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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 93 74
Rank change year-on-year -18 -19 +14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,245 1,539 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.90% 3.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.49% 8.61% 9.56%
Number of salaries quoted 939 1,066 2,016
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,425 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.39% +2.38% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 11,866 17,870 24,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.06% 33.62% 38.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,598 10,427 19,968
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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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

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

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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 23 January 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 -22 1,044 £58,000 -7.20% 663
UK excluding London -15 726 £52,500 - 657
London -9 447 £70,000 -6.67% 148
Work from Home 0 393 £60,000 -7.69% 298
South East -34 181 £58,000 -3.33% 213
North of England -22 136 £50,000 - 132
Scotland +48 130 £62,250 +13.18% 46
South West +21 107 £52,500 -2.78% 94
Midlands -27 90 £52,500 +7.69% 82
East of England +17 69 £43,042 -18.01% 80
North West -19 63 £50,000 - 66
Yorkshire -23 61 £47,500 -9.52% 49
West Midlands -33 48 £52,500 +16.67% 27
East Midlands -8 41 £55,000 +8.91% 54
North East -2 12 £50,000 -11.50% 17
Wales +7 11 £55,000 +5.77% 26
Northern Ireland -12 3 £46,500 - 8

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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
1 189 (15.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (12.21%) SharePoint
3 51 (4.10%) IIS
4 25 (2.01%) Confluence
5 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (1.12%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
7 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) CICS
10 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.24%) CATIA
7 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
4 5 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.080%) Actimize
6 1 (0.080%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 825 (66.27%) Azure
2 410 (32.93%) Microsoft 365
3 329 (26.43%) Entra ID
4 216 (17.35%) AWS
5 209 (16.79%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.76%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.79%) GitHub
8 80 (6.43%) GCP
9 76 (6.10%) PaaS
10 75 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
11 66 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.74%) Power Automate
13 58 (4.66%) IaaS
14 53 (4.26%) Google Workspace
14 53 (4.26%) SaaS
15 46 (3.69%) OneDrive
16 41 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
17 40 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
17 40 (3.21%) Snowflake
18 38 (3.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 228 (18.31%) Firewall
2 211 (16.95%) DNS
3 160 (12.85%) DHCP
4 106 (8.51%) VPN
5 105 (8.43%) TCP/IP
6 83 (6.67%) WAN
7 68 (5.46%) LAN
8 43 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (3.37%) Broadband
10 41 (3.29%) VLAN
10 41 (3.29%) Wireless
11 31 (2.49%) SD-WAN
12 29 (2.33%) SAN
13 26 (2.09%) Network Security
14 21 (1.69%) Internet
15 18 (1.45%) VoIP
15 18 (1.45%) VSAN
16 15 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
17 14 (1.12%) Skype
18 12 (0.96%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.02%) Power BI
3 38 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.41%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
8 21 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (1.45%) MySQL
9 18 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.96%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.88%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.88%) Tableau
13 8 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.56%) DTS
14 7 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 102 (8.19%) JIRA
2 94 (7.55%) Jenkins
3 86 (6.91%) Git
4 38 (3.05%) GitLab
5 32 (2.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 24 (1.93%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.88%) Burp Suite
8 11 (0.88%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.48%) TestRail
11 6 (0.48%) Vagrant
12 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) MSI
13 4 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 442 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 333 (26.75%) Finance
3 122 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (4.42%) Law
6 48 (3.86%) Retail
7 46 (3.69%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.05%) Banking
9 37 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 37 (2.97%) Legal
10 34 (2.73%) Games
11 32 (2.57%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.37%) Front Office
14 17 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.80%) Marketing
17 9 (0.72%) Advertising
17 9 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 191 (15.34%) Senior
2 157 (12.61%) Support Engineer
3 129 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 109 (8.76%) Azure Engineer
5 93 (7.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 87 (6.99%) Cloud Engineer
7 86 (6.91%) Analyst
8 84 (6.75%) Developer
9 76 (6.10%) Security Engineer
10 74 (5.94%) Lead
11 73 (5.86%) IT Support
12 61 (4.90%) IT Engineer
13 58 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
14 56 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
15 54 (4.34%) Applications Engineer
15 54 (4.34%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 45 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
18 44 (3.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
19 38 (3.05%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (8.43%) REST
2 71 (5.70%) SOAP
3 69 (5.54%) .NET
4 64 (5.14%) OAuth
5 58 (4.66%) SAML
6 55 (4.42%) GraphQL
7 54 (4.34%) LDAP
7 54 (4.34%) OpenID
8 47 (3.78%) YAML
9 30 (2.41%) JSON
10 27 (2.17%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.77%) React
12 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.53%) Web Services
14 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
15 16 (1.29%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.04%) Middleware
16 13 (1.04%) Node.js
17 11 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
17 11 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.15%) Onboarding
2 67 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.06%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.45%) Cyberattack
7 42 (3.37%) Management Information System
8 40 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.05%) Cloud Native
10 36 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (2.57%) Data Centre
12 29 (2.33%) PKI
13 28 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
14 26 (2.09%) CMDB
15 24 (1.93%) Driving Licence
16 23 (1.85%) Virtual Team
17 20 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
17 20 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
18 19 (1.53%) Hedge funds
18 19 (1.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 536 (43.05%) Windows
2 290 (23.29%) Windows Server
3 216 (17.35%) Linux
4 71 (5.70%) Windows 10
5 47 (3.78%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.37%) Unix
7 37 (2.97%) VMS
7 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (2.49%) Android
9 29 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (2.01%) Solaris
11 23 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.77%) HPUX
12 22 (1.77%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (1.37%) CentOS
14 16 (1.29%) Apple iOS
14 16 (1.29%) Ubuntu
14 16 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
2 362 (29.08%) DevOps
3 276 (22.17%) CI/CD
4 244 (19.60%) ITIL
5 235 (18.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 220 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 201 (16.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 198 (15.90%) Cybersecurity
9 184 (14.78%) Agile
10 182 (14.62%) Mentoring
11 155 (12.45%) Disaster Recovery
12 140 (11.24%) Roadmaps
13 129 (10.36%) Task Automation
14 117 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
15 116 (9.32%) Coaching
16 112 (9.00%) Asset Management
17 106 (8.51%) Cloud Security
18 104 (8.35%) Migration
19 98 (7.87%) Incident Response
20 91 (7.31%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 426 (34.22%) Python
2 284 (22.81%) Bash
3 283 (22.73%) SQL
4 102 (8.19%) C#
5 80 (6.43%) Bicep
6 66 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 64 (5.14%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.17%) Perl
9 25 (2.01%) Java
10 24 (1.93%) Go
11 20 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (1.12%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.88%) VBScript
14 9 (0.72%) VBA
15 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.56%) Groovy
17 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 171 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 162 (13.01%) Degree
3 110 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 109 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 92 (7.39%) Azure Certification
6 59 (4.74%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.37%) CISSP
9 39 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 32 (2.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 30 (2.41%) CREST Certified
13 21 (1.69%) CEH
14 20 (1.61%) CCNA
15 17 (1.37%) SANS
16 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.29%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.20%) GIAC
18 13 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
18 13 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (12.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 142 (11.41%) NIST
3 68 (5.46%) GDPR
4 60 (4.82%) NCSC
5 53 (4.26%) SLA
6 47 (3.78%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.37%) QA
9 15 (1.20%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.88%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.80%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 5 (0.40%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.24%) HL7
15 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) DICOM
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.080%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 430 (34.54%) Active Directory
2 136 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.16%) Docker
4 94 (7.55%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 45 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (2.57%) vSphere
7 23 (1.85%) Firmware
8 15 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.72%) XenApp
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
12 7 (0.56%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.40%) Postfix
13 5 (0.40%) Squid
13 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.32%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 286 (22.97%) Terraform
2 207 (16.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 171 (13.73%) Kubernetes
4 138 (11.08%) Ansible
5 60 (4.82%) SCCM
6 49 (3.94%) Grafana
7 47 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (2.41%) Prometheus
9 19 (1.53%) Puppet
10 18 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.29%) SCOM
12 15 (1.20%) WSUS
13 13 (1.04%) Nessus
14 12 (0.96%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.72%) ZABBIX
16 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
16 8 (0.64%) Nagios
16 8 (0.64%) QRadar
16 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 660 (53.01%) Microsoft
2 219 (17.59%) VMware
3 98 (7.87%) Cisco
4 77 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 55 (4.42%) Oracle
6 47 (3.78%) Veeam
7 44 (3.53%) Splunk
8 40 (3.21%) Google
9 39 (3.13%) Atlassian
10 35 (2.81%) Citrix
10 35 (2.81%) Red Hat
11 29 (2.33%) Palo Alto
12 27 (2.17%) SolarWinds
13 24 (1.93%) SAP
14 23 (1.85%) Commvault
14 23 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
14 23 (1.85%) CyberArk
14 23 (1.85%) Fortinet
15 21 (1.69%) Dell
16 19 (1.53%) Meraki