Hybrid/Remote PowerShell Job Trends

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 101 99
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 -20
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 397 466 883
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 3.43% 2.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.84% 7.50% 6.76%
Number of salaries quoted 247 384 766
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £38,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +0.21% -1.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £89,375
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,489 6,213 13,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.57% 45.76% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,253 4,529 11,368
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

PowerShell salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (9.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (7.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Actimize
4 1 (0.25%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.25%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 317 (79.85%) Azure
2 129 (32.49%) Entra ID
3 101 (25.44%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (15.37%) Google Workspace
6 57 (14.36%) AWS
7 34 (8.56%) PaaS
8 33 (8.31%) IaaS
9 32 (8.06%) SaaS
10 31 (7.81%) GitHub
11 30 (7.56%) Power Platform
12 29 (7.30%) dbt
13 28 (7.05%) Snowflake
14 27 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (6.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (6.05%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (5.79%) Nutanix
17 22 (5.54%) Azure Key Vault
18 19 (4.79%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (4.79%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (14.86%) Broadband
2 56 (14.11%) Firewall
3 52 (13.10%) VPN
4 45 (11.34%) DNS
5 29 (7.30%) DHCP
6 27 (6.80%) TCP/IP
7 16 (4.03%) VLAN
8 14 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (3.02%) WAN
10 10 (2.52%) Network Security
11 9 (2.27%) LAN
11 9 (2.27%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.27%) Telnet
12 7 (1.76%) VoIP
13 5 (1.26%) DMZ
13 5 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (1.26%) Reverse Proxy
13 5 (1.26%) STUN
13 5 (1.26%) Unified Communications
14 4 (1.01%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.30%) Power BI
3 20 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.03%) MySQL
5 15 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.26%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.01%) InfluxDB
9 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.01%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (1.01%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.50%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.50%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (5.79%) Jenkins
2 19 (4.79%) JIRA
3 8 (2.02%) Git
4 7 (1.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.51%) GitLab
6 5 (1.26%) Robot Framework
7 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.76%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.76%) JMeter
8 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.50%) TestRail
10 1 (0.25%) git-flow
10 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.25%) Subversion
General
1 133 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.93%) Finance
3 66 (16.62%) Organisational Skills
4 61 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.56%) Games
6 20 (5.04%) Law
7 19 (4.79%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.02%) Front Office
10 7 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.01%) Legal
11 4 (1.01%) Military
11 4 (1.01%) Retail
12 3 (0.76%) Aviation
12 3 (0.76%) Banking
12 3 (0.76%) Billing
12 3 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.50%) Local Government
14 1 (0.25%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (20.91%) Senior
2 58 (14.61%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (9.57%) Support Engineer
5 32 (8.06%) Analyst
6 31 (7.81%) Cloud Engineer
7 28 (7.05%) Developer
8 23 (5.79%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (5.54%) IAM Developer
10 20 (5.04%) IT Engineer
10 20 (5.04%) IT Support
11 19 (4.79%) Architect
11 19 (4.79%) Systems Engineer
12 18 (4.53%) Security Specialist
12 18 (4.53%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 15 (3.78%) IT Security Specialist
15 13 (3.27%) 3rd Line Support
15 13 (3.27%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (18.39%) OAuth
2 72 (18.14%) REST
3 71 (17.88%) GraphQL
4 65 (16.37%) SAML
5 64 (16.12%) SOAP
6 62 (15.62%) OpenID
7 61 (15.37%) LDAP
8 20 (5.04%) JSON
9 12 (3.02%) YAML
10 11 (2.77%) OpenAPI
10 11 (2.77%) Swagger
11 10 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (2.27%) .NET
12 9 (2.27%) XML
13 8 (2.02%) ARM Templates
13 8 (2.02%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (2.02%) Web Services
14 7 (1.76%) .NET Core
15 6 (1.51%) CSS
15 6 (1.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (15.62%) Cyber Threat
2 59 (14.86%) Cyberattack
3 31 (7.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (7.81%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.29%) Security Posture
5 20 (5.04%) Cloud Native
6 14 (3.53%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.27%) Driving Licence
8 12 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.52%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.27%) CMDB
10 9 (2.27%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 8 (2.02%) Equities
11 8 (2.02%) Fixed Income
11 8 (2.02%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.02%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 130 (32.75%) Windows
2 72 (18.14%) Windows Server
3 53 (13.35%) Linux
4 13 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.02%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.76%) VMS
7 6 (1.51%) CentOS
8 5 (1.26%) Debian
8 5 (1.26%) Unix
9 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.76%) Android
10 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.25%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.25%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.22%) DevOps
2 114 (28.72%) Cybersecurity
3 113 (28.46%) Mentoring
4 101 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (25.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 89 (22.42%) CI/CD
7 88 (22.17%) Roadmaps
8 85 (21.41%) ITIL
9 74 (18.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 73 (18.39%) Identity Access Management
11 71 (17.88%) Disaster Recovery
12 70 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 66 (16.62%) Agile
14 60 (15.11%) Programme Delivery
15 58 (14.61%) Coaching
15 58 (14.61%) Regulatory Compliance
16 52 (13.10%) Asset Management
17 43 (10.83%) Incident Response
18 40 (10.08%) Root Cause Analysis
19 38 (9.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 138 (34.76%) Python
2 131 (33.00%) Bash
3 128 (32.24%) SQL
4 71 (17.88%) T-SQL
5 34 (8.56%) Bicep
6 29 (7.30%) C#
7 13 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.51%) PHP
10 4 (1.01%) Delphi
10 4 (1.01%) Pascal
11 3 (0.76%) Go
11 3 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.76%) VBScript
12 1 (0.25%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) Java
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (10.83%) Azure Certification
1 43 (10.83%) Degree
2 37 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (6.80%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.04%) CEH
6 18 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.27%) CISSP
8 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.51%) CCNA
12 5 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.26%) CCNP
13 4 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.01%) GIAC
13 4 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.01%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (25.94%) NIST
2 79 (19.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (15.62%) NCSC
4 16 (4.03%) ISO 22301
5 14 (3.53%) GDPR
6 12 (3.02%) Data Quality
7 11 (2.77%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.76%) SLA
9 6 (1.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.76%) QA
11 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.50%) HL7
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 151 (38.04%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.79%) Docker
5 19 (4.79%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.76%) vSphere
8 6 (1.51%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.01%) Firmware
9 4 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.50%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.50%) KVM
11 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.50%) XenApp
12 1 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 107 (26.95%) Terraform
2 44 (11.08%) Kubernetes
3 36 (9.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (8.06%) Ansible
5 18 (4.53%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (3.53%) Grafana
7 9 (2.27%) SCCM
8 7 (1.76%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.26%) SCOM
10 4 (1.01%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (1.01%) logstash
10 4 (1.01%) QRadar
10 4 (1.01%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.50%) Packer
13 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.25%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.25%) Puppet
13 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 192 (48.36%) Microsoft
2 68 (17.13%) VMware
3 34 (8.56%) Cisco
4 21 (5.29%) Commvault
4 21 (5.29%) Splunk
5 13 (3.27%) Oracle
6 9 (2.27%) CyberArk
6 9 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.27%) Veeam
7 8 (2.02%) Charles River
7 8 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.76%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.51%) arcserve
9 6 (1.51%) Google
9 6 (1.51%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.26%) EMC
10 5 (1.26%) F5
10 5 (1.26%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.01%) HP
166 hybrid/remote PowerShell jobs