PowerShell Jobs with Work from Home Options

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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 PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 86 117
Rank change year-on-year -42 +31 -18
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 828 1,643 2,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.45% 3.81% 3.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.03% 7.73% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 692 1,240 1,764
10th Percentile £39,750 £39,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

PowerShell is in the Programming Languages 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 coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,739 21,246 39,163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.72% 49.24% 58.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,385 15,601 23,937
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell 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 PowerShell.

PowerShell salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

PowerShell 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
1 125 (15.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (12.08%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.80%) IIS
4 9 (1.09%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.72%) Apache
6 5 (0.60%) CMS
6 5 (0.60%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.12%) Documentum
8 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) BusinessWorks
2 6 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.36%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 576 (69.57%) Azure
2 310 (37.44%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (23.19%) AWS
4 146 (17.63%) Entra ID
5 123 (14.86%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (8.45%) Power Platform
7 60 (7.25%) PaaS
7 60 (7.25%) SaaS
8 55 (6.64%) IaaS
9 52 (6.28%) GitHub
10 46 (5.56%) GCP
11 42 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
12 34 (4.11%) OneDrive
12 34 (4.11%) Serverless
13 29 (3.50%) Power Automate
14 28 (3.38%) Azure AKS
15 26 (3.14%) PowerApps
16 24 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
17 22 (2.66%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 164 (19.81%) DNS
2 155 (18.72%) Firewall
3 114 (13.77%) DHCP
4 69 (8.33%) VPN
5 67 (8.09%) LAN
6 66 (7.97%) WAN
7 62 (7.49%) TCP/IP
8 60 (7.25%) SAN
9 38 (4.59%) Network Security
10 28 (3.38%) Internet
10 28 (3.38%) Wireless
11 23 (2.78%) VLAN
12 18 (2.17%) SNMP
13 14 (1.69%) NGFW
13 14 (1.69%) SSL
13 14 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (1.69%) Wireshark
14 12 (1.45%) FTP
14 12 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (1.33%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (15.10%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (4.95%) MySQL
4 34 (4.11%) Power BI
5 33 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (3.14%) MongoDB
7 24 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.33%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.09%) MariaDB
11 9 (1.09%) Redis
12 8 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.85%) InfluxDB
13 7 (0.85%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
15 3 (0.36%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 88 (10.63%) Git
2 58 (7.00%) Jenkins
3 55 (6.64%) JIRA
4 26 (3.14%) TeamCity
5 18 (2.17%) GitLab
6 13 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (1.21%) gulp
8 10 (1.21%) Trac
8 10 (1.21%) Yeoman
9 7 (0.85%) MSBuild
9 7 (0.85%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.60%) MSI
10 5 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.48%) AdminStudio
11 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.48%) InstallShield
11 4 (0.48%) Moq
11 4 (0.48%) NUnit
11 4 (0.48%) Terragrunt
General
1 193 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 187 (22.58%) Finance
3 67 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.80%) Banking
5 31 (3.74%) Law
6 29 (3.50%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.50%) Telecoms
7 27 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.54%) Marketing
9 19 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (1.93%) Legal
10 16 (1.93%) Retail
11 14 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.45%) Front Office
13 11 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.33%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.21%) Health Technology
15 9 (1.09%) Back Office
15 9 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.97%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 166 (20.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 108 (13.04%) Senior
3 89 (10.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 82 (9.90%) Developer
5 73 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
6 66 (7.97%) IT Engineer
7 61 (7.37%) Analyst
7 61 (7.37%) Lead
8 57 (6.88%) Support Engineer
9 46 (5.56%) Administrator
10 42 (5.07%) Cloud Engineer
11 39 (4.71%) Security Engineer
12 35 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 33 (3.99%) Support Analyst
14 32 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) Architect
15 30 (3.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) IT Support
16 29 (3.50%) Consultant
17 28 (3.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.35%) .NET
2 45 (5.43%) ARM Templates
3 43 (5.19%) JSON
4 39 (4.71%) HTML
5 36 (4.35%) YAML
6 33 (3.99%) .NET Framework
7 30 (3.62%) ASP.NET
7 30 (3.62%) CSS
8 29 (3.50%) REST
9 23 (2.78%) React
9 23 (2.78%) XML
10 22 (2.66%) Node.js
10 22 (2.66%) SPFx
11 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Graph
11 19 (2.29%) RESTful
12 17 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (1.93%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.57%) SOAP
15 12 (1.45%) Web Services
16 9 (1.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.94%) Clustering
2 66 (7.97%) Data Centre
3 64 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.59%) PKI
6 36 (4.35%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.90%) Client/Server
8 22 (2.66%) Private Cloud
9 20 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.17%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.17%) Replication
11 16 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
12 14 (1.69%) Cloud Native
13 13 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (1.45%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (1.33%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 462 (55.80%) Windows
2 271 (32.73%) Windows Server
3 204 (24.64%) Linux
4 66 (7.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 53 (6.40%) Windows 10
6 47 (5.68%) Unix
7 45 (5.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (4.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 36 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (2.17%) Apple iOS
11 17 (2.05%) Android
12 14 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (1.33%) VMS
14 10 (1.21%) Windows 7
15 9 (1.09%) Oracle Linux
15 9 (1.09%) Solaris
16 7 (0.85%) Mac OS
16 7 (0.85%) Ubuntu
17 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (32.85%) DevOps
2 195 (23.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 161 (19.44%) CI/CD
4 155 (18.72%) Agile
5 138 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 131 (15.82%) ITIL
7 123 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
9 84 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (9.78%) Roadmaps
11 77 (9.30%) Configuration Management
12 75 (9.06%) Information Security
13 73 (8.82%) Migration
14 70 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
15 62 (7.49%) Mentoring
16 60 (7.25%) Containerisation
17 57 (6.88%) Analytics
17 57 (6.88%) Customer Service
17 57 (6.88%) High Availability
17 57 (6.88%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 231 (27.90%) Python
2 147 (17.75%) Bash
3 142 (17.15%) SQL
4 124 (14.98%) C#
5 56 (6.76%) JavaScript
6 53 (6.40%) T-SQL
7 42 (5.07%) Java
8 37 (4.47%) VB
9 36 (4.35%) Ruby
10 34 (4.11%) VBScript
11 33 (3.99%) Perl
12 29 (3.50%) TypeScript
13 20 (2.42%) Bicep
14 19 (2.29%) Go
14 19 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (1.33%) PHP
16 10 (1.21%) Groovy
16 10 (1.21%) Korn
16 10 (1.21%) Shell Script
17 9 (1.09%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 133 (16.06%) Degree
2 116 (14.01%) Security Cleared
3 74 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.47%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.86%) Azure Certification
6 23 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.29%) CISSP
8 19 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 18 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.81%) SANS
11 14 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (1.57%) CCSP
12 13 (1.57%) CEH
12 13 (1.57%) SSCP
13 11 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.33%) DBS Check
14 9 (1.09%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (3.38%) SLA
3 23 (2.78%) NIST
4 16 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.45%) QA
6 10 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.21%) GRC
7 9 (1.09%) GDPR
8 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.48%) NCSC
9 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) GxP
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 360 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 141 (17.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 91 (10.99%) Docker
5 68 (8.21%) VMware ESXi
6 59 (7.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 55 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
8 47 (5.68%) vSphere
9 20 (2.42%) XenApp
10 11 (1.33%) DFS Replication
10 11 (1.33%) NFS
11 10 (1.21%) pfSense
12 9 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (1.09%) OpenSSH
13 8 (0.97%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.60%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 155 (18.72%) Terraform
2 136 (16.43%) Kubernetes
2 136 (16.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 121 (14.61%) Ansible
4 95 (11.47%) SCCM
5 51 (6.16%) Puppet
6 45 (5.43%) Grafana
6 45 (5.43%) vCenter Server
7 43 (5.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 43 (5.19%) WSUS
8 37 (4.47%) Microsoft Clustering
9 26 (3.14%) SCOM
10 25 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
11 21 (2.54%) Nagios
12 20 (2.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 19 (2.29%) Prometheus
14 18 (2.17%) Progress Chef
15 13 (1.57%) HAProxy
15 13 (1.57%) Nmap
16 12 (1.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 458 (55.31%) Microsoft
2 232 (28.02%) VMware
3 94 (11.35%) Citrix
4 51 (6.16%) Cisco
5 49 (5.92%) Oracle
6 37 (4.47%) Veeam
7 36 (4.35%) ServiceNow
8 35 (4.23%) Red Hat
9 28 (3.38%) Sun
10 26 (3.14%) NetApp
11 25 (3.02%) Qualys
11 25 (3.02%) Splunk
12 23 (2.78%) Commvault
13 21 (2.54%) IBM
14 18 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
14 18 (2.17%) Fortinet
15 17 (2.05%) HP
16 16 (1.93%) McAfee
17 14 (1.69%) Rapid7
18 13 (1.57%) SaltStack