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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 28 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,740 3,375 5,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.10% 8.34% 7.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.15% 54.03% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,237 2,662 3,856
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £34,692
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%

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 4,632 6,246 12,522
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.69% 15.44% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,578 4,580 7,459
10th Percentile £30,444 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,918 £41,250 £40,801
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,813 £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 17 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
1 450 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 257 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 109 (3.98%) IIS
4 92 (3.36%) Apache
5 33 (1.20%) Tomcat
6 25 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 18 (0.66%) CMS
7 18 (0.66%) 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 4 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.11%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
13 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
13 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.11%) JBoss
Applications
1 271 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.36%) Trello
6 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) SPSS
9 2 (0.073%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.073%) CATIA
9 2 (0.073%) NASTRAN
9 2 (0.073%) Sketch
10 1 (0.036%) 1Password
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.036%) InDesign
10 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (1.28%) NEC Housing
2 28 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 9 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
6 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.073%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.073%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.073%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Findur
8 1 (0.036%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1,161 (42.37%) Azure
2 1,102 (40.22%) Microsoft 365
3 425 (15.51%) Entra ID
4 330 (12.04%) AWS
5 143 (5.22%) SaaS
6 102 (3.72%) IaaS
7 91 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 88 (3.21%) Amazon S3
8 88 (3.21%) OneDrive
9 83 (3.03%) GCP
9 83 (3.03%) GitHub
10 81 (2.96%) Power Platform
11 64 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
12 40 (1.46%) Nutanix
13 39 (1.42%) WhatsApp
14 37 (1.35%) PaaS
15 34 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
16 32 (1.17%) Serverless
17 31 (1.13%) Power Automate
18 28 (1.02%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 576 (21.02%) Firewall
2 445 (16.24%) DNS
3 288 (10.51%) DHCP
4 246 (8.98%) WAN
5 245 (8.94%) VPN
6 236 (8.61%) TCP/IP
7 218 (7.96%) LAN
8 175 (6.39%) Internet
9 145 (5.29%) SAN
10 139 (5.07%) Wi-Fi
11 108 (3.94%) Wireless
12 90 (3.28%) VLAN
13 76 (2.77%) VoIP
14 75 (2.74%) Network Security
15 70 (2.55%) SNMP
16 56 (2.04%) IPsec
17 55 (2.01%) NAS
17 55 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
18 48 (1.75%) SD-WAN
19 40 (1.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 357 (13.03%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.69%) MongoDB
3 74 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
4 71 (2.59%) Relational Database
5 70 (2.55%) MySQL
6 68 (2.48%) Power BI
7 58 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
8 51 (1.86%) Oracle Database
9 47 (1.72%) DB2
10 37 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
12 34 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
13 32 (1.17%) RDBMS
14 24 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (0.55%) Redis
17 14 (0.51%) QlikView
18 13 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
18 13 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
19 12 (0.44%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 102 (3.72%) Git
2 95 (3.47%) JIRA
3 55 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 48 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 45 (1.64%) GitLab
6 28 (1.02%) Subversion
7 22 (0.80%) CMake
8 21 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 21 (0.77%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.73%) IBM UrbanCode
10 17 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (0.51%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.36%) MSI
13 10 (0.36%) Trac
14 9 (0.33%) InstallShield
14 9 (0.33%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.26%) CircleCI
16 6 (0.22%) Selenium
16 6 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 803 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 587 (21.42%) Finance
3 276 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (5.40%) Public Sector
5 114 (4.16%) Banking
6 105 (3.83%) Law
7 96 (3.50%) Retail
8 89 (3.25%) Legal
9 88 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 81 (2.96%) Marketing
11 78 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 63 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (1.90%) Electronics
14 50 (1.82%) Games
15 45 (1.64%) Manufacturing
16 40 (1.46%) Police
17 38 (1.39%) Military
18 35 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
18 35 (1.28%) Local Government
18 35 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 473 (17.26%) Senior
2 402 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 337 (12.30%) Analyst
4 298 (10.88%) Support Engineer
5 271 (9.89%) IT Engineer
6 269 (9.82%) IT Support
7 198 (7.23%) Lead
8 155 (5.66%) Consultant
9 154 (5.62%) Developer
10 153 (5.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 148 (5.40%) IT Support Engineer
12 134 (4.89%) Support Analyst
13 130 (4.74%) Software Engineer
14 119 (4.34%) IT Analyst
15 111 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
16 91 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
16 91 (3.32%) IT Manager
17 87 (3.18%) Administrator
18 82 (2.99%) Applications Support
19 81 (2.96%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (6.20%) .NET
2 102 (3.72%) HTML
3 77 (2.81%) CSS
4 75 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
5 63 (2.30%) YAML
6 57 (2.08%) .NET Framework
6 57 (2.08%) ASP.NET
7 55 (2.01%) AngularJS
8 54 (1.97%) WPF
9 50 (1.82%) REST
10 47 (1.72%) Web Services
11 46 (1.68%) React
12 43 (1.57%) WinForms
13 42 (1.53%) XML
14 36 (1.31%) ASP.NET MVC
15 33 (1.20%) RESTful
16 32 (1.17%) Vue
17 31 (1.13%) Middleware
17 31 (1.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 30 (1.09%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 254 (9.27%) Data Centre
2 189 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 146 (5.33%) Public Cloud
4 135 (4.93%) Management Information System
5 77 (2.81%) Driving Licence
6 69 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 66 (2.41%) PKI
8 63 (2.30%) Clustering
9 56 (2.04%) Replication
10 48 (1.75%) Cyberattack
11 42 (1.53%) Cloud Native
12 39 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
13 38 (1.39%) Client/Server
13 38 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
14 36 (1.31%) Mobile App
15 35 (1.28%) Private Cloud
16 33 (1.20%) Virtual Team
17 32 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
18 30 (1.09%) IoT
19 29 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1,090 (39.78%) Windows Server
2 826 (30.15%) Linux
3 477 (17.41%) Windows 10
4 213 (7.77%) Unix
5 190 (6.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 167 (6.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 157 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 145 (5.29%) Apple iOS
9 115 (4.20%) Android
10 96 (3.50%) Mac OS
11 87 (3.18%) Windows 7
12 67 (2.45%) VMS
13 61 (2.23%) Ubuntu
14 55 (2.01%) Windows 8
15 54 (1.97%) Data ONTAP
16 48 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
17 43 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 42 (1.53%) Solaris
19 32 (1.17%) Mac OS X
20 24 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (19.01%) ITIL
2 514 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
3 494 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 367 (13.39%) Agile
5 344 (12.55%) Customer Service
6 330 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
7 327 (11.93%) DevOps
8 266 (9.71%) Mentoring
9 191 (6.97%) Software Engineering
10 185 (6.75%) CI/CD
11 181 (6.61%) Change Management
11 181 (6.61%) Project Management
12 171 (6.24%) Migration
13 168 (6.13%) Service Management
14 164 (5.99%) Disaster Recovery
15 161 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 151 (5.51%) Roadmaps
17 145 (5.29%) Actionable Insight
18 143 (5.22%) Computer Science
19 130 (4.74%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 445 (16.24%) PowerShell
2 424 (15.47%) SQL
3 243 (8.87%) Python
4 232 (8.47%) C#
5 121 (4.42%) Bash
6 88 (3.21%) Java
7 83 (3.03%) C++
8 77 (2.81%) JavaScript
9 67 (2.45%) T-SQL
10 47 (1.72%) VB
11 39 (1.42%) Perl
11 39 (1.42%) VBScript
12 37 (1.35%) C
13 32 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.99%) TypeScript
15 26 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.80%) PHP
17 20 (0.73%) VB.NET
18 19 (0.69%) XAML
19 17 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 506 (18.47%) Degree
2 284 (10.36%) Security Cleared
3 149 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 146 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 101 (3.69%) DV Cleared
6 93 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 68 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 58 (2.12%) CISSP
9 56 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.79%) CCNA
11 47 (1.72%) MCP
12 44 (1.61%) MCSE
13 40 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 32 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 32 (1.17%) CISM
15 25 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
16 24 (0.88%) DBS Check
17 22 (0.80%) A+ Certification
18 18 (0.66%) CCSP
19 17 (0.62%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.58%) SLA
2 90 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (2.66%) QA
4 63 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 39 (1.42%) NIST
6 24 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.58%) PMO
8 15 (0.55%) Data Quality
8 15 (0.55%) GDPR
8 15 (0.55%) ITGC
9 12 (0.44%) GRC
9 12 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.33%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.29%) MISRA
12 6 (0.22%) ISO 9000
12 6 (0.22%) NCSC
13 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,231 (44.93%) Active Directory
2 551 (20.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 385 (14.05%) Hyper-V
4 171 (6.24%) Docker
5 129 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
6 99 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 99 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
7 76 (2.77%) vSphere
8 50 (1.82%) XenApp
9 40 (1.46%) XenDesktop
10 28 (1.02%) VirtualBox
11 24 (0.88%) Firmware
12 18 (0.66%) NFS
13 15 (0.55%) Terminal Services
13 15 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
15 10 (0.36%) OpenSSH
15 10 (0.36%) pfSense
16 9 (0.33%) Forefront TMG
17 8 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 371 (13.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 242 (8.83%) Ansible
3 214 (7.81%) SCCM
4 194 (7.08%) Kubernetes
5 184 (6.72%) Terraform
6 129 (4.71%) vCenter Server
7 85 (3.10%) WSUS
8 65 (2.37%) Prometheus
9 62 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 57 (2.08%) SCOM
11 53 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 46 (1.68%) Grafana
13 43 (1.57%) Puppet
14 35 (1.28%) Microsoft Clustering
14 35 (1.28%) Nagios
15 27 (0.99%) ZABBIX
16 24 (0.88%) Progress Chef
17 17 (0.62%) FortiGate
17 17 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
17 17 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1,342 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 804 (29.34%) VMware
3 167 (6.09%) Citrix
4 165 (6.02%) Cisco
5 142 (5.18%) Oracle
6 122 (4.45%) Apple
7 99 (3.61%) Red Hat
8 92 (3.36%) NetApp
9 89 (3.25%) Dell
10 88 (3.21%) Veeam
11 75 (2.74%) HP
12 73 (2.66%) ServiceNow
13 72 (2.63%) IBM
14 70 (2.55%) Adobe
15 63 (2.30%) Meraki
15 63 (2.30%) Palo Alto
16 62 (2.26%) Google
17 54 (1.97%) SolidFire
18 50 (1.82%) SAP
19 49 (1.79%) Splunk