Windows Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 28 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,781 3,495 5,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 8.41% 7.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.49% 54.32% 43.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,289 2,740 3,840
10th Percentile £28,132 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,881 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows 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 4,675 6,434 12,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.81% 15.47% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,625 4,713 7,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £30,487
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 £67,500 £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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Windows salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Windows salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 474 (17.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 259 (9.31%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.81%) IIS
4 88 (3.16%) Apache
5 30 (1.08%) Tomcat
6 27 (0.97%) OpenStack
7 17 (0.61%) CMS
7 17 (0.61%) Confluence
8 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.29%) nginx
9 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
11 5 (0.18%) SAS
12 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.11%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
12 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.11%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 287 (10.32%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.36%) Trello
5 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.11%) Simulink
7 3 (0.11%) SPSS
8 2 (0.072%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.072%) CATIA
8 2 (0.072%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.072%) Sketch
9 1 (0.036%) 1Password
9 1 (0.036%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.036%) InDesign
9 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (1.19%) NEC Housing
2 28 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.25%) Carpe Diem
6 6 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.072%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.072%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.072%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.072%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.036%) Endur
9 1 (0.036%) Findur
9 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,171 (42.11%) Azure
2 1,136 (40.85%) Microsoft 365
3 425 (15.28%) Entra ID
4 345 (12.41%) AWS
5 146 (5.25%) SaaS
6 103 (3.70%) IaaS
7 93 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (3.27%) Amazon S3
9 90 (3.24%) OneDrive
10 86 (3.09%) GCP
10 86 (3.09%) GitHub
11 83 (2.98%) Power Platform
12 65 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
13 41 (1.47%) WhatsApp
14 39 (1.40%) Nutanix
15 38 (1.37%) PaaS
16 34 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
17 33 (1.19%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.15%) Serverless
19 27 (0.97%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 588 (21.14%) Firewall
2 452 (16.25%) DNS
3 302 (10.86%) DHCP
4 256 (9.21%) WAN
5 253 (9.10%) VPN
6 239 (8.59%) TCP/IP
7 229 (8.23%) LAN
8 177 (6.36%) Internet
9 150 (5.39%) SAN
10 131 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
11 119 (4.28%) Wireless
12 101 (3.63%) VLAN
13 79 (2.84%) VoIP
14 76 (2.73%) Network Security
15 72 (2.59%) SNMP
16 56 (2.01%) IPsec
16 56 (2.01%) NAS
16 56 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
17 48 (1.73%) SD-WAN
18 41 (1.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 359 (12.91%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.63%) MongoDB
3 75 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
4 71 (2.55%) MySQL
4 71 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 70 (2.52%) Power BI
6 63 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
7 46 (1.65%) DB2
8 45 (1.62%) Oracle Database
9 37 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 36 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
12 32 (1.15%) RDBMS
13 22 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (0.54%) Redis
16 14 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
16 14 (0.50%) QlikView
17 13 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
18 12 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 105 (3.78%) Git
2 95 (3.42%) JIRA
3 55 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 49 (1.76%) GitLab
4 49 (1.76%) Visual Studio
5 28 (1.01%) Subversion
6 22 (0.79%) CMake
7 21 (0.76%) Artifactory
8 20 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 20 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
9 17 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
10 15 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (0.50%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.36%) MSI
12 10 (0.36%) Trac
13 9 (0.32%) InstallShield
13 9 (0.32%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.25%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.22%) Postman
15 6 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 805 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 587 (21.11%) Finance
3 272 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (5.21%) Public Sector
5 116 (4.17%) Banking
6 110 (3.96%) Law
7 96 (3.45%) Retail
8 94 (3.38%) Legal
9 86 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 84 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 81 (2.91%) Marketing
12 69 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (1.87%) Electronics
14 50 (1.80%) Games
15 44 (1.58%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.37%) Military
17 37 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
17 37 (1.33%) Police
18 34 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
19 32 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 483 (17.37%) Senior
2 415 (14.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 342 (12.30%) Analyst
4 311 (11.18%) Support Engineer
5 274 (9.85%) IT Engineer
6 271 (9.74%) IT Support
7 200 (7.19%) Lead
8 159 (5.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 156 (5.61%) Consultant
10 151 (5.43%) Developer
11 149 (5.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 138 (4.96%) Support Analyst
13 124 (4.46%) Software Engineer
14 118 (4.24%) IT Analyst
15 112 (4.03%) 3rd Line Support
16 93 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
16 93 (3.34%) IT Manager
17 87 (3.13%) Administrator
18 82 (2.95%) Applications Support
19 79 (2.84%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (6.11%) .NET
2 103 (3.70%) HTML
3 78 (2.80%) CSS
4 77 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
5 64 (2.30%) YAML
6 57 (2.05%) .NET Framework
7 56 (2.01%) ASP.NET
8 55 (1.98%) AngularJS
8 55 (1.98%) WPF
9 49 (1.76%) REST
10 45 (1.62%) React
11 43 (1.55%) Web Services
11 43 (1.55%) WinForms
12 42 (1.51%) XML
13 35 (1.26%) ASP.NET MVC
14 33 (1.19%) Middleware
14 33 (1.19%) RESTful
15 32 (1.15%) Vue
16 31 (1.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 29 (1.04%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 261 (9.39%) Data Centre
2 190 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 142 (5.11%) Public Cloud
4 135 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 80 (2.88%) Driving Licence
6 68 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 65 (2.34%) PKI
8 61 (2.19%) Clustering
9 54 (1.94%) Replication
10 47 (1.69%) Cyberattack
11 42 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
13 36 (1.29%) Client/Server
13 36 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 36 (1.29%) Mobile App
14 35 (1.26%) Private Cloud
15 34 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 33 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
17 29 (1.04%) IoT
17 29 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1,121 (40.31%) Windows Server
2 823 (29.59%) Linux
3 488 (17.55%) Windows 10
4 208 (7.48%) Unix
5 192 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 171 (6.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 155 (5.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 144 (5.18%) Apple iOS
9 113 (4.06%) Android
10 99 (3.56%) Mac OS
11 92 (3.31%) Windows 7
12 68 (2.45%) VMS
13 62 (2.23%) Ubuntu
14 59 (2.12%) Windows 8
15 54 (1.94%) Data ONTAP
16 49 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
17 45 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 39 (1.40%) Solaris
19 32 (1.15%) Mac OS X
20 24 (0.86%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (19.09%) ITIL
2 516 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
3 507 (18.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 370 (13.30%) Agile
5 353 (12.69%) Customer Service
6 336 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
7 333 (11.97%) DevOps
8 266 (9.56%) Mentoring
9 189 (6.80%) CI/CD
10 184 (6.62%) Software Engineering
11 182 (6.54%) Change Management
12 181 (6.51%) Project Management
13 177 (6.36%) Migration
14 167 (6.01%) Service Management
15 166 (5.97%) Disaster Recovery
16 161 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
17 151 (5.43%) Roadmaps
18 148 (5.32%) Actionable Insight
19 140 (5.03%) Computer Science
20 129 (4.64%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 461 (16.58%) PowerShell
2 423 (15.21%) SQL
3 249 (8.95%) Python
4 232 (8.34%) C#
5 126 (4.53%) Bash
6 87 (3.13%) Java
7 76 (2.73%) C++
7 76 (2.73%) JavaScript
8 67 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.65%) VB
10 41 (1.47%) Perl
11 38 (1.37%) VBScript
12 33 (1.19%) C
13 29 (1.04%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.97%) PL/SQL
14 27 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 22 (0.79%) PHP
16 21 (0.76%) Ruby
17 20 (0.72%) VB.NET
18 19 (0.68%) XAML
Qualifications
1 508 (18.27%) Degree
2 277 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 154 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 144 (5.18%) SC Cleared
5 102 (3.67%) DV Cleared
6 92 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 76 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 60 (2.16%) CISSP
9 56 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 56 (2.01%) CCNA
10 46 (1.65%) MCP
11 41 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 41 (1.47%) MCSE
12 34 (1.22%) CISM
13 32 (1.15%) AWS Certification
14 25 (0.90%) A+ Certification
15 24 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 23 (0.83%) DBS Check
17 19 (0.68%) MCITP
18 18 (0.65%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (3.81%) SLA
2 90 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (2.62%) QA
4 61 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (1.40%) NIST
6 36 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 23 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.58%) PMO
9 15 (0.54%) GDPR
9 15 (0.54%) ITGC
10 14 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.43%) GRC
11 12 (0.43%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.29%) MISRA
14 6 (0.22%) ISO 9000
15 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.18%) NCSC
16 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,263 (45.42%) Active Directory
2 567 (20.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 394 (14.17%) Hyper-V
4 173 (6.22%) Docker
5 127 (4.57%) Virtual Machines
6 99 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 99 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
7 73 (2.62%) vSphere
8 50 (1.80%) XenApp
9 41 (1.47%) XenDesktop
10 30 (1.08%) VirtualBox
11 23 (0.83%) Firmware
12 17 (0.61%) NFS
12 17 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
13 15 (0.54%) Terminal Services
14 14 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
15 10 (0.36%) pfSense
16 9 (0.32%) Forefront TMG
16 9 (0.32%) OpenSSH
17 8 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 375 (13.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 246 (8.85%) Ansible
3 222 (7.98%) SCCM
4 198 (7.12%) Kubernetes
5 188 (6.76%) Terraform
6 128 (4.60%) vCenter Server
7 89 (3.20%) WSUS
8 65 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 59 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
10 57 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 57 (2.05%) SCOM
11 49 (1.76%) Puppet
12 48 (1.73%) Grafana
13 36 (1.29%) Nagios
14 34 (1.22%) Microsoft Clustering
15 27 (0.97%) ZABBIX
16 24 (0.86%) Progress Chef
17 20 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
18 19 (0.68%) FortiGate
19 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1,362 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 821 (29.52%) VMware
3 177 (6.36%) Cisco
4 175 (6.29%) Citrix
5 136 (4.89%) Oracle
6 128 (4.60%) Apple
7 101 (3.63%) Red Hat
8 97 (3.49%) Dell
9 93 (3.34%) NetApp
10 90 (3.24%) Veeam
11 86 (3.09%) HP
12 72 (2.59%) ServiceNow
13 71 (2.55%) IBM
14 70 (2.52%) Adobe
14 70 (2.52%) Meraki
15 65 (2.34%) Palo Alto
16 64 (2.30%) Google
17 54 (1.94%) SolidFire
18 51 (1.83%) SAP
19 49 (1.76%) Splunk