 6 (2.37%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.98%) Puppet
11 4 (1.58%) BladeLogic
11 4 (1.58%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.58%) Kibana
11 4 (1.58%) Nessus
12 3 (1.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 126 (49.80%) Microsoft
2 85 (33.60%) VMware
3 22 (8.70%) Citrix
3 22 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.51%) Qualys
5 17 (6.72%) Oracle
6 16 (6.32%) Cisco
6 16 (6.32%) HP
7 13 (5.14%) Splunk
7 13 (5.14%) Veeam
8 12 (4.74%) IBM
9 11 (4.35%) CyberArk
10 10 (3.95%) Red Hat
11 9 (3.56%) Dell
12 7 (2.77%) CA
12 7 (2.77%) EMC
12 7 (2.77%) Isilon
12 7 (2.77%) Serena
13 5 (1.98%) SAP
14 4 (1.58%) Commvault