Windows Server Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 94 130 187
Rank change year-on-year +36 +57 -85
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 1,080 998 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.04% 2.66% 2.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.97% 17.25% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 901 863 1,422
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £57,000 £65,000 £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 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,702 5,785 13,425
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.23% 15.44% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,548 4,321 7,485
10th Percentile £30,294 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,603 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £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 12 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
2 168 (15.56%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.43%) 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%) Tomcat
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%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.19%) nginx
10 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 82 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
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%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 611 (56.57%) Azure
2 596 (55.19%) Microsoft 365
3 268 (24.81%) Entra ID
4 115 (10.65%) AWS
5 70 (6.48%) OneDrive
6 51 (4.72%) SaaS
7 47 (4.35%) IaaS
8 36 (3.33%) GitHub
9 31 (2.87%) Power Platform
10 29 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
10 29 (2.69%) Nutanix
11 25 (2.31%) Azure Storage
11 25 (2.31%) PaaS
12 17 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (1.57%) Mimecast
13 15 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.39%) Google Workspace
14 13 (1.20%) GCP
14 13 (1.20%) WhatsApp
15 10 (0.93%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 327 (30.28%) Firewall
2 280 (25.93%) DNS
3 222 (20.56%) DHCP
4 127 (11.76%) WAN
5 114 (10.56%) TCP/IP
6 105 (9.72%) SAN
7 104 (9.63%) LAN
8 86 (7.96%) VPN
9 80 (7.41%) Wireless
10 72 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
11 64 (5.93%) VLAN
12 42 (3.89%) VoIP
13 41 (3.80%) Internet
14 36 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
15 32 (2.96%) NAS
16 28 (2.59%) SD-WAN
17 26 (2.41%) Network Security
18 15 (1.39%) WLAN
19 14 (1.30%) FTP
19 14 (1.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.15%) DB2
3 27 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (1.85%) Power BI
5 19 (1.76%) MySQL
6 13 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.46%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.46%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
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%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (3.61%) Git
2 35 (3.24%) JIRA
3 21 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.93%) Trac
5 6 (0.56%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.56%) GitLab
6 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.46%) Snyk
7 4 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.28%) GoCD
8 3 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.19%) Subversion
9 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.093%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.093%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 327 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 174 (16.11%) Finance
3 120 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (3.61%) Telecoms
6 36 (3.33%) Legal
7 35 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 33 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.31%) Marketing
11 23 (2.13%) Law
12 19 (1.76%) Retail
13 16 (1.48%) Advertising
14 15 (1.39%) Banking
15 14 (1.30%) Games
16 11 (1.02%) Automotive
17 10 (0.93%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.65%) Military
19 6 (0.56%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 224 (20.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 160 (14.81%) Senior
3 152 (14.07%) IT Engineer
3 152 (14.07%) Support Engineer
4 115 (10.65%) IT Support
5 112 (10.37%) Analyst
6 76 (7.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 74 (6.85%) 3rd Line Support
8 71 (6.57%) IT Support Engineer
9 66 (6.11%) Lead
10 61 (5.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 61 (5.65%) Consultant
11 48 (4.44%) IT Manager
12 46 (4.26%) IT Analyst
13 44 (4.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 44 (4.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 39 (3.61%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 38 (3.52%) 2nd Line Support
16 36 (3.33%) Infrastructure Support
16 36 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.13%) .NET
1 23 (2.13%) ARM Templates
2 11 (1.02%) HTML
3 9 (0.83%) AngularJS
3 9 (0.83%) ASP.NET
3 9 (0.83%) CSS
3 9 (0.83%) Web Services
4 8 (0.74%) .NET Core
4 8 (0.74%) LDAP
5 6 (0.56%) AWS CDK
5 6 (0.56%) jQuery
5 6 (0.56%) Middleware
5 6 (0.56%) React
6 5 (0.46%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.46%) Blazor
6 5 (0.46%) JSON
6 5 (0.46%) REST
7 4 (0.37%) SAML
7 4 (0.37%) XML
8 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 102 (9.44%) Self-Motivation
2 75 (6.94%) Data Centre
3 59 (5.46%) PKI
4 51 (4.72%) Clustering
5 45 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.43%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.96%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.96%) Replication
8 20 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (1.76%) SCADA
10 17 (1.57%) Operational Technology
11 16 (1.48%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.30%) iPad
13 12 (1.11%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
15 9 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.83%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.74%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.74%) Product Ownership
17 6 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,080 (100.00%) Windows
2 226 (20.93%) Linux
3 199 (18.43%) Windows 10
4 162 (15.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 143 (13.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 143 (13.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (5.09%) Windows 7
7 46 (4.26%) Unix
8 42 (3.89%) Windows 8
9 33 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
10 20 (1.85%) Mac OS
11 17 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (1.11%) Android
13 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.65%) VMS
14 7 (0.65%) Windows NT
14 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.56%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.46%) Debian
17 4 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (24.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 221 (20.46%) ITIL
3 200 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 158 (14.63%) Customer Service
5 112 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
6 99 (9.17%) DevOps
7 86 (7.96%) Mentoring
8 81 (7.50%) Migration
9 75 (6.94%) Agile
10 72 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
11 66 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (5.93%) Service Management
13 61 (5.65%) Project Delivery
14 59 (5.46%) Roadmaps
15 57 (5.28%) CI/CD
16 56 (5.19%) Information Security
17 55 (5.09%) Analytics
17 55 (5.09%) Project Management
18 54 (5.00%) Change Management
19 52 (4.81%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 248 (22.96%) PowerShell
2 122 (11.30%) SQL
3 53 (4.91%) Python
4 49 (4.54%) C#
5 41 (3.80%) VB
6 40 (3.70%) VBScript
7 29 (2.69%) Bash
8 22 (2.04%) Bicep
8 22 (2.04%) Java
9 13 (1.20%) ActionScript
10 11 (1.02%) C++
10 11 (1.02%) Delphi
10 11 (1.02%) JavaScript
11 9 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.46%) Korn
13 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.28%) Perl
14 3 (0.28%) PHP
14 3 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 176 (16.30%) Degree
2 92 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 67 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 59 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (4.07%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.31%) CCNA
6 25 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.94%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 18 (1.67%) MCSE
11 17 (1.57%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.48%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.30%) CISA
13 14 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.93%) MCSA
15 9 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.65%) A+ Certification
16 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.26%) SLA
2 34 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.48%) PMO
5 15 (1.39%) ITGC
6 12 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.93%) 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)
System Software
1 664 (61.48%) Active Directory
2 344 (31.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 296 (27.41%) Hyper-V
4 81 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
5 75 (6.94%) Virtual Machines
6 67 (6.20%) vSphere
7 52 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 50 (4.63%) Docker
9 42 (3.89%) XenApp
10 32 (2.96%) XenDesktop
11 25 (2.31%) VirtualBox
12 18 (1.67%) NFS
13 15 (1.39%) Terminal Services
14 13 (1.20%) Firmware
14 13 (1.20%) OpenSSH
14 13 (1.20%) pfSense
15 6 (0.56%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 208 (19.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (11.76%) SCCM
3 63 (5.83%) vCenter Server
4 56 (5.19%) Kubernetes
5 51 (4.72%) Ansible
6 50 (4.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 48 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.44%) WSUS
8 45 (4.17%) SCOM
9 36 (3.33%) Terraform
10 34 (3.15%) Microsoft Clustering
11 22 (2.04%) Grafana
12 21 (1.94%) Nagios
13 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 15 (1.39%) PowerCLI
15 13 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
16 11 (1.02%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.93%) SCDPM
18 8 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
18 8 (0.74%) Puppet
Vendors
1 675 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 528 (48.89%) VMware
3 117 (10.83%) Citrix
4 105 (9.72%) Cisco
5 74 (6.85%) Veeam
6 55 (5.09%) Meraki
7 40 (3.70%) HP
8 35 (3.24%) IBM
8 35 (3.24%) Oracle
8 35 (3.24%) ServiceNow
9 30 (2.78%) Apple
9 30 (2.78%) Commvault
9 30 (2.78%) NetApp
10 29 (2.69%) Dell
11 24 (2.22%) Fortinet
11 24 (2.22%) Red Hat
12 22 (2.04%) Sophos
12 22 (2.04%) Sun
13 21 (1.94%) Aruba
13 21 (1.94%) Google