PowerShell Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 110 80
Rank change year-on-year +7 -30 +59
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 716 879 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.41% 2.64% 4.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.04% 6.65% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 366 649 1,094
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,375 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,313 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +3.57%

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 7,130 13,216 16,622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.00% 39.63% 46.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 10,608 13,394
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £40,000
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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £106,250 £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 10 July 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 86 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (8.52%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.91%) IIS
4 10 (1.40%) Tomcat
5 8 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.70%) Apache
7 4 (0.56%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.42%) CMS
8 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.14%) Confluence
10 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) 1Password
3 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.42%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 284 (39.66%) Azure
2 160 (22.35%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (15.22%) AWS
3 109 (15.22%) Entra ID
4 76 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (10.61%) Power Platform
5 61 (8.52%) Power Automate
6 55 (7.68%) SaaS
7 45 (6.28%) PaaS
8 43 (6.01%) Azure Monitor
9 41 (5.73%) IaaS
10 38 (5.31%) PowerApps
11 26 (3.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 22 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.07%) GitHub
13 19 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (2.65%) Serverless
14 18 (2.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 17 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 313 (43.72%) VPN
2 262 (36.59%) Cisco IOS
3 93 (12.99%) Firewall
4 69 (9.64%) DNS
5 56 (7.82%) DHCP
6 50 (6.98%) WAN
7 34 (4.75%) TCP/IP
8 26 (3.63%) SD-WAN
9 25 (3.49%) SAN
10 23 (3.21%) LAN
11 21 (2.93%) VLAN
12 10 (1.40%) NAS
12 10 (1.40%) Network Security
12 10 (1.40%) VoIP
13 9 (1.26%) DMARC
13 9 (1.26%) SSL
14 8 (1.12%) HTTPS
15 5 (0.70%) Intranet
15 5 (0.70%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 48 (6.70%) Power BI
3 28 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 27 (3.77%) MySQL
5 23 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (2.37%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.26%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.12%) Big Data
12 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.28%) EDMS
13 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
14 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
14 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (5.31%) Git
2 16 (2.23%) JIRA
3 11 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.98%) GitLab
5 6 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.56%) WiX
8 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.14%) Hudson
10 1 (0.14%) Maven
10 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.14%) MSI
10 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 292 (40.78%) Analytical Skills
2 278 (38.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 106 (14.80%) Social Skills
4 68 (9.50%) Finance
5 21 (2.93%) German Language
6 18 (2.51%) Law
7 17 (2.37%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.23%) Banking
9 13 (1.82%) Legal
10 12 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.26%) Back Office
12 9 (1.26%) Czech Language
12 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.12%) Advertising
14 7 (0.98%) Games
14 7 (0.98%) Local Government
14 7 (0.98%) Marketing
15 6 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 317 (44.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (6.84%) Senior
3 45 (6.28%) Analyst
4 44 (6.15%) Developer
5 43 (6.01%) Support Engineer
6 37 (5.17%) IT Support
7 36 (5.03%) Lead
8 35 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (4.89%) IT Engineer
9 30 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
9 30 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (3.63%) Administrator
11 24 (3.35%) Architect
12 23 (3.21%) Information Security Specialist
12 23 (3.21%) Information Specialist
12 23 (3.21%) Security Engineer
12 23 (3.21%) Security Specialist
13 20 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
14 19 (2.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 18 (2.51%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (37.01%) Elastic Stack
2 36 (5.03%) .NET
3 35 (4.89%) REST
4 21 (2.93%) SailPoint
4 21 (2.93%) SOAP
5 20 (2.79%) JSON
6 16 (2.23%) YAML
7 14 (1.96%) Web Services
8 13 (1.82%) ARM Templates
8 13 (1.82%) React
8 13 (1.82%) XML
9 11 (1.54%) HTML
10 10 (1.40%) Pandas
11 9 (1.26%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.98%) .NET Core
13 6 (0.84%) Blazor
13 6 (0.84%) CSS
13 6 (0.84%) Middleware
13 6 (0.84%) RESTful
14 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 262 (36.59%) Cyberattack
2 37 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 31 (4.33%) Cloud Native
4 29 (4.05%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.35%) Virtual Team
7 21 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.37%) NHS
9 15 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.68%) Clustering
10 12 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.12%) Replication
14 7 (0.98%) Driving Licence
15 5 (0.70%) Client/Server
16 4 (0.56%) Hedge funds
16 4 (0.56%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 451 (62.99%) Windows
2 350 (48.88%) Linux
3 267 (37.29%) Android
4 98 (13.69%) Windows Server
5 35 (4.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (2.09%) Unix
8 14 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (1.96%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.98%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.70%) VMS
12 4 (0.56%) CentOS
12 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (55.87%) DevOps
2 354 (49.44%) Problem-Solving
3 334 (46.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 298 (41.62%) Risk Management
5 288 (40.22%) Task Automation
6 286 (39.94%) Platform Engineering
7 264 (36.87%) Line Management
7 264 (36.87%) Storage Management
8 263 (36.73%) Mathematics
9 117 (16.34%) CI/CD
10 83 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 83 (11.59%) Mentoring
11 68 (9.50%) ITIL
12 65 (9.08%) Agile
13 60 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (8.24%) Migration
15 46 (6.42%) Analytics
15 46 (6.42%) Roadmaps
16 44 (6.15%) Containerisation
17 43 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 418 (58.38%) Python
2 361 (50.42%) Bash
3 116 (16.20%) SQL
4 46 (6.42%) C#
5 40 (5.59%) JavaScript
6 35 (4.89%) Bicep
7 27 (3.77%) Java
8 19 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.37%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.26%) VBA
12 7 (0.98%) R
13 6 (0.84%) Go
13 6 (0.84%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.70%) C++
15 4 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.56%) Perl
16 2 (0.28%) Progress 4GL
17 1 (0.14%) Groovy
17 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 74 (10.34%) Degree
2 53 (7.40%) Azure Certification
3 40 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (4.33%) AWS Certification
5 25 (3.49%) Security Cleared
6 22 (3.07%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.82%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.54%) CISSP
9 11 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.26%) CCNA
11 9 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.98%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.84%) CEH
14 6 (0.84%) CISM
14 6 (0.84%) MCSA
14 6 (0.84%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (4.19%) GDPR
3 21 (2.93%) NIST
4 9 (1.26%) SLA
5 7 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.98%) HIPAA
6 6 (0.84%) QA
7 5 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.70%) NCSC
8 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 307 (42.88%) Hyper-V
2 301 (42.04%) Docker
3 267 (37.29%) vSphere
4 262 (36.59%) VMware NSX
5 171 (23.88%) Active Directory
6 71 (9.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 32 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.96%) XenApp
9 9 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.56%) Dovecot
11 4 (0.56%) Postfix
12 3 (0.42%) Firmware
13 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.14%) KVM
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.14%) Xen
14 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 326 (45.53%) Terraform
2 315 (43.99%) Ansible
3 79 (11.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 52 (7.26%) Kubernetes
5 36 (5.03%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (4.19%) SCCM
7 21 (2.93%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.82%) SCOM
9 10 (1.40%) Grafana
10 8 (1.12%) WSUS
11 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 7 (0.98%) Puppet
12 5 (0.70%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.56%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.56%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.42%) Argo
14 3 (0.42%) SmoothWall
15 2 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
15 2 (0.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 290 (40.50%) Cisco
2 266 (37.15%) Splunk
3 263 (36.73%) Juniper
4 262 (36.59%) 3PAR
5 247 (34.50%) Microsoft
6 94 (13.13%) VMware
7 36 (5.03%) Meraki
8 33 (4.61%) Oracle
9 31 (4.33%) Okta
10 22 (3.07%) Salesforce
11 19 (2.65%) Databricks
11 19 (2.65%) Red Hat
12 18 (2.51%) Citrix
13 16 (2.23%) SonicWALL
14 14 (1.96%) CheckPoint
15 12 (1.68%) ServiceNow
16 8 (1.12%) EMC
17 6 (0.84%) SAP
18 5 (0.70%) HP
18 5 (0.70%) Veeam