PowerShell Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 115 79
Rank change year-on-year +16 -36 +58
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 702 907 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.55% 2.53% 4.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.93% 6.30% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 352 672 1,100
10th Percentile £33,775 £39,750 £38,974
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,563 £77,563 £82,548
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,741 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -

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 7,068 14,394 17,390
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.78% 40.21% 47.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,406 11,653 13,487
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £41,000
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 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £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 22 June 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 85 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (8.97%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.56%) IIS
4 10 (1.42%) Tomcat
5 8 (1.14%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 2 (0.28%) nginx
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.42%) 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 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.43%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 275 (39.17%) Azure
2 157 (22.36%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (14.67%) AWS
3 103 (14.67%) Entra ID
4 81 (11.54%) Power Platform
5 66 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (9.26%) Power Automate
7 54 (7.69%) SaaS
8 44 (6.27%) PowerApps
9 42 (5.98%) PaaS
10 39 (5.56%) IaaS
11 37 (5.27%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (3.42%) GitHub
13 23 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
14 20 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (2.71%) Serverless
16 18 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 18 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (2.28%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 309 (44.02%) VPN
2 262 (37.32%) Cisco IOS
3 94 (13.39%) Firewall
4 64 (9.12%) DNS
5 50 (7.12%) DHCP
6 49 (6.98%) WAN
7 31 (4.42%) TCP/IP
8 26 (3.70%) SAN
9 24 (3.42%) LAN
9 24 (3.42%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.99%) VLAN
11 11 (1.57%) Network Security
12 10 (1.42%) DMARC
12 10 (1.42%) NAS
12 10 (1.42%) VoIP
13 9 (1.28%) SSL
14 8 (1.14%) HTTPS
15 5 (0.71%) Intranet
15 5 (0.71%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.54%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.12%) Power BI
3 28 (3.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.56%) MySQL
6 22 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.14%) Big Data
12 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.28%) EDMS
14 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
15 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.84%) Git
2 14 (1.99%) JIRA
3 11 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.85%) GitLab
4 6 (0.85%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.57%) WiX
6 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.14%) Hudson
8 1 (0.14%) Maven
8 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 300 (42.74%) Analytical Skills
2 278 (39.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 106 (15.10%) Social Skills
4 71 (10.11%) Finance
5 22 (3.13%) Law
6 21 (2.99%) German Language
7 17 (2.42%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.14%) Banking
9 15 (2.14%) Legal
10 12 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.28%) Back Office
12 9 (1.28%) Czech Language
12 9 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.14%) Advertising
14 7 (1.00%) Automotive
14 7 (1.00%) Games
14 7 (1.00%) Local Government
14 7 (1.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 312 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (7.41%) Senior
3 48 (6.84%) Developer
4 44 (6.27%) Support Engineer
5 40 (5.70%) Analyst
6 37 (5.27%) IT Support
7 35 (4.99%) Lead
8 31 (4.42%) IT Engineer
9 29 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (3.56%) Administrator
12 24 (3.42%) Architect
13 23 (3.28%) Information Security Specialist
13 23 (3.28%) Information Specialist
13 23 (3.28%) Security Specialist
14 22 (3.13%) Security Engineer
15 21 (2.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 21 (2.99%) 3rd Line Support
16 20 (2.85%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (37.75%) Elastic Stack
2 33 (4.70%) REST
3 32 (4.56%) .NET
4 21 (2.99%) SailPoint
4 21 (2.99%) SOAP
5 19 (2.71%) JSON
6 14 (1.99%) Web Services
6 14 (1.99%) XML
7 13 (1.85%) React
8 12 (1.71%) HTML
9 11 (1.57%) YAML
10 10 (1.42%) ARM Templates
10 10 (1.42%) Pandas
11 8 (1.14%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.00%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.00%) CSS
13 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (0.85%) Middleware
13 6 (0.85%) RESTful
14 5 (0.71%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 262 (37.32%) Cyberattack
2 38 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 29 (4.13%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 20 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.42%) NHS
8 14 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.57%) Clustering
9 11 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.14%) Replication
13 7 (1.00%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.85%) Hedge funds
15 5 (0.71%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.71%) Driving Licence
15 5 (0.71%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 444 (63.25%) Windows
2 344 (49.00%) Linux
3 264 (37.61%) Android
4 94 (13.39%) Windows Server
5 34 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.42%) Unix
8 13 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.85%) Windows 10
9 8 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (0.71%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.71%) VMS
12 4 (0.57%) CentOS
12 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (54.99%) DevOps
2 353 (50.28%) Problem-Solving
3 330 (47.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 299 (42.59%) Risk Management
5 294 (41.88%) Task Automation
6 284 (40.46%) Platform Engineering
7 264 (37.61%) Line Management
7 264 (37.61%) Storage Management
8 263 (37.46%) Mathematics
9 104 (14.81%) CI/CD
10 80 (11.40%) Mentoring
11 74 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 66 (9.40%) ITIL
13 62 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
14 61 (8.69%) Agile
15 56 (7.98%) Migration
16 46 (6.55%) Analytics
17 44 (6.27%) Project Management
18 43 (6.13%) Roadmaps
19 42 (5.98%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 413 (58.83%) Python
2 351 (50.00%) Bash
3 117 (16.67%) SQL
4 46 (6.55%) C#
5 41 (5.84%) JavaScript
6 31 (4.42%) Bicep
7 27 (3.85%) Java
8 20 (2.85%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.28%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.28%) VBA
12 8 (1.14%) R
13 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.85%) Go
15 5 (0.71%) C++
16 4 (0.57%) Perl
17 3 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
18 2 (0.28%) Progress 4GL
19 1 (0.14%) JCL
19 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 85 (12.11%) Degree
2 55 (7.83%) Azure Certification
3 40 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (3.99%) AWS Certification
5 23 (3.28%) Security Cleared
6 22 (3.13%) DBS Check
7 21 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (1.71%) CISSP
9 12 (1.71%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.28%) CCNA
10 9 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (1.14%) CEH
11 8 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.14%) SANS
12 7 (1.00%) GCIH
13 6 (0.85%) A+ Certification
13 6 (0.85%) MCSA
13 6 (0.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.27%) GDPR
1 30 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (2.28%) NIST
3 10 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.42%) SLA
4 8 (1.14%) QA
5 7 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.00%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.14%) COBIT
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 300 (42.74%) Hyper-V
2 293 (41.74%) Docker
3 267 (38.03%) vSphere
4 262 (37.32%) VMware NSX
5 168 (23.93%) Active Directory
6 68 (9.69%) VMware Infrastructure
7 30 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.14%) XenApp
9 9 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.57%) Dovecot
10 4 (0.57%) Postfix
10 4 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.43%) Firmware
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.14%) KVM
13 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 317 (45.16%) Terraform
2 311 (44.30%) Ansible
3 77 (10.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (6.13%) Kubernetes
5 35 (4.99%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (4.27%) SCCM
7 17 (2.42%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.85%) SCOM
9 8 (1.14%) Grafana
10 7 (1.00%) Puppet
10 7 (1.00%) WSUS
11 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.85%) SCOrch
12 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.57%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.57%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.43%) SmoothWall
14 2 (0.28%) Argo
14 2 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
14 2 (0.28%) SCSM
Vendors
1 290 (41.31%) Cisco
2 266 (37.89%) Splunk
3 263 (37.46%) Juniper
4 262 (37.32%) 3PAR
5 238 (33.90%) Microsoft
6 91 (12.96%) VMware
7 36 (5.13%) Meraki
8 32 (4.56%) Okta
8 32 (4.56%) Oracle
9 22 (3.13%) Databricks
9 22 (3.13%) Salesforce
10 20 (2.85%) Citrix
11 17 (2.42%) SonicWALL
12 16 (2.28%) Red Hat
13 15 (2.14%) CheckPoint
14 12 (1.71%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.28%) Intapp
16 8 (1.14%) EMC
16 8 (1.14%) iManage
17 6 (0.85%) SAP
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