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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 122 170
Rank change year-on-year +33 +48 -75
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,119 1,162 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.31% 2.80% 2.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.96% 18.13% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 962 951 1,440
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,100 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,542 £72,500
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 4,671 6,411 12,175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.83% 15.46% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,627 4,703 7,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £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 9 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
1 309 (27.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 170 (15.19%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.86%) IIS
4 11 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (0.80%) CMS
6 8 (0.71%) 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 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.089%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.089%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 78 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.27%) SPSS
4 2 (0.18%) CATIA
4 2 (0.18%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.089%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.16%) 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 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 623 (55.67%) Microsoft 365
2 603 (53.89%) Azure
3 264 (23.59%) Entra ID
4 128 (11.44%) AWS
5 77 (6.88%) OneDrive
6 58 (5.18%) SaaS
7 43 (3.84%) GitHub
8 42 (3.75%) IaaS
9 32 (2.86%) Power Platform
10 27 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
10 27 (2.41%) Nutanix
11 22 (1.97%) PaaS
12 19 (1.70%) Azure Storage
13 18 (1.61%) Google Workspace
14 16 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (1.43%) WhatsApp
15 15 (1.34%) Mimecast
16 13 (1.16%) GCP
16 13 (1.16%) Power Automate
17 12 (1.07%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 329 (29.40%) Firewall
2 273 (24.40%) DNS
3 218 (19.48%) DHCP
4 131 (11.71%) WAN
5 115 (10.28%) SAN
6 111 (9.92%) TCP/IP
7 109 (9.74%) LAN
8 95 (8.49%) VPN
9 79 (7.06%) Wireless
10 68 (6.08%) VLAN
10 68 (6.08%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.93%) VoIP
12 37 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
13 35 (3.13%) Internet
14 34 (3.04%) NAS
15 26 (2.32%) SD-WAN
16 24 (2.14%) Network Security
17 17 (1.52%) FTP
18 15 (1.34%) HTTP
18 15 (1.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (14.48%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.77%) DB2
3 25 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.97%) Power BI
5 16 (1.43%) MySQL
6 13 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.63%) Oracle Database
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 45 (4.02%) Git
2 35 (3.13%) JIRA
3 21 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.16%) GitLab
5 10 (0.89%) 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 (0.089%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.089%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 332 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 178 (15.91%) Finance
3 112 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.66%) Telecoms
5 37 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.22%) Legal
7 35 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (2.32%) Law
10 25 (2.23%) Marketing
11 23 (2.06%) Banking
12 21 (1.88%) Retail
13 17 (1.52%) Games
14 13 (1.16%) Advertising
14 13 (1.16%) Investment Banking
15 10 (0.89%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.71%) Military
17 7 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.54%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 241 (21.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 186 (16.62%) Senior
3 160 (14.30%) IT Engineer
4 153 (13.67%) Support Engineer
5 117 (10.46%) IT Support
6 112 (10.01%) Analyst
7 86 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (6.70%) 3rd Line Support
9 72 (6.43%) IT Support Engineer
10 65 (5.81%) Consultant
11 63 (5.63%) Lead
12 58 (5.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 54 (4.83%) IT Manager
14 43 (3.84%) Administrator
15 42 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 41 (3.66%) IT Analyst
16 41 (3.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (3.49%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 39 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
18 38 (3.40%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.97%) .NET
2 18 (1.61%) ARM Templates
3 11 (0.98%) HTML
4 9 (0.80%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.80%) CSS
4 9 (0.80%) LDAP
5 8 (0.71%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.71%) 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 (9.29%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (7.86%) Data Centre
3 50 (4.47%) PKI
4 49 (4.38%) Management Information System
5 45 (4.02%) Clustering
6 39 (3.49%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.59%) Driving Licence
8 28 (2.50%) Replication
9 19 (1.70%) SCADA
9 19 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
10 18 (1.61%) Client/Server
11 17 (1.52%) Operational Technology
12 14 (1.25%) iPad
13 13 (1.16%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.89%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.71%) EFT
15 8 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
15 8 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.71%) Product Ownership
16 7 (0.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,119 (100.00%) Windows
2 223 (19.93%) Linux
3 217 (19.39%) Windows 10
4 167 (14.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 148 (13.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 144 (12.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 61 (5.45%) Windows 7
8 51 (4.56%) Unix
9 47 (4.20%) Windows 8
10 33 (2.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 23 (2.06%) Mac OS
13 13 (1.16%) Windows NT
14 11 (0.98%) Android
14 11 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (0.71%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.71%) VMS
16 5 (0.45%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.36%) Windows 2000
17 4 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 235 (21.00%) ITIL
3 198 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (14.03%) Customer Service
5 128 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
6 99 (8.85%) DevOps
7 88 (7.86%) Migration
8 85 (7.60%) Mentoring
9 74 (6.61%) Disaster Recovery
10 71 (6.34%) Agile
11 67 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (5.81%) Project Delivery
12 65 (5.81%) Server Management
13 64 (5.72%) Service Management
14 60 (5.36%) Information Security
15 58 (5.18%) Roadmaps
16 56 (5.00%) Change Management
17 54 (4.83%) CI/CD
17 54 (4.83%) Project Management
18 48 (4.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 263 (23.50%) PowerShell
2 126 (11.26%) SQL
3 55 (4.92%) Python
4 42 (3.75%) Bash
4 42 (3.75%) C#
5 34 (3.04%) VBScript
6 32 (2.86%) VB
7 20 (1.79%) Java
8 16 (1.43%) Bicep
9 12 (1.07%) Korn
10 11 (0.98%) Delphi
10 11 (0.98%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.89%) Perl
11 10 (0.89%) Ruby
12 9 (0.80%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.80%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.54%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.36%) C++
15 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 179 (16.00%) Degree
2 99 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 70 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (3.93%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (2.41%) CCNA
8 24 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.14%) MCSE
9 20 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.70%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (1.52%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.25%) CISA
14 13 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (1.16%) MCSA
15 12 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 8 (0.71%) A+ Certification
16 8 (0.71%) MCP
17 7 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.56%) SLA
2 31 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.43%) PMO
5 15 (1.34%) ITGC
6 12 (1.07%) SOC 2
7 9 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.80%) NIST
8 8 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.63%) QA
10 5 (0.45%) GDPR
11 3 (0.27%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.089%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.089%) GxP
13 1 (0.089%) NCSC
System Software
1 711 (63.54%) Active Directory
2 349 (31.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 315 (28.15%) Hyper-V
4 83 (7.42%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
6 58 (5.18%) vSphere
7 47 (4.20%) Docker
8 44 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
9 43 (3.84%) XenApp
10 37 (3.31%) XenDesktop
11 30 (2.68%) VirtualBox
12 15 (1.34%) NFS
13 13 (1.16%) Firmware
14 10 (0.89%) pfSense
14 10 (0.89%) Terminal Services
15 9 (0.80%) OpenSSH
16 6 (0.54%) DFS Replication
16 6 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.27%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 212 (18.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 130 (11.62%) SCCM
3 62 (5.54%) vCenter Server
4 58 (5.18%) Ansible
5 55 (4.92%) WSUS
6 49 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.29%) Kubernetes
8 44 (3.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 39 (3.49%) SCOM
10 35 (3.13%) Terraform
11 32 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (1.88%) Grafana
13 19 (1.70%) Nagios
14 17 (1.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 16 (1.43%) Puppet
16 11 (0.98%) PowerCLI
16 11 (0.98%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
17 10 (0.89%) SCDPM
18 9 (0.80%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 706 (63.09%) Microsoft
2 550 (49.15%) VMware
3 127 (11.35%) Citrix
4 116 (10.37%) Cisco
5 73 (6.52%) Veeam
6 60 (5.36%) Meraki
7 48 (4.29%) HP
8 43 (3.84%) ServiceNow
9 38 (3.40%) Apple
10 36 (3.22%) NetApp
11 32 (2.86%) Dell
12 31 (2.77%) Oracle
12 31 (2.77%) Sun
13 30 (2.68%) Red Hat
14 28 (2.50%) Commvault
14 28 (2.50%) Fortinet
14 28 (2.50%) IBM
15 24 (2.14%) Google
16 21 (1.88%) Sophos
17 20 (1.79%) EMC