Windows Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 89 166
Rank change year-on-year -46 +77 -33
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 243 607 735
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 2.54% 1.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.46% 18.74% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 447 561
10th Percentile £250 £267 £238
25th Percentile £350 £393 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -0.58%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £550
90th Percentile £663 £732 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £433
% change year-on-year -5.00% +15.61% +2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 28
10th Percentile - £18.90 £16.06
25th Percentile - £20.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £21.31 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year - -25.01% -45.89%
75th Percentile - £26.35 £54.88
90th Percentile - £27.63 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £29.65 £22.75
% change year-on-year +29.85% +30.33% -9.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,572 3,239 5,309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.65% 13.57% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,268 3,789
10th Percentile £229 £245 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.94% +9.57%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £620
90th Percentile £685 £731 £694
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 113 125
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.20 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +16.67% +21.62%
75th Percentile £27.68 £68.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server.

Windows Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Windows Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server.

Windows Server hourly rate 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 66 (27.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (7.00%) SharePoint
3 14 (5.76%) IIS
4 11 (4.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (4.53%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (4.12%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (4.12%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (4.12%) Skype for Business
6 9 (3.70%) Confluence
7 4 (1.65%) Apache
7 4 (1.65%) nginx
8 3 (1.23%) JBoss
8 3 (1.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.82%) SAS
10 1 (0.41%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.41%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 102 (41.98%) Azure
2 88 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (21.81%) Entra ID
4 31 (12.76%) AWS
5 25 (10.29%) Azure Monitor
5 25 (10.29%) Azure Storage
6 12 (4.94%) IaaS
7 10 (4.12%) GCP
8 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.29%) PaaS
9 7 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.47%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.47%) SaaS
11 5 (2.06%) GitHub
11 5 (2.06%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.06%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.06%) Rubrik
12 4 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 75 (30.86%) Firewall
2 69 (28.40%) DNS
3 50 (20.58%) DHCP
4 21 (8.64%) SAN
5 19 (7.82%) VPN
6 13 (5.35%) LAN
7 11 (4.53%) Skype
8 10 (4.12%) NAS
9 8 (3.29%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.29%) VLAN
9 8 (3.29%) WAN
10 7 (2.88%) Network Security
10 7 (2.88%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (2.47%) Internet
12 5 (2.06%) Kerberos
12 5 (2.06%) NetScaler
12 5 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.82%) SSL
13 2 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.65%) Big Data
3 4 (1.65%) MySQL
3 4 (1.65%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.65%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.41%) Looker
5 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (6.58%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.17%) JIRA
3 10 (4.12%) Git
4 7 (2.88%) TeamCity
5 5 (2.06%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.65%) Subversion
7 3 (1.23%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.41%) GitLab
9 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 60 (24.69%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.40%) Finance
3 18 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.00%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.12%) Banking
6 5 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.65%) Law
8 3 (1.23%) Military
8 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.82%) Back Office
9 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.82%) French Language
9 2 (0.82%) Legal
9 2 (0.82%) Local Government
9 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 36 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (8.64%) Active Directory Support
2 21 (8.64%) Support Specialist
3 18 (7.41%) Support Engineer
4 17 (7.00%) Windows Engineer
5 15 (6.17%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (5.76%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (5.76%) Azure Specialist
7 13 (5.35%) Administrator
8 12 (4.94%) Architect
8 12 (4.94%) IT Engineer
8 12 (4.94%) Wintel Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) Active Directory Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) Applications Support
9 11 (4.53%) Server Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Technician
10 10 (4.12%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.70%) Lead
11 9 (3.70%) Security Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.88%) ARM Templates
2 17 (7.00%) .NET
3 11 (4.53%) Node.js
4 7 (2.88%) Middleware
4 7 (2.88%) REST
5 6 (2.47%) ASP.NET
6 5 (2.06%) LDAP
7 3 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.23%) IBM Integration Bus
8 2 (0.82%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.82%) ADSI
8 2 (0.82%) ISPF
8 2 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.82%) React Native
8 2 (0.82%) XML
9 1 (0.41%) CSS
9 1 (0.41%) HTML
9 1 (0.41%) LAMP
9 1 (0.41%) SAML
9 1 (0.41%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.35%) PKI
2 24 (9.88%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.76%) Clustering
4 12 (4.94%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.94%) NHS
5 10 (4.12%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.88%) Replication
8 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.23%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.23%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.23%) Tandem
10 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.82%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 242 (99.59%) Windows
2 60 (24.69%) Linux
3 46 (18.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (17.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 40 (16.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (11.11%) Windows 10
7 11 (4.53%) Android
7 11 (4.53%) Apple iOS
7 11 (4.53%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (4.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (3.70%) Unix
10 8 (3.29%) VMS
11 6 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (2.47%) Solaris
12 3 (1.23%) CentOS
12 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.82%) zOS
14 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.51%) DevOps
2 52 (21.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 51 (20.99%) ITIL
4 48 (19.75%) CI/CD
5 47 (19.34%) Agile
6 34 (13.99%) Analytics
6 34 (13.99%) Migration
7 32 (13.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (11.52%) Service Management
9 26 (10.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (9.88%) Log Analytics
11 23 (9.47%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 23 (9.47%) RBAC
12 22 (9.05%) Identity Management
12 22 (9.05%) Release Management
12 22 (9.05%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (8.64%) Privileged Identity Management
14 18 (7.41%) High Availability
15 17 (7.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 90 (37.04%) PowerShell
2 49 (20.16%) SQL
3 34 (13.99%) C#
4 27 (11.11%) VB
5 23 (9.47%) Bicep
6 21 (8.64%) VBScript
7 18 (7.41%) Python
8 10 (4.12%) Bash
9 7 (2.88%) F#
10 5 (2.06%) C++
10 5 (2.06%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.65%) Java
11 4 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.82%) JCL
12 2 (0.82%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.82%) Perl
12 2 (0.82%) PHP
12 2 (0.82%) REXX
12 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 47 (19.34%) SC Cleared
3 45 (18.52%) Degree
4 28 (11.52%) DV Cleared
5 25 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (8.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (5.76%) MCSE
8 10 (4.12%) MCSA
9 6 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.23%) CCNA
10 3 (1.23%) CCNP
10 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.23%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (1.23%) MCITP
10 3 (1.23%) MCTS
10 3 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.82%) MCSD
12 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.35%) SLA
2 9 (3.70%) QA
3 6 (2.47%) GDPR
4 5 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.23%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 138 (56.79%) Active Directory
2 44 (18.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (13.99%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (10.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (7.00%) Hyper-V
6 14 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (5.35%) vSphere
8 10 (4.12%) Docker
9 8 (3.29%) VMware NSX
10 7 (2.88%) XenApp
11 6 (2.47%) XenDesktop
12 3 (1.23%) Terminal Services
12 3 (1.23%) VMFS
13 2 (0.82%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 2 (0.82%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.41%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.41%) Postfix
14 1 (0.41%) vCloud
14 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (22.22%) SCCM
2 36 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 31 (12.76%) SCOM
4 25 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (10.29%) WSUS
5 23 (9.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (8.64%) Ansible
7 16 (6.58%) Terraform
8 5 (2.06%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (2.06%) Netcool
8 5 (2.06%) Puppet
8 5 (2.06%) Tivoli
8 5 (2.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.65%) BladeLogic
9 4 (1.65%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (1.65%) Nessus
9 4 (1.65%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.65%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.23%) Grafana
10 3 (1.23%) logstash
Vendors
1 129 (53.09%) Microsoft
2 82 (33.74%) VMware
3 24 (9.88%) Citrix
4 18 (7.41%) Qualys
4 18 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 16 (6.58%) Oracle
6 15 (6.17%) HP
7 12 (4.94%) Veeam
8 11 (4.53%) CA
8 11 (4.53%) CyberArk
9 10 (4.12%) IBM
9 10 (4.12%) Splunk
10 9 (3.70%) Cisco
11 7 (2.88%) Dell
12 6 (2.47%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.06%) EMC
13 5 (2.06%) Isilon
13 5 (2.06%) Serena
14 4 (1.65%) Commvault
14 4 (1.65%) Dynatrace