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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 29 44
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,751 3,165 5,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.80% 8.39% 7.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.69% 54.32% 42.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,195 2,509 3,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £44,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% -0.57% -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 4,687 5,827 13,403
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.29% 15.44% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,536 4,329 7,497
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,063 £75,000 £73,750
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 9 June 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
1 441 (16.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 256 (9.31%) SharePoint
3 115 (4.18%) IIS
4 95 (3.45%) Apache
5 37 (1.34%) Tomcat
6 25 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 19 (0.69%) CMS
8 17 (0.62%) Confluence
9 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.29%) nginx
10 8 (0.29%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
12 5 (0.18%) SAS
13 4 (0.15%) WordPress
14 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
14 3 (0.11%) CloudStack
14 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
14 3 (0.11%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.11%) JBoss
14 3 (0.11%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 278 (10.11%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.33%) Trello
6 8 (0.29%) 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%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.036%) InDesign
10 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.036%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (1.42%) NEC Housing
2 25 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.073%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.073%) Sage 50
9 2 (0.073%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.036%) Endur
10 1 (0.036%) Findur
10 1 (0.036%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1,193 (43.37%) Azure
2 1,107 (40.24%) Microsoft 365
3 444 (16.14%) Entra ID
4 322 (11.70%) AWS
5 125 (4.54%) SaaS
6 112 (4.07%) IaaS
7 94 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (3.05%) Amazon S3
9 83 (3.02%) OneDrive
10 77 (2.80%) Power Platform
11 76 (2.76%) GitHub
12 72 (2.62%) GCP
13 59 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
14 48 (1.74%) Nutanix
15 46 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
16 42 (1.53%) PaaS
17 35 (1.27%) Azure Storage
18 34 (1.24%) WhatsApp
19 27 (0.98%) Serverless
20 26 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 591 (21.48%) Firewall
2 458 (16.65%) DNS
3 300 (10.91%) DHCP
4 248 (9.01%) WAN
5 245 (8.91%) VPN
6 237 (8.62%) TCP/IP
7 216 (7.85%) LAN
8 181 (6.58%) Internet
9 147 (5.34%) SAN
10 138 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
11 113 (4.11%) Wireless
12 94 (3.42%) VLAN
13 78 (2.84%) Network Security
14 73 (2.65%) VoIP
15 70 (2.54%) SNMP
16 55 (2.00%) IPsec
17 54 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
18 53 (1.93%) NAS
19 49 (1.78%) SD-WAN
20 39 (1.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 357 (12.98%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.64%) MongoDB
3 73 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
4 70 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 68 (2.47%) MySQL
6 64 (2.33%) Power BI
7 58 (2.11%) Oracle Database
8 56 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
9 52 (1.89%) DB2
10 33 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (1.16%) RDBMS
12 31 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 26 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (0.55%) Redis
16 14 (0.51%) QlikView
17 13 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
18 12 (0.44%) BigQuery
18 12 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 98 (3.56%) Git
2 94 (3.42%) JIRA
3 55 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 49 (1.78%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.49%) GitLab
6 26 (0.95%) Subversion
7 22 (0.80%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.76%) Artifactory
8 21 (0.76%) CMake
9 16 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
10 15 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.47%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.36%) MSI
12 10 (0.36%) Trac
13 9 (0.33%) InstallShield
14 8 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
14 8 (0.29%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.25%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.25%) Postman
15 7 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 791 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 579 (21.05%) Finance
3 297 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (5.67%) Public Sector
5 99 (3.60%) Law
6 94 (3.42%) Banking
6 94 (3.42%) Retail
7 91 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 87 (3.16%) Legal
9 73 (2.65%) Marketing
10 72 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 59 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (1.85%) Electronics
13 50 (1.82%) Games
14 46 (1.67%) Police
15 42 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 36 (1.31%) Local Government
18 35 (1.27%) Military
19 33 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 465 (16.90%) Senior
2 414 (15.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 348 (12.65%) Analyst
4 288 (10.47%) Support Engineer
5 278 (10.11%) IT Engineer
6 275 (10.00%) IT Support
7 195 (7.09%) Lead
8 161 (5.85%) Developer
9 157 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 156 (5.67%) Consultant
11 151 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 132 (4.80%) Support Analyst
13 129 (4.69%) Software Engineer
14 121 (4.40%) IT Analyst
15 110 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support
16 88 (3.20%) IT Manager
17 82 (2.98%) Applications Support
17 82 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
18 80 (2.91%) Administrator
19 76 (2.76%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (6.29%) .NET
2 106 (3.85%) HTML
3 80 (2.91%) CSS
4 76 (2.76%) RabbitMQ
5 64 (2.33%) .NET Framework
6 63 (2.29%) YAML
7 61 (2.22%) ASP.NET
8 56 (2.04%) AngularJS
9 54 (1.96%) WPF
10 52 (1.89%) REST
10 52 (1.89%) Web Services
11 49 (1.78%) React
11 49 (1.78%) WinForms
12 38 (1.38%) ASP.NET MVC
12 38 (1.38%) XML
13 33 (1.20%) RESTful
13 33 (1.20%) Vue
14 32 (1.16%) jQuery
15 31 (1.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 30 (1.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 253 (9.20%) Data Centre
2 186 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
3 143 (5.20%) Public Cloud
4 128 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 77 (2.80%) Driving Licence
6 76 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 71 (2.58%) PKI
8 64 (2.33%) Clustering
9 60 (2.18%) Replication
10 48 (1.74%) Cyberattack
11 41 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 39 (1.42%) Client/Server
13 36 (1.31%) Cloud Native
13 36 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
13 36 (1.31%) IoT
13 36 (1.31%) Private Cloud
14 35 (1.27%) Mobile App
15 33 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
16 29 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1,087 (39.51%) Windows Server
2 828 (30.10%) Linux
3 477 (17.34%) Windows 10
4 204 (7.42%) Unix
5 195 (7.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 170 (6.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 165 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 144 (5.23%) Apple iOS
9 114 (4.14%) Android
10 87 (3.16%) Mac OS
11 83 (3.02%) Windows 7
12 68 (2.47%) VMS
13 64 (2.33%) Ubuntu
14 54 (1.96%) Data ONTAP
15 51 (1.85%) Windows 8
16 48 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
17 45 (1.64%) Solaris
18 42 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 31 (1.13%) Mac OS X
20 24 (0.87%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
2 518 (18.83%) ITIL
3 510 (18.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 352 (12.80%) Customer Service
5 351 (12.76%) Agile
6 323 (11.74%) DevOps
7 310 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
8 252 (9.16%) Mentoring
9 192 (6.98%) Software Engineering
10 187 (6.80%) CI/CD
11 182 (6.62%) Project Management
12 180 (6.54%) Change Management
13 168 (6.11%) Migration
14 167 (6.07%) Disaster Recovery
15 163 (5.93%) Service Management
16 162 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 153 (5.56%) Roadmaps
18 148 (5.38%) Computer Science
19 143 (5.20%) Actionable Insight
20 140 (5.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 452 (16.43%) PowerShell
2 405 (14.72%) SQL
3 236 (8.58%) Python
4 234 (8.51%) C#
5 117 (4.25%) Bash
6 92 (3.34%) C++
7 90 (3.27%) Java
8 79 (2.87%) JavaScript
9 62 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 54 (1.96%) VB
11 43 (1.56%) C
11 43 (1.56%) VBScript
12 38 (1.38%) Perl
13 32 (1.16%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.98%) TypeScript
15 25 (0.91%) PL/SQL
16 23 (0.84%) PHP
17 22 (0.80%) Bicep
17 22 (0.80%) VB.NET
18 19 (0.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 519 (18.87%) Degree
2 297 (10.80%) Security Cleared
3 153 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 151 (5.49%) SC Cleared
5 106 (3.85%) DV Cleared
6 96 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 66 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 64 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
9 53 (1.93%) CISSP
10 52 (1.89%) MCP
11 48 (1.74%) CCNA
12 42 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 37 (1.34%) MCSE
14 33 (1.20%) AWS Certification
15 31 (1.13%) DBS Check
16 29 (1.05%) A+ Certification
16 29 (1.05%) CISM
17 26 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
18 17 (0.62%) CISA
19 16 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (3.20%) SLA
3 72 (2.62%) QA
4 68 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 46 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 33 (1.20%) NIST
7 22 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.69%) Data Quality
9 16 (0.58%) PMO
10 15 (0.55%) ITGC
11 14 (0.51%) SOC 2
12 13 (0.47%) GDPR
13 11 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.40%) GRC
14 9 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.29%) MISRA
16 6 (0.22%) ISO 9000
16 6 (0.22%) NCSC
17 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
17 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,236 (44.93%) Active Directory
2 558 (20.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 380 (13.81%) Hyper-V
4 176 (6.40%) Docker
5 131 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
6 104 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 97 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
8 94 (3.42%) vSphere
9 54 (1.96%) XenApp
10 41 (1.49%) XenDesktop
11 26 (0.95%) Firmware
12 25 (0.91%) VirtualBox
13 20 (0.73%) NFS
14 19 (0.69%) Terminal Services
15 16 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
16 14 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
17 13 (0.47%) OpenSSH
18 12 (0.44%) pfSense
19 9 (0.33%) Forefront TMG
20 8 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 377 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 233 (8.47%) Ansible
3 219 (7.96%) SCCM
4 201 (7.31%) Kubernetes
5 176 (6.40%) Terraform
6 130 (4.73%) vCenter Server
7 84 (3.05%) WSUS
8 66 (2.40%) Prometheus
9 62 (2.25%) SCOM
10 60 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
11 58 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 42 (1.53%) Grafana
13 40 (1.45%) Puppet
14 36 (1.31%) Nagios
15 35 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
16 27 (0.98%) ZABBIX
17 18 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
17 18 (0.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 17 (0.62%) FortiGate
19 15 (0.55%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,359 (49.40%) Microsoft
2 804 (29.23%) VMware
3 169 (6.14%) Citrix
4 164 (5.96%) Cisco
5 149 (5.42%) Oracle
6 114 (4.14%) Apple
7 97 (3.53%) Red Hat
8 95 (3.45%) Veeam
9 87 (3.16%) NetApp
10 78 (2.84%) Dell
11 72 (2.62%) ServiceNow
12 69 (2.51%) Palo Alto
13 68 (2.47%) HP
14 67 (2.44%) IBM
15 66 (2.40%) Meraki
16 63 (2.29%) Adobe
17 56 (2.04%) Google
18 54 (1.96%) SolidFire
19 47 (1.71%) SAP
20 45 (1.64%) Splunk