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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 84 115
Rank change year-on-year -46 +31 -17
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 826 1,660 2,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.44% 3.82% 3.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.99% 7.75% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 691 1,246 1,761
10th Percentile £39,750 £39,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,563 £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 £83,750 £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 13,780 21,406 39,119
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.72% 49.28% 58.77%
Number of salaries quoted 11,435 15,699 23,901
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,798 £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 £103,750 £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 25 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
1 124 (15.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (12.47%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.81%) IIS
4 9 (1.09%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.73%) Apache
6 5 (0.61%) CMS
6 5 (0.61%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.12%) Documentum
8 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.73%) 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 (0.73%) BusinessWorks
3 5 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 574 (69.49%) Azure
2 312 (37.77%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (23.49%) AWS
4 146 (17.68%) Entra ID
5 122 (14.77%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (8.47%) Power Platform
7 61 (7.38%) SaaS
8 60 (7.26%) PaaS
9 56 (6.78%) IaaS
10 52 (6.30%) GitHub
11 47 (5.69%) GCP
12 41 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (4.24%) OneDrive
14 34 (4.12%) Serverless
15 29 (3.51%) Power Automate
16 28 (3.39%) Azure AKS
17 26 (3.15%) PowerApps
18 24 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
18 24 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
19 21 (2.54%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 163 (19.73%) DNS
2 155 (18.77%) Firewall
3 114 (13.80%) DHCP
4 69 (8.35%) VPN
5 66 (7.99%) LAN
6 65 (7.87%) WAN
7 62 (7.51%) TCP/IP
8 61 (7.38%) SAN
9 38 (4.60%) Network Security
10 28 (3.39%) Internet
10 28 (3.39%) Wireless
11 22 (2.66%) VLAN
12 18 (2.18%) SNMP
13 15 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (1.69%) NGFW
14 14 (1.69%) SSL
14 14 (1.69%) Wireshark
15 12 (1.45%) FTP
15 12 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (1.33%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (15.13%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (4.96%) MySQL
4 34 (4.12%) Power BI
5 33 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (3.15%) MongoDB
7 24 (2.91%) 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 87 (10.53%) Git
2 58 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 55 (6.66%) JIRA
4 26 (3.15%) TeamCity
5 18 (2.18%) 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 (0.61%) MSI
10 5 (0.61%) 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
1 194 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 186 (22.52%) Finance
3 66 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.81%) Banking
5 30 (3.63%) Law
6 29 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.54%) Marketing
10 19 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (1.94%) Legal
11 16 (1.94%) Retail
12 14 (1.69%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.45%) Front Office
14 11 (1.33%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.33%) Tech for Good
15 10 (1.21%) Health Technology
16 9 (1.09%) Back Office
16 9 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.97%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (13.20%) Senior
3 88 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (9.81%) Developer
5 71 (8.60%) Azure Engineer
6 66 (7.99%) IT Engineer
7 61 (7.38%) Analyst
8 60 (7.26%) Lead
9 57 (6.90%) Support Engineer
10 46 (5.57%) Administrator
11 40 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 39 (4.72%) Security Engineer
13 34 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 33 (4.00%) Support Analyst
15 32 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
16 31 (3.75%) Architect
17 30 (3.63%) IT Support
18 29 (3.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 29 (3.51%) Consultant
19 28 (3.39%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.38%) .NET
2 45 (5.45%) ARM Templates
3 43 (5.21%) JSON
4 37 (4.48%) HTML
5 35 (4.24%) YAML
6 33 (4.00%) .NET Framework
7 30 (3.63%) ASP.NET
8 29 (3.51%) CSS
9 28 (3.39%) REST
10 23 (2.78%) XML
11 22 (2.66%) Node.js
11 22 (2.66%) React
11 22 (2.66%) SPFx
12 19 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (2.30%) RESTful
13 17 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (1.94%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.57%) SOAP
16 12 (1.45%) Web Services
17 9 (1.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.08%) Clustering
2 67 (8.11%) Data Centre
3 64 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.60%) PKI
6 35 (4.24%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.91%) Client/Server
8 21 (2.54%) Private Cloud
9 20 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.18%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.06%) Replication
12 15 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (1.69%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
15 12 (1.45%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (1.33%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 462 (55.93%) Windows
2 272 (32.93%) Windows Server
3 204 (24.70%) Linux
4 68 (8.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 54 (6.54%) Windows 10
6 47 (5.69%) Unix
7 46 (5.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 36 (4.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (2.18%) Apple iOS
11 17 (2.06%) 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 6 (0.73%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (32.69%) DevOps
2 193 (23.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 160 (19.37%) CI/CD
4 156 (18.89%) Agile
5 137 (16.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 132 (15.98%) ITIL
7 122 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
9 83 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (9.56%) Roadmaps
11 77 (9.32%) Configuration Management
12 75 (9.08%) Information Security
13 73 (8.84%) Migration
14 71 (8.60%) Disaster Recovery
15 63 (7.63%) Mentoring
16 61 (7.38%) Containerisation
17 58 (7.02%) High Availability
18 57 (6.90%) Customer Service
18 57 (6.90%) Task Automation
19 56 (6.78%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 229 (27.72%) Python
2 148 (17.92%) Bash
3 143 (17.31%) SQL
4 123 (14.89%) C#
5 55 (6.66%) JavaScript
6 53 (6.42%) T-SQL
7 41 (4.96%) Java
8 37 (4.48%) VB
9 36 (4.36%) Ruby
10 34 (4.12%) VBScript
11 33 (4.00%) Perl
12 29 (3.51%) TypeScript
13 20 (2.42%) Bicep
14 19 (2.30%) Go
14 19 (2.30%) 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
1 134 (16.22%) Degree
2 116 (14.04%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.60%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.75%) Azure Certification
6 22 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.30%) CISSP
8 19 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 15 (1.82%) SANS
10 14 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (1.57%) CCSP
11 13 (1.57%) CEH
11 13 (1.57%) SSCP
12 11 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.09%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.15%) SLA
3 23 (2.78%) NIST
4 16 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.45%) QA
6 10 (1.21%) GRC
7 9 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
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 (43.58%) Active Directory
2 144 (17.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (11.26%) Hyper-V
4 91 (11.02%) Docker
5 69 (8.35%) VMware ESXi
6 59 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 55 (6.66%) Virtual Machines
8 47 (5.69%) 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 (0.61%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.61%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 155 (18.77%) Terraform
2 136 (16.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 135 (16.34%) Kubernetes
4 122 (14.77%) Ansible
5 95 (11.50%) SCCM
6 51 (6.17%) Puppet
7 45 (5.45%) Grafana
7 45 (5.45%) vCenter Server
8 43 (5.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 43 (5.21%) WSUS
9 38 (4.60%) Microsoft Clustering
10 25 (3.03%) SCOM
10 25 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
11 21 (2.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 21 (2.54%) Nagios
12 19 (2.30%) Prometheus
13 18 (2.18%) Progress Chef
14 13 (1.57%) HAProxy
14 13 (1.57%) Nmap
15 12 (1.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 459 (55.57%) Microsoft
2 235 (28.45%) VMware
3 94 (11.38%) Citrix
4 52 (6.30%) Cisco
5 49 (5.93%) Oracle
6 37 (4.48%) Veeam
7 36 (4.36%) ServiceNow
8 35 (4.24%) Red Hat
9 28 (3.39%) Sun
10 26 (3.15%) NetApp
11 25 (3.03%) Qualys
11 25 (3.03%) Splunk
12 23 (2.78%) Commvault
13 21 (2.54%) IBM
14 18 (2.18%) CrowdStrike
15 17 (2.06%) Fortinet
16 16 (1.94%) HP
17 15 (1.82%) McAfee
18 14 (1.69%) Rapid7
19 13 (1.57%) SaltStack