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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 127 183
Rank change year-on-year +34 +56 -85
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,080 1,025 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.11% 2.67% 2.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.22% 17.26% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 912 872 1,453
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,300 £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 £57,000 £64,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 4,651 5,940 13,255
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.39% 15.44% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,547 4,381 7,456
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £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 1 June 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
1 283 (26.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 166 (15.37%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.15%) IIS
4 11 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.74%) CMS
5 8 (0.74%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.65%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) Confluence
8 4 (0.37%) SAS
9 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.28%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Orchard CMS
9 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.19%) nginx
11 1 (0.093%) Site Server
11 1 (0.093%) WebLogic
Applications
1 81 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) SPSS
5 2 (0.19%) CATIA
5 2 (0.19%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.093%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 592 (54.81%) Azure
2 589 (54.54%) Microsoft 365
3 262 (24.26%) Entra ID
4 116 (10.74%) AWS
5 72 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 55 (5.09%) SaaS
7 42 (3.89%) IaaS
8 38 (3.52%) GitHub
9 31 (2.87%) Power Platform
10 28 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
10 28 (2.59%) Nutanix
11 23 (2.13%) Azure Storage
12 22 (2.04%) PaaS
13 16 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.39%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.20%) GCP
15 13 (1.20%) Mimecast
15 13 (1.20%) WhatsApp
16 11 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
17 10 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 323 (29.91%) Firewall
2 270 (25.00%) DNS
3 214 (19.81%) DHCP
4 126 (11.67%) WAN
5 112 (10.37%) SAN
6 109 (10.09%) TCP/IP
7 103 (9.54%) LAN
8 88 (8.15%) VPN
9 78 (7.22%) Wireless
10 70 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
11 65 (6.02%) VLAN
12 41 (3.80%) VoIP
13 40 (3.70%) Internet
14 36 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
15 32 (2.96%) NAS
16 28 (2.59%) SD-WAN
17 25 (2.31%) Network Security
18 15 (1.39%) WLAN
19 14 (1.30%) FTP
20 13 (1.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.06%) DB2
3 25 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (1.94%) Power BI
5 17 (1.57%) MySQL
6 13 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.46%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.37%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.28%) Big Data
12 3 (0.28%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.28%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (3.70%) Git
2 36 (3.33%) JIRA
3 21 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.93%) Trac
5 8 (0.74%) GitLab
6 6 (0.56%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.56%) Snyk
7 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.28%) GoCD
9 3 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.19%) Subversion
10 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.093%) Log4Net
11 1 (0.093%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 329 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.48%) Finance
3 119 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (3.70%) Telecoms
5 35 (3.24%) Legal
5 35 (3.24%) Public Sector
6 34 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (2.22%) Marketing
9 21 (1.94%) Law
10 20 (1.85%) Retail
11 18 (1.67%) Banking
12 16 (1.48%) Games
13 15 (1.39%) Advertising
14 10 (0.93%) Automotive
15 9 (0.83%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.74%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.74%) Military
17 6 (0.56%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 226 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 166 (15.37%) Senior
3 155 (14.35%) IT Engineer
4 152 (14.07%) Support Engineer
5 116 (10.74%) IT Support
6 110 (10.19%) Analyst
7 79 (7.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 73 (6.76%) 3rd Line Support
8 73 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 65 (6.02%) Lead
10 62 (5.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 61 (5.65%) Consultant
12 49 (4.54%) IT Manager
13 44 (4.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 44 (4.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 43 (3.98%) IT Analyst
15 41 (3.80%) Administrator
16 38 (3.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 38 (3.52%) Infrastructure Support
17 35 (3.24%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.04%) .NET
2 21 (1.94%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.02%) HTML
4 9 (0.83%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.83%) CSS
4 9 (0.83%) Web Services
5 8 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.74%) ASP.NET
5 8 (0.74%) LDAP
6 6 (0.56%) AWS CDK
6 6 (0.56%) jQuery
6 6 (0.56%) React
7 5 (0.46%) Blazor
7 5 (0.46%) Middleware
7 5 (0.46%) REST
8 4 (0.37%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.37%) JSON
8 4 (0.37%) SAML
8 4 (0.37%) XML
9 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.81%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (7.78%) Data Centre
3 57 (5.28%) PKI
4 50 (4.63%) Clustering
5 46 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 30 (2.78%) Replication
9 20 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
10 19 (1.76%) SCADA
11 17 (1.57%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.48%) Client/Server
13 14 (1.30%) iPad
14 12 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
16 9 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.83%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.74%) Private Cloud
17 8 (0.74%) Product Ownership
18 7 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,080 (100.00%) Windows
2 227 (21.02%) Linux
3 208 (19.26%) Windows 10
4 162 (15.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 146 (13.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 144 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 56 (5.19%) Windows 7
8 49 (4.54%) Unix
9 44 (4.07%) Windows 8
10 33 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
11 20 (1.85%) Mac OS
12 19 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 13 (1.20%) Android
14 11 (1.02%) Windows NT
15 10 (0.93%) Apple iOS
16 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.65%) VMS
18 5 (0.46%) Windows 2000
18 5 (0.46%) Windows XP
19 4 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (25.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 229 (21.20%) ITIL
3 198 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
4 155 (14.35%) Customer Service
5 117 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (8.80%) DevOps
7 87 (8.06%) Mentoring
8 83 (7.69%) Migration
9 72 (6.67%) Agile
10 71 (6.57%) Disaster Recovery
11 66 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (5.83%) Service Management
13 61 (5.65%) Project Delivery
13 61 (5.65%) Server Management
14 59 (5.46%) Roadmaps
15 56 (5.19%) Information Security
16 54 (5.00%) Change Management
17 53 (4.91%) CI/CD
17 53 (4.91%) Project Management
18 52 (4.81%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 249 (23.06%) PowerShell
2 122 (11.30%) SQL
3 52 (4.81%) Python
4 46 (4.26%) C#
5 38 (3.52%) VB
5 38 (3.52%) VBScript
6 31 (2.87%) Bash
7 21 (1.94%) Java
8 20 (1.85%) Bicep
9 12 (1.11%) ActionScript
10 11 (1.02%) Delphi
10 11 (1.02%) JavaScript
11 9 (0.83%) C++
11 9 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.65%) Korn
13 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.46%) Perl
14 5 (0.46%) Ruby
15 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 176 (16.30%) Degree
2 100 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 61 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (2.59%) CCNA
8 23 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 19 (1.76%) MCSE
10 18 (1.67%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.57%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.30%) CISA
12 14 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.02%) MCSA
13 11 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.74%) MCP
15 7 (0.65%) A+ Certification
15 7 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.35%) SLA
2 32 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.48%) PMO
5 15 (1.39%) ITGC
6 12 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 9 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.74%) NIST
9 7 (0.65%) QA
10 4 (0.37%) GDPR
10 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.28%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.093%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.093%) GxP
12 1 (0.093%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.093%) NCSC
System Software
1 675 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 342 (31.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 297 (27.50%) Hyper-V
4 81 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
5 74 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
6 64 (5.93%) vSphere
7 49 (4.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 48 (4.44%) Docker
9 43 (3.98%) XenApp
10 34 (3.15%) XenDesktop
11 27 (2.50%) VirtualBox
12 16 (1.48%) NFS
13 14 (1.30%) Firmware
14 12 (1.11%) OpenSSH
14 12 (1.11%) Terminal Services
15 11 (1.02%) pfSense
16 6 (0.56%) DFS Replication
17 5 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
18 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
18 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 209 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 124 (11.48%) SCCM
3 64 (5.93%) vCenter Server
4 52 (4.81%) Ansible
4 52 (4.81%) Kubernetes
5 50 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
5 50 (4.63%) WSUS
6 46 (4.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 42 (3.89%) SCOM
8 35 (3.24%) Terraform
9 33 (3.06%) Microsoft Clustering
10 21 (1.94%) Grafana
10 21 (1.94%) Nagios
11 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 14 (1.30%) PowerCLI
13 12 (1.11%) IBM BigFix
14 11 (1.02%) ZABBIX
15 10 (0.93%) Puppet
15 10 (0.93%) SCDPM
16 8 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 679 (62.87%) Microsoft
2 536 (49.63%) VMware
3 124 (11.48%) Citrix
4 108 (10.00%) Cisco
5 74 (6.85%) Veeam
6 54 (5.00%) Meraki
7 44 (4.07%) HP
8 39 (3.61%) ServiceNow
9 36 (3.33%) NetApp
10 34 (3.15%) Oracle
11 33 (3.06%) Apple
12 31 (2.87%) Commvault
12 31 (2.87%) IBM
13 30 (2.78%) Dell
14 26 (2.41%) Red Hat
15 25 (2.31%) Fortinet
15 25 (2.31%) Sun
16 21 (1.94%) EMC
16 21 (1.94%) Google
17 20 (1.85%) Sophos