PowerShell Job Trends

Windows PowerShell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 97 98
Rank change year-on-year -32 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,241 1,348 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.62% 3.18% 2.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.01% 9.33% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 919 1,070 2,149
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -4.76%

All Programming Languages
UK

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,778 14,448 30,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.02% 34.07% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,646 10,243 24,384
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -1.82%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK over the 6 months to 22 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -44 1,085 £58,000 -6.45% 376
UK excluding London -44 698 £51,500 -6.36% 299
London -8 489 £70,000 -12.50% 127
Work from Home -18 382 £60,000 +1.48% 169
South East -49 192 £56,750 -5.42% 104
North of England -56 138 £47,500 -9.52% 56
Scotland +40 107 £71,500 +24.35% 15
South West -14 96 £55,000 +11.00% 49
Midlands -58 95 £52,500 +5.00% 44
Yorkshire -21 68 £47,500 -9.52% 18
East of England -31 60 £40,000 -27.27% 38
North West -47 56 £53,000 +9.72% 25
East Midlands -25 52 £55,000 +15.79% 18
West Midlands -46 42 £48,000 -4.00% 26
North East -27 14 £45,000 -25.00% 14
Wales -19 9 £55,000 +8.80% 5
Northern Ireland -37 2 - - 2

PowerShell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 195 (15.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.74%) IIS
4 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.05%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 51 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.40%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.24%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.24%) Windchill
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.64%) Markit EDM
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.40%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.081%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.081%) PlanetPress Connect
7 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 801 (64.54%) Azure
2 418 (33.68%) Microsoft 365
3 333 (26.83%) Entra ID
4 205 (16.52%) AWS
5 142 (11.44%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.54%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.82%) GitHub
8 77 (6.20%) GCP
8 77 (6.20%) Google Workspace
9 72 (5.80%) SaaS
10 71 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
11 69 (5.56%) PaaS
12 62 (5.00%) IaaS
13 61 (4.92%) OneDrive
14 53 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
15 41 (3.30%) Power Automate
16 39 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
18 36 (2.90%) Nutanix
18 36 (2.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 229 (18.45%) DNS
2 218 (17.57%) Firewall
3 180 (14.50%) DHCP
4 132 (10.64%) VPN
5 109 (8.78%) TCP/IP
6 68 (5.48%) WAN
7 64 (5.16%) Broadband
8 62 (5.00%) LAN
9 52 (4.19%) Network Security
9 52 (4.19%) VLAN
10 47 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (3.06%) VoIP
12 33 (2.66%) Wireless
13 32 (2.58%) SAN
14 30 (2.42%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.29%) MPLS
15 16 (1.29%) VSAN
16 15 (1.21%) BGP
17 13 (1.05%) Internet
18 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 92 (7.41%) Power BI
3 29 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 29 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (2.26%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (2.10%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (1.93%) MySQL
8 23 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.21%) Tableau
12 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.48%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.40%) Metadata
15 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 88 (7.09%) JIRA
2 78 (6.29%) Git
3 76 (6.12%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.46%) GitLab
5 27 (2.18%) Octopus Deploy
6 25 (2.01%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.45%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.56%) TestRail
13 5 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
15 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 434 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 279 (22.48%) Finance
3 145 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
5 60 (4.83%) Law
6 41 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.06%) Retail
8 35 (2.82%) Legal
8 35 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 34 (2.74%) Games
10 33 (2.66%) Banking
11 30 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (2.10%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.21%) Front Office
15 12 (0.97%) Advertising
16 8 (0.64%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.56%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (15.95%) Senior
2 144 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 143 (11.52%) Support Engineer
4 117 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
5 112 (9.02%) Analyst
6 103 (8.30%) IT Support
7 84 (6.77%) Security Engineer
8 80 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 78 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 78 (6.29%) IT Engineer
10 72 (5.80%) Developer
11 63 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support
12 60 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
12 60 (4.83%) Lead
13 54 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 45 (3.63%) 2nd Line Support
15 44 (3.55%) Architect
16 42 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
17 37 (2.98%) Support Analyst
18 34 (2.74%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (7.49%) OAuth
2 91 (7.33%) REST
3 81 (6.53%) SAML
4 76 (6.12%) OpenID
5 71 (5.72%) GraphQL
6 67 (5.40%) SOAP
7 66 (5.32%) .NET
8 65 (5.24%) LDAP
9 38 (3.06%) YAML
10 29 (2.34%) JSON
11 26 (2.10%) .NET Core
12 24 (1.93%) ARM Templates
13 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
14 19 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.37%) React
16 16 (1.29%) Node.js
17 14 (1.13%) Web Services
18 13 (1.05%) CSS
18 13 (1.05%) Swagger
19 12 (0.97%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 87 (7.01%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 72 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
4 61 (4.92%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.83%) Cyberattack
6 42 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.30%) Driving Licence
8 39 (3.14%) Cloud Native
8 39 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (2.74%) Data Centre
11 30 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (2.26%) PKI
13 25 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
14 22 (1.77%) CMDB
15 18 (1.45%) Product Ownership
15 18 (1.45%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.37%) Replication
17 16 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 557 (44.88%) Windows
2 291 (23.45%) Windows Server
3 241 (19.42%) Linux
4 69 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 58 (4.67%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.46%) Unix
7 36 (2.90%) Android
8 35 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 31 (2.50%) Apple iOS
11 26 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.01%) Solaris
13 24 (1.93%) CentOS
13 24 (1.93%) VMS
14 23 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
15 22 (1.77%) HPUX
15 22 (1.77%) Windows 7
15 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
16 17 (1.37%) Ubuntu
17 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (29.25%) Problem-Solving
2 288 (23.21%) DevOps
3 255 (20.55%) CI/CD
4 243 (19.58%) ITIL
5 235 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
5 235 (18.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 214 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (16.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 190 (15.31%) Mentoring
9 165 (13.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 164 (13.22%) Agile
11 144 (11.60%) Incident Response
12 141 (11.36%) Roadmaps
13 123 (9.91%) Root Cause Analysis
14 105 (8.46%) Task Automation
15 104 (8.38%) Cloud Security
16 103 (8.30%) SIEM
17 100 (8.06%) Computer Science
18 99 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
19 98 (7.90%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 433 (34.89%) Python
2 306 (24.66%) Bash
3 271 (21.84%) SQL
4 86 (6.93%) T-SQL
5 76 (6.12%) JavaScript
6 74 (5.96%) C#
7 61 (4.92%) Bicep
8 30 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.18%) Perl
10 18 (1.45%) Java
11 13 (1.05%) Go
12 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.64%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.56%) PHP
14 7 (0.56%) VB
15 6 (0.48%) C++
15 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 5 (0.40%) C
16 5 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.32%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 173 (13.94%) Degree
2 145 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 103 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 89 (7.17%) Azure Certification
5 88 (7.09%) SC Cleared
6 62 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (4.03%) CISSP
9 36 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.74%) CREST Certified
11 31 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 27 (2.18%) AWS Certification
13 26 (2.10%) CEH
14 24 (1.93%) GIAC
15 22 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (1.69%) CCNA
16 21 (1.69%) OSCP
17 20 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
18 18 (1.45%) SANS
19 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (14.10%) NIST
2 169 (13.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.88%) NCSC
4 65 (5.24%) SLA
5 64 (5.16%) GDPR
6 39 (3.14%) Accessibility
7 30 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.77%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.53%) QA
10 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.40%) DICOM
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 462 (37.23%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (9.43%) Docker
4 111 (8.94%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.55%) vSphere
6 34 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.53%) Firmware
9 17 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.89%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.81%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.64%) vCloud
14 7 (0.56%) XenApp
15 5 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 5 (0.40%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.32%) iptables
16 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 2 (0.16%) Samba
17 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 256 (20.63%) Terraform
2 180 (14.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 169 (13.62%) Kubernetes
4 137 (11.04%) Ansible
5 52 (4.19%) Grafana
6 44 (3.55%) SCCM
7 39 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (2.42%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.53%) Puppet
11 17 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.29%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.89%) Nessus
13 11 (0.89%) VxRail
14 8 (0.64%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.64%) QRadar
15 7 (0.56%) Nagios
16 6 (0.48%) Control-M
16 6 (0.48%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 651 (52.46%) Microsoft
2 237 (19.10%) VMware
3 112 (9.02%) Cisco
4 59 (4.75%) Splunk
5 52 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.95%) Oracle
7 47 (3.79%) Veeam
8 43 (3.46%) Red Hat
9 38 (3.06%) Google
10 34 (2.74%) Atlassian
11 33 (2.66%) Commvault
12 32 (2.58%) Palo Alto
13 30 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (2.18%) Citrix
14 27 (2.18%) Meraki
15 26 (2.10%) CyberArk
16 25 (2.01%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.93%) Dell
18 22 (1.77%) Apple
19 21 (1.69%) Dynatrace