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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 96 85
Rank change year-on-year -16 -11 +6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,263 1,482 2,439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.89% 2.98% 3.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.07% 8.70% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 928 1,036 2,125
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.75%

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 12,545 17,025 27,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.81% 34.21% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,968 10,143 22,774
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £83,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,443 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.25% +4.44% -

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -30 1,053 £57,500 -8.00% 406
UK excluding London -12 739 £52,500 -4.55% 364
London -8 450 £70,000 -8.50% 120
Work from Home +9 427 £55,000 -14.06% 167
South East -34 188 £57,500 -4.17% 142
Scotland +55 143 £71,500 +24.35% 22
North of England -19 138 £48,445 -7.72% 84
South West +1 103 £55,000 +1.85% 39
Midlands -40 91 £52,500 +5.00% 47
East of England 0 65 £40,000 -23.81% 30
Yorkshire -25 62 £47,500 -9.52% 24
North West -21 60 £50,000 -4.76% 48
West Midlands -42 46 £47,500 -5.00% 24
East Midlands -17 44 £55,000 +8.91% 24
North East +1 16 £47,500 -17.39% 12
Wales -1 10 £55,000 +5.77% 10
Northern Ireland -20 2 £46,000 - 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
1 189 (14.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (11.24%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.48%) IIS
4 22 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (1.19%) Confluence
6 8 (0.63%) Skype for Business
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%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.079%) CICS
10 1 (0.079%) Site Server
10 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.079%) Actimize
7 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.079%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.079%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 833 (65.95%) Azure
2 419 (33.17%) Microsoft 365
3 355 (28.11%) Entra ID
4 214 (16.94%) AWS
5 193 (15.28%) Azure DevOps
6 117 (9.26%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.84%) GitHub
8 81 (6.41%) GCP
9 76 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
9 76 (6.02%) PaaS
10 75 (5.94%) Google Workspace
11 68 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (5.07%) SaaS
13 58 (4.59%) IaaS
14 54 (4.28%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.80%) OneDrive
16 39 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
17 38 (3.01%) Snowflake
18 36 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
18 36 (2.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 221 (17.50%) Firewall
2 215 (17.02%) DNS
3 171 (13.54%) DHCP
4 122 (9.66%) VPN
5 103 (8.16%) TCP/IP
6 79 (6.25%) WAN
7 67 (5.30%) LAN
8 64 (5.07%) Broadband
9 48 (3.80%) VLAN
10 46 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (3.01%) Wireless
12 35 (2.77%) Network Security
13 34 (2.69%) SD-WAN
14 29 (2.30%) SAN
15 25 (1.98%) VoIP
16 16 (1.27%) VSAN
17 14 (1.11%) Internet
17 14 (1.11%) MPLS
18 12 (0.95%) BGP
18 12 (0.95%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.89%) Power BI
3 34 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.38%) Oracle Database
6 28 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (2.06%) Oracle Database 10g
8 25 (1.98%) MySQL
9 24 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.11%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.03%) Tableau
14 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.79%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
16 8 (0.63%) InfluxDB
17 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
18 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
18 5 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 93 (7.36%) JIRA
2 90 (7.13%) Jenkins
3 75 (5.94%) Git
4 35 (2.77%) GitLab
5 31 (2.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 22 (1.74%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.35%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.95%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.95%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.71%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.48%) TestRail
13 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Toad
15 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 441 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 325 (25.73%) Finance
3 135 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (3.88%) Retail
6 44 (3.48%) Law
7 41 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.01%) Games
9 34 (2.69%) Legal
10 33 (2.61%) Banking
11 28 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 26 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.27%) Front Office
14 14 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.79%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.71%) Advertising
18 7 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (15.68%) Senior
2 151 (11.96%) Support Engineer
3 136 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 115 (9.11%) Azure Engineer
5 101 (8.00%) Analyst
6 86 (6.81%) Cloud Engineer
6 86 (6.81%) Developer
6 86 (6.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 82 (6.49%) IT Support
7 82 (6.49%) Security Engineer
8 69 (5.46%) IT Engineer
9 65 (5.15%) Lead
10 57 (4.51%) 3rd Line Support
11 52 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
12 50 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
13 49 (3.88%) Applications Support
14 47 (3.72%) Applications Engineer
15 43 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 41 (3.25%) Support Analyst
17 38 (3.01%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (9.34%) REST
2 86 (6.81%) OAuth
3 82 (6.49%) SOAP
4 80 (6.33%) SAML
5 75 (5.94%) OpenID
6 74 (5.86%) .NET
7 73 (5.78%) GraphQL
8 65 (5.15%) LDAP
9 42 (3.33%) YAML
10 38 (3.01%) JSON
11 26 (2.06%) ARM Templates
12 24 (1.90%) React
13 22 (1.74%) Web Services
14 19 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.35%) AngularJS
16 15 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
16 15 (1.19%) Node.js
17 14 (1.11%) .NET Core
17 14 (1.11%) Middleware
18 13 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.13%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (5.23%) Cyber Threat
4 65 (5.15%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.83%) Cyberattack
6 50 (3.96%) Product Ownership
7 47 (3.72%) Management Information System
8 43 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.85%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (2.61%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.61%) Driving Licence
12 26 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (2.06%) Cyber Defence
12 26 (2.06%) PKI
13 25 (1.98%) CMDB
14 21 (1.66%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
16 19 (1.50%) Hedge funds
17 17 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 542 (42.91%) Windows
2 292 (23.12%) Windows Server
3 213 (16.86%) Linux
4 67 (5.30%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.12%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.33%) Unix
7 36 (2.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.53%) VMS
10 31 (2.45%) Android
11 26 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 25 (1.98%) Solaris
13 22 (1.74%) Apple iOS
13 22 (1.74%) HPUX
13 22 (1.74%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.74%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 20 (1.58%) CentOS
16 17 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
17 13 (1.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (29.61%) Problem-Solving
2 341 (27.00%) DevOps
3 262 (20.74%) CI/CD
4 247 (19.56%) ITIL
5 239 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
7 225 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 207 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 200 (15.84%) Mentoring
10 192 (15.20%) Agile
11 167 (13.22%) Roadmaps
12 165 (13.06%) Disaster Recovery
13 124 (9.82%) Root Cause Analysis
14 122 (9.66%) Task Automation
15 119 (9.42%) Coaching
16 114 (9.03%) Asset Management
16 114 (9.03%) Incident Response
17 104 (8.23%) Cloud Security
17 104 (8.23%) Migration
18 99 (7.84%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 436 (34.52%) Python
2 314 (24.86%) Bash
3 295 (23.36%) SQL
4 104 (8.23%) C#
5 86 (6.81%) T-SQL
6 77 (6.10%) Bicep
7 70 (5.54%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.98%) Perl
9 22 (1.74%) Go
9 22 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 21 (1.66%) Java
11 12 (0.95%) VB
12 11 (0.87%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.79%) VBScript
14 9 (0.71%) VBA
15 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.55%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.48%) C++
17 6 (0.48%) PHP
18 4 (0.32%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 168 (13.30%) Degree
2 160 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 113 (8.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 98 (7.76%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.36%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.75%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.04%) CISSP
8 45 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.85%) CREST Certified
11 34 (2.69%) AWS Certification
12 31 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.82%) CEH
14 21 (1.66%) SANS
15 20 (1.58%) CCNA
16 19 (1.50%) CompTIA CySA+
16 19 (1.50%) GIAC
17 16 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.27%) DBS Check
17 16 (1.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (13.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 166 (13.14%) NIST
2 74 (5.86%) NCSC
3 68 (5.38%) GDPR
4 52 (4.12%) SLA
5 49 (3.88%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.43%) ISO 22301
7 18 (1.43%) QA
8 17 (1.35%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.03%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.40%) DICOM
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 3 (0.24%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 1 (0.079%) HIPAA
System Software
1 461 (36.50%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (8.63%) Docker
4 101 (8.00%) Hyper-V
5 49 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 36 (2.85%) vSphere
8 20 (1.58%) Firmware
9 16 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.63%) vCloud
11 8 (0.63%) XenApp
12 7 (0.55%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.48%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.40%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.24%) iptables
17 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 2 (0.16%) KVM
17 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 279 (22.09%) Terraform
2 194 (15.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 160 (12.67%) Kubernetes
4 138 (10.93%) Ansible
5 51 (4.04%) SCCM
6 49 (3.88%) Grafana
7 45 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.90%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.58%) Puppet
10 19 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (1.03%) SCOM
12 12 (0.95%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.79%) WSUS
14 9 (0.71%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.71%) Nessus
15 8 (0.63%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.63%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.63%) VxRail
16 7 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 640 (50.67%) Microsoft
2 221 (17.50%) VMware
3 95 (7.52%) Cisco
4 68 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.20%) Oracle
6 48 (3.80%) Splunk
6 48 (3.80%) Veeam
7 40 (3.17%) Google
8 36 (2.85%) Atlassian
9 33 (2.61%) Palo Alto
10 31 (2.45%) Citrix
10 31 (2.45%) Red Hat
11 27 (2.14%) CyberArk
11 27 (2.14%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.06%) Commvault
12 26 (2.06%) SolarWinds
13 23 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
14 21 (1.66%) Dell
14 21 (1.66%) SAP
15 19 (1.50%) Meraki