PowerShell Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 127 86
Rank change year-on-year +27 -41 +34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 455 836 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.04% 2.47% 3.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.62% 6.07% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 376 698 1,224
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,525 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,580 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 5,974 13,779 21,042
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.95% 40.72% 49.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,843 11,434 15,507
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 88 (19.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (12.97%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.18%) IIS
4 8 (1.76%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.10%) Apache
5 5 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.10%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.66%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.66%) CMS
6 3 (0.66%) Confluence
6 3 (0.66%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 24 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) 1Password
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.10%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.66%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 279 (61.32%) Azure
2 154 (33.85%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 84 (18.46%) AWS
5 61 (13.41%) Power Platform
6 49 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (9.23%) Power Automate
8 41 (9.01%) PowerApps
9 39 (8.57%) SaaS
10 29 (6.37%) GitHub
11 26 (5.71%) GCP
12 24 (5.27%) PaaS
13 21 (4.62%) IaaS
14 19 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (3.30%) Azure AKS
16 15 (3.30%) Serverless
17 14 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 87 (19.12%) Firewall
2 47 (10.33%) DNS
3 41 (9.01%) DHCP
4 36 (7.91%) WAN
5 27 (5.93%) VPN
6 26 (5.71%) SAN
6 26 (5.71%) TCP/IP
7 25 (5.49%) LAN
7 25 (5.49%) VLAN
8 15 (3.30%) Network Security
9 13 (2.86%) VoIP
10 10 (2.20%) NAS
10 10 (2.20%) SD-WAN
11 8 (1.76%) HTTPS
12 6 (1.32%) Intranet
13 5 (1.10%) ADSL
13 5 (1.10%) DMARC
13 5 (1.10%) Internet
13 5 (1.10%) Unified Communications
13 5 (1.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (14.95%) SQL Server
2 37 (8.13%) Power BI
3 34 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (5.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.20%) Big Data
9 9 (1.98%) MySQL
10 8 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.76%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.66%) Metadata
14 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (5.27%) Git
2 14 (3.08%) Jenkins
2 14 (3.08%) JIRA
3 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.10%) GitLab
4 5 (1.10%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.88%) WiX
6 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.44%) ESLint
7 2 (0.44%) gulp
7 2 (0.44%) Sinon.JS
7 2 (0.44%) webpack
7 2 (0.44%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 98 (21.54%) Finance
3 53 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.62%) German Language
4 21 (4.62%) Legal
5 19 (4.18%) Banking
5 19 (4.18%) Law
6 17 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.64%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.42%) Back Office
8 11 (2.42%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.98%) Automotive
10 7 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.54%) Retail
11 6 (1.32%) Advertising
11 6 (1.32%) Games
11 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Local Government
12 5 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 57 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (11.87%) Senior
3 48 (10.55%) Developer
4 45 (9.89%) Support Engineer
5 43 (9.45%) Analyst
6 37 (8.13%) Lead
7 34 (7.47%) Azure Engineer
7 34 (7.47%) Cloud Engineer
8 32 (7.03%) IT Support
9 29 (6.37%) IT Engineer
10 28 (6.15%) Security Engineer
11 26 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (5.49%) Security Specialist
13 23 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
13 23 (5.05%) Information Security Specialist
13 23 (5.05%) Information Specialist
14 22 (4.84%) Administrator
15 21 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 21 (4.62%) Data Engineer
16 18 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.37%) REST
2 23 (5.05%) .NET
3 21 (4.62%) SailPoint
4 17 (3.74%) HTML
5 15 (3.30%) SOAP
6 14 (3.08%) React
7 13 (2.86%) JSON
7 13 (2.86%) Pandas
8 12 (2.64%) Web Services
9 11 (2.42%) CSS
10 10 (2.20%) ARM Templates
11 8 (1.76%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.76%) XML
12 7 (1.54%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.54%) Middleware
12 7 (1.54%) YAML
13 6 (1.32%) RESTful
14 5 (1.10%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.10%) Blazor
14 5 (1.10%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.55%) Management Information System
2 27 (5.93%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.27%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (4.62%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.74%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.52%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 14 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.20%) Clustering
8 10 (2.20%) Hedge funds
9 9 (1.98%) Podcast
10 8 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.76%) Replication
11 6 (1.32%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.10%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 193 (42.42%) Windows
2 101 (22.20%) Windows Server
3 92 (20.22%) Linux
4 31 (6.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (5.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (3.52%) Unix
8 15 (3.30%) Windows 10
9 11 (2.42%) VMS
10 8 (1.76%) Mac OS
11 6 (1.32%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.88%) Android
12 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.66%) CentOS
14 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (24.84%) DevOps
2 93 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (19.34%) CI/CD
4 78 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 75 (16.48%) Mentoring
6 72 (15.82%) Cybersecurity
7 62 (13.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 56 (12.31%) ITIL
9 48 (10.55%) Agile
9 48 (10.55%) Task Automation
10 45 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 42 (9.23%) Information Security
11 42 (9.23%) Migration
12 40 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (8.79%) Identity Management
13 39 (8.57%) Risk Management
14 38 (8.35%) Containerisation
14 38 (8.35%) Infrastructure Management
14 38 (8.35%) Project Delivery
15 36 (7.91%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 173 (38.02%) Python
2 118 (25.93%) SQL
3 91 (20.00%) Bash
4 45 (9.89%) C#
5 38 (8.35%) JavaScript
6 26 (5.71%) T-SQL
7 25 (5.49%) Java
8 17 (3.74%) TypeScript
9 14 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (2.86%) Bicep
11 10 (2.20%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.76%) R
13 6 (1.32%) Go
14 5 (1.10%) C++
14 5 (1.10%) JCL
14 5 (1.10%) VBA
15 4 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.88%) Perl
16 3 (0.66%) VBScript
17 2 (0.44%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 96 (21.10%) Degree
2 45 (9.89%) Azure Certification
3 40 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (5.27%) AWS Certification
6 22 (4.84%) CISSP
7 17 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (3.08%) CEH
9 14 (3.08%) Security Cleared
10 12 (2.64%) SANS
11 11 (2.42%) CCNA
11 11 (2.42%) GCIH
12 9 (1.98%) GCIA
12 9 (1.98%) OSCP
13 8 (1.76%) MCSA
13 8 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.54%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.32%) A+ Certification
16 5 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.59%) GDPR
2 20 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.52%) NIST
5 11 (2.42%) SLA
6 10 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.54%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.54%) QA
8 6 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.22%) COBIT
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 175 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 68 (14.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (6.37%) Docker
3 29 (6.37%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (3.74%) XenApp
6 13 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.42%) vSphere
8 5 (1.10%) Firmware
8 5 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.66%) Dovecot
9 3 (0.66%) Postfix
10 2 (0.44%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.44%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 76 (16.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (13.19%) Terraform
3 49 (10.77%) Ansible
4 42 (9.23%) Kubernetes
5 33 (7.25%) SCCM
6 18 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (2.20%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.20%) SCOM
8 9 (1.98%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.76%) Puppet
10 6 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (1.32%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.32%) SCOrch
11 5 (1.10%) CA Endevor
11 5 (1.10%) CASB
11 5 (1.10%) Istio
11 5 (1.10%) linkerd
11 5 (1.10%) WSUS
12 4 (0.88%) Grafana
12 4 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 250 (54.95%) Microsoft
2 95 (20.88%) VMware
3 30 (6.59%) Cisco
3 30 (6.59%) Okta
4 26 (5.71%) Citrix
5 23 (5.05%) Meraki
6 21 (4.62%) Oracle
6 21 (4.62%) Salesforce
7 20 (4.40%) Red Hat
8 17 (3.74%) SonicWALL
9 15 (3.30%) CheckPoint
9 15 (3.30%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.86%) iManage
10 13 (2.86%) Intapp
11 12 (2.64%) Google
12 10 (2.20%) Databricks
13 9 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (1.76%) Fortinet
15 7 (1.54%) EMC
16 6 (1.32%) Veeam