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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 85 123
Rank change year-on-year -48 +38 -25
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 807 1,550 2,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.39% 3.83% 3.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.84% 7.79% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 656 1,180 1,723
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,999 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £108,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

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 13,808 19,903 41,450
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.82% 49.21% 59.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11,388 14,641 23,824
10th Percentile £38,694 £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 £79,313 £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 17 May 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
1 115 (14.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 44 (5.45%) IIS
4 7 (0.87%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.74%) Apache
5 6 (0.74%) Confluence
6 5 (0.62%) CMS
7 2 (0.25%) Moodle
7 2 (0.25%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) 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%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.50%) BusinessWorks
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 560 (69.39%) Azure
2 289 (35.81%) Microsoft 365
3 175 (21.69%) AWS
4 143 (17.72%) Entra ID
5 110 (13.63%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (9.17%) Power Platform
7 59 (7.31%) PaaS
7 59 (7.31%) SaaS
8 53 (6.57%) GitHub
9 48 (5.95%) IaaS
10 44 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (5.08%) GCP
12 37 (4.58%) Serverless
13 31 (3.84%) OneDrive
13 31 (3.84%) Power Automate
14 29 (3.59%) Azure AKS
15 26 (3.22%) Azure Sentinel
15 26 (3.22%) Azure Storage
16 25 (3.10%) PowerApps
17 24 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 152 (18.84%) Firewall
2 146 (18.09%) DNS
3 99 (12.27%) DHCP
4 61 (7.56%) TCP/IP
5 59 (7.31%) LAN
6 58 (7.19%) WAN
7 57 (7.06%) VPN
8 55 (6.82%) SAN
9 36 (4.46%) Network Security
10 27 (3.35%) Internet
11 20 (2.48%) Wireless
12 17 (2.11%) VLAN
13 16 (1.98%) SNMP
14 15 (1.86%) Wireshark
15 13 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (1.61%) SSL
16 12 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
17 11 (1.36%) NGFW
18 10 (1.24%) 5G
18 10 (1.24%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (5.08%) MySQL
4 39 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 38 (4.71%) Power BI
6 27 (3.35%) MongoDB
7 26 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (3.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.73%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.49%) MariaDB
10 12 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (1.36%) Oracle Database
11 11 (1.36%) Redis
12 10 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.12%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.87%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.62%) Power Query
15 5 (0.62%) PowerPivot
16 4 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 87 (10.78%) Git
2 58 (7.19%) Jenkins
3 54 (6.69%) JIRA
4 26 (3.22%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.86%) GitLab
5 15 (1.86%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (1.24%) gulp
7 10 (1.24%) Trac
7 10 (1.24%) Yeoman
8 8 (0.99%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.62%) MSBuild
9 5 (0.62%) MSI
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.50%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.50%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.50%) Moq
10 4 (0.50%) NUnit
General
1 198 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 193 (23.92%) Finance
3 71 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.20%) Banking
5 35 (4.34%) Law
6 27 (3.35%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.22%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.60%) Marketing
9 20 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (1.98%) Legal
10 16 (1.98%) Retail
11 13 (1.61%) Back Office
11 13 (1.61%) Front Office
12 12 (1.49%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.36%) Advertising
14 10 (1.24%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.24%) Tech for Good
15 9 (1.12%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (18.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (11.65%) Senior
3 87 (10.78%) DevOps Engineer
4 79 (9.79%) Developer
5 77 (9.54%) Azure Engineer
6 63 (7.81%) IT Engineer
7 57 (7.06%) Analyst
8 53 (6.57%) Support Engineer
9 52 (6.44%) Lead
10 49 (6.07%) Administrator
11 47 (5.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 36 (4.46%) Security Engineer
13 34 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (3.97%) Consultant
14 32 (3.97%) Support Analyst
15 29 (3.59%) Architect
15 29 (3.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 28 (3.47%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 27 (3.35%) IT Support
17 27 (3.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (10.90%) .NET
2 43 (5.33%) ARM Templates
3 42 (5.20%) HTML
4 38 (4.71%) JSON
5 35 (4.34%) .NET Framework
6 31 (3.84%) YAML
7 30 (3.72%) CSS
8 28 (3.47%) ASP.NET
8 28 (3.47%) REST
9 23 (2.85%) React
9 23 (2.85%) XML
10 22 (2.73%) SPFx
11 20 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
11 20 (2.48%) Node.js
12 19 (2.35%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (2.35%) RESTful
13 13 (1.61%) .NET Core
14 11 (1.36%) SOAP
14 11 (1.36%) Web Services
15 10 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.29%) Clustering
2 65 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
3 58 (7.19%) Data Centre
4 42 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.46%) PKI
6 33 (4.09%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.97%) Client/Server
7 24 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.85%) Private Cloud
9 22 (2.73%) Replication
10 21 (2.60%) Product Ownership
11 18 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.98%) Cloud Native
13 13 (1.61%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
14 11 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (1.36%) Cyberattack
14 11 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 10 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 445 (55.14%) Windows
2 249 (30.86%) Windows Server
3 194 (24.04%) Linux
4 62 (7.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 51 (6.32%) Windows 10
6 49 (6.07%) Unix
7 45 (5.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 38 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 34 (4.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (2.73%) Apple iOS
11 21 (2.60%) Android
12 15 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (1.49%) VMS
14 10 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
14 10 (1.24%) Solaris
14 10 (1.24%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.87%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.62%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
18 3 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (32.22%) DevOps
2 180 (22.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 155 (19.21%) CI/CD
4 149 (18.46%) Agile
5 141 (17.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (16.11%) ITIL
7 121 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
9 81 (10.04%) Roadmaps
10 69 (8.55%) Information Security
11 68 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (8.30%) Configuration Management
12 67 (8.30%) Migration
13 63 (7.81%) Analytics
14 59 (7.31%) Change Management
15 57 (7.06%) Service Management
15 57 (7.06%) Task Automation
16 56 (6.94%) Containerisation
16 56 (6.94%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 227 (28.13%) Python
2 145 (17.97%) SQL
3 141 (17.47%) Bash
4 124 (15.37%) C#
5 57 (7.06%) JavaScript
6 51 (6.32%) T-SQL
7 39 (4.83%) Java
8 38 (4.71%) VB
9 36 (4.46%) VBScript
10 29 (3.59%) Perl
10 29 (3.59%) Ruby
10 29 (3.59%) TypeScript
11 20 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
12 19 (2.35%) Bicep
13 17 (2.11%) Go
14 10 (1.24%) ActionScript
14 10 (1.24%) Groovy
15 9 (1.12%) PHP
15 9 (1.12%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.87%) Korn
Qualifications
1 129 (15.99%) Degree
2 116 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 22 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.11%) CISSP
7 17 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (1.86%) SANS
9 14 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (1.61%) CCSP
10 13 (1.61%) CEH
10 13 (1.61%) SSCP
11 11 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.24%) MCP
13 7 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.97%) SLA
3 22 (2.73%) NIST
4 16 (1.98%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.24%) GRC
6 8 (0.99%) GDPR
6 8 (0.99%) QA
7 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.50%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) EMIR
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) MiFID
9 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 338 (41.88%) Active Directory
2 127 (15.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (11.40%) Docker
4 88 (10.90%) Hyper-V
5 64 (7.93%) VMware ESXi
6 58 (7.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 54 (6.69%) Virtual Machines
8 42 (5.20%) vSphere
9 24 (2.97%) XenApp
10 11 (1.36%) NFS
10 11 (1.36%) XenDesktop
11 10 (1.24%) OpenSSH
11 10 (1.24%) pfSense
12 9 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.99%) DFS Replication
14 5 (0.62%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.37%) Firmware
16 2 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
17 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 159 (19.70%) Terraform
2 134 (16.60%) Kubernetes
3 125 (15.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 119 (14.75%) Ansible
5 91 (11.28%) SCCM
6 45 (5.58%) vCenter Server
7 44 (5.45%) Grafana
8 40 (4.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 40 (4.96%) Puppet
8 40 (4.96%) WSUS
9 34 (4.21%) Microsoft Clustering
10 27 (3.35%) SCOM
11 25 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
12 19 (2.35%) Nagios
12 19 (2.35%) Prometheus
13 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 17 (2.11%) Progress Chef
14 13 (1.61%) Nmap
15 12 (1.49%) HAProxy
16 11 (1.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 449 (55.64%) Microsoft
2 215 (26.64%) VMware
3 90 (11.15%) Citrix
4 49 (6.07%) Oracle
5 48 (5.95%) Cisco
6 38 (4.71%) ServiceNow
7 35 (4.34%) Veeam
8 32 (3.97%) Red Hat
9 26 (3.22%) NetApp
10 25 (3.10%) Qualys
10 25 (3.10%) Splunk
10 25 (3.10%) Sun
11 23 (2.85%) Commvault
12 22 (2.73%) IBM
13 21 (2.60%) Fortinet
14 18 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (1.98%) McAfee
16 15 (1.86%) HP
17 14 (1.73%) Rapid7
18 13 (1.61%) Thycotic