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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 87 121
Rank change year-on-year -36 +34 -25
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 831 1,561 2,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.46% 3.85% 3.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.01% 7.82% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 653 1,177 1,729
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,999 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,750
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 £91,934 £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 13,825 19,960 42,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.89% 49.19% 59.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11,368 14,681 24,008
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 £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 20 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 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (10.11%) SharePoint
3 44 (5.29%) IIS
4 7 (0.84%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.72%) Apache
5 6 (0.72%) Confluence
6 5 (0.60%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) Moodle
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%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) BusinessWorks
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 557 (67.03%) Azure
2 287 (34.54%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (20.82%) AWS
4 171 (20.58%) Entra ID
5 107 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (9.03%) Power Platform
7 59 (7.10%) SaaS
8 56 (6.74%) PaaS
9 51 (6.14%) GitHub
10 45 (5.42%) IaaS
11 43 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (4.93%) GCP
13 35 (4.21%) Serverless
14 32 (3.85%) Power Automate
15 31 (3.73%) OneDrive
16 29 (3.49%) Azure AKS
17 26 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
17 26 (3.13%) Azure Storage
17 26 (3.13%) PowerApps
18 24 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 153 (18.41%) Firewall
2 146 (17.57%) DNS
3 99 (11.91%) DHCP
4 61 (7.34%) TCP/IP
5 59 (7.10%) LAN
6 58 (6.98%) WAN
7 56 (6.74%) VPN
8 55 (6.62%) SAN
9 36 (4.33%) Network Security
10 27 (3.25%) Internet
11 20 (2.41%) Wireless
12 17 (2.05%) VLAN
13 16 (1.93%) SNMP
14 15 (1.81%) Wireshark
15 13 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (1.56%) SSL
16 12 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (1.20%) 5G
17 10 (1.20%) FTP
17 10 (1.20%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (15.04%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (4.93%) MySQL
4 39 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 38 (4.57%) Power BI
6 27 (3.25%) MongoDB
7 26 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.44%) MariaDB
10 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (1.32%) Oracle Database
11 11 (1.32%) Redis
12 10 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.08%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.84%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.60%) Power Query
15 5 (0.60%) PowerPivot
16 4 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 85 (10.23%) Git
2 57 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 54 (6.50%) JIRA
4 25 (3.01%) TeamCity
5 14 (1.68%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.56%) GitLab
6 13 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (1.20%) gulp
7 10 (1.20%) Trac
7 10 (1.20%) Yeoman
8 8 (0.96%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.60%) MSBuild
9 5 (0.60%) MSI
9 5 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.48%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.48%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.48%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.48%) Moq
10 4 (0.48%) NUnit
General
1 218 (26.23%) Finance
2 200 (24.07%) Social Skills
3 72 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.30%) Banking
5 44 (5.29%) Legal
6 36 (4.33%) Law
7 27 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 26 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (2.53%) Marketing
10 16 (1.93%) Retail
11 13 (1.56%) Back Office
11 13 (1.56%) Front Office
12 12 (1.44%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.32%) Advertising
14 10 (1.20%) Tech for Good
15 9 (1.08%) Health Technology
15 9 (1.08%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 148 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (14.68%) Senior
3 85 (10.23%) Analyst
3 85 (10.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 79 (9.51%) Developer
5 77 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
6 63 (7.58%) IT Engineer
7 53 (6.38%) Support Engineer
8 51 (6.14%) Lead
9 49 (5.90%) Administrator
10 47 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 42 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
12 36 (4.33%) Security Engineer
13 34 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (3.85%) Consultant
14 32 (3.85%) Support Analyst
15 29 (3.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 28 (3.37%) Governance Analyst
16 28 (3.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 27 (3.25%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (10.47%) .NET
2 42 (5.05%) HTML
3 41 (4.93%) ARM Templates
4 36 (4.33%) JSON
5 35 (4.21%) .NET Framework
6 30 (3.61%) CSS
7 29 (3.49%) YAML
8 28 (3.37%) ASP.NET
8 28 (3.37%) REST
9 23 (2.77%) React
9 23 (2.77%) XML
10 22 (2.65%) SPFx
11 20 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
11 20 (2.41%) Node.js
12 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (2.29%) RESTful
13 13 (1.56%) .NET Core
14 11 (1.32%) SOAP
14 11 (1.32%) Web Services
15 10 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.03%) Clustering
2 70 (8.42%) Management Information System
3 65 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (6.98%) Data Centre
5 36 (4.33%) PKI
6 31 (3.73%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.89%) Client/Server
7 24 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.65%) Replication
9 21 (2.53%) Private Cloud
9 21 (2.53%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.81%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.32%) Cyberattack
13 11 (1.32%) Low-Code
14 10 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 442 (53.19%) Windows
2 248 (29.84%) Windows Server
3 193 (23.23%) Linux
4 62 (7.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 52 (6.26%) Windows 10
6 49 (5.90%) Unix
7 45 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 38 (4.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 33 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (2.65%) Apple iOS
11 21 (2.53%) Android
12 15 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (1.32%) VMS
14 10 (1.20%) Oracle Linux
14 10 (1.20%) Solaris
14 10 (1.20%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.84%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.60%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
18 3 (0.36%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (30.81%) DevOps
2 180 (21.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 175 (21.06%) Agile
4 150 (18.05%) CI/CD
5 139 (16.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (15.64%) ITIL
7 120 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
9 109 (13.12%) Roadmaps
10 97 (11.67%) Information Security
11 87 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 68 (8.18%) Disaster Recovery
13 67 (8.06%) Migration
14 66 (7.94%) Configuration Management
14 66 (7.94%) Security Operations
15 63 (7.58%) Analytics
16 60 (7.22%) Change Management
17 58 (6.98%) RBAC
18 57 (6.86%) Service Management
18 57 (6.86%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 224 (26.96%) Python
2 173 (20.82%) SQL
3 140 (16.85%) Bash
4 123 (14.80%) C#
5 56 (6.74%) JavaScript
6 51 (6.14%) T-SQL
7 38 (4.57%) Java
7 38 (4.57%) VB
8 36 (4.33%) VBScript
9 29 (3.49%) TypeScript
10 28 (3.37%) Perl
11 27 (3.25%) Ruby
12 20 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
13 19 (2.29%) Bicep
14 16 (1.93%) Go
15 10 (1.20%) ActionScript
15 10 (1.20%) Groovy
16 9 (1.08%) PHP
16 9 (1.08%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 129 (15.52%) Degree
2 115 (13.84%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.33%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.09%) Azure Certification
6 22 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.05%) CISSP
7 17 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (1.81%) SANS
9 14 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (1.56%) CCSP
10 13 (1.56%) CEH
10 13 (1.56%) SSCP
11 11 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.20%) MCP
13 6 (0.72%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.85%) SLA
3 22 (2.65%) NIST
4 16 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.20%) GRC
6 8 (0.96%) GDPR
6 8 (0.96%) QA
7 7 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.48%) NCSC
9 2 (0.24%) EMIR
9 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) MiFID
9 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 365 (43.92%) Active Directory
2 124 (14.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (11.07%) Docker
4 88 (10.59%) Hyper-V
5 62 (7.46%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (6.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 53 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (4.81%) vSphere
9 28 (3.37%) RACF
10 24 (2.89%) XenApp
11 11 (1.32%) NFS
11 11 (1.32%) XenDesktop
12 10 (1.20%) OpenSSH
12 10 (1.20%) pfSense
13 9 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (0.96%) DFS Replication
15 5 (0.60%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.36%) Firmware
17 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 156 (18.77%) Terraform
2 133 (16.00%) Kubernetes
3 125 (15.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 118 (14.20%) Ansible
5 91 (10.95%) SCCM
6 45 (5.42%) vCenter Server
7 44 (5.29%) Grafana
8 40 (4.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 40 (4.81%) WSUS
9 39 (4.69%) Puppet
10 34 (4.09%) Microsoft Clustering
11 27 (3.25%) SCOM
12 25 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
13 19 (2.29%) Nagios
13 19 (2.29%) Prometheus
14 17 (2.05%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 17 (2.05%) Progress Chef
15 13 (1.56%) Nmap
16 12 (1.44%) HAProxy
17 11 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 477 (57.40%) Microsoft
2 212 (25.51%) VMware
3 88 (10.59%) Citrix
4 49 (5.90%) Oracle
5 48 (5.78%) Cisco
6 38 (4.57%) ServiceNow
7 35 (4.21%) Veeam
8 31 (3.73%) Red Hat
9 29 (3.49%) CyberArk
10 26 (3.13%) NetApp
11 25 (3.01%) Qualys
11 25 (3.01%) Splunk
12 24 (2.89%) Sun
13 23 (2.77%) Commvault
14 22 (2.65%) IBM
15 21 (2.53%) Fortinet
16 18 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
17 16 (1.93%) McAfee
18 15 (1.81%) HP
19 14 (1.68%) Rapid7