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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 130 172
Rank change year-on-year +44 +42 -77
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,088 1,105 1,654
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.22% 2.72% 2.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.53% 17.64% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 928 916 1,453
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £57,125 £63,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £69,880
UK median annual salary £41,206 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.43% +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 4,623 6,263 12,747
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.67% 15.43% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,569 4,591 7,508
10th Percentile £30,200 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £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 20 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
1 291 (26.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 166 (15.26%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.94%) IIS
4 11 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.74%) CMS
5 8 (0.74%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
8 4 (0.37%) Confluence
8 4 (0.37%) SAS
9 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.28%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Orchard CMS
9 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 1 (0.092%) Site Server
11 1 (0.092%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 77 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) SPSS
5 2 (0.18%) CATIA
5 2 (0.18%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.19%) Unit4 Business World
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.092%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 599 (55.06%) Microsoft 365
2 589 (54.14%) Azure
3 262 (24.08%) Entra ID
4 118 (10.85%) AWS
5 75 (6.89%) OneDrive
6 57 (5.24%) SaaS
7 41 (3.77%) IaaS
8 39 (3.58%) GitHub
9 31 (2.85%) Power Platform
10 27 (2.48%) Nutanix
11 26 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (2.02%) PaaS
13 20 (1.84%) Azure Storage
14 16 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (1.38%) Google Workspace
15 15 (1.38%) WhatsApp
16 12 (1.10%) GCP
16 12 (1.10%) Mimecast
16 12 (1.10%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 314 (28.86%) Firewall
2 270 (24.82%) DNS
3 212 (19.49%) DHCP
4 126 (11.58%) WAN
5 110 (10.11%) SAN
5 110 (10.11%) TCP/IP
6 104 (9.56%) LAN
7 90 (8.27%) VPN
8 76 (6.99%) Wireless
9 70 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
10 64 (5.88%) VLAN
11 41 (3.77%) VoIP
12 37 (3.40%) Remote Desktop
13 36 (3.31%) Internet
14 34 (3.13%) NAS
15 26 (2.39%) SD-WAN
16 23 (2.11%) Network Security
17 15 (1.38%) FTP
17 15 (1.38%) WLAN
18 14 (1.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (14.61%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.94%) DB2
3 24 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (1.93%) Power BI
5 15 (1.38%) MySQL
6 13 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.46%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.46%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.37%) InfluxDB
14 3 (0.28%) Big Data
14 3 (0.28%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.28%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 41 (3.77%) Git
2 35 (3.22%) JIRA
3 21 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.92%) Trac
5 9 (0.83%) GitLab
6 6 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.55%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.55%) Snyk
7 4 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.28%) GoCD
8 3 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.092%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.092%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 331 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.36%) Finance
3 115 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.77%) Telecoms
5 39 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.22%) Legal
8 34 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (2.39%) Law
11 25 (2.30%) Marketing
12 21 (1.93%) Retail
13 19 (1.75%) Banking
14 17 (1.56%) Games
15 15 (1.38%) Advertising
16 10 (0.92%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.83%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.64%) Automotive
18 7 (0.64%) Military
19 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 225 (20.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 171 (15.72%) Senior
3 158 (14.52%) IT Engineer
4 152 (13.97%) Support Engineer
5 117 (10.75%) IT Support
6 110 (10.11%) Analyst
7 78 (7.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 73 (6.71%) 3rd Line Support
9 72 (6.62%) IT Support Engineer
10 62 (5.70%) Consultant
10 62 (5.70%) Lead
11 58 (5.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 52 (4.78%) IT Manager
13 42 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 42 (3.86%) Administrator
13 42 (3.86%) IT Analyst
13 42 (3.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (3.49%) Infrastructure Support
14 38 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
15 37 (3.40%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.93%) .NET
2 18 (1.65%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.01%) HTML
4 9 (0.83%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.83%) CSS
5 8 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.74%) LDAP
5 8 (0.74%) Web Services
6 7 (0.64%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.55%) AWS CDK
7 6 (0.55%) jQuery
7 6 (0.55%) React
8 5 (0.46%) Blazor
8 5 (0.46%) REST
9 4 (0.37%) JSON
9 4 (0.37%) Middleware
9 4 (0.37%) SAML
9 4 (0.37%) XML
10 3 (0.28%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.47%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (7.72%) Data Centre
3 52 (4.78%) PKI
4 47 (4.32%) Clustering
4 47 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 29 (2.67%) Replication
7 19 (1.75%) SCADA
7 19 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (1.56%) Client/Server
8 17 (1.56%) Operational Technology
9 14 (1.29%) iPad
10 11 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 10 (0.92%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
13 8 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.74%) Product Ownership
14 7 (0.64%) EFT
14 7 (0.64%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,088 (100.00%) Windows
2 221 (20.31%) Linux
3 211 (19.39%) Windows 10
4 161 (14.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 147 (13.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 143 (13.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 57 (5.24%) Windows 7
8 50 (4.60%) Unix
9 45 (4.14%) Windows 8
10 33 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 20 (1.84%) Mac OS
11 20 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (1.10%) Android
12 12 (1.10%) Windows NT
13 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
13 9 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (0.74%) VMS
15 5 (0.46%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.37%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.37%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (25.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 228 (20.96%) ITIL
3 196 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (14.15%) Customer Service
5 122 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
6 92 (8.46%) DevOps
7 85 (7.81%) Migration
8 84 (7.72%) Mentoring
9 72 (6.62%) Disaster Recovery
10 70 (6.43%) Agile
11 66 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 62 (5.70%) Server Management
12 62 (5.70%) Service Management
13 61 (5.61%) Project Delivery
14 59 (5.42%) Roadmaps
15 58 (5.33%) Information Security
16 55 (5.06%) Change Management
17 54 (4.96%) Project Management
18 50 (4.60%) CI/CD
19 48 (4.41%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 248 (22.79%) PowerShell
2 123 (11.31%) SQL
3 51 (4.69%) Python
4 42 (3.86%) C#
5 35 (3.22%) VBScript
6 34 (3.13%) Bash
7 33 (3.03%) VB
8 20 (1.84%) Java
9 16 (1.47%) Bicep
10 11 (1.01%) Delphi
10 11 (1.01%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.92%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.74%) Korn
14 7 (0.64%) C++
15 6 (0.55%) Perl
15 6 (0.55%) Ruby
15 6 (0.55%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 174 (15.99%) Degree
2 97 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 69 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 28 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (2.48%) CCNA
8 24 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.21%) MCSE
9 19 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.56%) DBS Check
10 17 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 14 (1.29%) CISA
11 14 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.19%) MCSA
13 11 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.74%) MCP
15 7 (0.64%) A+ Certification
16 6 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.41%) SLA
2 32 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.47%) PMO
5 15 (1.38%) ITGC
6 12 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.92%) NIST
8 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.64%) QA
10 6 (0.55%) GDPR
11 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.28%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.092%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.092%) GxP
13 1 (0.092%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.092%) NCSC
System Software
1 685 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 340 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 306 (28.13%) Hyper-V
4 82 (7.54%) VMware ESXi
5 74 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (5.42%) vSphere
7 47 (4.32%) Docker
8 43 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (3.86%) XenApp
10 35 (3.22%) XenDesktop
11 28 (2.57%) VirtualBox
12 15 (1.38%) NFS
13 14 (1.29%) Firmware
14 10 (0.92%) OpenSSH
14 10 (0.92%) pfSense
14 10 (0.92%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.55%) DFS Replication
16 5 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 206 (18.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (11.67%) SCCM
3 62 (5.70%) vCenter Server
4 52 (4.78%) Ansible
5 51 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
6 50 (4.60%) WSUS
7 48 (4.41%) Kubernetes
8 41 (3.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 39 (3.58%) SCOM
10 33 (3.03%) Terraform
11 32 (2.94%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (1.93%) Grafana
13 19 (1.75%) Nagios
14 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 12 (1.10%) PowerCLI
16 11 (1.01%) Puppet
16 11 (1.01%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.92%) IBM BigFix
17 10 (0.92%) SCDPM
18 9 (0.83%) Nessus
Vendors
1 683 (62.78%) Microsoft
2 538 (49.45%) VMware
3 120 (11.03%) Citrix
4 108 (9.93%) Cisco
5 72 (6.62%) Veeam
6 53 (4.87%) Meraki
7 44 (4.04%) HP
8 41 (3.77%) ServiceNow
9 35 (3.22%) NetApp
10 33 (3.03%) Apple
11 32 (2.94%) Oracle
12 30 (2.76%) Dell
13 29 (2.67%) IBM
14 28 (2.57%) Commvault
15 27 (2.48%) Sun
16 26 (2.39%) Fortinet
17 25 (2.30%) Red Hat
18 21 (1.93%) Google
19 20 (1.84%) EMC
19 20 (1.84%) Sophos