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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 83 134
Rank change year-on-year -39 +51 -39
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 876 1,525 2,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.52% 3.97% 3.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.23% 8.24% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 662 1,126 1,698
10th Percentile £39,750 £38,999 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,443 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% +6.36%

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 14,059 18,511 44,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.47% 48.13% 59.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,501 14,065 23,940
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,161 £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 £80,000 £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 1 June 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
1 116 (13.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (9.25%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.91%) IIS
4 9 (1.03%) Confluence
5 6 (0.68%) Apache
5 6 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) Documentum
9 1 (0.11%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) 1Password
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 573 (65.41%) Azure
2 283 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (22.95%) Entra ID
4 175 (19.98%) AWS
5 118 (13.47%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (8.56%) Power Platform
7 59 (6.74%) SaaS
8 55 (6.28%) PaaS
9 53 (6.05%) Azure Monitor
10 52 (5.94%) GitHub
11 42 (4.79%) IaaS
12 41 (4.68%) GCP
13 36 (4.11%) Azure Storage
13 36 (4.11%) Serverless
14 31 (3.54%) Power Automate
15 30 (3.42%) OneDrive
16 28 (3.20%) Azure AKS
17 26 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 26 (2.97%) PowerApps
18 25 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 161 (18.38%) Firewall
2 144 (16.44%) DNS
3 103 (11.76%) DHCP
4 60 (6.85%) TCP/IP
5 59 (6.74%) SAN
6 54 (6.16%) LAN
6 54 (6.16%) WAN
7 53 (6.05%) VPN
8 42 (4.79%) Network Security
9 28 (3.20%) Internet
10 20 (2.28%) Wireless
11 18 (2.05%) VLAN
12 15 (1.71%) Wireshark
13 14 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (1.60%) SNMP
14 12 (1.37%) SSL
14 12 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.14%) 5G
16 9 (1.03%) SSH
17 8 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (14.38%) SQL Server
2 40 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 40 (4.57%) MySQL
3 39 (4.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (4.34%) Power BI
5 26 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.97%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.37%) MariaDB
8 12 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 11 (1.26%) Redis
10 9 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.03%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.80%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.57%) Power Query
12 5 (0.57%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 90 (10.27%) Git
2 61 (6.96%) Jenkins
3 55 (6.28%) JIRA
4 25 (2.85%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.71%) GitLab
6 14 (1.60%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (1.14%) gulp
8 10 (1.14%) Trac
8 10 (1.14%) Yeoman
9 9 (1.03%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.68%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.68%) NUnit
11 5 (0.57%) MSBuild
11 5 (0.57%) MSI
11 5 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.46%) AdminStudio
12 4 (0.46%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.46%) InstallShield
12 4 (0.46%) JMeter
General
1 251 (28.65%) Finance
2 204 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 88 (10.05%) Banking
4 69 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.42%) Legal
6 37 (4.22%) Law
7 30 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.85%) Telecoms
10 23 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.40%) Marketing
12 15 (1.71%) Retail
13 14 (1.60%) Back Office
14 13 (1.48%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.48%) Front Office
15 12 (1.37%) Advertising
16 10 (1.14%) Tech for Good
17 9 (1.03%) Health Technology
17 9 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 147 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 144 (16.44%) Senior
3 103 (11.76%) Analyst
4 83 (9.47%) DevOps Engineer
5 82 (9.36%) Azure Engineer
6 79 (9.02%) Developer
7 62 (7.08%) Senior Analyst
8 60 (6.85%) IT Engineer
9 55 (6.28%) Cloud Engineer
10 53 (6.05%) Lead
11 51 (5.82%) Support Engineer
12 50 (5.71%) Governance Analyst
13 49 (5.59%) Administrator
14 39 (4.45%) Security Engineer
15 38 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
16 33 (3.77%) Consultant
17 29 (3.31%) Architect
18 28 (3.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 27 (3.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
19 27 (3.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (9.82%) .NET
2 50 (5.71%) ARM Templates
3 44 (5.02%) HTML
4 36 (4.11%) .NET Framework
5 32 (3.65%) JSON
6 30 (3.42%) CSS
6 30 (3.42%) YAML
7 28 (3.20%) ASP.NET
8 26 (2.97%) REST
9 23 (2.63%) SPFx
9 23 (2.63%) XML
10 22 (2.51%) React
11 20 (2.28%) Elastic Stack
12 19 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (2.17%) RESTful
13 18 (2.05%) Node.js
14 11 (1.26%) .NET Core
14 11 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
14 11 (1.26%) Web Services
15 9 (1.03%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.96%) Management Information System
2 79 (9.02%) Clustering
3 67 (7.65%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (6.39%) Data Centre
5 41 (4.68%) PKI
6 33 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 25 (2.85%) Replication
8 24 (2.74%) Client/Server
8 24 (2.74%) Onboarding
9 23 (2.63%) Product Ownership
10 22 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (2.28%) Private Cloud
12 17 (1.94%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.48%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
15 11 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (1.26%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.26%) Low-Code
16 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 447 (51.03%) Windows
2 249 (28.42%) Windows Server
3 201 (22.95%) Linux
4 66 (7.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 50 (5.71%) Unix
6 49 (5.59%) Windows 10
7 46 (5.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (4.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 34 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (2.63%) Apple iOS
11 22 (2.51%) Android
12 15 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (1.26%) Solaris
14 10 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
14 10 (1.14%) VMS
14 10 (1.14%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.80%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.68%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
18 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (31.62%) DevOps
2 207 (23.63%) Agile
3 181 (20.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 166 (18.95%) CI/CD
5 146 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 138 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
7 135 (15.41%) ITIL
8 132 (15.07%) Roadmaps
9 124 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (13.70%) Information Security
11 89 (10.16%) Security Operations
12 86 (9.82%) RBAC
13 84 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 72 (8.22%) Coaching
15 71 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
16 69 (7.88%) Analytics
17 68 (7.76%) Task Automation
18 67 (7.65%) Disaster Recovery
18 67 (7.65%) Migration
19 64 (7.31%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 230 (26.26%) Python
2 197 (22.49%) SQL
3 139 (15.87%) Bash
4 130 (14.84%) C#
5 58 (6.62%) JavaScript
6 49 (5.59%) T-SQL
7 43 (4.91%) VB
8 39 (4.45%) Java
8 39 (4.45%) VBScript
9 31 (3.54%) Bicep
10 29 (3.31%) TypeScript
11 26 (2.97%) Ruby
12 25 (2.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 25 (2.85%) Perl
13 19 (2.17%) Go
14 12 (1.37%) ActionScript
15 10 (1.14%) Groovy
16 9 (1.03%) PHP
17 8 (0.91%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 139 (15.87%) Degree
2 123 (14.04%) Security Cleared
3 76 (8.68%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.57%) DV Cleared
5 39 (4.45%) Azure Certification
6 21 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.17%) CISSP
8 19 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 16 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.71%) SANS
11 14 (1.60%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (1.48%) CCSP
12 13 (1.48%) CEH
12 13 (1.48%) SSCP
13 12 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 12 (1.37%) MCP
14 10 (1.14%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.91%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.77%) SLA
3 21 (2.40%) NIST
4 18 (2.05%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.14%) GRC
6 8 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.91%) GDPR
6 8 (0.91%) QA
7 4 (0.46%) NCSC
7 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.34%) EMIR
8 3 (0.34%) MiFID
9 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 393 (44.86%) Active Directory
2 127 (14.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (10.73%) Docker
4 87 (9.93%) Hyper-V
5 63 (7.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 62 (7.08%) Virtual Machines
7 59 (6.74%) VMware ESXi
8 50 (5.71%) RACF
9 42 (4.79%) vSphere
10 28 (3.20%) XenApp
11 13 (1.48%) XenDesktop
12 12 (1.37%) OpenSSH
13 11 (1.26%) NFS
14 10 (1.14%) pfSense
15 9 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
16 7 (0.80%) DFS Replication
17 6 (0.68%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.34%) Firmware
19 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
19 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 169 (19.29%) Terraform
2 138 (15.75%) Kubernetes
3 122 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 119 (13.58%) Ansible
5 95 (10.84%) SCCM
6 46 (5.25%) vCenter Server
7 45 (5.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 43 (4.91%) Grafana
9 42 (4.79%) WSUS
10 37 (4.22%) Puppet
11 35 (4.00%) Microsoft Clustering
12 32 (3.65%) SCOM
13 24 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
14 20 (2.28%) Prometheus
15 19 (2.17%) Nagios
16 18 (2.05%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 17 (1.94%) Progress Chef
18 13 (1.48%) Nmap
19 12 (1.37%) IBM BigFix
19 12 (1.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 498 (56.85%) Microsoft
2 213 (24.32%) VMware
3 93 (10.62%) Citrix
4 51 (5.82%) CyberArk
5 49 (5.59%) Oracle
6 47 (5.37%) Cisco
7 40 (4.57%) ServiceNow
8 38 (4.34%) Veeam
9 31 (3.54%) Red Hat
10 30 (3.42%) Splunk
11 26 (2.97%) NetApp
12 25 (2.85%) Qualys
13 24 (2.74%) Commvault
13 24 (2.74%) Fortinet
13 24 (2.74%) IBM
14 23 (2.63%) Sun
15 18 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (1.83%) HP
16 16 (1.83%) McAfee
17 14 (1.60%) Rapid7